God of Cooking

Chapter 150: Rival (2) God of Cooking
Name：God of Cooking
“What do I do. I can’t decline those kind of offers.”

Jo Minjoon looked at Anderson with confident eyes. You wouldn’t know if it was a normal day, but today he seemed more confident than ever. The reason was simple. He ate Yamamoto’s egg sushi yesterday. 8 points. That meant that Jo Minjoon had also perfectly grasped that recipe.

If it wasn’t a sushi and only the egg roll, he wouldn’t get 8 points. But it was enough with just that. Anderson’s egg roll was 6 points. 7 points. It was possible. Jo Minjoon believed so.

“Fine. Then, let’s make it at the same time. We have to compete on the same conditions.”
“Right. Let’s do that.”

The smile in Jo Minjoon’s mouth disappeared. He stood in front of the kitchen table with calm eyes. He still didn’t forget Yamamoto’s recipe. No, he had rather organized it. The problem was the ingredients.

‘I do have chestnut oil and pine nut oil. But for the stock……Among the ingredients that go in the recipe I only have tangleweed, anchovies, and bonito.’

It was hard to materialize half of the flavor of a recipe if you didn’t copy it properly. But even so, he couldn’t go and buy the missing ingredients. It was then.

“Wait. The two of you wait.”

Sera approached with a playful expression. She raised the smartphone and asked.

“It’s good if there are many viewers for competitions like this. It would also be good to use it to promote the live broadcast. How about filming this and uploading on the internet?”
“…….Are you speaking about this?”
“Why. Is it childish?”
“That’s not it……well, fine. Let’s do it.”

In the other hand, Jo Minjoon’s rolled egg was particular. Having salted pollack roe wasn’t that special of a combination. Because that combination was quite famous. However, the yuzu kosho with pine nut and chest nut oil was special. Rachel nodded and said.

“You reformed the rolled egg Yamamoto used in his egg sushi.”
“Yes. I didn’t have all the ingredients, so I fixed it moderately.”
“It’s difficult to say what’s better and worse….but it’s delicious. Really.”

At Rachel’s words, Jo Minjoon smiled brightly. His rolled egg had a score of 7. Taking into account that it was made in scarce conditions, it was a really good result. Although in the case of Anderson it was a 6, but even so it didn’t mean that Jo Minjoon’s rolled egg was better. Anderson’s rolled egg was loyal to the basics. For people that wanted a simple flavor they would feel Anderson’s rolled egg to be more delicious.

And actually the results also got out like that. Rachel and Emily picked Jo Minjoon, Jeremy and Sera picked Anderson. It was a tie. Jeremy opened his mouth.

“If you get more age, rather than stimulating things you prefer comfortable food like this. It would be different whether it’s the main or a sub, but aside of that I prefer Anderson’s more. As he has good technical skills, he doesn’t act that high. I like that point.”
“Even so, I preferred Jo Minjoon’s more. WHen eating food becomes an adventure, that becomes the funniest time. Yuzu kosho and pollack, that combination was quite fresh.”
“Thank you.”

Sera said while closing up on her smartphone.

“Everyone, this hasn’t been decided yet. If you are curious about the results of the two of them, you must check on today’s live broadcast!”

WIth Sera’s last words, her short job as a cameraman ended. Jo Minjoon looked at her with strange eyes.

“Competition to continue?”
“Uh……..It felt like he had to have a 2nd part of it, so I ended up speaking like that.”
“Well, what matters. People probably won’t even care.”

That……

They did.

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Frank Bond : I didn’t know I would sweat while looking an egg roll competition. Why are they that fierce.
ㄴ Annabel Montgomery : I kind of understand. As he’s my friend, I want to lose even less. I like that kind of rival relationship.

Isla Elias : I think I can know the flavor of Anderson’s rolled egg in an instant. But I can’t even think how Minjoon’s will be. It certainly feels like Anderson is loyal in the basics and Minjoon in creativeness.
ㄴPeter Downard : As an active chef, I agree with your words. Anderson is more experienced in handling manual dishes, but in the case of Minjoon, he fills that with creativeness and comprehension towards ingredients.
ㄴIsla Elias : @Peter Downard Ah, you really are a chef? I have something i’m curious about, is it common to have those kind of skills at Minjoon’s or Anderson’s age?
ㄴPeter Downard : @Isla Elias There is no way. Experience, effort. It’s not easy for those things to accumulate at that age. Especially in Minjoon’s case, is there more to say? He has an absolute sense of taste.

Teagan Holdcroft : But even so, what would they compete in? Cooking? Thinking about the last broadcast, it seems like it may be related to eating.
ㄴ Olive Jerram : Who will beat Minjoon with eating? He’s the best in the world right now.
ㄴ Teagan Holdcroft : @Olive Jerram Uh…. He is the best on having a sensitive tongue, but will he be it for tasting? He’s still young. Even if knowledge on flavors is wide, I think that there will be a limit due to his age.
ㄴ Qamar Putthoff : @Teagan Holdcroft But because of his taste, won’t he be able to overcome the limit of age much faster? As the hardware itself is too good, the speed which the software gets downloaded will also be much faster.
ㄴ Deka Khela : @Teagan Holdcroft Well, putting aside his absolute taste, I think that it would be fun if they do this. Who eats more.

It wasn’t an explosive reaction, but just after 10 minutes of the video having been uploaded, the viewers were talking about what kind of competition would Jo Minjoon and Anderson have next. Jo Minjoon looked at Anderson with an astringent face.

“I think that it’s been awhile after Kaya that I have been mixed with someone and become a topic.”
“…….So why does that person have to be me?”
“What can I do? It’s unavoidable as we are together as bff’s.”
“Don’t use words such like that. Not that we are girls.”

Anderson flushed. Sera opened her mouth with an awkward face.

“I’m sorry. Because of me…….”
“What about it. Now that it turned out like this, we just have to compete. But what do we compete in?”
“I don’t know. You think.”
“…….Guessing ingredients?”

Anderson turned to glare at Jo Minjoon with cold eyes. Jo Minjoon scratched his head with an awkward face. “If you don’t want to, propose something.” At those words, Anderson fell in his thoughts. After a while, Anderson looked at Martin.

“Where are we going?”
“Yes?”
“Where are we going to go?”
“…….It’s a secret.”
“You have to tell us so we at least think of what to compete in. Can’t you just tell us?”

Martin rolled his eyes with a troubled face. In the end he opened his mouth as if he couldn’t do anything about it.

“We are going to go to a restaurant.”
“……..A restaurant, so you are talking about somewhere we can do fine dining like westerners do, right?”
“Uh…….It’s similar. One certain thing is that whether whoever goes, everyone will get amazed.”
“It’s a three star.”

Jo Minjoon said. Everyone turned to look at Jo Minjoon with a faces that said ‘huh?’ And then turned to look at Martin again. Martin was maintaining a calm expression but Jo Minjoon didn’t miss that Martin clenched his hands even harder. Martin opened his mouth.

“Ey, is a three star that common?”
“It is in Japan. It’s also time for us to go to one. It’s a bit disappointing if we can’t even go to one before the season ends. Thank you. It’s my second three star in my life, I will be able to go thanks to you.”
“No, I told you it’s not a three star.”
“Martin. I have a sensitive taste. I can at least distinguish how lies taste.”

Martin shut his mouth. He couldn’t get swept by Jo Minjoon. However Jo Minjoon was already searching in his smartphone. Martin licked his tongue several times at the feeling that his lips were drying up. After a while, Jo Minjoon smirked and said.

“There’s one. A three star restaurant that is near here and has a course system.”

“I……believed that you were my fairy.”

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