God of cooking

Chapter 98: The mirror recipe (1)

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The judges took the food into their mouths. Jo Minjoon had never felt this nervous before. He could only feel this way since he was up against Kaya and Anderson. They were originally what should have been the winner and runner up.

Most of all, the thing that made him shrink was the score: 8 points, 9 points, and 7 points. By average, it was the same as them, but he couldn't know what the judges would like overall. But of course, it was difficult to say that getting 8 points in all of the dishes was only fairly good......

The judges returned to their places after finishing tasting, and quietly started to converse. Joseph started.

"It's hard."

That one sentence was showing the feelings of all of the people here. Actually in cooking, even if there is an overwhelming difference, personal tastes couldn't help but show, and picking on which was more delicious than the other was also difficult. You wouldn't know if they could see the cooking score...... Rachel opened her mouth.

"Just looking at the composition, the Red Team was better. The vivid salmon ceviche; the anchovy cream that catches the greasy feeling of the sheep galbi; and the almond pudding. On the other side, the composition of the Blue Team is a bit lacking. Starting with crab bisque; the main beef stroganoff with fried risotto; and lastly, éclair with a lot of choux creme.......There's no point to rest."
"The problem is that it's strong."

Serguei said with a rough voice. He looked at the empty table with regretful eyes and continued speaking.

"It was so much I couldn't feel that sourness lacked. Excluding the dessert, it was all salty, but even so it wasn't painful for my mouth. But of course, it could be because I didn't eat a big amount of it, but even if I ate more spoons of it there won't be that much of a difference."
"In the case of beef stroganoff and fried risotto, it was really well harmonized. Perhaps if they hadn't fried the risotto and just served it, the dampness of both of the dishes would have made my mouth spoiled. But with only one process that's frying, they saved the flavor instantaneously. Honestly, from the dishes that appeared today, it was the one that suited my mouth the most."
"It was also like that for my mouth. Ah, this isn't because i'm Russian. I originally don't like beef stroganoff much. But this one was delicious."

If something you usually didn't like was handled by a real chef, it would transform to something delicious. And Anderson and Kaya had shown plenty of themselves being real chefs. Alan thought with a 'hm' and opened his mouth.

"But thinking about the dessert, it's a bit disappointing. The cream that was inside the éclair was fine, but the damp feeling of the dough wasn't enough."
"It's not only that. If it's only the flavor, it was really fine. But it's a bit dubious as if the fried risotto and the beef stroganoff has the weight of a main."
"I wonder. What's an appropriate thing for a main dish. That's something that isn't clear even among chefs. I think that if it's this much, we can let it pass."

Even at Alan's reply, Emily still had a vague expression. Joseph opened his mouth with a calm voice.

"If there was some disappointment, that can be solved through the votes. First, let's proceed with voting. I think that making the participants nervous this much was enough."

The judges approached the participants. Joseph said.

"Now we will all make one vote. Let's start from Emily. Who are you going to choose?"
"I think that the course is one story. Having an introduction, development, turn, and conclusion is the best thing. In the case of the Blue Team, the food itself was delicious, but I think that it didn't have strong and weak points. Strong, strong, strong. Although it was a three-course meal, it didn't give that much of a burden. The overall picture wasn't that good. That's why it's the Red Team. It was the composition that had it all."