Chapter 57

Chapter 57

Cheonghyeol-eum

Late night of Jin Myeong Roo after business ended.

Bubble bubble...

Inside the kitchen’s large pot liquid taking thick amber color was boiling.

“...”

Jin Myeong’s gaze was fixed as if nailed on the rising water surface.

At the moment the aroma of star anise and cinnamon, dried tangerine peel rose, he dropped flesh holding sourness and mashed herbs at the precisely calculated timing.

When the fierce heat inside the pot fluctuated for a moment, Jin Myeong finely adjusted the burner and drew the internal energy of the dantian to the fingertips.

Energy that flowed along the wrist holding the ladle permeated into the swirling liquid, and fused the energy of medicinal herbs and fruits that could otherwise float into perfect amber color.

Flirting with the limit of the boiling point and sending away turbid energy and confining only the refreshing feeling.

“...”

And beside there were four people standing with tense faces, Bong-gu and Mr. Kang, and the parents.

Bong-gu made an admiring expression smelling.

“Wow, something... just smelling the smell feels like the head all clears.”

Jin Myeong turned off the fire and slowly stirred the liquid with the ladle.

Then poured the just boiled amber liquid into four mug cups prepared in advance, and filled with ice full.

Dalgeurak, chaeng.

Beverage cooled coldly together with the cheerful sound of ice colliding.

Jin Myeong held it out in front of the four people with a ssuk.

“······.”

“······.”

The four carefully lifted the cups.

Gulp.

“······!!”

“Eoeok?!”

The moment the beverage went down along the esophagus, the four people’s two eyes simultaneously widened as if they would pop out.

“Puhaaaat!!”

“Keoeoeoek!”

At that moment, a burp abruptly popped out from Bong-gu’s mouth without realizing himself.

Because the feeling of the inside becoming comfortable instantly and going down surged.

Moreover tremendous refreshing feeling that clearly wakes even the mind.

Even though no carbonation entered at all the thrilling feeling felt when going down the esophagus was a level that couldn’t even dare compare to ordinary carbonated beverages.

“Wow, feeling like the inside opens wide! What is this really?!”

“How does such taste come from a beverage, and even a feeling like digestive medicine?!”

Even at the excited people’s reactions Jin Myeong spat out indifferently with a tuk.

“Cheonghyeol-eum.”

“Cheonghyeol-eum?”

In fact this beverage was something Jin Myeong made and offered for the leader he served in the previous life’s central plains, that is Blood Demon Dokgo Pae.

Something the Blood Demon who enjoyed greasy food favored as mouth rinse after meal, a natural digestive and also an excellent dessert beverage.

Jin Myeong newly transformed it to perfectly match modern people’s taste by combining cheap herbs and spices commonly available at large marts and medicinal herb shops, and fruits.

“From tomorrow add to our restaurant menu.”

“To the restaurant menu?”

“This you mean?”

“I completely good. No, hyung. Just opening a beverage factory with this recipe doesn’t seem bad either?”

Bong-gu made a fuss, but Jin Myeong shook his head.

“That is impossible.”

“Yes? Why? Seems making easily with seuk seuk. Moreover materials also seem ordinary.”

“This is not a taste completed just with the ratio of materials or cooking method.”

“Then?”

“If I don’t boil directly absolutely this taste won’t come. Even if someone steals the recipe and makes in the same order, it will just be a bit cool herbal tea.”

“...”

Boiling with the same materials and same ratio but the efficacy completely changes depending on the maker, seemed not making sense by common sense.

But Bong-gu accepted without doubt.

“Well, what hyung makes is all special.”

If hyung says so then unconditionally so.

Thinking of the things Jin Myeong made until now natural.

At Bong-gu’s that reaction Jin Myeong burst out a hollow laugh with a pik.

On the other hand, Mr. Kang standing beside was deeply nodding in a slightly different meaning.

‘Well, no way what the chef makes is ordinary.’

As Mr. Kang who had bodily experienced hard-to-believe things beside Jin Myeong already, Jin Myeong’s that words were too naturally accepted.

