135 – Let’s make Korean food and serve it to win favor!
‘Hmm…… ‘
Hyunjin reviewed the plan before going to get hit.
I came up with an opinion, but I didn’t expect to say it myself.
‘It must be difficult with just opinions.’
You need something that will captivate you.
Thought so, Hyunjin briefly checked the time on his smartphone.
There are less than two hours left until lunchtime.
‘What I can do… ….’
Simple cooking and outstanding physical abilities are everything.
Even if I said I could do this and that, I doubted whether it would be satisfactory.
‘Will the food I cook work?’
I thought that it would be a relief if I didn’t touch the planting even if I cooked for noblemen who would enjoy things like Mananjeonseok or mountain delicacies, so Hyunjin opened his mouth to the heroines just in case.
“Excuse me, but could I find out what the head of the household likes to eat?”
Amelia and Ayako pondered at Hyunjin’s words before opening their mouths.
“My father likes strong flavors. My mother likes sweets.”
“My father likes savory, and my mother likes sweet.”
As Amelia and Ayako obediently told Hyunjin about their parents’ diet, Tsubasa had a puzzled look on her face.
‘There’s a reason for that, so I’d better ask.’
Tsubasa thought that far before opening her mouth.
“Why, you think you’re thinking of cooking and serving it yourself?”
“Yes, but…… “
Tsubasa also came to the Gosanke gathering, half of which was inspired by her parents.
It’s something that can just be passed over, but I don’t know if he’s trying to look that hard, but Tsubasa even thought that Hyunjin’s hard work was similar to her struggling.
“…… My father likes deep taste. My mother is like that too.”
Hyunjin, who didn’t think he would give an easy answer, put on a puzzled look at Tsubasa’s words.
“Instead, you should do well.”
Tsubasa said worriedly.
“I am confident in my skills, so I don’t think I need to worry.”
“I might be able to surprise you this time. Hyunjin, what do you need?”
Amelia’s words made Hyunjin ponder for a moment.
‘Thick taste, sweet taste, salty taste, deep taste.’
Since all orders are Jung-gu heating, it may not be possible to capture everyone’s hearts, but I will try my best.
Hyunjin started calling the ingredients while thinking about that.
***
Hyunjin immediately asked Ayako and Tsubasa’s servants for the necessary items and then headed to the kitchen.
Fortunately, there were ingredients in the kitchen that Hyunjin could use right away.
‘I don’t have much time. But it shouldn’t be made roughly.’
I was thinking of making it fancy with a board that had permission to use the kitchen.
‘I don’t know if I’ll be able to cook royal cuisine well just by looking at the recipe.’
Since there are no bowls in the fresh furnace, Hyunjin immediately used the bowls and ingredients in the kitchen with the idea of keeping the warmth by heating the bowls with only the shape.
To get the taste of Korea, you need gochujang or Korean-style soy sauce, but there is no such thing here, so I asked Ayako and Tsubasa’s servants, Inuzuka and Kumano, to purchase Korean ingredients.
Of course, it was the lady’s order, so the servants headed to the food mart in Koreatown with the note Hyunjin gave them.
The round trip takes about 20 minutes by car, and considering the time to choose the ingredients, it will take about 30 minutes.
Until then, Hyunjin had to prioritize preparing ingredients.
‘I never thought the cooking you tube I’ve been watching since I was bored would be so helpful.’
Hyunjin, who fell asleep while watching a few episodes of You Tube before going to bed, brought her memories back.
How to make traditional Korean royal cuisine.
‘First, pickled vegetables and seasoned vegetables.’
Hyunjin worked tirelessly to prepare and mix the ingredients.
Even though he had only two hands, when Amelia, Ayako, and Tsubasa saw them, Hyunjin’s arms were moving rapidly, like the hands of a Kannon with a thousand arms.
“No matter how you look at it, that is close to divine…… “
“How many times have you seen a scene like that, Ah-chan?”
As Amelia stuck out her tongue and expressed surprise, Ayako next to her asked insinuatingly.
“No, I think this is the first time I’ve seen it properly. I’ve never eaten a dish…… “
“I think it would be good for us to help out with something. What about Tsu-chan?”
“…… Even if you say that, we don’t know what Korean food is, right?”
Tsubasa sharply pointed out Ayako’s words.
Ayako also nodded at Tsubasa’s words.
“Sure…… I don’t know much about Korean cuisine.”
“In that case, collecting information with a smartphone is one way?”
Amelia took out her smart phone and turned on her internet.
Ayako and Tsubasa quietly watched Amelia.
A new language flickered in the eyes of the two girls, and Amelia began to type it skillfully.
Korean cuisine, Korean food.
Amelia was searching for such things.
“Jeyuk…… Borgme…… ?”
She had a hard time reading at first because her pronunciation was not good, but Amelia read the letters over the screen one by one, as if pronouncing Hyunjin’s name.
Stir-fried pork, seasoned vegetables, kimchi, short ribs or nubani, etc.
The names of various foods appeared on the screen of the smartphone.
“What did Hyunjin say he cooks earlier?”
“I heard they do Korean food, but I haven’t heard much about it.”
“If you go and ask…… “
Tsubasa, who had said that far, sighed.
It was a situation where I couldn’t even approach, and it was an atmosphere where it was difficult to approach even in an atmosphere where I felt like I would let go of the kitchen knife if I broke my concentration.
“Then wouldn’t it be nice to try it by ourselves? I think the experience of making new dishes will be fresh…… “
Ayako smiled and suggested her method.
Tsubasa nodded her head as if she thought it was valid, and Amelia shrugged her shoulders and opened her mouth.
“That wouldn’t be bad, either. Shall we do it soon?”
