Neither you nor me

Part 2

I sat at my counter doing nothing just looking. Mark hasn't returned yet. I felt a wave in my shoulder. When I turned I saw Layken. She was smiling
"Alaska, what's in your one?"
"Turducken and Baked Alaska, what about you?"
"Croquembuche and beef Wellington"
"So easy. Lucky bitch!"
She winked
"I know right, Will you join me after test for a cup of coffee?"
"Sure"
"Good babes"
She walked out of my desk. I am not feeling good. Rather nervous and a weird feeling in my stomach.

Me, a girl who wanted to be a cook got the dish which I never liked that much. Baked Alaska is easy but Turducken. I hate the process of sewing. Its gross. You have to cut the duck into pieces nd dissect its chest like medical students and then again sew them. Its disgusting.

Finally, Mark came. He looked at me and asked
"Grabbed all stuffs?"
"Yeah" I didn't asked much as I saw the basket full of foods in his hands. I started unpacking them. After few minutes, the time of kitchen stopped. Everyone came back to their position.

Chef Ribin started
"Boys nd Girls, the test will start in a few minutes. Be prepared"
We all started preparing, grabbing cooking stuffs, unpacking things. After 5 mins, the test began. The test hour was of 5 hour. But it depends on your cooking time. I decided to make Turducken first. At first I pulled out the vegetables from my cart. I chopped it down and made a smash. It looked tasty but I don't know if it really is. Then I cut the duck. This cutting process is really hard. As it needs to be perfect. After attacking on its legs and hands I opened its chest. After applying the smashes onto the places that I cut, I started sewing. After end of sewing, I felt its not perfect. I don't know why but i didn't liked the image of it. I haven't got a good feeling about it. But there's no time for that. I applied oil and finally gave it to the oven after 1 hour of roasting.

I looked at Mark who was making vegetable Au Gratin. And he looked so focused. After giving the duck to the oven, I started preparing for Baked Alaska. It was easy for me. I mixed vanilla, chocolate, strawberry flavour, iced properly. My cake was good. And I gave a good look to it. I applied white cream all over its surface to make sure it looked like the picture of mountain Alaska. That's the hard part of this dish. Baked Alaska's crest needs to be looked like mountain Alaska.

After 2 hours and a 50 minutes efforts my Alaska is finally ready. It is worth seeing.

Mark complimented too
"Alis, I m coming at your home for sure to eat this. It looks mouth watering."
"Okay then you have to serve me your favourite dish Biriyani."
Mark likes indian cuisine. And he is so good at it.

His dish looks good but a little bit watery. Now I have to wait for 1 hour more. I started to research about how to make plates look attractive. I focused on presentation. I filled the plate of Baked Alaska with chocolate syrup and strawberries and the plate of Turducken with pumpkins, mushrooms and peanuts. My Turducken is finally heated. I took it out of oven and placed into the stove to cook. After cooking, it looked nice. I sliced the duck and applied carrots nd tomatoes over it. My both dishes were nice but i was not sure about the sewing of Turducken. I am in dilemma with it.

I looked at Mark who was bored because his dishes are all prepared and he has nothing to do. He looked at my Turducken and I could say by his look that he wasn't satisfied.

As my all dishes were prepared, I m watching other mates expressions. Some are sitting like me, some are doing presentations, some are horrified over their dishes look and some are panicking.

Here in this room 386, the present students are those who really love cooking, kitchen is their absolute heaven. We all struggled for 3 years. We all completed viva, presentations, cutting process, health and nutrition test and in this final test, we were all silently waiting for the title 'Chef'. If someone can't pass today then it will be the most unhappiest thing for them.

Last 5 minutes are left. And almost everyone is prepared. I saw Freddy crying because his Italian dish Brushchetta was not good. Freddy is my first friend in this cooking school.
He gives me company when I cooks pancakes because he loves it so much. I never saw a pancake freak like him.

And in this cooking school, I found my other mates have been extremely silent to me. Even my desk mate Mark doesn't talk with me much. Freddy and Layken treated me good. Others don't even look at me. Are all chefs so weird? 

Finally the bell rang and we all took our hands up. Chef Ribin spoke
"My friends, I hope you all had a nice time preparing your dishes. Now it is time of taste the dishes. According to your roll wise, come"
We all walked down to give them the taste that lies in our hand.

Chef's expression were neutral. They never reacted to any dish. After eating they're writing scores at a paper. When my roll number came, it felt like ages. I silently walked down with my America and Turkey. When I placed my plates in their desk, they smiled at me. Chef Georgia gave me a small smile and asked
"What's the name of your dish?"
"Its Baked Alaska and Turducken"
Chef Ribin sliced a piece of Baked Alaska and ate. And as my previous experience, zero expression. He took a paper and wrote something. Chef Georgia tasted both dish. Chef Kingin only ate Turducken. And I returned to my desk. Mark, Freddy, Layken one by one showed their dish too.

And after an era, we were allowed to exit the room. I took my stuffs and went to see Freddy. Mark and Layken was consoling him but he was crying continuously.
"Freddy, its all right. Your dessert was good. I can tell by its look" Mark consoled
"Fred, stop crying" said Layken
I said too
"Freddy, be positive. The judges will obviously like your techniques. The food's taste don't speak for the whole thing. Now stop crying and lets go eat something" I'm consoling him though I am not sure about Turducken.

He finally stopped and grabbed his stuffs and we 4 walked for coffee shop which was near our college. We all were tired, hungry and thirsty. It was a tough and busy day yet the most awaited day in my life.

(Hey guys, how was it? Do tell me. #RileyAlaska)