Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Dancing Chopsticks

The highest-grade sedan that ran a long time leaving Seoul stopped near Jin Myeong Gak.

The car door opened and Antoine Rochefort’s face that revealed appearance was full of dissatisfaction.

“Is there not a single proper restaurant in Seoul city? Having to run a long time just to eat one black noodle cooking.”

To begin with he had lightly agreed because secretary Sophie said she wanted to eat out of curiosity.

But because he didn’t know he would come all the way to such a far place irritation surged.

Seo Tae-jin standing beside made a good-natured smile and soothed him.

“Haha, chef. Please release the anger. This place is the place carrying the hottest topic these days so it’s like that. I guarantee it will clearly become a very interesting and surprising experience for chef’s taste.”

“Interesting experience?”

“Yes.”

Seo Tae-jin smiled cunningly.

He was intending to inflate Antoine’s expectation to the fullest on purpose now.

And if expectation is big disappointment is also huge.

If it doesn’t satisfy his taste even a little, what reaction will Antoine show?

Obviously he’ll get angry, and the true nature of this restaurant will be exposed through the people around.

And Namgung Wi ignored even at a place like this will literally fall.

Thinking that laughter came out on its own.

“Why are you laughing like that?”

“Ahaha, thinking chef will be satisfied, the mood got better.”

“Heung, whether satisfied or not is an unknowable matter.”

“Hahaha.”

Anyway if not satisfied just apologizing appropriately is enough.

Thinking any result is a satisfactory matter laughter came out more.

At that time Antoine who was looking toward the restaurant side sharply frowned.

Already about 50 people were lining up long in front of Jin Myeong Gak.

“You’re saying to wait for the turn mixed among so many people?”

“Would that be the case?”

Seo Tae-jin smiled leisurely and sent an eye signal to the accompanying secretary.

Seo Tae-jin’s accompanying secretary quickly took out a thick bundle of cash and ran to the very front of the waiting line.

“Okay okay! Everyone! Please pay attention!”

At the accompanying secretary’s words people’s gazes gathered.

“I’ll give 100,000 won each to everyone here! Since our group has to eat, today receive this money and go eat something else delicious! Or you can come again a bit later.”

“Ten, 100,000 won?”

“Oh my, what’s this!”

“Really give?”

“Yes!”

At the unexpected windfall people were bewildered yet soon cheered and began scattering instantly.

In just a few minutes the front of the restaurant emptied completely.

Just then Bong-gu opened the glass door and came out then paused seeing that appearance.

“Next waiter buuuun··· eh?”

Bong-gu only blinked his eyes as if he absolutely didn’t know the circumstances.

Until just now people were crowding, but the people in front of his eyes now were only four.

At that time the accompanying secretary who stepped forward instead of Seo Tae-jin said.

“We four, all the same group.”

“Ah, yes! Welcome! Please enter inside!”

The situation of people disappearing as if evaporating suddenly wasn’t understood at all, but Bong-gu made his characteristic good-natured smile when dealing with customers and guided kindly.

The four entered the restaurant and occupied one 4-person table.

Antoine who sat looked around the restaurant interior and burst dissatisfaction openly.

“Nothing to call interior. Extremely crude. Doubt whether hygiene management is properly done in such an environment.”

On the other hand Seo Tae-jin was leisurely looking around the restaurant interior with a strange gaze.

‘Here Namgung Wi tucked his tail and fled.’

Just the fact of coming directly to the place where Namgung Wi suffered humiliating humiliation, Seo Tae-jin was feeling a strange pleasure.

Antoine who saw that appearance asked as if displeased.

“Director Seo. What is so enjoyable?”

Seo Tae-jin answered while hiding his expression.

“Ah, yes. Haha, because expectation is very high.”

“Tsk.”

At that time.

The gazes of some customers eating in the hall fixed toward Antoine’s group and a small murmuring sound was heard.

“Eh? Wait, that person...”

“Heol! Isn’t it Antoine chef?”

“Crazy, it’s real! That person came here?”

At such appearance Antoine furrowed his brow.

But he couldn’t have a squabble with the public at a place like this and become gossip.

“Haa···.”

In the end Antoine had no choice but to forcibly turn his gaze away.

At that time, Sophie held out the tablet PC and said calmly.

“I confirmed the community now, this place is correct as the restaurant that became most famous recently. Especially the evaluation that that chef’s skill is amazing is overwhelming.”

“Skill? Ridiculous talk.”

Antoine snorted and cast his gaze toward the kitchen.

Hwaaaaaaaaak!!

Just then a fierce pillar of fire surged up with a roar from inside the kitchen.

Antoine’s eyes watching Jin Myeong’s indifferent hand movements handling the flame from afar changed finely.

‘Heuum··· the technique handling fire is quite something.’

A strange curiosity arose, but he soon sneered inwardly.

‘But cooking is not a circus. Noisy performance doesn’t mean properly drawing out the taste.’

At that time, Seo Tae-jin’s gaze who was arrogantly scanning the wall with arms crossed stopped at the menu board.

“Eh? I thought this place only does single menu jajangmyeon, but there’s meat jjamppong too?”

At his words the accompanying secretary who had been glancing beside hurriedly leaned his body and covered his mouth with his hand and whispered.

“Director. Actually··· Namgung chef came here again yesterday.”

“Really?”

Seo Tae-jin’s head turned sharply.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Why are you telling that now?!”

At Seo Tae-jin’s scolding the secretary answered with a tense face.

“So, sorry. At the airport because of Antoine chef’s protocol problem I was so out of my mind there was no room to report...”

“Tsk, so? What happened? Tell in detail.”