Next day lunch time.

One new paper was additionally stuck on Jin Myeong Roo hall’s menu board.

[Jin Myeong Roo special digestive beverage (Cheonghyeol-eum) - 5,000 won]

The gazes of customers filling the restaurant were drawn to the paper.

“Eh? New menu?”

“Digestive beverage? Cheonghyeol-eum? The name is like some oriental clinic ssanghwa-tang.”

People tilted their heads.

5,000 won for one cup of beverage.

A price that would have been ignored as too expensive if an ordinary neighborhood restaurant.

But this place is Jin Myeong Roo.

The few menus of this place are all tastes that are not ordinary.

Beverage sold at such a place?

Curiosity couldn’t not go.

“Beverage sold at Jin Myeong Roo...”

“But why digestive beverage?”

“Seems good medicine entered.”

“Heuheu. Curious.”

Of course everyone honestly didn’t have big expectation.

Just curiosity moved.

What taste would it be?

“Here! Give us two cups of that Cheonghyeol-eum or something!”

“Us also one cup additional!”

Orders began entering from here and there with light hearts.

A moment later.

Bong-gu diligently carried the mug cups with ice on the tray.

Clear amber liquid rippling.

Subtle yet cool aroma brushed the tip of the nose.

An office worker man sitting at one table lifted the mug cup.

In fact he was suffering from bloating and indigestion from this morning.

Followed to Jin Myeong Roo unable to overcome colleagues’ urging, but even while eating jajangmyeon was inwardly worrying if the inside would be uncomfortable.

Of course Jin Myeong Roo’s cooking was surprisingly delicious and less burden on the inside, but still the aftermath of eating greasy Chinese food remained finely in the stomach.

The man carefully tilted the cup and took one sip of the amber liquid.

Gulp.

The thrilling refreshing feeling exploding in the mouth went down tingling along the esophagus.

That wasn’t the end.

“Eh, eok··· keoeoeoek!!”

A burp suddenly burst from the man’s mouth.

The indigestion tightly blocking the pit of the stomach, went down as if washed clean.

Because of that was surprised.

“Wow, crazy!”

The man lost reason and gulped the remaining beverage.

And he who drank all said with a surprised face.

“Haa···! The inside opened wide! What was stuck all day all went down!”

“What exaggeration?”

“Right. With one cup of beverage what.”

“Leave it. First time coming here. We were also like that when first ate jajangmyeon.”

“Jajangmyeon is different.”

Colleagues brought the cups to their mouths as if absurd at that noisy reaction.

And one sip.

“······!!!”

“Keuhaaa! What is this!”

“Is this a beverage?!”

“Keoeok!”

Large and small burps.

And other people also reacted to their noisy reactions.

“Why like that?”

“Right.”

“Still somehow curious.”

“There! Give us that too!”

“Here four cups of Cheonghyeol-eum!!”

People who finished the meal ordered the beverage one after another out of curiosity, and soon exclamations and burps popped out from places in the hall.

“Crazy!!”

“Ah, cool! Keueuk!”

“Keoeoek! Wow what, what?!”

Just then.

“Okay, everyone! Today also without fail came to check attendance at Jin Myeong Roo!”

YouTuber Myeondosa holding a smartphone gimbal familiarly entered inside the restaurant.

He had even found short-term rental lodging near Jin Myeong Roo and was stamping attendance every day.

Not only perfectly satisfying his picky taste, but just turning on the broadcast at Jin Myeong Roo explosive views and sponsorship money several times usual poured.

“Eh? Today the hall atmosphere is a bit peculiar?”

Myeondosa tilted his head looking around.

Customers were bursting exclamations while drinking something.

Myeondosa’s gaze headed toward the newly stuck menu board on the wall.

“Cheonghyeol-eum···? 5,000 won? New menu?”

Myeondosa’s brow narrowed.

Whether because the word ‘blood ’ entered, a strange annoyance like some health center ssanghwa-tang or bitter oriental medicine was felt.

Moreover seeing people’s intense reactions rather suspicion arose.

