38. Memories of Pork Rice Bowl
There was a child.
The child’s mothers were running a small snack bar in the neighborhood.
Although the snack bar was small,
Thanks to the great cooking skills of mothers,
Unknowingly, it was a famous restaurant.
That’s why there were a lot of people secretly looking for it, and it was a snack bar with a lot of regulars as well.
The child always watched the happy customers eating the food cooked by the mothers.
Then, I grew my dream.
Like mothers,
My dream is to become a great chef and make people happy.
A child with such a dream,
Despite her young age, she was taught to cook by her mother in her kitchen.
Mothers protected such a child’s dream.
While the kitchen was busy with orders, she taught her child how to cook.
She helped her achieve her dream.
Time passed just like that…
The child had become an adult before he knew it,
Now, rather than being called the daughter of a snack bar,
There are more times when I am called a hotel chef.
The woman had become a full-fledged cook.
Her cooking skills were excellent.
I also won a famous cooking contest in Korea, She
She even won prizes in world competitions.
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A woman who grew up to be such a great cook, She
She still kept her childhood dreams.
‘I want to make people happy through cooking.’ The dream called
.
Like that, she was living a happy life, always cooking to make people happy.
Her incident happened to her.
What happened was the
A national cooking competition in which she participated.
There were no major problems with the cooking contest itself.
Rather, it was a very small stage compared to her skills.
Previously, she had won prizes in world competitions. That’s why she was a competition that she didn’t have to enter if she was only considering her skills.
But she was forced to participate in the kitchen of her hotel where she contained her body.
It was because of the greed of the high-ranking people.
Although she was reluctant, she couldn’t resist the hotel’s strong request and eventually participated in the contest.
She was so reluctant that she entered the contest, but she still did her best.
She easily passed the preliminaries and finals, as if to show that her skills were not false.
She made it to the finals very easily.
Thus began the long-awaited final.
Still, many people and reporters flocked to the venue where the finals were held, as if it was worth the reputation of being a national tournament.
With so many people gathering and watching, the competition began.
The long-awaited final.
And the cooking theme was revealed.
The cooking theme was this.
「Korean cuisine that even men can enjoy」
As soon as the topic of cooking was revealed, the venue started to stir.
Many words were exchanged among the people gathered at the venue, but the meaning was unified even though the words were different.
The cooking topic is too difficult.
When the chairman was agitated for a while,
There was a surprise announcement from the Steering Committee.
It was announced that the chef who won the competition would be allowed to work as a chef at the men’s shelter.
Then, an additional explanation continued that if you enter the chef’s kitchen at the men’s shelter, you will receive various benefits in connection with the men’s department.
The chairman began to stir louder.
People were surprised by the extremely unconventional benefits, as well as the qualifications given when winning.
Not only the people who gathered to watch the competition,
Even the chefs who participated were in awe of the surprise prize given to them when they won the championship.
And all of them accepted the cooking topic that had been criticized as being too difficult just now, saying it was a topic worthy of a product.
And the surprise announcement from the management side had a greater ripple effect than expected.
Reporters already at the venue were writing special reports and reporting them to newspapers, and people were envious of the winner of the contest.
The tournament hadn’t even started yet.
After hearing the surprise announcement of the jury, a famous chef who participated as a special judge,
There was a commotion where he insisted on participating in the competition himself and went on a rampage.
Because of the commotion, the start of the full-scale competition was delayed for a while.
And she, who was her leading candidate for the championship,
From the daughter of a snack bar to a hotel chef,
Chef Seong Bora was also very excited about the surprise announcement from the steering committee.
It was none other than her that made her horny,
It was because of the qualification given at the time of winning.
She was very excited about being able to cook at her men’s shelter.
Her dream
‘I want to make people happy through cooking.’ The final gateway to
.
Because the opportunity to show off her cooking to her man has come.
She vowed to herself that she would definitely win this competition.
While she was so determined,
An announcement announcing the start of the final was reverberating throughout the venue.
When the competition started,
She decided to start with cooking.
Then I started thinking about it.
A dish that even men can enjoy.
Korean cuisine.
Korean cuisine was not a big problem.
Because one of her talents was Korean cuisine in the first place.
Rather, her biggest obstacle is…
No, the same difficulties other competitors will have.
It was the taste of men.
She pondered over,
She shook her head, judging that it was difficult to match men’s picky tastes. She
And decided to change her thinking.
Among Korean food, what is the most popular dish among mothers and daughters of all ages?
(*Mother and Child – Mother, Daughter, Elderly, and Child combined, referring to all women)
And if it’s a dish like that, wouldn’t men be able to enjoy it enough?
Suddenly, in her head,
She passed by her snack bar where she grew up dreaming that she was sleeping.
The most popular dish at the snack bar.
A dish popular with regulars.
A dish that everyone ate with a happy smile.
She thought the dish was the answer.
After deciding on the dish, she hurriedly moved.
And that’s how the cooking is done…
Let’s serve that dish in front of the judges…
At the first word of the judges,
Her dreams were shattered.
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“You seriously offered this to my son?”
Yoon-hee looked at the dish, pork rice bowl, placed on the serving cart with a puzzled look on her face.
Her voice, full of anger, made the manager and waiters bow their heads even more.
And head chef Seong Bo-ra,
I was shaking so badly that I thought it was a miracle that I was standing upright.
Seongbo-ra was despairing inside.
She was so desperate that she was the one who immediately remembered her work at that time.
She is the same as back then.
Her failure to trample on her own dreams equaled the judges’ assessment of her breaking, she thought.
It was as if the words of the judges, which could not be heard in her ears, were heard vividly again.
『Are you serious about offering this to men to eat?』
Her words that had been bothering her until now.
Born in the nest where she sleeps,
Those words that disparage a dish filled with precious memories.