At that time, Ayako and Tsubasa felt uncomfortable with Amelia’s words.
I had seen Ayako once. How was Amelia’s cooking?
He didn’t remember the situation and took a seat elsewhere in the kitchen and started cooking.
“Hmm, first of all, this bastard stir-fried pork seems to be referring to spicy stir-fried pork!”
Amelia read her explanation on her smart phone beside her.
“Really? Gramm…… “
As Ayako opened her refrigerator, she asked Amelia ..
“Can I know which part it is? Ah-chan.”
“Three parts…… Old age? Ah! It looks like belly fat. The cooking itself looks simple. It’s a way to stir-fry with prepared seasoning and well-trimmed vegetables and meat.”
“I see.”
Ayako pulled out her pork belly, and she started trimming her under Amelia’s guidance.
“The seasoning is said to contain sugar, red pepper paste, soy sauce, red pepper powder, minced garlic, and mirin. Chili pepper paste…… ? What is this?”
“That is enough.”
To Amelia’s question, Tsubasa, who was next to her, gave an appropriate answer and pondered.
‘Gochujang isn’t available right away, so you’ll probably have to wait for Mr. Kumano to buy it. The rest are familiar names.’
Tsubasa asked Ayako.
“Aya-chan, I need to make something called seasoning…… “
“The garlic will be in the fridge. Find it. Soy sauce, sugar and mirin are in the cupboard!”
Tsubasa headed for the refrigerator at Ayako’s words.
She opened the refrigerator and she started looking for the ingredients Amelia had mentioned.
‘Let’s see…… You can mince the garlic yourself. The soy sauce is Japanese soy sauce as needed…… Red pepper powder must mean Shichimi. Sugar and mirin should also be in the cupboard.’
Quickly taking out the ingredients, Tsubasa quickly took out a cleaver from the cupboard and began cutting the ingredients.
Tsubasa also usually cooks and eats alone at home, so he is good at cooking.
Amelia just quietly watches the two of them.
‘This is like this…… ‘
‘I don’t know how much to cut off the scaffolding. Let’s try it.’
Tsubasa and Ayako started cooking while thinking of each other.
“It seems difficult to make without gochujang, but let’s try it!”
“If the color is not enough, add a little more pretentiousness!”
The chemistry between the two matched quite well. It’s different from how they usually growl at each other.
The problem is that the fried pork stir-fry they were trying to make needed red pepper paste for its spicy taste and color, and the taste of Japanese soy sauce and Korean soy sauce were completely different. It was a situation.
In other words, no one can express the taste until they try it.
Hyunjin inadvertently looked back at the situation where he had just finished preparing the ingredients for cooking while waiting for the servants.
“Ehh?”
I wondered why Ayako and Tsubasa were cooking, but at the right time, one dish was finished on the other side as well.
“It’s finally over. It just went well…… Jin-kun, would you like to try it?”
Wearing her apron, Ayako implicitly suggested a tasting to Hyunjin.
Even in such a situation, Hyunjin did not doubt it and approached him with a nod of his head.
“I’m asking just in case…… What is that dish?”
“A-chan searched for it on the Internet. He said it was made in Hyunjin’s country. The name is clear…… Was it pork stir-fry?”
Ayako’s words made Hyunjin think quietly.
Because stir-fried pork itself is an easy dish…… Yeah, not people like Amelia who can’t see the liver.’
While Hyunjin was thinking, Ayako took out a plate from her and offered it.
“Now, would you like to enjoy it?”
“Then excuse me.”
The plate that Ayako handed to her had stir-fried pork.
But the problem was that it was difficult to call it proper pork stir-fry.
The characteristic red color or aroma of stir-fried pork did not come up.
‘It must have been made without red pepper paste.’
Still, it didn’t seem like a dish that would cause you to pass out just by smelling it.
Hyunjin glanced lightly at Amelia while looking at her cooking plate.
“What is that look?”
“Didn’t the young lady participate in the cooking?”
“Uh…… Yes, it is. I had to check the recipe to see if the cooking was going well.”
It was a sign that it was okay to eat.
Hyeonjin carefully took a bite of the stir-fried meat with chopsticks, which is said to be an obscure color stir-fried pork.
‘…… Mmm.’
Her first words didn’t make much sense. She slightly failed the liver, but that couldn’t be helped. There is no red pepper paste, and Korean soy sauce and Japanese soy sauce are inevitably different in taste.
‘At this level, it’s a barely passing grade.’
This is a dish that cannot be served.
Hyunjin nodded her head and answered Ayako.
“I don’t think I can put this out.”
“The taste…… Are there any?”
Ayako asked Hyunjin with a sad expression.
‘Here…… Still, I’d better say it properly.’
Hyunjin thought so and answered Ayako.
“Unfortunately, there is no taste of red pepper paste, which is the main dish of stir-fried pork. Above all, there is a slight difference in taste between Japanese and Korean soy sauce. Still, I think you did very well at this level without knowledge.”
Hyunjin spoke moderately.
“Whoa, that means it was regrettable.”
“I wonder if it was a material problem…… “
Ayako and Tsubasa muttered with sad expressions on their faces.
Actually, the most important thing in stir-frying meat is the fat, but Ayako didn’t even know that, and the problem was that she cut almost none of her fat.
Stir-fried pork belly stir-fried in pork oil is truly authentic.
In the midst of laughing while talking lightly about failures, Ayako and Tsubasa’s servants finally bought the seasonings and various ingredients Hyunjin mentioned.
“Okay, now that the real preparations have arrived, let’s do it properly. Let’s try making stir-fried pork again.”
Hyunjin said that while looking at the time.
It’s not long until lunchtime, but it’s still enough time to make a good dish.
While thinking so, Hyunjin resumed cooking.