God of cooking

Chapter 53: Crossroad (4)

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8 points. Jo Minjoon looked at that score dumbfoundedly for a long while. He didn't believe it. He thought that it was difficult to do so until now. And it wasn't that he had made a dish you were familiar with like Hugo. He wasn't familiar to, and didn't even like risotto. He got 8 points with that risotto.

It would be a weird thing if that situation made him only happy. Of course, his heart felt like exploding for the score he had received for the first time in his life, but at the same time, he felt dubious. How in the world could he get 8 points? Was concentration alone enough to do that?

"Well, everybody take your hands off."

Even before he could organize his thoughts Joseph yelled. Of course, there was no one to have failed in completing their dish after 1 hour. Because 1 hour was enough to make risotto and paella.

As he slowly checked at his surroundings, his eyes fell on Kaya's dish. He couldn't help it. Because he knew that she was showing a not confident attitude. But because of that, he couldn't help but wonder. Cooking score 8. He understood that. But.......

'Shallots and onions on a 1-1 ratio, parmigiano and reggiano, clam gravy, dry white wine..... This is exactly the same as Alan's.'

The dish Alan had served them just then was copied exactly the same in front of Kaya. Did she originally cook it like this? He didn't remember well.

Looking that it was 8 points means that she was successful in bringing out the same flavor. But can she get through the creativity?

'Is not a problem that can get solved for me to worry about.'

Jo Minjoon looked away. He had made an 8 points dish for the first time in his life. It could be a selfish thing to say, but he wanted to enjoy this miracle to his heart's contents instead of worrying of something that didn't even happen.

The first one's the judges evaluated were Carlos and Marco. Both of them weren't able to make outstanding dishes. Because Carlos and Marco were 6 points. Jo Minjoon quickly looked at the dishes of all of the participants. And there was only one 5 points dish. Coney. From the remaining participants, she was the only one around her forties, and was also the most silent participant. What she had made was paella with corns and onion, but honestly even at first glance, it didn't seem that delicious.

He thought that the one to disqualify would be Coney, if there were no upsets. However, it was uncertain for the risotto team. 7 points for Anderson and Hugo. Kaya was 8 points. And the remaining three were all 6 points. You wouldn't know who of those three would disqualify. Alan ate a bite of Carlos's risotto and rinsed his mouth with water. Then opened his mouth.

"Carlos. What's the theme of this risotto?"
"I saved the aroma with basil and pine nuts........"
"No, I can see that clearly. But why am I chewing more pine nuts than rice grains? The seasoning is good. And it's the same for the recipe. But the oil of the pine nut is covering all of the flavor. Have you tried it?"
"No, I just.......Didn't have the leisure to."
"Are you saying that you made risotto without even trying it? You, do you know that much about risotto?"

Carlos lowered his head. And the evaluations that continued from Joseph and Emily weren't that different. It was averagely good, but the problem was that the pine nuts covered the risotto's flavor. In the end, Carlos became a disqualifying candidate and went back to his countertop.

And Marco also received a bad evaluation. He made paella that was fried with lemon juice along with a hard baguette, shrimps and saffron. However the fish gravy was weak and was a bit burnt, so in the end he also got to the disqualifying candidates.