Chapter 1036 – [Winter of Growth]

When the weekend came, I went to the hotel where Mr. Antonio was staying, picked him up, and headed to the Garden of Eden.

Since Eden slept late yesterday, I’m thinking of telling her to go to bed after sleeping more. Anyway, Eden is better because it only takes a few seconds to move thanks to the yongbobeop.

Packing all sorts of things, he seemed to be looking forward to it. From his point of view, it’s just going to a truffle farm, but he seems excited because it’s not an ordinary place to grow truffles like that.

“The car won’t be pushed, so you should be able to get there in an hour or two. If you need a restroom in the middle, let me know.”

“Is the truffle farm that close? How did that happen…”

“Truffles grow wild in small quantities in Korea as well. You just need to know that.”

In fact, the place where it grows naturally is in Gyeongsangbuk-do, but there is no need to tell you that. Anyway, since the Garden of Eden is a blessed land, everything grows there.

However, there is no livestock or seafood. It should be raised separately. Even if you could bring in livestock and raise them, you had to set up a separate fishing ground for seafood.

………If you think about it, Shion must have bought an island? Wouldn’t it be possible to raise fish there?

I talked with Mr. Antonio while heading to the Garden of Eden. As if I were talking about my work or cooking for a long time, maybe it was because I was someone with whom we could talk about cooking, so while we were there, we had fun conversations that weren’t boring.

“You seem young, but you’re well versed in your knowledge. Have you worked in any other kitchen before running the store?”

“There is, but it’s a kitchen that’s not very well known. Well, the working environment was nice.”

It’s not a lie. The Hanon family itself is not known to the world, and it is a story that the general public does not know. Even the people who work there often find out about it only after receiving an offer in secret and signing a contract.

I want to keep it confidential, but that’s why it’s kept. If you know the true nature of the Hannon family, you know that the oath of secrecy is just an excuse, and the moment you spit it out of your mouth, you will be disposed of.

In addition, the pay is incomparably higher, so you can live the rest of your life decently by working hard for several years. Thanks to that, the work environment was very good.

After talking about this and that, we arrived at the Garden of Eden before we knew it. He expresses his admiration at the exterior of the farm surrounded by a wooden wall.

“Oh!!! It must be eco-friendly to make it that way. But isn’t it difficult to manage if you make it that way?”

“It’s okay to have someone else to manage”

Keter will take care of it. If you set your mind to it, you could entwine with tree vines and roots and make the Garden of Eden itself move like Howl’s moving castle.

I’d honestly like to see something like that. I’ve seen a lot of things like non-sieges in dimensional civilizations, but I’ve never seen anything like a moving castle with legs.

We entered the Garden of Eden. There are blue dragon gate guards at the entrance to manage people coming in and out, but it’s a free pass if you show your face. And when I went inside, Eden, who came first with Yongbo, was playing with the other kids.

“Dad~!!!!”

“Hey, our Eden. Were you having a good time?”

“Ugh!!!! By the way, who is the foreign man next to you~?”

“It’s Uncle Antonio, the cook from Italy.”

“Wow!!!!! Italy!!!! Pasta!!!! Pizza!!!!!”

He couldn’t speak Korean, but he could understand the nuances of what Eden was saying. Besides, since I’m a cook, I know what Eden is talking about.

There’s nothing wrong with a child liking delicious food. He smiled as he petted Eden.

“The child is very cute. Is this the child who lives here?”

“This is our daughter.”

“Hmm, the child looks a lot like the mother.”

“So I guess I’m lucky”

Since I came first, I decided to carry out my original purpose. I call the manggung who came with Eden.

“Fuck you!!!!!”

“Keuk…… Kuk kuk kuk!!!!”

Mangmungi was instructed not to speak to strangers other than his family unless he told them otherwise. Still, as usual, I’m quite worried that he barked hastily while trying to call me ‘big chuin’.

I don’t know if that’s going to happen to anyone. Then it’s a big deal.

Mr. Antonio was surprised to see the mangmungi. Even dog lovers get scared when even a fairly large dog comes running, but a much bigger mangmunggi looks almost like a brown bear running towards it.

“Manggung will help you collect truffles. Let’s go.”

“Ah, yes……The dog is very big by the way. What kind of dog is it?”

“It’s a mix between a Golden Retriever and a Great Dane. Thanks to that, the amount he eats is no joke.”

We feed them well at home, but we still can’t ignore the amount we eat. It’s just that Eden eats so well that he doesn’t notice. It’s like a relative glutton.

I heard that animals resemble their owners……. Come to think of it, I think I ate well with the koyang and Jerosto.

