Chapter 1574 – [What Is the Best Dish]

Dishes like Darkon’s crispy pork belly and Eden’s stir-fried dishes. Both dishes were cooked delicately and tasted great. It got to the point where I thought about making it at home later.

But there are people who make mistakes. Thanks to this, the outcome of the match was decided.

“The winner is Darkon.”

Darkon said with a smile at Phantom’s announcement.

“Haha, the review was really fair.”

“Because a chef shouldn’t lie in front of delicious food. At least in the eyes of both of us, it was natural that Eden’s cooking was poor.”

As it was, the two people’s cooking would have been so closely contested that it wouldn’t have been surprising who won, and it would have been difficult to decide who would be the winner. It was like a confrontation between a spear that pierces anything and a shield that blocks anything, like a contradiction in judging different dishes that weren’t even the same dish.

But Eden made a mistake. He seems to know this as well, as he seems to accept the results of the review rather than objecting to them.

“I guess it was a mistake to add fried egg noodles at the end.”

“That was foolish. Adding fried noodles in oil to a well-stir-fried, non-greasy dish. Of course, it had a crispy texture and went well with the dish, but if that was going to happen, I should have cooked it with that assumption from the beginning.”

“You added it to add texture to Darkon’s crispy cooked skin, right? You were impatient and lost in the psychological warfare.”

Although the stir-fried food had a crunchy texture, it was not crispy. Eden, who saw Darkon’s cooking, seems to have added fried egg noodles because of that, but that actually lowered the perfection of the dish.

Of course, the taste was good, but when you think about the overall quality, it’s similar to having your travel plans derailed by an unexpected friend who suddenly appears.

If we had just cooked it without adding it, we would have had a hard time, but Eden lost in the psychological battle. Well, if you think about it, Eden is still a 20-year-old kid, so there’s nothing we can do.

“I lost because I was overly greedy.”

“A chef should be proud of the food he cooks. He didn’t believe in his cooking until the end, so that’s your mistake.”

Anyway, the result is Darkon’s victory… But if this happens, what will happen in the end?

Although Eden lost in the last match, he won the previous two matches, so Eden won in the end. That’s why I released all of her hostages before her third confrontation.

“First of all, the second match was a draw and the third match was played, so the result was one win, one draw, and one loss.”

“… Huh?”

The result is somehow odd. It is difficult to say who won. It looks as if it has been squeezed.

Could it be that Eden lost on purpose? But Eden couldn’t see that kind of expression on her face. It certainly looks like he did his best, so it means that this situation happened by chance.

“If you look at it that way, since the hostage was released in a 1-win, 1-draw situation, this side also has to make concessions. So, I used Youngja’s secret recipe, right?”

“Wait a minute, are you really planning on telling me?”

“If you lose, you lose. So, I’ll tell you the secret of Youngja’s cooking.”

Eden had a serious expression. She shares the secrets of Youngja’s cooking recipe herself, the person who developed it. If you were to measure value in money, there would be a lot of people who would pack up all their possessions.

Darkon also swallowed his saliva and tensed. I wonder what kind of secret is really hidden.

But what Eden said out of her mouth was a very important but insignificant story.

“The secret to Youngja’s cooking is to hope that the person who eats the food I make will be happy.”

“… What?”

“Oh, I’m not saying the typical story that if you add love to the dish, it becomes delicious, but it’s a story with some basis. The most important thing in making English cuisine is the mindset.”

It takes a lot of will and heart to make English cuisine. Yeongja responds to emotions, and as a result, Yeongja cuisine is made by incorporating such spirit into the dish.

Therefore, you need a lot of willpower to make more delicious English cuisine. But such will does not arise from unwavering or uncertain goals.

Cooking is meant to be eaten by someone else, but can you really focus that much on cooking for yourself? Of course, you can say that you eat, but a person’s biggest enemy is himself. He doesn’t have a narcissistic temperament, but cooking for himself is harder than you might think.

However, if there is a standard for other people, it changes. Just as two people are called human beings because they lean on each other and support each other, humans are beings who rely on each other to live. I also know the meaning well, as the first time I cooked a dish was not for myself but for my family.

“From that mindset comes greater will, and Yeongja responds to that will, resulting in Yeongja cuisine that can deliver richer tastes, emotions, and memories. That’s the secret to Yeongja cooking.”

“What’s important is the mindset of thinking about the person eating it, isn’t it?”