“That··· ordered that newly out meat jjamppong and ate, and this time too went out suffering humiliation without even being able to evaluate the taste without any words, the entire community is noisy with that story now.”

“Really?!”

In an instant unconcealable joy and a fishy smile spread on Seo Tae-jin’s face whose two eyes rolled.

‘The Namgung Wi of the world, suffered humiliation twice at the same restaurant?!’

Just imagining a thrilling thrill rose through the whole body.

“To know such a honey jam story only now, regrettable! Hahahaha!”

Seo Tae-jin forgot even the fact that Antoine was sitting in front and burst out laughing unable to endure the boiling refreshment.

In such a situation if today Antoine pours the worst harsh criticism saying garbage-like taste?

Namgung Wi will perfectly fall as a fool who fled twice from a neighborhood Chinese restaurant.

Seo Tae-jin’s mood heated to the fullest to the extent he wanted to hum a tune.

“Why are you laughing like that suddenly? Is there some fun matter?”

At Seo Tae-jin’s sudden noisy laughter Antoine narrowed his brow and asked.

For him who doesn’t understand Korean the unknown laughter was inevitably strange.

Seo Tae-jin waved his hand making a good-natured smile as if nothing special.

“Ah, haha. No. Just one funny happening related to business that can be laughed off small came to mind. It’s absolutely not a matter chef needs to mind.”

“Tsk.”

Just when Antoine clicked his tongue as if displeased and was turning his gaze.

Tak.

“Four bowls of jajangmyeon are out. Enjoy your meal.”

Bong-gu put down four bowls on the table.

In an instant, strong fire aroma and sweet chunjang smell covered the table.

“The smell is good.”

“Chef?”

“You eat first. Since you wanted to eat so much.”

“Understood.”

Sophie neatly lifted the chopsticks.

She mixed the noodles with dry movements and carefully pushed them into her mouth.

“······!”

In an instant, Sophie’s shoulders flinched finely.

Her two pupils that were always rational shook.

An appearance as if receiving some shock.

Soon her chopsticks began to quicken noticeably.

Hururuk.

Ujeok.

Sophie who was silently slurping the noodles spat out a very small exclamation as if she herself couldn’t believe while holding the chopsticks in her mouth.

“······Surprising.”

At those words Antoine who was propping his chin teased her as if mocking with an absurd expression.

“Reacting to mere such cheap neighborhood food. Seems your taste completely broke from the long flight.”

Antoine clicked his tongue tsk tsk, and looked down at his own bowl with a gaze full of sneer.

“The smell is quite usable, but the visual is the worst. Cooking that drops appetite sharply visually.”

He grumbled and lightly dipped only the chunjang sauce with the end of the chopsticks and brought it to the tip of his tongue.

“······!!”

In an instant, a thrilling thrill as if lightning struck flowed along Antoine’s spine.

His eyes opened wide.

The visual displeasure disappeared like snow melting the moment the sauce touched the tip of the tongue.

The thick savoriness softly spreading in the mouth was even strangely elegant like cooking that fully drew up flavor with highest-grade butter and cheese.

A perfect reversal he couldn’t even imagine.

“...”

Antoine who came out of the shock soon awkwardly gripped the chopsticks.

But he absolutely couldn’t get a sense of how to mix this unfamiliar cooking.

He fake-coughed once, then lightly pushed the bowl toward Sophie.

“Keuheum. Sophie··· I’m not familiar with this rough method at all.”

“...”

Sophie received his bowl with a dry expression.

Seuk seuk.

Chalbak.

After a few of Sophie’s chopsticks the mixed jajangmyeon bowl returned in front of Antoine again.

“······.”

He without any words, tightly gripped the chopsticks with both hands as if performing a devout ritual.

Then he picked up a handful of noodles and pushed them into his mouth.

Ujeok.

Hurururuk.

Meanwhile, Seo Tae-jin’s secretary was already burying his nose and slurping jajangmyeon out of his mind.

“Aeu, really delicious···.”

Seo Tae-jin said toward the secretary with arms crossed without even touching the bowl.

“Secretary Park, you eat even mine. This greasy commoner food doesn’t suit my taste at all.”

Just then Seo Tae-jin’s gaze who was acting high-handed suddenly headed toward Antoine.

“······?”

Seo Tae-jin doubted his own eyes.

Wasn’t he the picky old man who lives for the fun of finding even a speck of flaw and pouring venom rather than praise on food others make.

Such Antoine was slurping the black noodles at a terrifying speed without any face at all.

‘Why?’

‘Why is he eating so gluttonously like that?’

‘What on earth taste is it that that arrogant old man lost his soul?’

He absolutely couldn’t endure the boiling curiosity at the bizarre scene he couldn’t understand at all.

He blocked the accompanying secretary’s hand who was about to eat his share.

“Wait, leave mine. Let me taste once.”

He roughly mixed the jajang sauce with seuk seuk, then shoved the noodles into his mouth.

But...

“······!”

In an instant, Seo Tae-jin’s mind was bleached pure white.

The moment the hot and sticky sauce touched the tongue, it was strongly sucked down the esophagus without even time to chew.

‘Wha, what is this crazy taste?!’

A shock to the extent that things like how many Michelin stars, the head chef’s mountain and sea delicacies all felt ridiculous.

Every time the chewy noodles fully held the hot sauce and went down the esophagus, a chilling pleasure rose tingling along the spine.

There was no room to think about balance of taste or whatever.

Ujeok! Hururururuk! Tseup tseup!

Seo Tae-jin’s chopsticks danced like crazy.

He was slurping the noodles out of his mind forgetting even the luxury suit becoming a mess.

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