The Heartbeat at the Tip of the Tongue | LK Adaption

Chapter 43 : If You're Not Confident I'll Kiss You

Just as the three of them were chatting, Lisa had already started on the flavoured cigar rolls.

She had melted an appropriate amount of butter. Sprinkled feta cheese into the mint leaves, and mixed an egg together then tasted the flavour, to make sure of the balance of the mint leaves and the cheese, whether there was enough egg, and to sprinkle the appropriate amount of salt. Then she retrieved the pizza that she had made freshly today, evenly brush on the melted butter, put the cigar roll mixture in, and added olive oil after rolling it. And lastly use excessive oil absorbing paper to absorb the grease.

She didn't forget to plate, to pair every strip of cigar roll with a fresh bean sprout. And under each cigar roll was a well-made prepared hollandaise sauce.

Before she sent it out, she didn't forget to have a taste of the finished product.

"Mr Jeon, would you like to have a taste to confirm?" Lisa asked.

"You need to have faith in your sense of taste." Jungkook passed the plated to Mayer, to bring out.

Just gonna serve it as it is?

"Concentrate, Lisa. You should forget the appetiser, because you can't change the taste of the dish anymore. So, put your focus on the upcoming main dish."

"Yes, chef." Lisa moderated her breathing, no matter what she thinks about now, she can't do anything about the critiques.

The only thing she can do, is to make the main dish even more perfect.

Lisa did the preparations for 3 portions of steak according to the method before. She then confirmed the fire for the steak, the taste of the sauce at the base of the plate, the sourness of the arugula, and lastly plated simply, and handed everything to Mayer.

Mayer gave a smile, and brought the dishes out.

This was like an examination, Lisa had finished two-thirds of the examination paper, she had to carefully throw herself into the last question, to let this round of examination finish perfectly.

The pudding in the fridge had already taken form, of course, Lisa didn't only make one.

She took one of them out, took a spoon and scooped one to taste, to make sure that the pudding's taste, bounciness, and flavour was to her satisfaction, then start on making the jam.

She kept in mind the words Jungkook had said to her before, that as a chef, she herself had to make sure of the flavour of every ingredient that was going to be used.

She tasted the blueberries, pineapple and the peaches, and according to the degree of their sweetness and sourness, made sure of the ratio of the fruits, then made the jam.

After making sure that every link was without fault, she mixed the jam and ice cream together and drizzled it on the pudding, and placed a bird nest shaped with caramel on top of the pudding, and lastly decorated with a single piece of mint leaf. Brightly coloured, the plating gave off the feel of a picture in a cooking book.

When even the dessert was taken away by Mayer, Lisa leaned against the counter and lifted her head, and took a deep breath.

"How does it feel?"

Jungkook who had been silently in the kitchen finally spoke.

Lisa couldn't help laughing, she was too focused, and had almost forgotten about Jungkook's presence: "Feels amazing."

Jungkook took out 2 tall glasses, and poured champagne, giving one to Lisa.

At that moment, Lisa had a feeling of being acknowledged. She received the glass, and clinked glasses with the other party, the crisp sound made her mood follow the vibration. She had never realised that champagne was actually this delicious, refreshingly moving, her whole being felt like it was floating.