Wednesday, January 3, 2025.
Devil's Planet, Devil Empire Capital, Royal Dining Hall, 11:00 a.m.
At Royal Dining Hall, there were a round table with a plate of classic phoenix steak, a chandelier with dozens of white candles, and the ceiling with golden rose pattern. Morgana said at the round table, tasting the classic phoenix's steak in candlelight under the ceiling with golden rose pattern.
"Hello, Valentina! You are known as the best vampire cuisine chef in Vampire Empire Capital. I admire your brilliant cooking talent, longing forward to tasting your tasty diet. May you please tell me what kind of tasty diet you are gonna cook?"
Morgana said in a peaceful tone, inquiring Valentina's diet. She had tasted thousands of variety of diets, but she still longed for tasting different kind of diet. She had tasted David's classic phoenix steak, but she still longed for Valentina's tasty diet.
'The greatest chef once was a newbie in the kitchen. The greatest chef wasn't born the greatest chef. A great chef must do two things better than all the others, observe a lot and practice a lot.'
Valentina who was vampire cuisine chef from Vampire Empire Capital, known as the best vampire cuisine chef in Vampire Empire Capital, she dressed in vampire chef's uniform with white outfit, red skirt and white hat, with vampire's wings, vampire's pale skin and vampire's ladylike manners, facing upon the queen.
"I'm gonna cook Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns. It's dairy-free and gluten-free, not contained with milk and gluten. Preparation time is 10 minutes, cooking time is 40 minutes, and total tome is 50 minutes. Throwing butternut squash into this gorgeous mixed fish soup gives a lovely colour and sweetness."
Valentina replied, introducing Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns and diet's recipe. The reason why she chose to cook Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns, was because she could cook Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns, better than all the others.
'The key to be a great chef is passion for cooking in his heart, recipe in his mind, and basic cooking skills mastered by hands. I have the passion for cooking in my heart, the recipe in my mind, and basic cooking skills mastered by hands.'
In the Queen's Treasury of Knowledge, there's different type of cook book. She used to collect different type of cook book, when she had passion for cooking. She lost interest in cooking, when her passion faded like kitchen's smoke.
"I used to cook dinner in the kitchen, but after tasting the diet that I cooked, I didn't cook dinner anymore. Any normal diet is better than this. I gave up cooking, but when I found my passion for cooking back, I couldn't pick cooking up again. May you please tell me what's your diet's ingredients?"
Morgana said in a peaceful tone, inquiring Valentina about the diet's ingredients. Morgana hadn't tasted Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns before, but from this diet's name, she could tell there must be tasty halibut, salmon and prawns in the tasty fish soup.
'I gave up cooking, but when I found my passion for cooking back, I couldn't pick cooking up again. It's easy to give up something, but it's hard to pick it up again. Once we don't have the same passion anymore, we would never be the same person who used to love what we had been holding on,'
Valentina sommoned the ingredients for cooking Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns. She laid the ingredients on the cooking table one by one, checking the ingredients if there's expired and unqualified ingredients. She checked the ingredients twice, lest she might neglect any expired and unqualified ingredients.
"Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns, that's required many the other ingredients to improve the fish soup's colour and sweetness. There are 1 red onion, 2 celery sticks, half a small fennel bulb, 2 garlic cloves, 1 red chilli, deseeded, 2 table spoons olive oil, plus extra for drizzling, a glass of dry white wine, 800g chopped good plum tomatoes, half a butternut squash, peeled and grated, 500ml organic fish stock, 200g salmon fillet, from sustainable sources, skinned, 300g halibut fillet, from sustainable sources, skinned, 12 raw prawns, from sustainable sources, half a lemon, and a large handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped."
Valentina had been cooking for three centuries. She could cook variety of diets, and she could cook the fish soup better than all the others. Who would know that once she was just a beginner in the kitchen who did what she was told to do, but couldn't even cook a tasty fish soup with a lovely colour and sweetness.
