Published at 30th of January 2021 07:45:12 AM
Chapter 411: 411
Chapter 411: Cooking for Enemy (4)
‘What are they thinking about us now?’
Min-joon suddenly became curious about how the protesters thought about most French men supporting the American chefs . In some respects, he wanted to see them distorting their faces .
Kaya said nothing while walking through the protesters . She got close to him while walking, so he initially thought she did so in order to avoid the rain . But when he stole a glance at her, that was not the reason .
Actually, she was looking askance at the protesters, looking right and left then looking down on the ground . At the same time, she held her arm tighter as if she was a frightened child . He bit his lips, watching her . He could fully understand why she did so . No matter how tough she looked, she was basically tender-hearted .
Then she was hit by tomatoes thrown by the protesters . Fortunately, she didn’t get hurt, but the shock at that time became a weak trauma for her, which was unavoidable .
Min-joon bit his lips . After all, he didn’t like this place . He wanted to turn back even right now, but the dice had already been cast . What he could do was play the cooking game perfectly .
When she got out of the protesters’ intensive gaze after entering the venue, Kaya seemed to be less nervous now .
He asked, folding his umbrella, “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine . ”
“If you feel you can’t stand it, just tell me . You don’t have to overwork yourself because of this contest . ”
“Don’t you think you are overprotecting me because I was hit by a tomato? I’m alright . ”
“Okay, If you are fine, I’ve nothing to say . ”
I didn’t have to have a quarrel with her when she said she was okay .
At that moment, two men approached them . They were Enzo and Theo .
“It’s nice to see you again, Min-joon . ”
“Oh, Enzo . Thank you very much . I heard that you came out of the venue even before they announced the cancellation of the event . ”
“What’s the point of winning based on discrimination? That’s a disgrace, not an honor . ”
“Anyway, thanks . it won’t be that easy to decide . ”
“If you feel grateful to me, try your best today . That’s the way you pay someone back . ”
“Sure, will do . ”
Min-joon stopped for a moment to hear that . Of course, he thought he would do his best, but it was true that he wondered if he could really cook here as usual because he felt so uncomfortable right now . Most of the participants here don’t talk nonsense, nor do they harbor any bad feelings . But a tomato thrown at Kaya changed his impressions of the situation and the place, just like one could not drink water with an insect, no matter how clear it was .
And even if he tried to hide his bad feelings, he couldn’t .
Watching him, Enzo opened his mouth .
“It looks like you are not happy to be in this place . ”
“Oh, you have already noticed it?”
“Absolutely . You know it’s not that often you see the face of a chef who doesn’t want to cook . ”
Min-joon made an embarrassed expression . He also wondered what he would look like in Enzo’s eyes .
Enzo opened his mouth in a calm voice .
“Don’t hate France too much . For the French people, cooking isn’t just a meal . So sometimes, they go to extremes . Of course, it’s obvious that those who protested at that time were just idiots . I look forward to seeing you doing your best today . Of course, I have the same expectations for my son, too . ”
“I’m sorry, Min-joon . Do well today,” said Theo .
“Don’t apologize . You didn’t do anything to apologize . ”
Min-joon shook his head with a sigh . Enzo and Theo went back with a light smile .
Watching them going back, Kaya opened her mouth .
“Well, I think it’s my first time seeing you not wanting to cook . ”
“Sorry . ”
“You don’t have to feel sorry . You feel bad because of me anyway . To be honest with you, I don’t hate this situation that much . ”
Min-joon always thought about cooking only . So much so that there was no other person who was as crazy as him in this world . What he always thought about was cooking, and what he usually paid attention to was something related to food, such as ingredients and recipes . So, Kaya sometimes wondered which he would choose between cooking and her .
Given the choice, she would choose Min-joon because it was him, not cooking, that brought about the biggest change in her life . However, honestly, she couldn’t get a sense of what he would do because typically men put their ambitions before their women .
However, watching him protecting her like this, she felt a bit relieved because he showed cooking was not necessarily his top priority now .
“Hey, wake up! Now that we have come to this place, we should not make a half-baked dish . We have to show how absurd their protests against us were . ”
“You bet . Let me pull myself together . ”
Min-joon took a deep breath and composed himself . She was right . Today, he wanted to present a more perfect dish than ever before . It wasn’t perfect enough just to make a simple dish .
He was about to hit upon an idea when the judges stood on the podium . The crowds were silent and quietly watched the judges .
