It was that kind of question. At first he said that he was nothing with her, but the ones listening to him didn’t seem to believe him at all. Well, even the other participants didn’t believe him.
But because of that, he couldn’t say what they wanted to listen to. Because truth was truth. Jo Minjoon just thought that they were just friends, or at most a kind of brother and sister.
Excluding the questions about Kaya, there were also good words among them. I saw well your cooking. I ask for a good dish. Are you confident on winning? He replied appropriately to all of them, but it also took its own toll. In average, two or three people in one minute. And they would mostly buy two lines each, so after half an hour passed there were at least half of the norimakis from the 300.
The first one that sold out was obviously the pork barbecue. It was well known from old times the love of pork barbecue from americans. And likewise, the second thing sold out was the hamburger.
In the other hand, the least selling one was an unexpected menu. And Jo Minjoon thought that it would be the korean norimaki, kimbap. Of course, there were many kinds of norimaki that were filled up just like korean kimbap, but they had named it as korean. So he thought that it would be quite risky because of that.
But of course kimbap didn’t do that bad. It was behind the second place. And the last one was urchins egg. Just when he had designed the menu, he thought that it wouldn’t get good results, it seemed like urchin egg was lacking fascination for americans. But they were fortunate to not have made as much as the other menus.
“The rice should be almost done. Joanne! If you are done with the barbecue, come here to the counter.”
“Wait a moment. Give me a minute.”
Joanne replied without even turning back because she was really busy. The norimakis kept decreasing, but the lines were still really long. But compared to the start, it was affordable, but if you thought that the lines would keep increasing, 30 minutes would be the limit with the norimakis they had right now.
“Done! Let’s change.”
Joanne approached him and opened her mouth. Jo Minjoon finished what he was doing and went back to the rice cooker. The rice was well done. Because he washed it more than usual, it didn’t smell bad at all, and each grain of rice had a beautiful shape. It was so well done that he unconsciously smiled.
“Anderson. Are the fried shrimps and karaage done?”
“I put it on the sieve. You can immediately use them when the oil is removed.”
Anderson wasn’t wrapping the norimaki from the start, but preparing the fillings. And it wasn’t excessive for him. Because one person was in charge of taking the orders, if they were only busy with no time to rest, it was an affordable pace.
‘Should we get one more person in the counter for tonight?’
It was hard. If it was like that, the remaining three would all have to concentrate on wrapping it. If he thought about adding help like just now, it was good that only one person was in charge of the counter. But of course, the speed the line reduces would decrease.
‘Should I change the selling method…….’
It was a problem he didn’t have to think about right now. Jo Minjoon poured vinegar and keep water in the rice and carefully rubbed it. The rice need to crumble the least amount possible to keep the clean flavor.
After that it was simple. Spreading rice in the laver, and rolling after filling it up. The kinds were each pork barbecue, karaage, and fried shrimp. From the remaining ingredients they had, these were the best selling menus. And they made twice the amount of pork barbecue this time.