"Tofu? That's very unusual."

It is clear what Haru or Yumi does when ghosts visit restaurants.

First of all, it's to get to know by asking questions and getting to know warm inside.

How long have you been dead? Do you have any memories? If you have a memory, how many do you have?

And you ask like this.

Is there anything you want to eat? If you tell me anything, I'll make as much as I can.

Since it's a restaurant.

It's also an unusual restaurant that serves ghosts.

But the ghost of my grandmother answered like this.

They make tofu for me. They ask me to make it with the beans in their house, not just beans. Even grandma's house is around here. They are saying that you can be a saint right away if you just eat tofu because you've already thought of the limit...….

"Yumi, you did a great job. Really."

What can we do? I went to my grandmother's house.

Of course, of course, but really the door to Grandma's was wide open.

The house itself was quite chilly because my grandmother died in the hospital.

My grandfather died about a year earlier.

When I opened the cupboard of my grandmother's house, she said that there were a lot of beans in the bottle of Samdasu that she had finished.

They said it's a very good bean. I heard it's a Korean bean from the countryside, but it's definitely rich and amazing.

"Oh, I'm sure there is. There's always one at my grandmother's, and there's a lot of good ingredients that I don't know where they came from."

Anyway, I'll take the beans back to the restaurant...It wasn't a real thing since then. Wash the beans first. I bought ingredients to make tofu at the market...….

Tofu is a really demanding dish.

In other words, there is a specialized factory, and people don't buy it there for no reason.

Here's how to make it.

Soak the beans, then trim them. Grind it well, make bean water, boil it. Sift it. Boil it with soy sauce. Sift it over and over and over again.

You have to put it back in a cotton cloth, then put the stone on it, squeeze it well, and shape it.

In the first place, it is very difficult to do it alone, and the process is complicated, but it takes more than 24 hours.

But what should I do? I'll do it for my grandmother.

So... I just gave you the finished tofu. My grandmother thanked me and left right away.

"Hmm? What do you mean? What do you mean you left right away, without a meal?”

My grandfather who went first loved tofu and bean water that my grandmother made. She said she looked for tofu when she died.

"Ah... that's what happened.”

It wasn't that difficult to find out my grandmother's resentment.

Maybe she just wanted to protect the will of her grandfather who left first.

She made her husband's favorite food and took it with the best beans she had ever bought.

He didn't even eat it first. You said you'd eat with your husband.

The couple's love lasted to the death.

So I gave you some soy sauce. When the Grim Reaper opened the door, my grandfather came out right away. So reunite...…. My grandmother is also very happy. That's what happened. Ugh, I'm so tired.

"You've done a great job. Your watch turned a little earlier, so that's what happened."

But I feel so comfortable and happy. So don't worry about the boss and do your best! I'll be looking at the table heaven.

"Thanks, by the way, it must smell like beans in the restaurant."Oh, of course. It's so sweet. It's so sweet. My grandmother gave me a lot of beans, so I'm going to make soft tofu for tomorrow's menu. There's a bit of bean soup left, so you can make cold bean noodles.

"Wow, cold bean-soup noodles! Very savory and cool……. Cool…."

-Hmm? Boss?

just then

A flashy dish passed through my head of the day.

It was hard to start anything.

One keyword came to mind, and after that, it's getting better.

In an instant, plausible dishes and recipes came to mind as if they were memorized.

I laughed day by day.

I feel like I'm digesting everything I've been staying for a few days.

It was refreshing from the bottom of my heart.

"I love you, Yumi."

Yes, four? Yes? What, what? Why did you do that all of a sudden? Then I'll...….

"Thanks to you, Yumi, I realized. I just remembered! What to cook!"

-……Huh?

"Of course I'll have to adjust a little, but it really looks perfect. I can definitely show you my chef with this! Oh, I wanted to hear Yumi's voice today!”

-Oh... -Yes, thank you. Thank you for such sweet comments. Yes, the chef has to cook, right?

It sounds like Yumi's voice is going up and down like she's on a roller coaster, but it's just her feeling.

No, I couldn't even hear her well in the first place.

I hung up quickly because it was a little late. Yumi was yawning continuously, saying she was tired.

I was sleepy for a day, but I woke up in an instantaneously.

Just as I was going to explain cooking to Choi Han-seok.

"……Chef, what's wrong with you all of a sudden?"

He was looking at the day with an ineffable expression.

No, it's not. It's just. I thought one day was the best.

"What? What do you mean?"

It's nothing. I thought Yumi must be having a hard time. Well, anyway. What dish came to your mind?

