119 – The day before seaside study, Hyunjin’s cooking skills were…?
The day before the seaside study, Hyunjin mobilized all the information he could find to find a nearby Korean town.
Hyunjin searched the surroundings with his smartphone, with impatience thinking that it could not be because of the world of a love comedy.
“…… I didn’t think there would be.”
However, it did exist.
Korea Town!
‘Let’s see, which one would be better.’
First of all, it would be nice to cook in seaside learning.
I also thought of cooking for forest study.
Hyunjin thought so and headed to the mart in Koreatown.
‘Why didn’t I think of this sooner?’
If you want to eat Korean food that much, you just have to make it yourself and eat it.
Hyunjin thought about it alone and remembered the reason for this.
‘Yes, it was because I was busy with work.’
If he remembered it right away, he might have served Hyunjin without eating Amelia’s poison cooking, but he never blamed himself.
On the contrary, it is inevitable that you will feel refreshed when you admit that you did not make a mistake through external factors.
Because not everyone is always upright and upright.
“Let’s see…… “
When Hyunjin stopped by the mart, he couldn’t help but think a lot.
It’s my first time feeding Korean food, but shouldn’t I feed it properly?
To show off your culinary skills.
‘Hmm.’
Kimchi Stew, Soybean Paste Stew, Tofu Kimchi, Pork Stir-fry, Galbijjim, Japchae…… No matter how much I thought about it, the answer did not come easily.
The dishes I just mentioned are the most basic of Korean food and can be seen as the gist of it.
If you consider side dishes that go well with rice, the best thing would be a combination of one side dish and one soup.
Assuming you make it simple.
‘I’m really worried.’
It’s not good to just worry about things for now. Making that decision, Hyunjin started buying materials.
Dinner is to have Amelia eat first, so it wouldn’t hurt to show that she can cook well.
Through that thought, Hyunjin decided to buy so many materials that he couldn’t carry them alone.
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When he arrived at her mansion with her luggage on his bicycle, Ed greeted Hyunjin with a solemn expression.
“Where have you been?”
“Ah, butler. I went to the mart for a while to buy groceries.”
“Chang? Shouldn’t you have asked the chef to cook?”
“I thought I could cook personally, but I couldn’t cook because I was too busy. I wanted to feed the lady what I cooked.”
“Ah, come to think of it, you are Korean. It’s Korean cuisine…… It looks like you’re trying to show the lady something new?”
“Yes.”
Ed nodded in agreement with Hyunjin’s words.
“Anyway, it’s Korean food, so I’ll look forward to it.”
“Yes.”
“Then follow me.”
Ed led Hyunjin to her kitchen.
“Have you been here before?”
“Oh, yes. A while ago, the lady said she was cooking.”
“I see. Forgive me for being unable to offer anything but a heartfelt apology.”
“Do you have anything to be sorry about, Mr. Butler?”
“So, it looks like you bought a lot of ingredients…… May I ask what you are trying to do?”
When Ed asked a hint, Hyunjin answered with a shy smile.
“Leave it as a pleasure until it is finished.”
“Um…… I heard that you are right. Then, let’s leave it as a pleasure until completion.”
“Please.”
Hyunjin said that and took out the ingredients in the bag.
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…………
Hyunjin’s attempt was first of all closer to classic dishes called classics.
I chose japchae, royal palace tteokbokki, and braised short ribs.
The taste is sweet and salty as much as possible. I was tempted to add some spice to it, but based on Amelia’s palate, I thought for sure she wouldn’t prefer spicy.
‘It’s been a while, cooking.’
Hyunjin grabbed the kitchen knife and pondered for a moment.
‘Steamed short ribs take a little longer, so let’s prepare them in advance.’
Hyunjin decided to make use of her cooking experience while watching Baek Songwon’s you tube.
I decided to trim the ingredients first, minus the blood from the ribs.
Gungjung Tteokbokki and Japchae are dishes that can be prepared relatively quickly, but Galbijjim is a dish that takes time and effort.
Since he had to take that into consideration, Hyunjin decided to carefully ask for an understanding from Ed, who was next to him.
“The butler.”
“Something?”
“One of the dishes I want to cook is braised short ribs, but I think it will take a while.”
“I don’t care. Keep going.”
“Okay.”
Hyunjin showed off her proficient kitchen knife skills to Ed.
Seop-seop, seop-seop, seo-seop!
Ingredients that lightly dance on the cutting board.
