God of Cooking – Chapter 56: Travelling, cooking and business (2)

 

The judges didn’t waste more time and left the place . Jo Minjoon laughed lightly and looked at his teammates . She made eye contact with Kaya tha wasn’t on his team, but as soon as they saw each other she turned her head . Was she angry? Anderson that followed Jo Minjoon’s sight asked as if he was teasing him .

“Why? Do you regret it?”
“No, it’s not that i’m regretting it . I just feel a chill down my spine . ”
“Then why did you pick me? So not like you . Just make your love line as usual . ”
“I picked you because I also didn’t like that . Because we would get more tired the more they see us together . ”
“You are talking like you have nothing going on between you . ”
“Because we don’t . ”

Jo Minjoon said with a blunt face . It was a voice that didn’t even have a trace of hesitation and also made him flinch .

‘Was it really not it?’

Honestly speaking, Anderson thought that the broadcast wasn’t entirely made up . Although he didn’t see it personally, the relationship they had seemed to be quite deep . It felt too excessive to just call her a friend .

But despite that, Jo Minjoon’s attitude was too clean . Joanne that was next to them laughed and said .

“If he says so then it should . Anderson, don’t ask too much . This is not something to be solved with the people around them overthinking things . ”
“Because you make us seem like that, it became like this . And also for the broadcast . ”
“It’s turned around, Minjoon . It didn’t become like this because of us, but because you act like that we react like we do . ”

Jo Minjoon thought about what he should reply and then changed subjects .

“Let’s talk about that awkward loveline you say later, and first lets look the truck . ”

As he talked like that and moved his steps first, his teammates grinned and followed his back .

The food truck was as wide as it appeared to be from the outside . Jo Minjoon looked the inside of the truck feeling flustered as if he was someone who had moved away . It was in a state where there were no cooking tools yet . Because tell couldn’t put in the tools before even knowing what you were going to cook .

Jo Minjoon said while sitting in a chair that was on the side of a wall .

“It’s wider than I have thought . ”
“It has to be this much to be able to cook or do something . So, what should we make?”
“I wonder… . . Sandwich? Is it too ordinary?”
“It’s a good choice being ordinary . But we have to think about the theme of the mission . In the end, we have to do business that makes the most money . I think that it would be somewhat lacking with just sandwich . ”

At Anderson’s pointing, Jo Minjoon fell in his thoughts without saying anything . First, there were two paths . Cheap and a lot, or expensive and a little . But thinking that people that come to the food truck aren’t expecting a luxurious meal, he thought that it would be better to go with the former one .

“Let’s go with the not expensive one . I think that 5 dollars would be good . And we have to go with just one thing . ”

Based on what he remembered, the team that had won was Anderson’s . But he also thought that it was Kaya’s . Because they were on the same team . And the menu……

‘Was it spanish omelette? No, it seemed to be another thing……’

Even though it was a program that rehashed a lot, he couldn’t help but remember the team missions in a cloudy way . Because, what he remembered was basically the menu’s that had a story behind them .

Actually, it wasn’t right to act based on the future . Because the teams were different from then . Now he had to design a menu according to the teammates he was with .

It was at that moment . Peter, that was aware of his surroundings, opened his mouth casually .

“What about steak?”
“If you are talking about cow, it would be difficult . The costs doesn’t match . Because there aren’t going to be people that would want to pay tens of dollars to eat . ”
“Wouldn’t using chicken breast be okay? Accompanying along with salad . ”
“It’s not bad…… . But it’s a bit lacking . ”

Jo Minjoon kept touching his chin that wasn’t even bearded . Joanne snorted with a hm noise and opened her mouth .

“First, what gets into your mind when you think about food trucks? Kebab, takoyaki, hot dog, hamburger, sandwich…… . ”
“Mmm . There’s also chicken and pizza . But honestly, I think that these two won’t have much competition . Because you can ask for pizza to deliver it to you . And I don’t think that they would have a reason to go and look for a food truck . ”
“So do we have to pick from the options I said? There aren’t more?”
“Let’s think a bit more . ”

There was no need to decide it immediately . Because that day was given as preparations, and the business started the day after .

Ivanna that was absentminded and her mouth shut opened her mouth . She, who had short brown curly hair and freckles, talked so little it made you wonder if she was a mute .

“Shaved ice . Gelato . I like them . ”
“It’s April . In the east, winter’s climate didn’t pass yet . It’s still early for the people to want to eat something cold . ”
“Even if it’s cold, ice cream is still delicious . ”
“Although it is delicious, it’s a bit burdensome . I think that it would be better to evade cold food . ”

Ivanna put again an absentminded face and looked down at the floor . Anderson said .

“Ice cream would be difficult just like you say, but I think that there should be a drink accompanied with the food . A non alcoholic cocktail or squeezed fresh juice, or even tea would be okay . ”
“Depending on the food, the drink would also change . ”

It was at that moment . Jo Minjoon thought of one food in his head . A really familiar one for him, but a strange for them . Jo Minjoon opened his mouth after hesitating a bit .

