GOD OF COOKING – CHAPTER 22: THREE DISHES AND ONE MEAL (1)

 

“The mission this time will be a team one . ”

The participant’s whispering voices could be heard at Joseph’s voice that reverberated through the room . Jo Minjoon shut his mouth and listened at Joseph’s voice . He knew that it was going to be a team mission . And he even knew the theme .

“The theme is simple . Make a three person team . You will have to cook an appetizer, main dish and dessert . Assign among yourselves what you are going to cook . You need to cook according to your specializations but remember . This is a team mission . ”

Course meal . Although it was the simplest 3 course . But the point of having to balance the overall of the three dishes was going to be really hard .

And if you have to cook with people you have never worked together with, then even more so . Jo Minjoon tched . For it to be a team mission just after he got out of a doghouse . He already knew it but it wasn’t that good of a situation .

“You will have to decide the teammates for yourselves . But there is something you should remember . The role you should take on should be only one . I recommend you making the teams according to the division of the roles . ”

Just as Joseph finished speaking, the participants looked at each other . The first one he looked for was Marco . He didn’t show it yet, but Marco’s bakery level was 7 . If he were to make dessert, then he would probably make it better than anyone else .

He was thinking like that and approaching Marco when, next to Marco was already another person . And looking at that person’s face, Jo Minjoon couldn’t help but get surprised . An unexpected person was standing there . Chloe Jung .

“Ah, Minjoon!”

Marco smiled brightly and called for Jo Minjoon . Jo Minjoon started to walk slowly . As he glanced at Chloe, Marco opened his mouth .

“You saw yesterday’s broadcast right? This is Chloe Jung . Chloe, this is Jo Minjoon . ”
“Hello . Mr . famous . ”
“……Hello . ”

At Chloe’s greetings, Jo Minjoon replied with an awkward face . Marco smiled and opened his mouth .

“I was just talking with Chloe about the team . Minjoon, what about you? I would like to team up with you . ”
“It’s fine for me but… . ”

Jo Minjoon said that and looked at Chloe . She said while smiling .

“I’m also fine . I saw you cooking the bream on yesterday’s broadcast . It was quite fun . ”
“If you saw it like that, then thank you . Your cooking was also good . Tangsuyuk . ”

Chloe smiled brightly without saying anything . Even though she saw yesterday’s broadcast, she didn’t want to prejudice him, so Jo Minjoon too, became calmer . Chloe said with a soft voice .

“Then, are we a team?”
“I suppose so . Have you thought of the part you want to take care of? I hope that our ideas don’t overlap . ”

Jo Minjoon said that and looked at Marco . Saying the truth, it was obvious what Marco was going to choose . His baking level was a whoopping level 7 . It was a level you couldn’t achieve without hard work and dedication . And indeed, Marco said what he was expecting to .

“I want to be in charge of the dessert . It’s my specialty making bread or cakes . ”
“Okay . Minjoon, what about you?”
“I would like to make the appetizer . ”
“Then I’m in charge of the main dish . ”
“Is that what you wanted?”
“I can do both appetizer and main dish . It only doesn’t have to be dessert . ”

Listening to Chloe, Jo Minjoon looked at his surroundings . Kaya could be seen . She was in the middle of conversing with Anderson . Were they going to team up here? He didn’t remember well . Jo Minjoon turned his head . It wasn’t the time to pay attention to them .

“What theme are we going with?”
“Well… . . it’s rather difficult now that there are only 3 courses . ”

Jo Minjoon emphatized with her . It was more comfortable to follow precise directions . It was quite a difficult job to take into account the harmony of the three dishes and configure the menu accordingly .
‘If my cooking level goes up, would I be able to see the course’s arrangement level?’

He couldn’t know . But in the first place, he wondered if he would even need the system’s counseling when he reached level 8 on cooking . But of course, to reach that level you would need experience and hard work that couldn’t even be compared to right now . Jo Minjoon opened his mouth .

