God of Cooking Chapter 138:

Chapter 138: What a kitchen is (3)

Those were childish words . But maybe it was because the intention behind her words were too pretty and nice that he didn’t dislike those childish words that much . However, it was also true that Alan’s words were nice . Jo Minjoon said in a calm voice . Maybe the intention behind her words were too nice that he didn’t dislike the childish words that much .

“I didn’t lie . And I won’t give up on cooking . Alan, promise you that I won’t stop until the day I own the best restaurant, so don’t worry . ” “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now that you speak like that, I do get a bit more relaxed . ” “But what were you talking about back then? That you fled from the kitchen . “

“When do you think it’s from?”

Alan smiled softly and asked back . Jo Minjoon fell in his thoughts for a moment and then opened his mouth .

“Isn’t it certainly from when you learned below Rachel for the first time?” “No . It’s the opposite . I had hope back then that when I became a demichef, a sous chef, a head chef, the story would become different . This suffering would end, and I will be able to handle the kitchen with joy as if it was mine . “

” . . . . . That Wasn’t the case?”

Jo Minjoon asked back with a face he couldn’t understand well . Alan smiled brightly and turned to look at Rachel . Rachel was looking at Alan with an expression you couldn’t know the meaning of . While facing that face, Alan slowly thought up of the memories in his heart .

“Hope is a step you should make in front of you . Just like I said when I was a demichef, a sous chef . . . . . . . looking over that made my heart feel calmer . The reason I have it hard right now is because I’m just a person from below . Something would change when become a head Chef . And . . . . . “

Alan clicked his tongue and shrugged his shoulders . And after that, he let out a clear sigh and said with a composed voice .

“When became a head chef, I realized that it isn’t the most comfortable place, but the place you hold the most responsibilities in your shoulders . You would have seen it many times on the internet . The look of a head chef yelling towards the kitchen like a crazy person . What do you think about this?”

” . . . . . . . . Isn’t their temperament just bad?”

Kaya said with a confused voice . If perhaps there was someone yelling ather like that, she wasn’t that confident on being able to fight back . Anderson butted in .

“There are many cases where their temperaments are bad, but the temperament isn’t the only thing that helps on making that harsh atmosphere . ” “Right . You would have to work while getting a hold of yourself . But there’s no need to yell like that . Well, it’s not that I feelbad about that . Honestly speaking, I’m determined to start biting like a hyena when become a head chef, because of my temperament . ” ” . . . . . You are already determined to do that?”

“It was quite an easy resolution . That’s why I got ready first . What, can’t I?”

At Kaya’s natural answer, Anderson couldn’t speak anything else and put on a dumbfounded expression . Kaya’s brows twitched like a wave and then glanced at Jo Minjoon . But Jo Minjoon’s eyes were directed at Alan . He opened his mouth .

“I think kind of know what you mean . That because of the burden of being a head chef and having to lead the kitchen, you just spend a day which you yell like that, right? And that there’s no way you will feel relaxed . ” “It’s similar . But that’s not the only thing . Being a chef means that you will also mind about the reputation and sales of the restaurant . You have to develop new menus, show a flavor that’s testing but not too excessive, and at the same time, dishes that won’t disappoint the hopes of the regular customers . “

Alan let out a sigh and shook his head .

“Honestly speaking, still have it difficult . People know tell me what’s there to worry when already have a two starbut . . . . . . still can’t get accustomed to this burden . Each and every day is war . Is the kitchen fine? Did they bring the ingredients like usual? Are there no complains by the customers? And if there are, was there a problem on my dish, or was that customer too picky? You start to get a lot of

thoughts . . . . . . . . and the more it becomes the more your head hurts . ” “I can’t say that know it all but . . . . . I think I do understand what you meant . “

He remembered the words Rachel said, that cooking was still difficult . Rachel was like that, so how would Alan be? On whatever it is, it was natural to become harder the deeper you go . Wasn’t the ground like that? Jo Minjoon opened his mouth . There was a big possibility for him to work with Rachel when the broadcast ended . That meant he wouldn’t have a lot of time to meet other chefs .

So if that was the case, he wanted to obtain all the information he could . Of course, Rachel would teach him a lot of things, but he believed that there would be things only Alan knew . Alan continued speaking .

“In the end, the hardest thing is your mentality . Employees get stressed because of their boss or the store, but we get that from our Customers . What’s ironic is that the customers are the one that bothers a chef the most . . . . . . But the person a chef loves the most and receives the most love is from a customer . “

“Won’t it be better to not think of jerks as customers?” “Do you think jerks are jerks from the start? A customer that always left good words and a smile left the restaurant with a stiff expression after eating one day . And after that he didn’t return . Later on, you realize that he wrote all of the disappointments he had about the restaurant on his blog . It’s the biggest scar a chef has to face . Compared to the person that lost their lover, that sense of loss won’t be small . “

How long would have passed that he became able to say those words out of his mouth . The atmosphere became heavy . Alan clapped his hands .

“But of course, this is just talking about the dark side . Just like complaints come, smiles and compliments will also follow you back . And the consolation and happiness that gives you will be big . But, even if you are happy, you may get a disease because of an attack that entered instantly . And to not get that disease, you shouldn’t be frail . Minjoon . Anderson . Kaya . Are you weak or are you strong?”

No one could say that they were strong . People are like that . Even if there are many that pretend they are strong, you wouldn’t be able to find real strong people even if you looked for them . But of course, there may be some that imagined that they were strong, but the three of them didn’t know themselves to that point .

It was then that Martin slightly glanced towards Alan . Alan closed and opened his eyes lightly and then opened his mouth . “If you don’t know, won’t you do a test?”

“A test?”

