Looking back, Kaya often served as the greatest adviser to Min-joon when it ca to cooking. She had no other choice. Although Kaya’s cooking skills were as good as Min-joon’s, she was the best in the world as far as her gastronomic sense was concerned.
When others superficially discussed the pros and cons of a dish after tasting it several tis,
Kaya noticed at a mont what was lacking in the dish and what needed to be improved specifically.
When he thought that he could make use of her great gastronomic sense, he could not help but smile. At that mont, Anderson said with a sigh as if he couldn’t figure out what he was up to. “I know you’re a stupid donkey, but can you stop acting like that in the workplace?”
“Why, is it hard for you?”
“It’s been hard for a long ti, man.”
“Good. It’s going to be hard like this even in the future.”
Anderson stared at Min-joon sharply. But Min-joon avoided his gaze while whistling.
At that mont, Janet approached and presented a plate to him.
“Try a bite of it.”
“Don’t you know I have already had a lot today? Kaya would be mad at if I got fat.”
“Let pay the price for you. So, just try it first. I’m really confident this ti.”
“You said the sa thing every ti when you brought your sample dish.”
“But this ti, I’m serious.”
“I think I heard that, too…”
Min-joon looked at Janet with a suspicious look then looked down as if he could not help it.
Jumbo shrimp cannelloni. Beef braised with vanilla. The turkey was cooked using the sous vide technique before its skin was glazed. After putting them all in his mouth one by one, he nodded with a light smile and said, “Definitely, it tastes much better than the last ti. Previously, the turkey tasted rather bland, but not now. It looks like you used sothing other than the typical honey. Is it pogranate honey?”
“That’s right. Well, it’s funny I am giving you grades for guessing the ingredients right. I thought about it while cooking. I realized that I could not control my secret greed while making this. I thought of enhancing its savory texture with a sour flavor as much as possible, and this is the result.”
“Yeah. You finally found the answer.”
Min-joon smiled at her. She felt through his bright smile that he was sincerely congratulating her on her progress. But she wasn’t very used to seeing his expression like that.
So, she glanced away and said in a hard voice, “Thank you for not tipping off about the recipe. I think it makes more sense to realize it by myself.”
Understanding of her own cooking section.
That was the most crucial thing that was lacking in her dish. It wasn’t just her. That was the sa for Anderson and Havier. They succeeded in making decent dishes, but they lacked the skills of properly balancing the course.
Anderson’s carbonara was too burdenso to eat a lot, but it didn’t suit the section that would decorate the main course when offered in small amounts. Janet’s cooking was the most unbalanced. Shrimp, stuffing, and turkey, it was a plentiful dish with all the right ingredients, but it was not good enough to serve as the main.
But he could not downgrade it as an appetizer. The only workable solution to this was to offer it as the first of the main course.
Besides, it would be much better to make it even more stimulating with the next course in mind. In that respect, Janet’s dish right now was flawless as a course.
“I think it’s fine this ti, Janet. I think you can pass.”
“I hope so too.”
“Then, you won’t bother anymore?”
“No. I have to co up with a nu for the next season.”
“Give a break, man,” Min-joon said with a sullen look.
Only then did she smile faintly and headed to Rachel’s office.
Looking to the side, Min-joon saw Havier’s reaction. Although he was cheering for Janet, he was full of anxiety at the sa ti, fearing he might be the last to get Rachel’s recognition.
And his anxiety soon beca a reality.
When the kitchen door opened again, Janet’s plate was empty.
She was smiling in satisfaction.
“Hey, Anderson. Do you want to die?”
Anderson was in for Kaya’s swearing as soon as he went back ho.
Anderson looked at her as if he was tired.
With her arms folded, she was staring at him with glaring eyes.
He asked in a weary voice, “What’s the matter this ti?”
“I heard you told Min-joon that if you were a woman you would hit on him. Did you really say that?”
“I didn’t say that. I just said I would kiss him.”
“That’s what it is. Could you make feel you’re not my rival?”
“Ah, dang it! You guys are the sa all the ti. Why don’t you take my joke as a joke?”
“You are very poor at cracking a joke, right?”
“Well, I can even if I’m poor at it. Do you think I should not even crack a joke? Stop it anyway. Clean up the floor. What the heck… The living room is so dirty.”
Anderson grumbled, looking around the living room. There were clothes, kitchen utensils, and snack bags littered all over the living room.