“You said that the dark cooking world pursues the best taste, right? Then who evaluates the best taste? In the end, it is not the person who created it but someone else, so what are you going to do if you don’t think about others?”

“…”

“Making it yourself, eating it yourself, and saying it tastes the best is as vain as declaring yourself king on a deserted island.”

Our Eden is very focused on facts.

It’s good to pursue taste. Being a chef is about developing recipes and building skills for the sake of delicious food rather than trying to be ignorant. But it becomes meaningless if you don’t think about the people who eat it for that purpose.

Eden seems to have made a mistake during the final battle to let us know that. No, it wasn’t a mistake at that point, it was intentional, but anyway.

Darkon made a complicated expression and then sighed. He was the winner of the third match, but he was also the loser.

“I won the match, but… I lost.”

“If you acknowledge that, it’s worth letting me know.”

“Did you aim for this from the beginning? So you lost on purpose?”

“No, I did my best. I was planning to tell you regardless of whether I won or lost, so I just made a mistake thinking it might make it more delicious.”

The three battles ended like that. The result was 1 win, 1 draw, and 1 loss. However, in the first match, he won the match, in the second match, the opponent admitted defeat, and in the last match, he lost, but Darkon was mentally defeated.

“With that mindset, if we use English cooking methods, we will be completely defeated.”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to try to find out?”

“Okay, then let’s compete again then. We’ll improve our skills by then.”

“Without doing anything bad?”

“First, I will try to persuade the guys who belong to this side. It may be difficult to change the Dark Cookery’s policy overnight, but there will be some who will change their minds if they listen to what you said.”

“Don’t kill or harm people. Then I will come and break the earthen pot with my earthen pot.”

“Even if you don’t do that, there’s someone behind you who will.”

Well, if they were the ones who openly killed people, we would have come and destroyed them all regardless. Do we get along because we are the same chef? It varies depending on the opponent.

And so the battle with the dark culinary world came to an end. They also decided to take care of themselves for a while, and the guys who heard Eden’s secret to Youngja’s cooking will also realize something big or small, so they will become a little quiet.

One hour of cooking was a long time, and since I had spent almost a day here, I decided to go back quickly as my family would be waiting for me. Meanwhile, Eden used various recipes from the dark cooking world as trophies.

“Oh, there are so many cooking secrets. Shit.”

“You come and gain a lot.”

“Isn’t it natural to rob an organization like this and take various things? It’s a dungeon with good rewards!!!”

Even though it’s a recipe, it’s not like a paper book, but rather you put it on a separate information storage medium like a USB and take it with you. Of course, the capacity is so large that it is difficult to imagine with Earth’s technological capabilities.

We have decided to make the following arrangements with the dark cooking world. Next time, if Eden comes with more skills, he might be able to beat them all up and rehabilitate them. There have been enough of them now, but those with rotten character will not change completely.

“Don’t worry, I will punish those who cross the line.”

“Looking at them, they don’t seem to be fundamentally bad guys.”

“I’ve already used those guys once.”

“Oh, how many times have I told you that I’ve been screwed? It’s survival of the fittest.”

In the past, those in the dark cooking world would have done anything to make delicious food worthy of their name. Interfering with the other person’s cooking, poisoning them, or actually killing them, etc. Phantom said that there were people who committed murder, so it’s probably like that.

However, if the Phantom, who cannot be physically killed, has poor skills, the opponent would be the one to be annoyed, and such people will destroy the Phantom as well, and what is left after that is the current dark cooking world.

Well, at the point of kidnapping or something like that, it’s true that they are a criminal organization, but if they don’t kill anyone, they have one chance.

I don’t know if it’s too broad, but as a reincarnated person, my humanity has been greatly worn away, so I hope people will think it’s great that I have an ethical sense that I shouldn’t commit a big crime like murder. There are many times in life when people’s lives feel like trash…

Anyway, we returned home, no, to Dark Lord Castle. Although we made a separate announcement, we were gone for almost a day and our family was waiting for us.

“Did what you went do go well?”

“About 80 to 90 percent.”

“It looks like it’s not completely finished.”

“We’ll have to wait for the next opportunity.”

Eve seemed very interested in this story. This is because there were elements that stimulated people’s emotions, such as the name ‘Dark Cooking World’ and cooking competitions.

