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 Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:37 am
"The most important goal in cooking is to bring happiness and health to others." Fei Yi looks out over the faces of his would-be students for a moment, and then continues. "To that end, we must forever be aware of the needs of our customers, and cook for them foods we know will fill their bodies with joy and strength. For a true chef, using food to hurt someone is anathema." He reaches out one hand, leveling a single claw at you and then each of your companions in turn.
"Each day in this shop, we have several customers who come to us with special needs. For the next two weeks, each day I will direct you to serve one of these customers. They are patient people, who know that they will be given exactly what they need if they only wait, so you may take your time to craft the perfect dish for them. And I will stand by to judge how well you do."
Each day, a special customer will arrive in the shop with particular needs, and you will be asked to make a dish using four of the ingredients listed below to answer these needs. You will recieve -5 points for each appropriate ingredient, and +1 point for each inappropriate ingredient. However, since these customers are patient, willing to wait for the best, you'll be able to try as many dishes on them as you have wisdom points, so eventually you may just get it right. But be warned! We won't be telling you WHICH ingredient is correct in a combination, so you'll have to watch the points for each try. Additionally, for each day that you do not guess correctly after all of your guesses are used up, you will recieve +10 points, and for each day you don't even try, you'll recieve +5 points.
Additionally, please note that each customer is unique to the cook. In the end, the person with the lowest points will win this test.
(Please note that if there are days when you absolutely cannot be online, or cannot be online with me at the same time in order to properly deal with your guesses, we will arrange new times for such things, so you won't be penalized for that. Just make notes in your thread about such situations.)
Ingredients - Use
1. Pork - Strengthens the body, offering greater endurance in adversity
2. Fish - Strengthens the mind, offering quickness of thought
3. Beef - Soothes the mind and promotes a restful feeling in the body
4. Chicken - Provides the body with enhanced quickness and grace
5. Tofu - Enhances the body's sensitivity to magic and spiritual energy
6. Shrimp - Dampens the body's sensitivity to magic and spiritual energy
7. Rice - Fills the body with a sense of oneness and completion
8. Noodles - Soothes nervous energy and doubt
9. Bok Choy - Cools the body and calms the blood
10. Leek - Strengthens the appetite and enables the body to better absorb foods
11. Carrot - Sharpens inner sight, allowing better understanding of the inner self
12. Crab Sponge - Sharpens the wit, promoting clearer thought
13. Black Beans - Invigorates the spirit and magic.
14. Ginger - warms the body and invigorates the blood.
15. Sesame Oil - Enhances the abilities of other foods.
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:14 am
The customer today is a skinny man, whose light body and narrow face are tense. He shivers from time to time, and there is a faintly blue cast to his lips as he orders.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 6:06 am
Roserain Heimei's stats Strength: 6 Agility: 5 Intelligence: 7 Wisdom: 4 Charisma: 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grimacing, he considered the options of ingredients laid out before him. He could already tell this would be the most challenging test as far as he was concerned. studying the man, he tried to come to some sort of decision.
"How about...
Beef basted in a ginger sauce, with rice drizzled with sesame oil?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:51 am
Roserain Roserain Heimei's stats Strength: 6 Agility: 5 Intelligence: 7 Wisdom: 4 Charisma: 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grimacing, he considered the options of ingredients laid out before him. He could already tell this would be the most challenging test as far as he was concerned. studying the man, he tried to come to some sort of decision.
"How about...
Beef basted in a ginger sauce, with rice drizzled with sesame oil?"Fei Yi stood nearby for a long moment, considering Heimei's proposed dish before shaking his head. "Look at him again carefully," he said, not wanting to just give away the answer. "Consider every aspect, and how the ingredients might make him feel." The dish you suggested rates as a -8.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:00 am
Fei Yi Long Fei Yi stood nearby for a long moment, considering Heimei's proposed dish before shaking his head. "Look at him again carefully," he said, not wanting to just give away the answer. "Consider every aspect, and how the ingredients might make him feel." The dish you suggested rates as a -8.
"Well, he looks chilled to me. As well as exhausted, perhaps stressed. His thin features suggest an exhausting life style too..."
He wasn't sure if he was assessing properly, and was worried about saying his observations out loud, but if he couldn't trust his teacher to teach when would he learn?
"I know I want ginger, and I still think that beef will help with his agitation. But what else then? Noodles maybe? What about leek?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:04 am
Roserain Hei watched nervously as Fei Yi contemplated. His response hadn't been curt though, and Heimei was glad for his show of patience. He considered the man again.