'Life is always too hard, and the chef's life is the harder. I used to work in the kitchen as a newbie who had to do what I was told to do. If I made a mistake, the chef would scorn me like a angery wolf. The biggest mistake that I had ever made was working in the kitchen, but I won't regret for working in the kitchen. If I gave up cooking, what kind of woman I am? I'm gonna be an ordinary woman, not the woman who was famed the chef to president Victoria.'
Morgana heard that there were so many ingredients for cooking Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns. She wondered how could Valentina memorize the ingredients and the method. She believed nobody was born master, and Valentina must have practiced a lot, until she could cook the tasty fish soup.
"I wonder how could you memorize the ingredients. Maybe you often practice cooking the same diet, until you could cook the tasty diet. Once you could cook the tasty diet, you would associate the ingredients with what kind of diet you are gonna cook. May you please tell me how could you cook the tasty fish soup?"
Morgana said in a peaceful tone, inquiring Valentina about the method. She believed every chef was a magician who conjured up tasty diet. She wondered what kind of magic did a chef use to conjure up a tasty fish soup.
'Once the ingredients were enchanted by a chef, the ingredients would be sorted into different type of diet's ingredients, cooked by the chef, and became tasty diets. I'm looking forward to seeing how could Valentina conjure up the tasty fish soup.'
Valentina had cooked Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns for thousands of times. Maybe the ingredients sounded numerous, but the method was simple. She had memorized the ingredients in her heart, and had memorized the method in her mind.
"It's simple to cook Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns. Firstly, it's required to finely chop the onion, celery, fennel, garlic and chilli, to heat the oil in the large pan, to add onion, celery, fennel, garlic and chilli and sweat gently until soft. Secondly, it's required to add the wine, tomato, squash and stock and bring to the boil, to cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes, and to season and gently break up the tomatoes. Thirdly, it's required to roughly chop the halibut and add to the pan, to add the prawns, and to simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Fourthly, it's required to taste the soup and season it again with salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice, if necessary. Last but not at least, it's required to serve drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with the chopped parsley."
Valentina replied professionally, telling the queen about the method. She used to work harder than all the others, but she couldn't cook better than all the others, until she had cooked ten thousand times. She believed one without cooking talent could catch up those geniuses with cooking talents by hard work and perseverance.
'The key to success is passion, hard work and perseverance. I held with passion for cooking, working in the kitchen. I cooked the same diet three times in everyday, and decade later I had cooked the same diet for ten thousand times. With passion for cooking, hard worka and perseverance, I eventually became a master who could teach newbies in the kitchen and the chef to president Victoria.'
Valentina began cooking Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns as usual. She had passion for cooking in her heart, the recipe in her mind, and the basic cooking skills mastered by hands. She stuck to cooking processes, finished cooking within the given time, and served the tasty fish soup to the queen.
Morgana hadn't tasted Sicilian fish soup packes with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns, but from the fish soup's colour and scent, she could tell how delicious the fish soup would be. She poured a bowl of fish soup for herself, gently stirred the fish soup with a spoon, and tasted the fish soup with ladylike manners.
"Thank you for the Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns that you have cooked with passion and enjoyment for me. There's no the other soups could be better than this Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns. I have tasted thousands of types of soups, but I haven't ever tasty such a tasty fish soup. It brought me gustatory enjoyment and a sense of satisfaction. Your score is 9.77. "
Morgana said in a peaceful tone, judging Valentina's fish soup. She had tasted thousands of types of soups, but there's no the other soups that could be better than Valentina's Sicilian fish soup packed with tasty halibut, salmon and prawns. She would not forget how tasty she felt about the fish soup.
'As a foodie, I would like to taste different type of diet, to feel the chef's delight, sorrow, mercy, kindness and love. I haven't experienced what Valentina experienced, but from her fish soup, I could tell what kind of taste Valentina's life would be. It's bitter that the ordinary people couldn't endure, but sweetness comes after bitterness.'