“How about kimbap?”
“Kimbap? What’s that?”
“Mmm…… You place rice on top of laver, and also place other ingredients and roll it . ”
“Oh . Isn’t that sushi? If you order sushi in a japanese restaurant, you see them a lot . ”
“Yes . That . Norimaki . If you take out vinegar and sugar in that and apply some sesame oil, you can look at it as kimbap . It’s almost the same . ”

He felt somewhat regretful that they didn’t know about kimbap, but nothing could be done . Because it was to the point that he seemed it funny that they couldn’t even distinguish about kimbap and sushi . Jo Minjoon thought for a little and continued speaking .

“Norimaki . On the side of the costs, I think that there would be nothing better than it . What do you think? Joanne . Do you know what this is?”
“Yes . I ate it quite a bit because I like japanese cuisine very much . Hm . It’s simple and easy to sell, I think that it’s not a bad idea . You can also make it beforehand, and it’s an unfamiliar flavor . I don’t know if the people will feel it to be unfamiliar, but nowadays there is no one who didn’t try sushi . What about you?”

Joanne looked at Ivanna . Ivanna rolled her eyes slowly and then nodded .

“I think it’s going to be fine . ”
“……You know what kind of food it is, right?”
“Yes . My friend is japanese . ”
“Peter, what about you?”
“I haven’t tried it . I don’t like fish that much . ”
“This isn’t sushi that contains fish . It’s made with rice, laver and other ingredients . Hm . It’s really fine for me . Because it’s easy to sell after you have prepared it . ”

Jo Minjoon nodded . The biggest advantage of kimbap and sushi was that it didn’t matter if it got cold . Because after preparing it for a bit, there was no way to act without control when the customers flocked . With just that, half of the disadvantages seemed to be solved . Anderson opened his mouth .

“So the main idea is already made?”
“Yes . We will have to think about the tea to serve it with . Lemon tea, citron tea, green tea, black tea……… It would be good if we prepare at least three kinds of teas and make the customers choose . ”
“We will have to go to the market for the recipe . ”
“Well, lets . ”

Jo Minjoon turned his head . He looked at the empty space in the truck .

“First, let’s choose the cookware . ”

–

[Kaya: Traitor . Ruin yourself . ]

Night . While he was cleaning the cookware and checking them, a message came . Jo Minjoon laughed and looked at the screen . While he was thinking what to reply for her to feel angrier, he seemed that he was being too childish and felt delighted in vain . Joanne laughed wickedly .

“You are messaging again?”
“Don’t say again . It’s the first time I received one . Look . Is it still the problem of our actions? You are making it look like that . ”
“I wooooonder . Just messaging is a dubious situation . Look . We aren’t messaging with the other teams right now . And it’s the same for you . Did you message someone else that’s not Kaya?”
“…… . No, it isn’t even that kind of message . Look, screen . ‘Traitor . Ruin yourself . ’ There’s no romance at all?”
“Romance is seen differently by each person . In my eyes, it looks like you are midway . ”

Joanne put a detestable face and just clapped with her palms while her wrists were sticked . Jo Minjoon shook his head as if he was exhausted .

“Just finish cleaning the fryer . There’s dirt in it . Do you want to keep idling around?”
“You just act strictly in these kind of situations . I won’t even be able to tease you because you are afraid!”
“…… . You talk like teasing me is an obvious right?”
“Hmph, leave it . ”

Joanne turned her head while pouting her lips and cleaned the fryer more harshly . It was at that moment when Jo Minjoon let out a sigh and was turning his head . An “Ah . ” along with silence was heard . It was Peter . He was looking down at his hands while frowning . Jo Minjoon put back his scrubbing brush and hurriedly went to Peter .

“What is it, Peter . Are you hurt?”
“……No . Just a little bit . ”
“Give me your hand . ”

Peter let out a sigh and extended his hand . Jo Minjoon’s face became serious . The injury in his palm was quite deep . It wasn’t as deep as the injury in Jo Minjoon’s thumb, but it was three times longer than it .

“Hey, it’s not just a bit . What are you doing without going to the doctor quickly . No . I will bring him . ”
“Wa, wait……”

After we ignored him, he hurriedly went to the steps and looked for a doctor . The doctor looked at Jo Minjoon with a dumbfounded face .

“Why are you looking for me? Did the injury open?”
“No . It’s not me, but my teammate that got hurt . It’s a knife cut . ”
“Oh my…… Understood . Wait a little . ”

The doctor hurriedly brought the medical tools . As he went to Peter, he was holding his wrist strongly as if trying to control the hemorrhage . However, his palm was already full of blood . While the doctor was treating him, Peter kept looking dispiritedly at the floor . Jo Minjoon felt rather bad looking at his face . He didn’t seem to be simply putting that face because of the injury .