"Well, he looks chilled to me. As well as exhausted, perhaps stressed. His thin features suggest an exhausting life style too..."
He wasn't sure if he was assessing properly, and was worried about saying his observations out loud, but if he couldn't trust his teacher to teach when would he learn?
"I know I want ginger, and I still think that beef will help with his agitation. But what else then? Noodles maybe? What about leek?" Fei Yi shook his head at Heimei. "He does seem to live a worrisome life," he agreed, his voice stressing the words ever so faintly. "But are you going about answering that tension the right way? Perhaps it's not a matter of alleviation." He folds his arms over his chest and waits to see what Heimei will decide on. The dish you suggested rates as a -14.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:12 am
Fei Yi Long Fei Yi shook his head at Heimei. "He does seem to live a worrisome life," he agreed, his voice stressing the words ever so faintly. "But are you going about answering that tension the right way? Perhaps it's not a matter of alleviation." He folds his arms over his chest and waits to see what Heimei will decide on. The dish you suggested rates as a -14.
"I think I understand now, what you mean. I change my answer then. Instead of beef, perhaps Pork to give him endurance in adversity. Ginger, noodles and leek.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:22 am
Roserain Heimei didn't respond right away, instead trying to really listen and hear the other Long. What other ways were there to deal with stress? For the third time now he focused on the customer. What was it like to be this man? What life did he lead? Hei was having trouble picturing it, envisioning what world would cause such troubles, but then an idea came to him. Problems don't disappear, they are dealt with. The man needed strength to endure.
"I think I understand now, what you mean. I change my answer then. Instead of beef, perhaps Pork to give him endurance in adversity. Ginger, noodles and leek. Fei Yi stared at Heimei for a long moment, then gestured to the wok. "Cook quickly," he directed, his only real hint that Heimei must be completely correct. "He doesn't look like he should wait for very long." Congratulations! The dish you suggested is worth -20 points.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:30 am
((yay! Thank you <3 ))
A slow smile spread across Hei's face, nodding at Fei Yi's suggestion.
"I think you're right," he agreed, looking towards the kitchen.
Before leaving though, he looked back to his teacher.
"Thank you."
It was simple, but it seemed right. Not wanting to waste any more time, Hei headed into the kitchen.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:44 am
The customer today is a delicate-looking woman who seems listless and unhappy. She picks at her appetizers, playing with them more than eating them, and her eyes often drift away in thought.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:24 pm
If he were honest with himself, this was a lot harder than yesterday's customer. Even when he tried to get into her head, feel the way she must be feeling, he just couldn't seem to pull it off. Never in his life had he felt as distant as this woman looked.
Still, knowing that he could potentially help, he mused over his choices.
"Well, she's not really eating. So maybe leek again. Crab sponge maybe? She seems lost in thought. Maybe rice would help too. I'm not sure here, but perhaps beef to ease the restlessness."
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:59 pm
Roserain
If he were honest with himself, this was a lot harder than yesterday's customer. Even when he tried to get into her head, feel the way she must be feeling, he just couldn't seem to pull it off. Never in his life had he felt as distant as this woman looked.
Still, knowing that he could potentially help, he mused over his choices.
"Well, she's not really eating. So maybe leek again. Crab sponge maybe? She seems lost in thought. Maybe rice would help too. I'm not sure here, but perhaps beef to ease the restlessness.""Perhaps something other than a lack of appetite is at fault," Fei Yi countered, shaking his head at the suggestions. "This dish needs some thinking, still." The dish you suggested rates at -2.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:30 pm
Don't focus on the lack of appetite? Was that even possible in a restaurant? Mulling over the menu, he wondered aloud.
"Ok. What about fish then? With carrots, crab sponge and rice?
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:37 am
Roserain Don't focus on the lack of appetite? Was that even possible in a restaurant? Mulling over the menu, he wondered aloud.
"Ok. What about fish then? With carrots, crab sponge and rice? At that combination, Fei Yi blinked, then looked at Heimei. "Better, I suppose, but I meant thinking on your part," he clarified. "You've changed the direction you're headed, but it's not the right one." The dish you've suggested rates a -8.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:14 pm
The wrong direction? Crap! No, no he wouldn't panic, he had to keep calm and level-headed. Think. C'mon Heimei, think. What could cause such restlessness?
"What if... what about noodles to soothe her? I still think she needs carrots though. And the rice. Maybe black beans to go with the rice?"
He had no idea, and was becoming rather worried. Was that a dish she'd want to eat? Noodles with carrots? Didn't sound right to him, but he just wasn't sure.
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