Hyunjin was showing off his skill of disassembling the ingredients into dozens of pieces at once, just like Shinryong, the king of cooking.
“You are almost as good as a chef…… “
“Oh, is that so?”
While preparing her materials, Hyunjin calmly responded to Ed’s words.
In reality, Hyunjin’s behavior was at the level of being bizarre.
Hyunjin got water in advance and quickly soaked the glass noodles, and at the same time started making tteokbokki.
The process of making royal palace tteokbokki is subtly difficult, but it was not a big problem because I ate it often.
‘Now, let’s do this next.’
Omit the detailed cooking process.
For a moment, Hyunjin’s expression became dramatic, and he quickly completed the dish.
First, gongjung tteokbokki.
Hyunjin put it neatly in a small dish for tasting and handed it to Ed.
“You mean this is Korean food?”
“Yes, I am.”
“Hmm.”
Ed carefully grasped the plate he had received.
‘Brown soup…… White rice cakes, and meat…… Vegetables as well. It’s a very harmonious dish.’
Sure, then how about the taste?
Thought so, Ed grabbed the fork and put the rice cake on the plate into his mouth first.
‘mmm…… Oooooh clothes?!’
Ed almost screamed in surprise, almost dropping a plate in his hand in the process.
That’s probably the case, to the point where I became curious about the identity of the rich taste that spreads in my mouth.
The harmony of sweet, yet not irritating, moderately salty taste was enough to surprise Ed.
‘Where, then this too…… ‘
I dipped the rice cakes, meat and vegetables all at once with a fork, put them in my mouth and chewed them.
At that moment, Ed almost fell backwards.
A feast of great taste!
“Awesome…… !”
As Ed exclaimed, Hyunjin wiped his nose and opened his mouth.
“Ah…… It’s called Korean royal palace tteokbokki…… !”
“If it’s this food, it wouldn’t hurt to bring it right away to the lady. What an amazing dish…….”
Ed expressed surprise, but Hyunjin smiled and said.
“Hasn’t one gone out yet?”
“Is there a next one?”
“Yes, I am.”
While making royal palace tteokbokki, the glass noodles soaked in water must have been fine.
Hyunjin thought so and touched the vermicelli.
‘Good.’
The next thing to make is japchae.
There are also ingredients prepared in advance, so you can save time even more.
Hyunjin, who thought that japchae was a dish that took a very long time to cook while doing housework in the past, looked up information on the Internet and immediately withdrew his thoughts.
It was unexpectedly easy to cook.
As long as the ingredients below are prepared.
It’s a noodle dish with japchae, so it’s a dish that can satisfy both Amelia and Ed.
Hyunjin took out a wok, lightly added oil, and immediately fried the japchae.
It is finished after stir-frying japchae quickly with splendid hand movements.
Once again, I put a small amount on the plate and handed it to Ed, and he forgot his face as the butler and looked at the plate with a rather refreshed expression.
‘What kind of world will I show you this time?’
If it was a taste that showed what ancient Korea was like, which was never seen in royal palace tteokbokki, what would this be like?
Ed slowly looked at the japchae.
‘Is it a noodle dish…… ?’
Ed didn’t feel any pressure because he was familiar with the noodles. There was definitely no hesitation in the appearance of tteokbokki.
Dip the fork into the center of the japchae, turn it around and put it in your mouth.
‘Wooooo!!!’
Ed.
Who is he?
He was the head butler under Amelia, who served the Lionheart family.
In other words, he made a deep commitment to maintaining dignity wherever he went.
The taste of Korean food prepared by Hyunjin was close to something that broke even Ed’s promise.
What did he mean by the things he ate?
This is a complex yet subtle harmony of flavors.
Ed set the plate aside and started clapping while chewing on the japchae in his mouth.
‘What is it?’
Hyunjin was taken aback by Ed’s reaction, but he was waiting to see what Ed would say.
Ed passed the japchae down his throat, nodded his thumb, and began to weep.
“Ji, butler?”
“I was impressed, Hyunjin. Your cooking is real. It wouldn’t hurt to bring it to the lady right away.”
“Is that enough?”
“This is an indescribable dish. Let’s give it to the lady as soon as possible.”
“Boiled ribs…… “
When Hyunjin asked Ed carefully, he replied with a grin.
“I don’t think you need to ask me for a doctor.”
At Ed’s words, Hyunjin let out a big sigh with an expression of relief.