God of cooking

Chapter 12: Grand Chef preliminaries, and... (3)

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7 points. That was the best Jo Minjoon could get right now. It was a rather low score compared to 10 points, however Jo Minjoon felt by instinct. That whenever the score went up by 1, the difference would not be a mere point.

For the past 15 days, Jo Minjoon tried many restaurants of New York. Among them were two places that had received Michelin stars. One was a two star, and the other a one star. Both places were so famous that if you were a resident, you couldn't not know about it.

However there were 10 points dishes. They were mostly 8 points, and sometimes even a 7 points appeared. Also there was a 9 points dish which probabilities of appearing were lower than the 7 points.

Precisely speaking, Jo Minjoon ate only one 9 points dish. And that was on the two star restaurant 'East rabbit garden'. It was a restaurant that was soon expecting to get the third star.

And the 9 points dish he ate on that place was the best experience he couldn't compare to anything on his life. It was a perfectly roasted sheep ribs with curry sauce.

Jo Minjoon never thought that he would be shocked by a dish in his entire life. He did think that he would be shocked by a disgusting dish. However he never thought that a dish so delicious would even make your marrow shocked. But he was wrong. Firstly, it was the unique harmonious aroma of the curry. When it flowed through the tongue and was getting through the nose, the sheep ribs followed back. When it was seared, I mean, when the exterior of the sheep ribs was well roasted, it possessed an aroma unique to the sheep ribs and invaded your mouth. For the aroma to invade the mouth and not the nose was a really miraculous and trance like feeling.

When he got a hold of himself, he couldn't enjoy the flavor properly and had already eaten all of the sheep ribs. At that moment, the shock Jo Minjoon got wasn't a normal one. How high the dimension of cooking could get, it was at that moment that he felt it clearly through his tongue.

That's why Jo Minjoon didn't frustrate himself over getting 7 points on his dish. In the first place, he thought that that was the ability he had right now. Perhaps it was the results of hard work. So it wasn't a score to be frustrated over, but a score to be thankful to.
Jo Minjoon loaded the cart with the plate that contained the bream and went to the room where the judges were. Because of many participants going in and out, the broadcasting place was filled with food scents.

Jo Minjoon looked at each of the judges. The first one he looked at was Emily Potter. Precisely speaking, it was at the window that appeared next to her.

[Emily Potter]
Cooking level: 3
Bakery level: 6
Delicacies level: 9
Decoration level: 6

It was a generally high level. He couldn't help but sigh in amazement at the delicacies level. If it was at that level, eating the same food could be felt entirely different.

Alan's delicacies level was also 9. Differently, Joseph's was only 8. Jo Minjoon thought that it was because of his age. If someone got through their forties, they would start to lose their sense of taste.

However, in the case of cooking, it was the contrary. Joseph's cooking level was 9, and Alan's was 8. Thinking of Joseph's age, it was understandable. He didn't know well, but he would be near his sixties. Because he had 10 years more experience than Alan, it couldn't be helped that his level was higher than his.

However at the same time, Jo Minjoon couldn't help but wonder. If someone of world class like Joseph didn't have a level 10 on cooking, then who did? No, in the first place, would that person even exist? It was at that moment when Alan Craig said with a blunt voice.