God of cooking

Chapter 14: Grand Chef preliminaries, and... (5)

This does not belong to me It is translated by KobatoChanDaiSuki

The unique aroma only a well roasted eel had, tickled his nose. The people observing Kaya's dish unconsciously gulped. And no one could see her dish with cold eyes. It was unavoidable. If you possessed a nose and a tongue it was unavoidable to gulp. It was that kind of dish.

Kaya sliced the eel and put it on the mimosa salad. Jo Minjoon could vaguely imagine that taste. The lemon peel's that were used instead of sugar, caramelized on top of the fire and could bring out the flavor even more. It was refreshing and erased the fishy smell at the same time, and the white wine's aroma that was used could still be felt.

The combination of the mimosa salad was difficult to imagine. Eggs, mayonnaise, and mustard, would that flavor be able to mix well with eel? If you were slightly off, the egg was felt fishy. But because it was Kaya Lotus,she handled it easily. He removed the fishy smell to the flavor he was imagining.

And after that it was perfect. The tasty eggs and the eel's deep flavor, it was as if you mixed fish with meat and that flavor was even deeper. The onions and the cucumbers saved the freshness in your mouth, and the lettuce was to compensate for the lack of chewing sensation. It was a well balanced dish. The combination of the eel and the mimosa salad was perfect. And the result of that was also shown on the system.

[Mimosa salad and grilled eel]
Freshness: 85%
Origins: (Too many ingredients to know)
Quality: High (Average ingredients)
Cooking points: 8/10

Jo Minjoon looked at those points dumbfoundedly. 8 points. This was a scam. Of course it was Kaya's own work, but for it to be 8 points.... Didn't that mean that it could be a dish served in a Michelin restaurant?

'She's not on the level to be participating on Grand Chef.'

Jo Minjoon laughed without any strength. And there was one camera that was recording Jo Minjoon. It was recording Jo Minjoon's eyes not being able to put off of Kaya's. And the one that was holding the camera wasn't the cameraman but the PD that took the camera from him.

'A man's pureness always ends up being a prize.'

The PD smiled and zoomed on Jo Minjoon's face. It didn't matter what thoughts that man was having, what the camera was recording right now was the sight of a man that was staring amazed. The meaning varied from how the viewers interpreted it. And just inserting subtitles to the screen was enough to persuade the thoughts of the viewers easily.

Kaya put the dish on the cart and went to meet the judges. The audience, dazed, looked at the leaving Kaya's back. However there was no need to wait that long. It hasn't been a while and Kaya already came back from the room where the judges were.

Of course, with a badge on her chest.

"You were staring intently at Kaya a while before."

During the interview, those words came out of nowhere. Jo Minjoon opened his eyes widely and looked at the PD. The PD's name was Marin Osburn. Hhe was 31 years old, and the smile he had was enough to make everyone well disposed of him.

"You are 21 right? It's a good age. When I was also your age I had quite a few crushes."

Theoretically speaking he was indeed 21. Because it hasn't been his birthday yet. Jo Minjoon replied with a trembling voice.

"I think you are misunderstanding something."
"Am I? I didn't look clearly and interpreted it like that."

Maybe it pinched him a little but Jo Minjoon let out a sigh.

"Her cooking skills were really outstanding today. I was just admiring her skills for a moment."
"If you say it was outstanding, do you mean she's better than you?"