God of Cooking – Chapter 62: Aftermath (1)

 

 

Louise Russell : Honestly, I think that this can only be made up . That an absolute taste that had never appeared once in history to appear right now? And on top of that, in a cooking program?
ㄴ Daniel Wood : Don’t bring up conspiracy theories . It’s a program that does well even without that kind of making up, so would they need that kind of noisy marketing?
ㄴ Louise Russell : @Daniel Wood Greed never has an end . Look at the reactions of the people . Although Grand Chef was already popular, did it have a reaction this hot?
ㄴ Daniel Wood : @Louise Russell With time, you will get to know with if it’s the truth or not . Don’t go changing your word when that happens .

A . J . Black : If this is true… . . Wow, I don’t have particularly anything to say . But does the flavor of those things feel that different? Can there be a minimal difference we can’t sense?
ㄴ Selena Curry : I think that there is, looking that he got all 20 right . I’m envious . I also want to feel all of those flavors .
ㄴ A . J . Black : @Selena Curry But I wonder if all of those flavors are all good . Perhaps, if he feels a bad smell or something that we can’t, I think that it would be difficult for him to eat food deliciously .
ㄴ Selena Curry : @A . J . Black Even so, isn’t it an extremely outstanding ability for a chef? Because he can control all of the minimal flavors the customer can’t feel . But of course, it would be pointless that they can’t even feel it, but even so it would have an unconscious effect .
ㄴ Jacob Shariff : @Selena Curry He would be more outstanding as an epicurean rather than a chef . The restaurants won’t even be able to make a joke on him . And they would also shake of fear because of his evaluation .

Daniel Wood : The broadcast PD would be feeling great . He threw away the next without expecting anything but he caught a whale . With that kind of ability, his potential on broadcasts would be outstanding, although I don’t know about his real cookings .
ㄴ Nadia Newton : I think that he would be offered to do a lot of commercials . Celebrities don’t tend to participate in commercials because they charge a lot, but in the case of Minjoon, who isn’t a celebrity, they won’t pay him as much . A product that was recognized by someone who possesses an absolute sense of taste! Isn’t that quite charming?
ㄴ Daniel Wood : @Nadie Newton Well, there’s some truth in that . But if he keeps doing that, I think that later on he will be asking for a lot .
ㄴ Nadia Newton : @Daniel Wood What’s certain is that Grand Chef caught a big fish .

Martin read all the comments that were posted on the internet . The smile on his face didn’t disappear for even a little . The reactions were hotter than he had thought . It was understandable . The moment when Jo Minjoon got the 20 ingredients right consecutively, the number of viewers  surpassed 7 million viewers . Thinking that normally, it didn’t surpass 5, 6 millions of viewers, it was a great result . Probably, it would be the day with the most viewers in the history of  Grand Chef .

On top of that, the number of people that uploaded a video of only the part of Jo Minjoon doing the disqualifying mission was huge . His activity that was spread through every kind of mediums, called more and more people . That video surpassed 10 million viewers in a day, so if more time passed, they couldn’t guess how many more people will view it .

And right now, his handphone was ringing without stop . Replying to all of them seemed to take a full day . He replied most of them with an automatic tone, and he couldn’t even relax while replying the necessary ones . It was then when he was doing that . The bell of his handphone rang again, and his casual face when checking the screen disappeared in an instant . He raised his body that was buried deep in the car’s chair, and picked up the phone .

“Ra, Rachel Rose! Is it really you?”
[ Looking at your reaction it seems that you didn’t erase my number . ]
“How will I easily erase it when I got it with such difficulty? But why did you……?”

Actually, there was no need to even ask . Because the people that were calling him right now all had the same objective . First, confirming that the absolute taste was real . Second, if he could connect them to Jo Minjoon .

And it was no different because she was Rachel . Martin forced to calm down his beating heart . When Grand Chef started, he had used all kinds of methods to make her come . But of course, he returned empty handed, but instead he got her disciple Alan, so he wasn’t feeling that disappointed . Naturally, his attitude could only be good .

