Finally found you

...Narrator pov... ...

In the restaurant.....every person involved are having a different secret identity in life

"goood moooorninggg guys...." Jess shouted..after entering the shop.

(just like Jess who has a fierce battle yesterday but now, he becomes a little childish when greeting his friends)

It's only 5 o'clock in the morning and the restaurant is in open at 6, so there's no need to worry about.

In the shop, there is jories and Wilson, lany and Jhon, Mikaela and Peter. They are so busy with their different duties.

"hai Jess" it's Mikaela. She also saw Brent but ignored him for she was busy cleaning the counter.

(Mikaela is best friend of Drake but another thing is, she's the wife of Leonard, drake's rival in cooking)

" Jess!! Your late!! " it's chef pet, who just passing through the kitchen.. Then chef D comes out from the kitchen.

(chef pet is so much mysterious like no one else can tell his secret)

"Jess!! You're fired because you're always late" said chef D with a serious tone.

When seeing Jess, he noticed the guy next to him. That guy was the one who entered the restaurant yesterday, the one he suspected to be the thief.

He remembered that Jess talked to him yesterday night about the friend he wants to work with and begging to let him in, but he never expects to be the man he saw yesterday is also the one that Jess is talking to.

"chef D,, no... Don't fired me yet, I'm begging you please..." Jess said like having a drama on his own

"oh Jess... Who's with you" it chef D while putting the dish on the table, and ignore what Jess is doing a while ago.

"ah by the way chef D he's Brent my friend who I am talking about yesterday and he wanted to take the job." he said like nothing happened.

" is that so, then i have a challenge for him before he passes the job, " he said and then every one is looking each other with curiosity.

" I tried a new menu. If this dish is ok I will add it to the menu of the shop. So I want to … let you taste it. Then please tell me if it is okay? “ chef D excitedly saying.

Then Brent pointed to himself, as if he disbelieve what he heard. The two come closer to him and saw the dish.

"Wow!! Looks delicious, and smells like so yummy" Jess comment for what he saw

“Would you like me to have a taste?” Brent asked

"wait a minute.... Let me clarify first, am i in or out, am I fired up or job in" Jess interrupt

"you can go home if you like, if won't then stay and do your duties" chef D answered

"fine!!!" then Jess go away, only the two remain.

“Yeah you, I would like you to taste it” (when pointing out the dish.) Brent saw the excitement of the Chef when saying it.

"Have you forgotten that you got here yesterday just because you smelled what I was cooking." he recall

"oh.. Oh..., I'm sorry for what happened yesterday, chef, promise, I won't repeat it" he said with embarrassment.

"It's okay... It's okay... Don't mention it anymore... So??? Would you like to taste it??" He asks. Brent only smile like a child.

Hesitantly, he still obeyed the Chef's order.

Chef D allows his heart to dance when he saw the face of a cute person up close. Reaching much higher than him. His face matched with slender eyes and shaped lips.

“The scoop in the cup is poured onto the crispy stuff. Then you can use your hand to taste it. " chef D recommended, when he saw that the other party was hesitant about how to taste it.

He scooped the pork in a salted crab stew and poured it over a crispy meal And then ate it. Chef D wrapped his shoulders, waiting for the reaction of the other party

Brent considers the taste that gets into his mouth. 'a salted crab stew' his mind recognized the dish.

Even though he didn’t see the crab But this is a salted crab stew,only that Chef D adapted it to be a crunchy snack. Which is new in the style of a chef who is excellent in creativity.

In Brent's mind he discusses the judgment based on what he feels. The sweetness and salty crab smell go well together. But there was one thing that stuck in his heart.

Chef D noticed his change of expression.

Brent is not sure about the sweet taste he tastes. Could it be that …

“You didn’t use palm sugar” he said without hesitation.

Not just Chef D who was shocked. But also Brent for what he just did. He just realized that he accidentally criticized the professional chef, the 2nd runner-up of Chef Master competition, and especially the owner of the restaurant.

“But I think it’s delicious." Brent hurriedly addressed the correction.

“Say it again, say it again.” chef D’s eyes flashed with excitement.

“I don’t want you to just say it’s delicious. But I want the deliciousness so you feel like Wow. Do you have any comments? Say it! “chef said with eagerness on his face

Brent was considerate. But if the other party insists that they want to comment honestly Brent will not save hands

“Your simmer is too sweet. Add tamarind juice and more salt. And if you want to play with crispness I think you should try changing from bread to rice. Then put the fresh vegetables separately “

'This person can even tell what ingredients he should add!' in chef's mind

the young chef looked at the other person with a shocked feeling combined with joy. Sparkles in the eyes of excitement

“You … can cook, right?” he said it loudly

"yes... Obviously chef" Jess answered much louder with excitement.

"no!!!! I'm just nobody who loves food.. That's all" said Brent with full of objections. Other people are shocked with his overreaction movement.

"oh.. Okay.." Jess and chef D only look at each other and decided to think about no more to discuss.

But after a while...

" your friend is excellent, he even recognize all the ingredients that I put on the menu, is it true that he's just a nobody, I think he's not " he said uneasy as if he's about to insane

"I'm sorry chef but believe me, it's like what he said earlier, he is just a nobody, he only love to cook back then, with his grandma. Before, he dreamed to be a chef. .but, after the death of his grandmother, he also lost his desire to cook and dreams of becoming a chef. Even though he doesn't have a dream now, his skills in cooking are still remains and nobody will take it " Jess said in a childish way. Chef D is a seniors of Jess back in high school, and they were so close back then, that's why, when he got his own restaurant Jess volunteered to be his waiter.

Chef Drake didn't complain anymore, but he was determined to change Brent from his thoughts about cooking

The two returned to the kitchen where everyone is on..

"okay you pass the job" chef D said when giving the final judgment of what Brent did but a little disappointment.

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