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"Hey, do you want to introduce a delicious restaurant to our department's chatroom every day?"

"Why me?"

Today I have lunch with Seonghyeon again.

I hang out with Sunghyun so often that I wonder if we're too attached. When Sooyoung hyung, who's currently in the military, was a freshman, we hung out together almost every day, and we'd go running together every night, and play badminton together, but... Since Sooyoung hyung joined the military, I hang out with Sunghyun.

If I lived in a dorm, I would exercise with him every day.

Since Seonghyeon and I are both picky eaters, we both agree on wanting to eat delicious food, so we go around the restaurants near school every day, or anywhere we can get to within an hour, and we try every single restaurant we can find.

Then, if I find a delicious restaurant, I only go to that restaurant for a while, and if I go to a restaurant that doesn't taste good once, the next day I go to a place I've been to before and eat at a place I really want to go to...

AKA, a lunch-only gourmet tour.

"You're always out looking for something to eat. If you do something like recommending good restaurants, you'll probably get a lot of viewers."

"It's annoying, and both you and I are picky eaters, so we can't do that."

"Is that so?"

"I always go to restaurants and check if they have seasoning or not, and then I say things like, "The soup is like this, the noodles are frozen, the dish itself doesn't match, there's too much sauce, the meat isn't marinated enough... They say it's ribs but they serve pork neck... I eat while nitpicking like that, so you can't just post about that as an introduction."

"If you look at it that way, there's nothing to introduce."

When ordering spicy food, there is a seasoning called capsaicin that makes it spicy. If you add it in liquid form, it will easily make it spicy, but it will not have much depth in flavor... Rather, it will be too spicy and ruin the harmony of flavors.

The sweetness of MSG and Dasi-da is delicious, but the ingredients themselves can be deceived… .

Basically, I think that seasoning itself is delicious, whether it's chemical or not, and that it's addictive and can be used to make delicious dishes, but I hate restaurants that put the same seasoning in every dish and sell it.

In particular, the restaurants that added capsaicin, dashi, and MSG to their doenjang jjigae were severe.

There was MSG in the steamed eggs… I ordered pork ribs and they tasted like dasida.

I grew up without eating seasoning at home since I was little, so when I started eating seasoning separately later in life, I was able to tell the difference. Even so, I can tell the difference better than other people, but I can't tell the difference perfectly.

A simple way to tell is by the amount of water you drink.

If a restaurant has a lot of people drinking water and asking for water no matter what they eat, that restaurant uses a lot of seasoning.

If you use MSG, Dasi-da, etc., the sodium content of the dish itself is high, so you end up drinking water… .

"The seasoning itself is delicious… Honestly, MSG and Dashi are also delicious. But I don't like it because they lie about the ingredients and I don't feel any sincerity."

"There's no special flavor of the store itself… or any secret recipe."

Seonghyeon and I have similar tastes in that we both dislike food with seasoning.

The fun thing is that each restaurant has a slightly different taste, so why do they all try to make it the same?

In a way, it's natural because that's how you make money, but it's also a shame.

"Oh, right. Taesu. Recommend me a dish that I can make with pork."

"Tonkatsu."

"Other than that?"

"Do you know how difficult that question is?"

"hmm…."

How many dishes contain pork… .

I only cook for myself occasionally, but Seonghyeon often cooks for himself at home, so he often asks me to recommend dishes to make like this.

"I made curry a while ago and there's leftovers, but I don't know what to cook with it."

"Where is it?"

"Was it sirloin or tenderloin…?"

Can I not eat curry again?

Curry is a divine food that tastes good no matter what you put in it.

"I'm going to eat meat and potato stew. I saw an animation a while ago that had meat and potato stew in it."

"Is that Japanese food? I tried it and it was pretty good. But it's made with beef."

Was it like that?

Seonghyeon continued the cooking conversation after that.

"Hey, you know, the way to check the oil temperature is by dropping water with chopsticks."

"Don't do that… it's dangerous to add water to boiling oil."

"really?"

"I know that oil splatters a lot. That's how it is when water gets into the oil. And there are a lot of things like dropping the dough, putting in the ingredients and if it sinks and floats back up, it's this temperature, etc., but don't do any of those things. In Chinese cooking, they say to just put a wooden chopstick in and look for bubbles rising from the tip, but just buy an oil thermometer. That's much safer and cheaper."

"Hmm."

I've tried checking the oil temperature a few times, but it's dangerous so I gave up.

I think the best way is to roughly figure out the temperature and fry it by feeling.

Because I'm not a pro.

"Oh, it came out."

"Is it okay?"

While we were passing the time chatting, the food we ordered came out.

Today, I came to a dumpling specialty restaurant, so I ordered one each of shumai and xiaolongbao.

When Seonghyeon and I go to a restaurant for the first time, we first order something simple, and if it doesn't taste good, we leave and fill our bellies with fast food.

I feel sorry for the restaurant owner, but sometimes I see food that tastes so bad that I would rather buy a hamburger than eat any more.

Today I would give it an 8 out of 10... The sanitary conditions seem okay, the interior is made of wood with quiet colors that seem to go well with the food, and the food itself looks quite delicious.

"I ate well…."

"I will live today."

After the meal, I offered to pay since I've been getting paid for everything lately.

They don't keep track of how much each other paid or who got what, and when they eat together, they usually split the meal, but sometimes one person pays for it.

If you've ever borrowed money, or it's your birthday, or the other person is struggling financially and has no money... or if you recently received something in return.

But when I tried to pay, Seonghyeon suddenly stopped me as if telling me not to do that and took out his wallet.

"No, I have something to ask you today. I'll buy it."

"What favor?"

"Calculate."

what?

