God of cooking

Chapter 127: In the royal palace (3)

This story does not belong to me. this is translated by KobatoChanDaiSuki.  

"Again.......?"
"Yes. Is there a problem?"
"No. That's not it....."

Jo Minjoon hesitated and then chewed on a back rib. After his body trembled he lightly sighed. It was so delicious to the point he got chills. The flavor of the tom yum that spread all over his mouth, the flavor of the crab meat, and the flavor of the back rib. There was nothing that lacked or fitted. Jo Minjoon's brows gathered. He couldn't understand at all just why this delicious dish was still lacking.

"It's really delicious right now. To the point I wonder if this recipe can be improved further."
"Those are right words, if we were normal people. But we are chefs."

Rachel said with a voice that had determination. Just like the perfect truth as this that won't change no matter what someone said.

"A chef has to surpass their own limits. I think that if it's you, you will be able to understand."

Jo Minjoon smacked his lips as if trying to say something, but didn't. He remembered the risotto he made before. Pear risotto. The estimated cooking score was 6. But even in the process of cooking that, he didn't miss the changes on the food and he concentrated. And what were the results? Wasn't an 8-point recipe born?

Because of that he thought he understood what Rachel was trying to say. But that also had its limits. If it was a 9-point recipe it had everything it should, and it had plenty of skill and dedication put in it. Just how more could this change?

But of course, you wouldn't know if Rachel herself cooked. She would be able to catch the small parts others wouldn't be able to feel. But would that small part be able to bring an amazing change such as changing a 9-point dish to become 10 points?

Jeremy came while holding a small pot that had a bit of the avocado soup.

"Why don't you try this for now?"
"Ah, it's already done?"

Jo Minjoon brightened and approached to the soup. Jeremy poured a bit of the soup on Jo Minjoon's spoon with a ladle. He even licked the soup that fell in the hand he placed below the soup and odded.

"It's delicious. I certainly like clean flavors such as this. But of course, there's some greasy feeling to say that it's completely clean......But in the end that's the simple flavor of avocado."
"Didn't you say last time that you liked food with strong aroma?"
"Flavor and aroma are different things. It's just like liking teas. Although the flavor is strong, it's tasteless. But even so it's not that I like tasteless things."

At Emily's question Jo Minjoon replied calmly. The score of the avocado soup from back then was 8. But that was also an amazing thing by itself. Because the ones that cooked it were Sera and Jeremy. They were people that had cooking levels of 5 and 6.

Actually, he thought that the one that really cooked was Rachel instead of them. It didn't stop as her leading as a head chef, but she was completely controlling it. If she could feel the overall situation in real time and tune to it, actually it didn't matter as to who grabbed the pan or the knife.

'This is why she was a legend.'

Jo Minjoon's eyes looking at Rachel weren't normal. Anderson looked at Jo Minjoon with eyes that were a bit wary and then hit him with his elbow.

"Why are you that absentminded?"
"No, teacher Rachel.....I just thought that she was amazing."
".......Since when did you call her as teacher?"
"I don't know. It just turned like this."

Anderson's expression was weird. He did like that Rachel was being admired, but it felt like he didn't like her to be stolen. Could it be said that he was the older brother being wary of his younger brother of fear for their mother to be taken by him?