“Everyone. Jin Myeong Roo is a famous restaurant is right, but anyway customers seem fully drunk on the atmosphere and overdoing. A kind of halo effect?”

The live chat window also agreed with Myeondosa’s words.

-ㅇㅇ Drunk on jajangmyeon high and will say delicious even drinking only water.

-Hyeol-eum? From the name like some health center juice ㅋㅋㅋ

-Hyung, let’s go fact check!

Myeondosa sat at an empty seat and called Bong-gu.

“Here one jajangmyeon double always eaten, and that Cheonghyeol-eum one cup too please.”

“Yes! I’ll prepare right away!”

A moment later, jajangmyeon with gloss flowing and amber Cheonghyeol-eum with ice floating were set together.

“Okay, first one bite of the just jajangmyeon. Heuheu just seeing this extremely happy and so!”

With a really happy expression he mixed the jajangmyeon then lifted the noodles with a seuk and brought to the mouth.

Ujeok ujeok, hururuk!

Still the taste of hand-pulled jajang overwhelming the palate

Myeondosa munched the noodles full in the mouth, and shook his head toward the camera with a face overwhelmed with emotion.

“Haa··· today also crazy, really. This hand-pulled noodles’ crazy elasticity and chunjang’s formidable fire taste is really··· impossible to replace anywhere on earth. Swearing staking all my noodle-eating life, people who tasted the jajangmyeon here even once absolutely can’t go to other Chinese restaurants. This is just the new world of noodle cooking. Completely different dimension!”

He who poured extreme praise with such an ecstatic expression and sucked the jajangmyeon, picked up the Cheonghyeol-eum cup.

“Okay, then this unidentified digestive beverage that many people here are overdoing and extreme praising (?). I’ll coldly discriminate.”

Myeondosa lightly shook the cup with eyes full of suspicion, then brought to the mouth.

Gulp.

“······.”

In an instant, Myeondosa’s mouth opened wide and pupils stopped as is.

-Eh? Lagged again ㅋㅋㅋ

-Look at the expression hardening ㅋㅋㅋ tasteless?

-Hey, quickly say! What taste!

“Th, this······”

Myeondosa’s body trembled.

The moment touching the tongue the subtle fruit sourness and exotic herb aroma surging.

Those intricately intertwined and instantly cleanly evaporated the pork fat taste of jajang remaining in the mouth.

But the real shock was right after going down the esophagus.

From the throat to the stomach, amazing pleasure as if washing down all the old residues inside the body!

“Keoeoeoek!”

Burp popping out automatically.

At Myeondosa’s noisy reaction, the chat window became a mess.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ crazy!

-Hyung... speak honestly. How much received this time really? Overdoing that much for one cup of beverage? ㅋㅋㅋ

-Wow, look at the burp sound real tension popping out ㅋㅋㅋㅋ not broadcast accident?

-Ah leave, that hyung’s acting skill really increased.

-Thought like ssanghwa-tang but 100 times concentrated Cass** water? ㄷㄷ

-Name is Cheonghyeol-eum? Meaning clears blood? Ah, curious to the point of dying ㅠㅠ

-If drink that can I also 3 bowls of jajangmyeon??

“Crazy...! What is this really? The refreshing taste is taste, but this feeling of the inside suddenly becoming comfortable.”

-ㅋㅋㅋ don’t lie. Where medicine..ㅋㅋㅋ

-Going in and out Jin Myeong Roo, became Jin Myeong Roo person? Do moderately!!ㅋㅋ

“No, really!”

Myeondosa said as if unfair then called Bong-gu nearby again.

“There! Large hyung!! Here one more jajangmyeon double additional! Ah, and this Cheonghyeol-eum one more cup too please!!”

When Myeondosa really ordered the second double, the flow of the chat window fluctuated largely again.

-Crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ really ordered ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-That hyung now adapted and ate only one bowl why like that today ㅋㅋㅋ

-Starved???ㅋㅋㅋ

-Myeondosa’s reaction seems real?? Somehow want to eat that.

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