Seonghyeon has never asked me for a favor, so I'm more curious than anxious.

In the case of that bastard Minwoo, he's always asking for favors, asking favors, saying that we're friends, brothers, loyal, and family, and we should help each other, so when he asks for favors, I get annoyed right away...

He's the type of guy who would try to finish his work even if it meant he'd die, so why on earth is he asking for a favor?

I left Seonghyeon, who was calculating, behind and went outside the restaurant to wait. Seonghyeon came out of the restaurant.

"Do you have class today?"

"There's one for dinner."

"Hmm."

If I have class, will I go back to school?

I put Seonghyeon on the back of my scooter and went out onto the road and drove slowly.

If you don't have any plans after dinner, I'll give you a ride to the bus stop.

If the dormitory says there's a meeting between department representatives, I'll just give them a ride to the dormitory... Well, I have to go back to my room anyway, so I'll just give them a ride while I'm there.

I'm going back to school today because I have class.

"Where are we going? To our department building?"

"That's right. Or should I go to your room?"

"I told you not to come in because my room is dirty."

"Hey, has your room been dirty for more than a day or two?"

I think he's bored and wants to come to my room, but today really isn't the day.

I can never let a woman in if she washes her clothes and bras and hangs them out in the room.

"Okay, I get it. I told you not to come, but I feel a bit awkward going."

If it were Minwoo, he would have forced the door open and come in.

That guy is a bit like that. When I tell him not to come in because my room is dirty, he stands in front of the door and threatens to knock on the door and call the staff to open it for me. When I open the door, he comes into the room and says, "It's dirty, it's dirty. Taesu, I used to be like that too. But you can't live like this. Clean up your room and live... When I ask him why he came, he says he just came to see you. Can't you come see me?

That's all for now.

To be honest, it really pisses me off. Why do you come in when I tell you not to? Do you think your brash self is cool?

Even if you look at it positively, it just looks inconsiderate, tactless, and ignorant.

I stopped thinking about Minwoo and remembered what Seonghyun had said when we were not far from the science building.

I clearly said I would buy you a meal because I had a favor to ask, but you haven't told me yet.

"But what was the favor you asked for earlier?"

"Ah… Do you by any chance have Heeyeon's phone number?"

Heeyeon… So, is this my phone number as a woman?

There's no way that could happen.

I have no intention of wasting money by buying two phones.

But it doesn't make sense to say we're friends but not even know each other's contact information.

Now that I think about it, there was a messenger that I used as a woman. Should I teach you about it?

"I heard you haven't lived since you lost your phone."

"Then how do you contact me?"

"Through messenger. But I don't get replies that often. If I send it, I get a reply, but it sometimes takes a few days. I'll tell you what it is later. And the ID."

"Okay, thanks."

"But why is that?"

"Uh…um…there is something like that."

What is that?

I'm really curious.

First of all, I have to teach you when I get to the building. If it's a message from Messenger, I can ignore it as I wish.

As I was thinking that and riding my scooter… I arrived in front of the building and saw Minwoo coming from in front of me.

Keck.

Let's run away.

"Hey, hey, hey! Hey! Shin Tae-soo!"

I tried to run away pretending not to know, but I got caught.

Damn it. That little Minwoo kid is coming towards me… .

I greeted him with a smiling face.

"Huh? Minwoo hyung, what are you doing here?"

"What the hell is this kid? I came to see you because I couldn't contact Seonghyeon."

Seonghyeon clearly changed his phone number.

It's natural that there's no contact… .

Seonghyeon, the person involved, was standing behind me and looking at Minwoo as if he had stepped in shit.

Sigh… I have a feeling that something is going to happen… .

As soon as Minwoo found Seonghyeon, he approached him and hit Seonghyeon on the shoulder.

"Hey, kid! Why haven't you contacted me lately?"

Seonghyeon stumbled, but Minwoo continued to hit him with his palm.

I think that's a way of showing affection that I like.

Playing around.

"Oh, please don't hit me."

"Why, are you sick?"

"Why do you hit people whether they are sick or not?"

"Kick kick, does it hurt? Does it hurt?"

He keeps hitting me while asking, "Does it hurt?"

Phew… .

Before Sooyoung went into the military, he got beaten up so much that he lost a lot of weight. He was my roommate for half a year. He probably got beaten up every day.

How much did he suffer that he gained weight as soon as he left the dormitory, using the excuse that he had no money, and when he went to the military, he even said that he was happy to be in the military and encouraged Seonghyeon and me.

Minwoo, who had been continuously hitting Seonghyun, who had a completely shit-eating expression, suddenly forcibly put his arm around Seonghyun's shoulder and said with a smile.

"Hey, Seonghyeon, are you busy these days?"

That's total bully talk.

Do you think it's cool to speak so bluntly?

As if to say, "Kill me."

It's really disgusting.

"These days, why don't you answer when I call you?"

Seonghyeon is not saying anything.

"Taesu, what have you been doing?"

"I just came back from eating with Seonghyun."

"You guys seem to be having a lot of fun these days without your brother? Do you hate hanging out with your brother?"

huh.

I fucking hate it.

I said no.

"Hey… Seonghyun and I just have the same design. It's just because we meet often."

If you break it down into details, it's different, but first of all, it's the same in terms of design. The classes are different, but since we live in the same building, we naturally meet often. We also take some classes together.

"Is that so? Taesu, but hyung, you and Seonghyun, have something to talk about?"

Okay, so I'm telling you to go.

Looking at the atmosphere… it doesn't seem like a good thing.

First of all, I should get out of here. I don't think it's going to be a good thing for me to be here. If I stay, I'm sure I'll just keep telling myself to go.

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