Kaya said sarcastically, “Hey, don’t try to speak to as if you’re my boyfriend. They might misunderstand you and I are dating.”
“We’re roommates, right? I think I can point it out like this as your roommate. Did you forget the contract you made with ?”
“To talk about the contract, I said I would do the cleaning, but I never said that I would do it often.”
“Are you going to insist on it like that?”
This ti, Anderson opened his eyes sharply and glared at her.
Not to be outdone, she also stared at him fiercely. At that mont, Min-joon hugged her shoulders and led her away.
“Don’t quarrel. I don’t want to hear you guys yelling at each other as soon as I co back ho. I’m tired. I worked for fourteen hours today.”
“I know. Why don’t you move to a more comfortable restaurant? Rose Island is weird. Most restaurants don’t offer a special nu during lunchti as you know.”
“Well, I think we offer a special nu during lunchti because we’ve just reopened. Starting next year, we’re planning to offer a special nu only during dinner ti, so we are going to be more relaxed than now. Now we need more work to improve our skills as well as grow our restaurant more. Anyway, we receive more compensation as a reward.”
“I know you’re saving almost all that money.”
“Well, it’s hard for to spend it…” Said Min-joon, laughing awkwardly.
Average Aricans weren’t very obsessed with saving. Min-joon felt that they spent all the money they made, so they built credit scores then made a loan from the banks based on their credit scores.
If they saved money due to their uncertainty about the future, it seed that most of them were confident about their future. Over ti, they would have more job careers, along with an increase in their salaries and improvent in their standard of living.
Min-joon said, looking at Kaya, “I know you’re not familiar with overconsumption either. Are you using up your money?”
“No, I haven’t used all of my savings, but I’m not trying to save. I’m going to buy a good house right away when it’s up for auction.”
“Oh, does my girlfriend have her own house then?”
“Huh, now you are looking at differently, are you?”
“I wish I treated you better.”
“Just do what you’re doing now. That’s enough.”
“You guys are a joke…” Anderson sighed, shaking his head.
This kind of love stuff was getting on his nerves.
‘What an idiot I am! Did I co here to watch them flirting like that?’
Annoyed, Anderson sat on the couch and picked up the TV remote control.
When he stopped it after changing the TV channels several tis, he noticed a familiar face on the screen.
“Oh, it’s Chloe. Which channel is this?”
“Man, don’t you know what channel it is? It’s a Grand Chef competition rerun. Look! I just saw your face a mont ago.”
“Oh, I feel a bit strange. By the way, my skin looks pretty good on TV.”
Anderson fiercely expressed denial when Min-joon spoke.
Kaya glanced at Anderson slightly then looked back at the screen again.
It was pretty early in their relationship when Min-joon and Kaya weren’t even close yet.
On the screen, Kaya was seen speaking to Min-joon sharply. Embarrassed, she looked back at Min-joon.
“How could you be so nice to a guy like that?” Asked Min-joon.
“I told you, I respect him as a cook,” said Kaya.
“Really? Does that make any sense? At the ti, what you saw was one grilled eel. Even if he made a good dish, how could you treat such a rude guy so nicely? Honestly, you were already hooked on him at that ti?”
In the end, that was what Min-joon wanted to hear from Kaya. He pressed and stroked her head with his fingertips, grinning at her. She leaned against his arm with a satisfied smile.
While the TV show was going on, Anderson said finally, “I think Havier must feel the sa right now as those who failed at that ti.”
“Havier? Oh, that guy demi chef? What’s the matter?”
“Well, he’s the only one who has not yet got Rachel’s approval of his first recipe. Oh, Anderson and Janet passed her test today.”
“Oh yeah. Congratulations!”
Kaya congratulated Anderson half-heartedly. Anderson didn’t respond. In fact, he didn’t expect her heartfelt congratulations from the beginning.
Min-joon put his arm around her shoulder and said, “Sotis, I wish you were in the sa hotel kitchen as because I learn a lot while working with my coworkers as a demi chef. I would like to learn from you, Kaya. I an your cooking world.”
“Well, you can learn from here at ho, right?”
“Cooking tools are not enough. So, I feel frustrated sotis.”
At that mont, Anderson cut in and looked at them in an irritated expression, “I don’t know anything else, but why don’t you teach how to massage my hands and feet?”
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