Anyway, we came to the forest where I gathered truffles with Mangmungi. I asked him to collect the same thing the other day while stroking his hair.

“Do you remember, mangmung? Just like last time, we’re looking for stinky mushrooms.”

“Bruise!!!!!”

Then, the mangmungi ran like a shot, put his head on the ground and started sniffing. We leisurely follow such a manggung.

Soon, Mang-mung must have found his target, and he started digging the ground in one place. If you want to dig the ground properly, dry the mangmung-I and we dig it up.

In fact, if it is a mangmung, there is no problem in digging it out even if it is buried deep in the ground, but the important thing is delicacy. Mangmungi is also a dog after all, so there was a concern that even the truffle might be damaged if he digging with excitement.

After digging for some time, we finally found the truffle. But… That wasn’t what we were looking for.

Because the truffles we found were white.

“This………!!!!!”

He carefully digs out the truffle, even though he is astonished. After wrestling for a long time, the truffle that was dug out was a formidable guy the size of a child’s head.

The color is vivid as well as the scent. It was just taken out from being buried in the soil, so despite being dirty, the white color of the truffle itself was so vivid that I wondered if it had been washed with bleach.

“No, there are truffles like this in the world, how could this be…!!!!!”

Mr. Antonio carefully shakes off the soil from the truffle. And check it by weighing it roughly with his hand.

Maybe that one, of course, would go out a few kilos…… Even our Eden was at the level of an excellent child when he was born.

“I already prepared white truffles, but this one is of a different level. The white truffles I prepared are of a lower quality compared to this”

“Whatever you dug up, take it with you.”

“No, would you mind?!”

“Anyway, one or two truffles doesn’t really make a big difference, right? And this farm is for private use, so if you can’t eat all of them, you’ll end up leaving it alone. So, it’s better for the person to use it.”

“Thank you very much”

We collected a few more to dig up black truffles as well. However, because of their large size, a few of them are enough to write.

I decided to pick one of the best truffles by color and use them for dinner. It is the best of the best, so it will be useful.

And the leftovers……. I can’t throw them away, so I have to eat them. I didn’t have to worry about the ingredients, so I wanted to try using them for various things.

“If there’s anything left over, at least practice here. It’s nice to try more delicious recipes.”

“I was honestly worried too. It is difficult to practice cooking with truffles, even if the government provides a budget.”

It is not easy to practice with rare and expensive materials. One million won is the size of a baby’s fist, especially if it’s something like a truffle.

No matter how talented a chef is, if you are making a dish for the first time, there are bound to be clumsy parts. I also have a difference in the degree of completion of the first and second dishes, but it is natural for others.

“But would you mind? If you cooked this much truffle, the amount would be considerable…… Oh, I can serve it to the staff here.”

“Not the employees here, but my daughter alone will be enough.”

“……….Yes?”

We made various truffle dishes while talking to each other. Thanks to this, the smell of truffles vibrates in all directions.

The important thing while cooking is that black truffles are familiar and easy to cook enough to be found in our surroundings, but white truffles should basically be used raw.

This is because white truffles lose their flavor when cooked. It’s similar, but that’s where the difference lies.

Such a difference is the reason why there is a difference in the preference for truffles between Italy and France. In French cuisine, black truffles are popular because they are basically grilled or steamed, and in Italian cuisine, white truffles eaten raw are considered high-end because they value the natural taste of the ingredients.

In the end, though, it tastes the same.

“Ugh, thinly sliced ​​truffles into pasta makes it much more flavorful and textured. To use a recipe like this, you’d have to use truffles at an unreasonable level, though.”

“It’s a special feeling, so it’s rather nice.”

Common truffles are small. Most of them are the size of a baby’s fist or smaller. Slicing it thinly and long doesn’t mean much, so it was better to cut it wide with a peeler and sprinkle it on top. So I usually do that when I sprinkle it on top of dishes.

However, if you cut a truffle that is much larger than that, it will come out to be about the size of a small noodle. If you put it in pasta and stir-fry it… That flavor will dwell in the pasta.

“Delicious!!!!!!”

“Yes, Eden. Is it delicious?”

“It just smells like mushrooms and is delicious!!!!!”

“Okay?”

Eden laughed as he ate the delicious pasta. Eden had Eve and Keter next to it, but that’s a different matter.

Anyway, while we were cooking, we came up with ideas and prepared dinner. Then, I try to cook a dish that is at the entertainment level.

“Well……..”

“Why is that?”

“No, I’m going to try something like this.”

I’m in the middle of a truffle. Cut the thickest and widest part. It’s not big, but at least the wide and thick truffle is a little smaller than the palm of an adult.