"Well, it's simple. First of all, it's a cold dish, right? That's why you use bean water as the base. Like cold bean-soup noodles! It's a cold dish that only exists in Korea."

- I'm sure it is. Didn't you think of bean water last time?

Choi Han-seok nodded, saying, "It is a good idea," but he has not fully understood it yet.

It was because the idea of bean water came up once in the first place.

But one day, of course, I took a few steps further from there.

"It's not just bean water. It's not normal beans, it's black frost. And you grind pine nuts together to add flavor."

-Seoritae... pine nuts? Wow, hey. Keep talking. It's really nice.

"Right? Right?"

Seoritae, which is much sweeter and more savory than regular beans.

And a pine nut that boasts the ultimate nut of the king.

I felt the taste of food in my head and tongue even though I was talking.

"With the black bean water as the base, with chicken ...….”

Wow, that's a day. I love it. Oh, how about this? With paprika and sesame sauce in it...….

"Oh, oh! I love it. Seriously! Chef Choi Hanseok is the best. No, Master! You have a great sense."

No, thanks to our student! Lol, I'm sure it'll work out. This can't be bad!

As expected, the tikitaka was a perfect match for the teacher and student.

In an instant, the recipe came out completely, and right after waking up from a nap, the mart swept the ingredients.

It was a little difficult to get Seo-ri-tae, but it didn't matter.

There was a Korean town nearby, so it was enough to buy from there.I spent the rest of the day practicing cooking that I made.

I also gave children a taste...…. The evaluation is.

It's as delicious as the universe and as delicious as the sky.

We won.

There have been few times when I was so confident like now.

The morning dawned in the blink of an eye.

The studio was all set, and it was time to start the competition.

* * *

Chuck, Chuck!

A day changed into a white cooking suit came out of the changing room.

It's been a long time since I've dressed up in this perfect cooking suit with a hat.

Is it almost the first time except when I worked for the old oral fairy tale?

"I'm sure I feel like I'm getting a shout. Don't you think so?"

"Mr. Tanaka is right. It gives you a good feeling. There's a reason why it's a uniform."

Tanaka, who has become very close recently, has been talking to me.

To the point of having to do so, the studio was full of anxiety and tension.

Sixteen chefs from all over the world.

After today, half of them have to return home.

Does that make sense?

They can proudly introduce themselves as stars anywhere.

But half of it is relentlessly abandoned.

"I can't believe it."

One day hasn't hit reality yet.

I was really nervous waiting for the tournament, but standing here, I didn't feel nervous, worried or anything.

How should I put this? It was calmer than I thought.

It's just the idea that something is happening.

"The same goes for me. I honestly didn't expect the studio to be this big and grand."

"Agreed! I guess I just poured money into it this time."

When Tanaka smiled at the high ceiling, Jamie even stepped in.

Surely the studio is a day's worth of credit.

First of all, it was really spacious and had 16 luxurious stainless steel countertops.

And after that, there was a small mart where you could bring ingredients.

In front of it were chairs where judges sat and a large computer screen with a camera relay window where you could see the chefs cooking in real time.

I can't believe cooking contests are so cutting-edge these days.

'But there's no worry.’

I sat quietly and took a breath.

Bacon hit the cue sign, Haru and all the other chefs stood in front of his counter.

"Let's do our best."

"Yes! Round of 16 is easy, isn't it? Let's move on and see you all in the quarterfinals!"

"That's right. Let's cheer up."

Haru, Tanaka and Jamie all built up their fighting spirit.

Soon the camera began to turn.

The lights illuminated everyone, and the judges began talking separately.

It's normal and there's a lot of talk.

Please introduce yourselves. Or stories about the purpose of this competition.

At the end of it, Giovanni grabbed the microphone.

Like her, a YouTuber, she had a good sense of progress.

"Well, this is Chef's Grand Prix! Let's start the first round of 16, round of its kind!”

Clap clap!

Swirl!

When Giovanni clapped his hands, a large banner fell nicely from the ceiling.

Elasticity automatically popped up among the chefs at the production they had never imagined.

[Cold Plate]

"The theme of the round of 16 is cold cooking!"

"It doesn't matter which country or which recipe you use. Please make a delicious cold dish!"

"The time limit is 30 minutes. 8 stars will lose in this match. Well, then...….”

Where the judges were, there was a large clock.

Timer pointing at half an hour.

Tick, tick, tick!

At the beck and call of Giovanni, he moved.

"Cooking, go!"

The chefs started running frantically for the ingredients.