“As I see it, I think it would be better to go with quality rather than flashiness . It isn’t the time to be adventuring right now . ”
“Mm, I also think so . ”
“First, let’s go to the pantry . ”

While they were leaving to the pantry, Jo Minjoon opened his mouth .

“What are you planning to make for the main dish?”

According on how was the main dish, the appetizer and the dessert couldn’t help but change according to it . Chloe thought for a while and replied soon .

“I want to go with pan-fried scallops(어향 관자) . ”

Pan-fried Scallops . It was a dish where scallops replaced meat . It was a bit different to what he had thought, but he didn’t oppose to it . He could only believe on Chloe’s cooking skills .

Chloe looked at Jo Minjoon .

“What are you going to make for the appetizer?”
“Soft fried tofu . Will it suit before presenting the scallops?”
“Mm . I think it will be good . What about you Marco?”

At Chloe’s question, Marco seemed to be baffled . Seeing that he was rolling his eyes seemed like he had many things to choose from . After a while Marco opened his mouth and replied .

“Mocha biscuit . I was thinking about putting some whipping cream on top… but would that be too heavy?”
“Yeah, it’s a bit heavy . Wouldn’t plain yogurt or something of the sort be better than whipping cream? To have a simpler flavor . With a refreshing flavor . ”
“Okay . I’ll do so . ”

Marco laughed sophisticatedly and nodded . Chloe clapped lightly and said .

“Now, we finished arranging the menu… now the only thing left is cooking . ”

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“How did you end up talking with Chloe?”
“It’s nothing special or the sort . As she was told to make a team, she came to me first . ”
“Yeah? Hmm . ”

Jo Minjoon was talking in a low voice with Marco in front of the countertop . It was nice to meet Chloe, who had appeared so suddenly and at the same time, it was unexpected . Because they didn’t have any contact before . Well, there would be nothing weird to say that it was a coincidence . There were only 27 participants, and for Chloe to approach Marco was nothing special .

It was just unexpected . For one of the three participants with the highest cooking level to team up with the two of them . Originally, who would she have picked for her team? He couldn’t help but think that . However, he didn’t remember . Chloe, in the past Grand Chef, wasn’t a participant who got too much attention .

“By the way, they got really picky with the rules . ”

Before they started cooking, the judges explained the rules . The participants were only allowed to work in their own dishes . Saying the truth, this team mission was close to being masked as an individual mission .

Currently, there were three countertops placed in the room . It was unavoidable because there were nine teams . It was a method that judged three teams at a time . And during that time, the remaining six teams had to get to the second floor and observe the other team’s cooking .

Jo Minjoon’s team was the first . He didn’t know if he was fortunate or not . He personally thought that it was better . Because he wouldn’t have to get nervous watching at the other teams cooking .

Jo Minjoon glanced at the table next to them . Kaya and Anderson were standing still and preparing for cooking . Remembering the scene of Kaya getting mad at him, only made him feel sour .

‘Let’s concentrate on cooking . ’

Jo Minjoon brought up the recipe for the soft fried tofu in his head . [The estimated cooking score is 7 . ] The recipe was perfect . At least, it was at Jo Minjoon’s level . It was also a dish he had made many times before . He personally liked tofu the most, and liked soft tofu secondly . The first one was tofu in kimchi jjigae(김치찌개), that was sitting for a day .

Saying the truth, it was a dish that couldn’t be easily made at home . If you oiled a pan thinly and put the soft tofu, it’s flavor wouldn’t be properly brought up . After squeezing the moisture of the tofu, you smeared it on dough, and when put in hot oil, the colour became whiter and it looked better .

But in this place, he could use however much oil he wanted to . Thinking that he would be able to properly cook got him flustered up without concerning the test .

Jo Minjoon looked at the judges mouths . One of them started to slowly open his mouth . It was Joseph .

“Start your cooking!”

< Three dishes and one meal (1) > End

 

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Translator : Subak
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