Well, to be honest, if Eden wasn’t going to step up, I would have wanted to participate in the war, so I’ve said all that.

“You just had a fight on a huge ship and ended up sinking it?”

“Eve, there wasn’t as much of a crisis as you thought. Oh, there was something like cooking meat with a poisonous ingredient that would kill a normal person if they came close to it.”

“I should have gone and seen it together!!!!”

It was fun. Being able to see the talented chefs and their skills also made me an eye candy. If other people had gone with us, they probably would have thought the same.

Should we all go together next time… No, I don’t know if they will invite me.

Although unexpected events occurred in the dimensional civilization, it was still quite fun. It was a good experience for Eden, so we didn’t lose anything. At best, it’s just a secret to English cooking, but it’s more beneficial to share it.

Of course, the dark cooking world was over and there was a lot of work to be done. I received a degree from Delta Castle, but at Dark Lord Castle I had to give lectures and things like that.

“It’s not free, and Eden’s nature doesn’t mean it’ll be expensive, so I set the ticket price appropriately.”

“Good job.”

“Because we rented a large lecture hall, about 100,000 people can attend at a time and the streaming facilities are perfect.”

“This guy was very determined.”

“Who is lecturing and what is lecturing, you have to do at least that much.”

Since he, the ruler and absolute figure of dimensional civilization, has put in the effort, there is no need to worry about support for various issues. If you combine power, wealth, and force, it’s the top class. How awesome is it?

Thanks to this, Eden was able to give a lecture in front of residents of numerous dimensional civilizations. If you add in the 10,000 people who came in person and the people who watch it through streaming, it will probably reach 100 million. I don’t think there’s a huge difference in the number of digits, but there are actually a lot more people watching on TV or computers than coming to see it in person.

Moreover, the population of the dimensional civilization is very large… One way or another, the scale of this area is no joke.

“Nice to meet you, everyone!!! Thank you to everyone who came in person and to those who watched the lecture remotely!!!!”

Waaaaa!!!!!

It’s a reaction like it’s some kind of idol concert. Actually, our Eden is at a level where he would be a huge success if he were to become a dimensional idol.

Anyway, Eden started the lecture without being nervous even in front of so many people. Many of them are chefs or people involved in the field, so they will listen directly to Eden’s knowledge of English cooking and decide on the direction to move forward.

One genius cannot lead everyone, but it is possible to set a direction. And it is up to them to move in that direction.

“There are three main things that are important in Youngja’s cooking. If you are from martial arts, you probably know that the mind and body are important, right? In Youngja’s cooking, those three things are equally important. First, the food is the body, the spirit is the energy, and the mindset is the mind. Only when these three things are satisfied can you get great English cuisine…”

Our Eden is good at giving lectures. I don’t know whose daughter she is so talented.

The lecture lasted about an hour and a half, but it was a meaningful lecture even for me. It was probably helpful enough to those who listened to the lecture.

After wrapping up a major event in her dimensional civilization, Eden returned to her lounge and stretched out, complaining of her fatigue. On the outside, she seemed nervous and did well, but she didn’t show it, but it seemed like she was feeling the pressure herself.

“Ah!!!! It was hard!!!!”

“Thank you for your hard work. Now that the work is almost done, you can go around and eat something delicious.”

“Wow!!!! I have to go on a trip to a dimensional civilization restaurant!!!!”

“I’ll also teach you some good restaurants that Dad knows.”

“Ahh!!!!”

Since the lecture was successfully completed, should we have a party to celebrate? Zarya, if you tell the Phantom, where would you like it? Lend it to me… Ah.

I suddenly felt a presence and looked towards the break room door. And not long after, a knock is heard.

Eden is currently a guest of honor at Dark Lord Castle, and this is the official lounge. The public cannot even enter the hallway that leads here, let alone visit. I can think of cases where it’s my family or someone like that… But if the other person is an absolute sleeper, the scope becomes extremely narrow.

Moreover, the sign of warm weather on a sunny spring day is not something that can be easily forgotten. Because he was a person who visited my house once before.

“Please come in.”

The person who came in soon was a handsome man with the same appearance as Gray. She has a beautiful appearance with long blonde hair that goes down to her ankles… But unlike Gray, who usually has an expressionless face, she is smiling faintly.

“I enjoyed the lecture. You worked hard, right?”

The Absolute One of Creation came to visit with a bouquet of congratulatory flowers.