T-bone. It was the part that had strip steak and tenderloin in it. Joseph said with a serious face with no trace of laughter.
“T-bone isn’t the most delicious part of the meat, but that’s a personal problem. However, I can certainly say this much. T-bone steak is the most difficult part to cook along the steaks. If you cook with the same fire strength, the strip steak will inevitably cook faster than the tenderloin part. And of course, we wish that both of the parts are cooked similarly.”
Several sighs were heard from around. This was a mission that simply followed skill. So if you made a mistake for even a moment, it would be the end right then. However, Joseph’s words that was heard after that relieved them a bit.
“However, there’s no need to be that nervous. Because this mission will just be warm up. The first place will be given a benefit. An exemption from the following disqualifying mission.”
At his words, some of the eyes shined. Jo Minjoon too let out a sigh of relief. He couldn’t get first place. Because it wasn’t easy to get T-bone in Korea. Many butchers sold you the strip steak and tenderloin separately, there was almost nowhere that sold you the T-bone by itself. Even if you went to a huge market, it was difficult to get T-bone. That was reality.
So of course, his experience could only be low. As he looked at the meat, it’s thickness was only around 2cm. Of course, he couldn’t say that it was thin, but he also couldn’t say that it was thick. And basically, steak was much easier to cook if it was thick.
It couldn’t be helped. Because if it was thin, the thinner it was, the shorter the time it was in contact with fire would be. There were many cases where you wanted to sear the exterior a little and ended up overcooking the interior.
“We won’t be using a sauce. Just season it with salt and pepper. Bear in mind. The most important thing is that both of the parts have to be equally cooked. And of course, flavor is the basic. Start! We will give you exactly 10 minutes.”
Jo Minjoon quickly turned his head. Rather than having a method to cook T-bone, you could only rely on your senses and experience. And actually, when you hired a chef in a steak restaurant, they say that they evaluate using T-bone, so he couldn’t guess what would be the level.
Of course, simply giving it flavor was not a difficult thing, because you could just eat it regardless of how it was cooked. If the strip steak was medium, then the tenderloin was about medium rare. And honestly, there were customers who enjoyed the small difference in flavor.
However, there were also people that wanted both of the parts equally cooked. If he couldn’t satisfy the need of every customer, then that person couldn’t be called as a completed chef.
What he had to think now was the cooking method. As he slightly glanced, Kaya was taking a grill. It seemed like she was planning to cook the steak in the grill. (TL:really?) (PR: No, Minjoon. She took the grill ‘coz for giggles. XD) Because her sense in fire was outstanding, maybe it was the best decision for her.
However, it wasn’t an option he could choose. Why did he get amazed by looking at her roasted eel? Wasn’t it because she knew the difficulty of cooking with fire? If he sloppily copied her, then he would end up by burning the exterior.