After Peter got his hand treated and was resting, the checking of the cookingware finished . Jo Minjoon looked outside the truck . And he saw Peter seated absentmindedly . Even though he sat next to him, he didn’t look back at him . Jo Minjoon opened his mouth because he was feeling frustrated .

“Why are you this dispirited?”
“…… . . What are you talking about?”
“Even listening to your voice you are buried deep in the earth . If by chance it’s because of what happened that time, don’t mind it . Because I don’t . It’s something that passed . You can make some mistakes while cooking . ”
“I’m not like this because of that . ”
“Even if it is or not, in the end you admitted it . That you are dispirited right now . ”

Peter bit his lips . Just like the majority of indians, he also had a stubborn face . So he rather detested his face that wasn’t saying anything . Jo Minjoon grabbed his forehead and said .

“What is it . I need to know your problem for being your team leader . Are you really not planning to talk?”
“Just…… . . ”

Peter opened his mouth, but closed it again . He let out a sigh with an exhausted face, and kept his mouth shut for a long while . And then, opened his mouth and said with a suffering voice .

“I’m thinking about what am I doing right now right here . If the scene where Kaya and I fight gets broadcasted I would become a **** and will get thousands of ill comments . And there would not be any restaurant that’s going to recruit that kind of chef . And most of all… . . I don’t have the confidence to be able to do something here . It’s not only here, but wherever I go . Because i’m a guy that only knows how to make trouble just like that day . ”

Jo Minjoon didn’t say anything . It wasn’t that he didn’t feel sympathy for him . Nor wasn’t frustrated . In the first place, he didn’t have that deep of a relation with him . However, for him to talk about what he was feeling to someone he wasn’t close to meant that he was suffering a lot right now .

That’s why he said .

“Even if I console you right now, those words would just be for this kind of situation . Those words wouldn’t even be meant for you, and because I want to become a good person . If you want to hear to these words, I can tell them to you . Do you want to?”
“…… . . If you talk like that, would there be someone that says that he wants to?”
“I asked because I knew you wouldn’t want . I don’t want to console you . And i’m not thinking to . Ah, don’t misunderstand . Because i’m not particularly thinking bad about you . I don’t know about Kaya, but I ended everything that day with what I said . ”

Jo Minjoon took a breath for a moment . The sun was setting . His face was red similar to the sunset . Maybe because he was reflected to it, or his pressure was up .

“I like cooking . And because I do, I came all the way here . I want to take my first step properly in this world . That’s why right now i’m happier than ever . But what about you? You also came . It means that you liked cooking . But why are you leaving a once in a time opportunity and talking about confidence or ill comments? Ah, right . I understand . Image, it would get bad . Because Martin isn’t the kind of person to edit that . But if you were going to worry about that, in the first place, you shouldn’t have committed that accident . ”
“I didn’t do it because I wanted to . I…… I, yeah . I don’t have a social life . Because of my temperament, I got bullied in school, and there was no one I could call as friend . It’s the same here . I’m a loner . Every I have met didn’t like me . And now, through the TV all the people around the world got to know of me . And they will also hate me . Do you get it? Not only the americans, but the whole world will hate me!”
“What about that?”

Jo Minjoon talked while twitching his eyes . Peter glared at him as if he was angry, but he only bit his lips . Jo Minjoon continued talking with a sharp voice .

“What if they hate you? Just because they hate you, do you want to live as a villain like they want? I will say it honestly . I don’t understand your place . Because I didn’t live nor thought like you . However if I were you, I would fight . Not with fists, but with cooking . Even if they hate me, I will make them not able to hate my cooking . Because that’s what I can do . And you? What are you going to do? Because everyone hates you, and don’t have any friends, you will give up? Do it . I won’t hold you back . ”

Peter was putting a face like he was going to cry at any moment . But he wasn’t doing so because of his pride…… .

Was he twenty four . He was in a young age . However, just like Peter’s age, he had a childish mentality . Jo Minjoon let out a sigh .

“If you are not able to give up, don’t sulk . I won’t tell you to not mind the ill comments . Because even i’m not able to do so . However just because of that, don’t try to also give up your dreams . You survived until now . Just like you said, even if you lack sociability, at least it doesn’t mean that you don’t know how to cook . But of course, that day you made a little bit of a mistake . ”

Jo Minjoon smirked and slapped his back . Jo Minjoon touched his back as if he was surprised and soon started to look at his feet while laughing faintly . Silence roamed for a while, and while the sun was setting and the dark night was approaching, Peter opened his voice with an insecure voice .

“Will I………Be able to?”
“You can if you try . Don’t know about that?”
“Winning…… Will I also be able to win?”
“No . ”

Peter looked at him absentmindedly at the unexpectedly poured cold water . Jo Minjoon said in a blunt voice .

“Victory is mine . ”

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