[ There’s something I want to ask you . Will you tell me the truth? ]
“Of course . Even while thinking about Alan’s face, I wouldn’t dare to lie . ”
[ Thinking about it, that kid Alan knew about this but didn’t tell me . Well, let’s talk about this later . ]

At this moment, Martin apologized to Alan inwardly .

[ The absolute taste, is it true? ]
“There’s not even a bit that was made up . ”

At that moment, he felt that through the handphone a sigh of relief was heard . Perhaps, she was earnest that Jo Minjoon had the absolute taste . It was at that moment when Martin opened his mouth . Rachel talked first .

[ I want to meet him . ]

He had expected it . However, he didn’t know what he should tell her . Even if he was a participant, he couldn’t make an appointment without Jo Minjoon agreeing . It was at that moment when he wanted to say that his opinion was the most important thing, rachel said .

[ Of course, you will have to get an appointment with him first . I understand that . However, I just can’t hold it . Because i’m the type that I have to eat something immediately if I want to . But instead, I will give you a gift . The scene captured in the screen today, you can use it however you wish . ]
“……Yes? I’m sorry but I don’t get what you are saying…… . . ”
[ I will become his customer . His truck, it was in Madison right now, right? ]

At that moment, the puzzle in his head completed . Present, the captured scene today, Minjoon, and truck . Madison . Martin got shocked and raised his head . Of course, what he saw was only the ceiling of the car .

“Are you maybe thinking of being his customer personally… . . ?”
[ Ah, the plane will soon be arriving . We will talk the remaining later, have a good day . ]
“Yes, yes……”

Martin looked at the hung up phone dumbfoundedly . He didn’t feel that this situation was real at all .

“Does the rating **** love me?”

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The aftermath of the absolute taste wasn’t weak at all . People who were interested in cooking or tasting all talked about Jo Minjoon, and on top of that, people who weren’t interested at all also saw his video .

And of course, Korea wasn’t an exception . Just with the truth that a korean was participating in it, in Korea, many articles about Grand Chef were roaming around .

And Lee Hyeseon also could not have seen it . And the result of that, Jo Minjoon had to pickup the phone in the middle of doing the groceries .

[…… . Since when did you have that kind of ability? ]
“I think that since I was small . But I have recently known that I sense different things compared to the others . ”
[ Whew…… . Even I don’t know what’s what . People from all around are talking about you, but I feel good and anxious at the same time . Because getting attention isn’t a comfortable thing . Are you okay? ]
“It’s not that hard yet . Oh, mom . I’m sorry but I have to prepare to cook . So I will call you again later . ”
[ Okay . Do well . I will cheer for you . ]
“Yes . ”

Jo Minjoon put back his handphone in his pocket . He was exhausted . It was because he hadn’t slept well, but it was also because today, it seemed that people from the market recognized him more than before . Some had also asked him to try their food so……

‘I just have to endure today, and tomorrow . ’

Now, he could only beat the exhaustion with his mental strength . The problem was that it also started to wear down, but he thought that he just didn’t have to faint .

As soon as he got in the truck, his teammates sent him a preoccupied sight . Also they felt that Jo Minjoon was having it hard recently . Peter opened his mouth .

“Are you okay, Minjoon? What about resting for lunch? The four of us can do it all . ”
“Leave it . We are doing the same things but some rest while others work . It’s not good to see . ”

The dream is meant to fight your way through . He didn’t have the leisure to sound weak . Anderson said with a blunt voice .

“Rest for now . I bought some sandwich, so eat if you want . ”
“……… . Thank you . ”

Jo Minjoon received the sandwich . It was nothing special . Cheese, lettuce, prosciutto and mustard sauce was everything in it . However, maybe because the bread was so soft that he felt like he was eating well cooked rice .

He didn’t know why, but when he gulped down the sandwich, the top of his temple hurt as if it was being poked by a needle . Even eating could be this exhausting . Jo Minjoon smiled bitterly and left half the sandwich .