When she first heard it,
She bit her lip.
She used to shake her limbs.
She was so disassembled.
She just spurred her chairman and came out.
She and she just quit the hotel kitchen.
She then went to visit her senior.
She knew that the restaurant run by the senior had a male-only hall.
And one day a male guest will come,
That her own cooking wasn’t wrong,
She wanted to prove it herself.
A dish filled with precious memories of her own,
It will make men happy,
She believed.
Her seniors cheered her on.
That’s how she became the executive chef of a Provence restaurant.
And that opportunity finally came.
All dishes were perfect.
However, it was still not enough.
She once again,
She wanted to showcase the dish.
Directly to men.
In a way, it was her greed.
But that much she wanted to be saved.
Mothers’ precious pork rice bowl,
That men can also eat happily, She
She wanted to be saved.
But despair came again.
When I heard that again,
Her lips trembled.
Her hands and feet were shaking.
And tears welled up in her eyes.
She fell into despair.
Was she really wrong?
My cooking is really…
“Clean up immediately. How could I feed my son something like this?”
『It’s not even worth examining, get rid of it right away.』
After hearing Yoonhee’s words, she
In the end, it collapsed.
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Um, over there… mother.
Aren’t you too excited?
“I am very disappointed. How can you serve a dish like this?”
“…… Sorry. But with good ingredients—”
“It’s not that kind of problem!”
Bang!
My mother must have been very angry, so she slapped her hand on the table.
Uh, uh, mother?
I almost got tired right now, right?
Besides, look at that.
I was surprised at how surprised the head chef had already sat down.
Normally, my mother would have looked at my appearance first, but now she seemed really angry.
Far from looking at my appearance, all my nerves were now directed towards the manager.
That’s how my mother raised her voice.
“There is absolutely nothing wrong with the cooking itself!
Meat rice bowl? It’s my favorite dish too.
If you think about the dishes you just ate, the taste must be great.”
“If so, then—”
“But! Considering the nutrition and calories of the dishes we have been eating, especially my son, this dish should never have been served!”
…… What?
Was that the problem?
“One pork bowl contains carbohydrates, proteins, fats, sugars, saturated fats, cholesterol, and sodium.
I don’t know the details of the ingredients, so I don’t know the exact numbers, but since it’s a dish made with red pepper paste, it contains a lot of sodium.”
…… Wow.
She is also a mother who is thorough in beauty.
To be able to remember all of those things one by one.
When I am admiring it inwardly,
Mother’s explanation continued.
“And you know what? The fact that the calories in that one pork bowl are the same as the calories in all the dishes we’ve served so far?”
“… ….”
“The taste of cooking? Of course it’s important.
In particular, in fine dining like this, taste comes first before calories consumed. I understand that part too.
So, I’ll give up the calorie part a hundred times. However, isn’t it right that it should basically come out with the composition of a course meal?”
“… ….”
“I wonder if it came out as a Korean course!
In a Western course, you serve this kind of food after the main dish?
Jeyuk rice bowl made with strong seasoning that spoils the flavor of the previous dishes?
Do I look so ignorant about cooking? Do you want to try it with me now?”
“…… Really… sorry.”
My mother’s words were the right theory even when I listened to them.
And as if the manager couldn’t refute her mother’s words, she just bowed her head with her words of apology.
After hearing the manager’s apology, my mother must have been unable to tolerate her displeasure. She removed the napkin from my lap and said,
“I’ll just leave. Can I pay the bill at the counter?”
“… ….”
Usually, people know that places like this check the bill at the dining table and give cash or a card to pay.
But her mother seemed to want to get out of here quickly, so she bluffed that she would go out to pay the bill herself.
It seemed that he was very displeased.
Seeing her mother like that,
The staff didn’t know what to do.
In particular, the manager seemed to have no shame in raising his head, but he still kept his head down.
And the head chef…
“Black…… Whoa…….”
She had been sobbing silently as she sat there.
Maybe because of the chef’s tears,
There were stains painted on the carpet floor.
Looking at the head chef like that,
For some reason, a feeling of guilt came over me and tormented me.
I was wondering if this happened because of me.
Hmmm, what should I do?
What should I do here….
Let’s stop my mother…
Would you feel a little relieved if you acted cute?
At that time, the meat bowl caught my eye.
As if the cooking hadn’t cooled down yet, the warm-looking steam was rising.
The meat was cut into appetizing-looking pieces that were neither too thick nor too thin.
The well-sliced meat was well-mixed with seasoning as if it were a luxurious coating.
Sesame seeds were sprinkled on top of such stir-fried pork with thinly sliced seaweed powder.
The rice underneath was moistly colored with seasoning and showed off a delicious-looking red color.
And above all,
Fried eggs embracing the golden sun are placed on top of pork rice bowl.
That’s the true finish!
Looking at that pork bowl,
Saliva built up in my mouth.
Gulp.
And without realizing it, my mouth was swallowed.
The sound of saliva going down your throat like that,
A loud echo resounded in the silent hall where silence descended.
Then everyone’s eyes turned to me.
“… ….”
“… ….”
In particular, my mother’s gaze was very stinging.
Embarrassed by my mother’s gaze, I let out an awkward smile and opened my mouth.
“…… Ahahahaha, that, I’m sorry during the conversation.
Well, it’s delicious… Because you can see it.”
Then my mother opened her eyes wide and asked me.
“Son, it looks delicious?”
“Yes? Yes.”
“That… No, do you want to eat that food?”
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Oh no, mother.
Can I tell you a fact?
I’m not sure about the tastes of men in this world.
In the world I lived in,
“Yes! I want to eat!”
A man who doesn’t like pork rice bowl, He
Did not exist.
hmmmm
Bueno… al menos los años de esfuerzo del chef tuvo sus frutos