“Stand in my kitchen . “

Alan pointed at the pasta that was disappearing . “The recipe of that pasta, I will teach you the most can before night comes . Are you confident on proving yourselves to the night Customers?”

” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PrOVe What?”

Kaya asked back with an uneasy voice . Alan replied with a serious voice .

“That you are chefs . “

It had been a while since he wore a cooking uniform again, but it wasn’t unfamiliar at all . He was borrowing it from someone else, but it was still like that . Jo Minjoon liked that part of himself . Not feeling unfamiliar to the uniform was because his mentality became similar to a chefs, he got that thought . But of Course, it was a childish thought . . . . . . . . Kaya opened her mouth .

“I wore it after a longtime, but it’s not unfamiliar at all . Is my soul also that of a chefs? What, Minjoon? Why are you looking at me with those eyes?” “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just so . “

Jo Minjoon turned his head with an awkward expression . Anderson said with an annoyed face .

“Don’t play like this when you are cooking . I willpour salt on you . ” “Do I look like a kid who doesn’t even know how to differentiate a workplace?”

Anderson shut his mouth as if there was no need to even answer . Kitchen . It was between dinner and lunch, so Alan and the chefs were catching their breaths and resting . But of course, that was an exception for the low ranked chefs . Three people were still stirring the pot that had soup, sauce, etc . in one kitchen table, and the others were looking at these three with interesting eyes .

“We will be able to take one countertop each . At least for now . “

It was when Jo Minjoon mumbled like that . Martin and Alan approached them . Jo Minjoon looked at his surroundings and their back and Said .

“Where did the others go?” “They left to explore the street food of Florencia . ” “And we just practice cooking here?” “Why . You don’t like it?”

“No . It’s not that . . . . . .

Even if Florencia’s dishes were delicious, in front of the opportunity of being able to feel the air of Alan’s kitchen with your body, it was nothing at all . Martin opened his mouth .

“We are planning to put some competition between you for the sake of the fun of the program and the limited space of the kitchen . ” “A competition?” “The person that makes the most delicious olive linguine among you three will work as the demichef in charge of the section of pasta . And the other two will work as their helper . “

Kaya, Anderson, and Jo Minjoon looked at each other awarely . There were many times that they competed each other as team leaders and team members, but this time it was a helper . For them that were none other than friends and comrades, they could only dislike it more .

Kaya said with a voice filled with motivation .

“Fine . Then, tellus the recipe . ” “You grate basil, put it on the olive oil, and then fry garlic on that oil . Slice some bok choy and squid, and put it on the oil . After flambeing with white wine, you fry it once again and place salt on it . Cook the linguine for about 7 minutes and then fry it while it’s still a bit wet . “

Jo Minjoon organized the recipe Alan said . And after a while, he said with a perplexed face .

“ls it . . . . . . . . The end?”

“Yes . “

Alan said with a confident voice . And because of that, Jo Minjoon could get all the more perplexed . Because the expected cooking score he was seeing was showing a ‘9’ .

“What is it?’

But of course, if his skills worked as a support to raise the flavor to a limit, it wasn’t impossible to bring a higher score than the recipe . But just like it implied, it only wasn’t impossible .

The cooking level of the sous chef in charge of the pasta section in the kitchen only had a level of 7 . It was almost impossible to cook a 9 points dish as a 10 points one . Even if it was Jo Minjoon, it wasn’t easy to make a 7 points dish with a 6 points recipe .

Then, the answer was in one of the two . Alan told them a wrong recipe or he didn’t tell them apart on purpose .

‘ls he telling us to find the lacking point in the recipe and fill it up ourselves . . . . . .

Jo Minjoon closed his eyes . Even if he composed the recipe in his head countless of times, he couldn’t get an answer at all . For now, he could only make it .

The three stood in front of their countertops and cooked the linguine . The knives trimming the vegetables were different . Kaya was rough and splendid, Anderson was quick and careful, and Jo Minjoon was calm and tidy .

The olive oil with grated basil emanated a nice aroma that heated their bodies and squid and bok choy was placed over that . As white wine was poured, flames with a dense color surged up and soon the cooked linguine fell on top of that .

Jo Minjoon, who took out the noodles before it dried up, placed the linguine on the plate beautifully . The bok choy and squid were placed next to the pasta, finely . At least externally, it looked exactly the same as the pasta heate before . But Jo Minjoon could see with his eyes that the score of the dish was 9 .

There was nothing to feel happy because it was a 9-point dish he couldn’t usually see . Because the secret for that score wasn’t on his skills but on the noodles . Jo Minjoon slowly rolled the pasta in his fork . It was delicious . The deliciousness of the noodle, the elasticity, and the aroma of the squid and bok choy was vivid . But something was regrettable . Alan, who was glancing at Jo Minjoon, opened his mouth .

“Do you think you recreated it the same way?” ” . . . . . . . . No . Something’s lacking . ” “Really?”

Alan looked at Jo Minjoon with a face that was holding his laughter . And after seeing that face, he was now completely certain that there was something missing on the recipe . Jo Minjoon went to the other two and asked .

“Can I eat it?” “If you also let me eat yours . ” “Let’s change . “

Jo Minjoon changed dishes . Kaya’s and Anderson’s linguine wasn’t that different . The ingredients, and the recipe were the same, so it could only be like that . Although there was a minuscule difference on the flavor . . . . . It wasn’t that big to change the score .

‘On the recipe Alan said, all the ingredients were on what the system told me . ‘ As all the ingredients were in it, it meant that there may be some differences on the cooking time, or the order on cooking . At least, Jo Minjoon thought like that . It was when he was thinking like that and heate the pasta Alan made . A faint sweet flavor passed by the tip of his tongue . It was a sweet flavor he couldn’t feel in his dish .

It was then . He felt like he knew the identity of that thing .

“Maybe . . . . . . . “

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