The business continued regardless of his condition . Jo Minjoon put on the rice to cook with his hands shaking, and helped the others cook .

Madison was a city located in Wisconsin . There were vaguely a million of inhabitants, so it was a fairly big city in the US .

The place they parked the truck was in the middle of Wisconsin’s university and downtown, where it was bustling the most . Because next to the university was the city hall, they thought that it will be bustling with students and government employees . Actually at this point, it was a priority to find a place where customers had it comfortable rather than a place where more people would gather . Because Grand Chef’s mark was the perfect advertisement .

Their team’s norimaki was getting quite good reactions even in the internet . Of course, perhaps they could be fans of them, but even if they were, there wasn’t a case where they would say that something was delicious when it wasn’t . And they were slowly getting more confidence in their cooking . They thought that they could satisfy any kind of customer . Joanne opened her mouth .

“…… . Would there be more customers than usual?”
“Why? Because of Minjoon?”
“Yeah . Wouldn’t there be more curious people that had seen it and come to eat more than usual?”
“I wonder . I think that people who are curious about that would usually have been curious about our cooking . But of course, there may be more customers than before…… . ”

In conclusion, there were more customers than usual . However, it wasn’t an overwhelming number . Maybe, it was simply because of the good location, but the number of customers was similar to the first time in Chicago .

Only, the reactions were certainly different . As they saw Jo Minjoon standing in front of the truck’s counter, the long line of customers cheered and blew whistles . Jo Minjoon that wasn’t thinking of anything could only be perplexed by that intense reaction .

“Is it really absolute taste?”
“Using your evaluation method, what score is this norimaki?”
“Isn’t it tiring when you usually eat? Because you are too sensitive . ”
“I’m your fan! I’m sorry, but can I get your autograph?”

Almost all of the customers tried to say something to him . And because it was next to an university, there were a lot of young people . Only if they calmed down a little, they could know that Jo Minjoon’s face was so haggard he couldn’t even talk properly . So because of that it was more fortunate . If it wasn’t because of that face, there would be more people trying to want to talk longer .

“Minjoon, i’m sorry but you will have to slowly prepare the rice . ”
“Okay, I will go after this customer . ”

Jo Minjoon replied to Joanne and looked in front . There was a woman with wrinkles in her face . If she was a korean, she had the appearance that seemed to be in her seventies, but taking into account that westerners aged quickly, he couldn’t know . Jo Minjoon smiled and opened his mouth .

“Welcome . What are you going to order?”
“I want to talk with you right now, but you are really busy, right?”
“………That’s right . Because there are a lot of customers . ”

Jo Minjoon replied while smiling awkwardly . He didn’t know that even this old grandmother would want to talk with him . It was at that moment . Anderson, that was wrapping the norimakis next to him glanced the surroundings and opened his mouth .

“Rachel Rose…… . Are you perhaps Rachel Rose?”
“What? Where?”

At Anderson’s words the other team members turned their head, and put a surprised expression . Only then did Jo Minjoon notice that the cameramen were filming them with quite a serious face . And on top of that, even the customers were taking pictures of her .

‘Is she famous?’

Rachel smiled .

“It seems like you don’t know who I am . ”
“……… . I’m sorry . I don’t know much about famous americans . ”

At his words, the customers that were listening to him burst out of laughter . Jo Minjoon didn’t understand their reactions . Did it mean that she wasn’t famous? Rachel took out her wallet .

“First, we will have to calculate the money thinking about the other customers . ”
“Yes, what are you going to order……… . . ”

As he talked like that, he saw at what she had gave him dumbfoundedly . It wasn’t a bill . It was a cheque . And a thousand dollar cheque at that . Rachel opened her mouth .

“Golden bell, can I ring it?” (TL: It means that she is planning to buy everything . )

Jo Minjoon forced a laugh .

“You can’t . ”

< Aftermath (1) > End

 

Translator’s note: Regular chapter!
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Translator : Subak