Then, sprinkle a little bit of pepper and salt on it, and put a little bit of oil in a frying pan and bake it.

After all, truffles are also mushrooms, so they didn’t take that long to bake. In fact, all you have to do is bake the front and back sides and rest them.

Eventually, when he took out the grilled truffle and put it on the plate, Mr. Antonio laughed dejectedly and admired it at the same time.

“No, grilling truffles like that with steak. If someone in the know hears it, they’ll be shocked.”

“Honestly, the ingredients aren’t big enough to be grilled as a steak. It’s probably the best luxury you can get with a truffle.”

It is common to serve mushrooms as a steak garnish, but it is rare to make a steak with mushrooms as the main dish. Perhaps it can only be done with expensive and luxurious mushrooms like matsutake mushrooms.

However, in the meantime, truffles were an ingredient that could not be used as a main, let alone a steak. This is because they are expensive and small in size.

“The flavor is great. But I feel like this isn’t enough.”

“The liver itself is sufficient with pepper and salt, and the umami and unique flavor of the truffle are good, but it feels like something is missing.”

“But I think it’s hard to add something here. If it’s not as flavorful as the truffle, it’s going to be buried in the truffle and it’ll be a no-brainer dish.”

“But the taste is certain. Maybe if I research this…”

Luxurious cuisine that cannot be enjoyed even if you have money. But the taste is more than that. If you’re a truffle lover, you’re sure to be blown away.

However, the individuality of the ingredients was so special that it was difficult to arrange more here. I also tried to think of some materials and improve them, but I couldn’t think of them easily.

Of course, there are things you can do. It’s just because it reminds me of ingredients that don’t come from the earth.

Even though the truffles are fucking big, you can argue that they are earthy anyways. However, if a problem occurs after using a material that does not come from the earth, it will be a big problem.

“How is Eden? Is it delicious?”

“Tasty!!!!!”

“Yes, yes”

Eden laughed happily as he ate the dishes we cooked for a trial next to him. I didn’t worry about the taste because even if it was a test piece, it was better than most restaurant-level dishes.

“But I think I’m bored because I only eat mushrooms. I wish there was meat too.”

“Meat too?”

“Uh!!!!”

After hearing Eden’s opinion, Antonio and I met eyes.

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t have the idea to add meat. However, as I said before, the flavor of truffle is so strong that it is buried with just about any meat. Even considering the internal parts with a strong distinctive smell, that was the case.

The truffles grown in the land blessed by Lou-Beana are of such high quality that they are called the best of the best, but that is why they are too good. That’s enough to get the chef into trouble.

But here’s meat……. Suddenly, what came to mind was a steak called Tournedo Rossini.

“You mean Tournedo Rossini?”

“Yes, isn’t that a dish with meat, foie gras, and truffles on bread?

“It’s not like I haven’t thought about it either… First of all, isn’t foie gras a French ingredient?”

“But Rossini is Italian.”

“Hmm……”

Rossini’s full name is Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. He is a famous opera composer and gourmet. Some of his works are famous even in modern times, such as The Barber of Seville.

When he was young, after earning an inexhaustible amount of money through opera, he retired early and lived as a gourmet, often cooking and leaving behind recipes. Tournedo Rossini is also one of his dishes.

“If you apply that method a little, you will be able to cook this truffle properly. A musician who was born in Italy but died in France. …Isn’t that pretty fun?”

“Huuuuu!!!!”

That, too, is tantalizing. Honestly, the match is romantic, so if you’re a man, you can’t help but be attracted to it.

Italians have great culinary pride, but Rossini, despite being born in Italy, ate a lot of cuisine from other countries. It is for this reason that he died while spending his last years in France.

On the one hand, it is a message that he should not be too attached. It’s good to take pride in cooking, but overdoing anything is not good. Such pride is not good to build high like a building, but it is good to build it strong.

If he really took pride in his Italian cuisine, he wouldn’t be swayed by anything. I hope this will help him get over the wall.

“Is the recipe made by someone who was born in Italy but died in France really Italian or French cuisine? I don’t think there is a need to distinguish between them. Is it”

“That is correct.”

“For now, let’s try more here. There is no foie gras, but if you order it, it will come tomorrow. For now, the idea of ​​the dish is…”

After quite a while, I was able to have a fun time having a serious conversation about cooking.

But I wish foie gras could be made in the Garden of Eden. If you bring a goose and let it loose, it will fatten itself up and make delicious liver without any animal cruelty.

I think we should think about raising livestock in the real Garden of Eden.

“Meat!!!!!!!!”

Seeing that our Eden is also eating meat, it’s even more like that!!!!