GOD OF COOKING – CHAPTER 26: GETTING HELP IN THE FACE OF GETTING DISQUALIFIED (1)

The reason Kaya looked at Jo Minjoon and wanted him as a partner was simple . It couldn’t be said that they were close, but it could be said that they had some sort of friendship . She didn’t think about Jo Minjoon’s skills or anything of the sort . She just needed someone she could be comfortable with .

However, Jo Minjoon couldn’t help but hesitate looking at Kaya . Jo Minjoon remembered the theme of the next mission .  Foie gras . He did know how to make it, but it was something he had never made before . And it was also the same for Kaya . There was no way for someone from the ghetto to have cooked it .

The reason Kaya could survive in the past was because the partner she had chosen was Chloe . Chloe knew how to make it and even had experience doing so . She was different to Jo Minjoon .

Because of that, Jo Minjoon couldn’t help but hesitate . Letting a hand in vain at that poor girl could rather get him results he hadn’t expected . It meant that he didn’t know if she would face disqualification that wasn’t destined to happen . And that wasn’t a simple disqualification . It was changing Kaya’s life .

He needed to refuse . He had to . It was for the sake of Kaya . He thought so . But in the next moment, Jo Minjoon was already getting downstairs . With each step he took, his head got filled with more and more confusion . Just why? This decision wasn’t for the sake of anyone . Just acting like a good person could play in stake Kaya’s life and the money she had earned . But .

He couldn’t stop his steps . Jo Minjoon walked towards Kaya with a rigid face . Even if it was now, he wouldn’t be late . He had to tell her . That he wasn’t confident .

But the moment he looked at Kaya, he couldn’t open his mouth . Joseph’s voice could be heard . He was asking him right now .

“Minjoon . Are you willing to be Kaya’s partner?”
“……First, let me ask her something . ”

Jo Minjoon said that and looked at Kaya . Her sky blue eyes was darker than usual . Jo Minjoon talked with a voice a teacher had when he was teaching his student .

“It could be a mistake picking me . But are you sure you aren’t going to regret it?”
“……I don’t know . ”

Kaya replied in a low voice . It was similar to a patient who had caught a cold .

“Just… . . I just thought of you . To help me . ”

If the situation was different, it would sound pretty romantic . But right now, it was only heard as depressed and dejected . Jo Minjoon just looked at her . And opened as if he had decided something . The original future didn’t matter . What was important right now was that Kaya asked him for help . The idol who he had always admired was asking for his help right now .

Was it unavoidable to hold her hand?

“Okay . Let’s do it . ”
“……Thank you . ”

Kaya replied without strength . Joseph, looking at them, clapped his hands . As everyone turned to look at him, he opened his mouth .

“As the team making is completed, now I’ll announce the mission . Everyone go to your respective countertops and check the box put on top . ”

Jo Minjoon and Kaya went to the countertop that was farther away . An ice box the size of an apple box was in the place . Jo Minjoon already knew what would be inside of it . Foie gras . Kaya opened the lid hurriedly . It was as he remembered . A frozen foie gras that was vacuum sealed was inside of the ice box .

The disqualifying candidates all let out sighs . They could only do so . Because there wasn’t a more difficult dish to handle than foie gras . The price was as expensive as the best meat, and if you couldn’t cook it well it was comparable to just a meat chunk .

Foie gras . The name was okay but in the end, it was liver . And like every living being’s liver, it’s disgusting aroma was strong . That aroma, perhaps even calling it aroma was excessive . But to remove that smell and make it better was the main point of foie gras .

“……I don’t know how to do it . ”

Next to him, Kaya mumbled anxiously . She was biting her lips to not express it, but it showed even more from her expression . Jo Minjoon talked with a low voice . It was a voice that could calm your heart just by hearing it .

“I have never cooked it . No, wait . Don’t make that face . We can do it . Kaya . You have cooked chicken liver or cow liver, right?”

Jo Minjoon consoled Kaya . Kaya nodded with a nervous face .

“I have . But foie gras is a bit different . ”
“Even if it’s different, it’s still liver . Listen . This… . . ”

It was at that moment when Jo Minjoon wanted to continue speaking . Alan’s voice sounded in the room .

“What’s in front of you will be the theme for this mission . Foie gras . But you can’t prepare it at the same time . You will have to change who cooks in intervals of 5 minutes, and while you have shifted, you are not permitted to help if not by talking . ”

Anxious voices could be heard from the place . Even while excluding Jo Minjoon and Kaya, there were still many people not accustomed to making foie gras . For people that weren’t even pros to make foie gras and have experience doing so was very hard . Because it was not an ingredient that was easily handled . Only Anderson could have handled it . But on top of that you had to tag between yourselves, the difficulty of this mission would have risen to the top .

“We’ll give you 20 minutes to think of the recipe . Decide in that time . And the time given to cook will be 60 minutes . ”

Jo Minjoon looked at Kaya . And opened his mouth .

“Let’s roast it . ”

It was brief, but Kaya understood . She had never cooked foie gras, but it wasn’t that she had never heard of it . Because even she had studied the ingredients she had never handled before .

There were two main ways to cook foie gras . The first was roasting, and the second was grating it with spices and making it as a pate mousse .

But realistically speaking, pate wasn’t an option Jo Minjoon could choose right now . Because he, and also Kaya didn’t completely understand about foie gras . For a flavor they couldn’t understand to mix it with different spices and making a pate? It was obvious that a flavor worse than sausage that was sold in markets would come out instead .

Kaya frowned . She understood why Jo Minjoon chose that . But there was a mistake in that .

“It seems that you have forgotten, but this is frozen . I can’t say much because I don’t know about foie gras, but won’t the flavor be lacking a bit?”
“Nowadays freezing is done at high speed . It’s completely different than the freezers we have at our houses . If we handle it well, there won’t be a big difference with it being frozen . ”
Of course, there would be some small differences compared to frozen ingredients . But it is enough to roast it . In the first place, if it was foie gras that couldn’t be roasted, the theme of the mission would be changed to making pate or cream .

And the main reason Jo Minjoon chose to roast it was because, in the original future, Kaya also chose to roast it . Jo Minjoon still remembered that scene . The scene where she cooked without having eaten nor seen with her own methods . He remembered that difficult challenge .

With that dish, Kaya was able to survive . She showed her worth . And he hoped that she would also do it this time . He didn’t want her to get disqualified because it was him and not Chloe that was besides her . He had to win . So because of that, Jo Minjoon couldn’t help but be more serious than Kaya .

“I promise you . I won’t get you disqualified . ”
“……Whatever you do . I’m not planning to do so . ”

Kaya replied bluntly . Jo Minjoon just smiled without saying anything . He got a feeling that he was looking at her little sister Jo Ara . He couldn’t become a nuisance when he was asked for help . Jo Minjoon closed his eyes . The basic form of cooking it was putting puré on top of the roasted foie gras . He thought of tens of recipes for the puré kinds, and the estimated cooking score appeared as much as the recipes he had thought of . 5 points . 4 points . 5 points . 5 points . 6 points . 5 points… . .

7 points

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Translator’s note: Regular chapter! Geez guys . About the previous chapter’s ‘rock as hard’ . Are there only perverts reading this novel? You can see it as his face froze . No one seeing the romance? Hmm… .

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Translator : Subak
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