Bastien was the first to step forward and said, “Thank you, everyone, for coming today . As you know, there has been an embarrassing incident recently . I would like to first apologize on behalf of France to the chefs from Rose Island, America . ”
“Please remember that this contest is not just the Paris Cooking Contest, but the Paris International Cooking Contest . The value of this competition is that chefs from all over the world show their cuisine, compare their skills, and seek harmony . It’s not a childish competition in which one country’s cuisine or one country’s chef is superior to the other . ”
“So, last time we all had to agonize over how to best convey our message clearly . And we tried to express it through today’s cooking mission . ”
“Okay, let me announce today’s cooking theme . ”
It seemed Bastien ended with offering apologies for the recent protest, but now the topic was the theme of today’s cooking . While the participants paid attention to the announcement, pricking their ears, judge Norris opened his mouth .
“Today’s theme is cuisine from countries other than France . ”
“Of course, as French cooking techniques have spread all over the world, it will be inevitable for you to use French cooking techniques to some extent . But what you make should be either another country’s dish or completely original and fresh . ”
“So, we would like to ask you to prove to all of these people the value of foreign cuisines . ”
At that moment, the venue was full of whispering because nobody ever imagined that a cooking competition in France would require non-French cuisine as the theme .
Min-joon glanced at the French chefs . He thought they would be embarrassed, but they looked calm as someone who survived all the previous rounds to move up here .
But there were some other conditions—the participants should make the dish in an hour, and they had better make one right perfect dish instead of making several half-baked dishes .
“Any idea?” asked Kaya .
“Well, one ingredient comes to my mind,” Min-joon replied .
“Ingredient?”
Min-joon looked around and whispered something into her ear .
At that moment, she burst into laughter and said, “So, you want to kick their butt?”
“You don’t have to think like that . My point is to show how much we can be different from others . ”
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“I like that idea . Okay . Let’s do that . ”
Kaya smiled gently .
At that moment, the judges approached them .
Norris opened his mouth, looking at Kaya with a sympathetic expression .
“Are you alright?”
“Well, I’m not weak enough to get hurt by a tomato . ”
“Once again, I’m sorry . That shouldn’t have happened . ”
“Well, people like you who don’t have to feel sorry or keep saying you are sorry while those bastards who threw tomatoes at me just keep silent . ”
“Since they don’t want to talk, I have to . What can I do?” said Norris with a sigh .
Sophie said, looking at Min-joon, “I heard that you agonized a lot over whether you would come back or not . How come you decided to come back?”
“Well, I have two reasons why I didn’t want to come back and why I had to . Now I’m here, I want to go back after winning this contest . ”
“As a judge, I may be a little strange if I say this, but I would like to cheer for you . I hope you can get good results . ”
Min-joon smiled lightly . The judges had nothing to do with the protests . But his heart melted a bit when the judges apologized for their protest .
The judges returned to their seats .
Min-joon looked at the top of the Island where nothing was placed then slowly looked at Kaya .
“Shall we devise a recipe?”
“I think we can choose an Italian dish if we choose that ingredient . ”
“We can make any country’s dish, not just an Italian dish . But this time, let’s make whatever we want to do instead of picking any particular country’s dish . ”
“I know what you mean…” Kaya blurred .
There were recipes and cooking methods in each country . And in most cases, the recipe represented the dish . So, it was more difficult than to make a dish that did not reflect the traits of other countries, perhaps except for molecular cooking .
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It was also because of the conditions for upgrading his gastronomic level that Min-joon came to think about it . It was also related to cosmopolitan cuisine . How could he make a dish that didn’t smell of any particular country? That was the question that Min-joon had been pondering over these days .
“Let me fully use molecular cooking techniques this time . There is no other dish than molecular cooking that blurs the cooking boundaries among countries . Let’s make a dish that you can find possibly everywhere, but you really can’t find in any country . ”
“Can you figure it out so quickly?”
“We can do it . ”
“Sure, let’s do it . ”
And that was the beginning . The two constantly exchanged their opinions like a philosopher engaged in a debate . They looked most passionate and tense at the moment . Naturally, the theme itself was very tough . More precisely, that was what the judges aimed at this time . In terms of the level of difficulty, this new dish was as difficult as the escargot that they cooked for the first time in the previous round .
‘It seems that Min-joon is looking for cosmopolitan taste these days . ’
Kaya felt it while discussing with him about the new recipe . At the same time, she even felt he was improving because although she was confused about the definition of global taste itself, she could now realize more clearly what it was . And this was his talent that she recognized . As far as cooking that required hard thinking was concerned, she could not catch up with him .
“Then, should we make it with foam?”
“Foam would be better than air because it needs to be a little strong . ”
“How about paprika?”
“Hmm… well . ”
They kept discussing like that until the given time was over .
Bastien opened his mouth .
“Okay, we’re going to start the competition now All participants, please bring your ingredients first . ”
Min-joon and Kaya went straight to the pantry . When Min-joon headed for the vegetable compartment without hesitation, the first thing he stretched out his hand and grabbed was a tomato
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