Q: How did your dish turn out?My dish turned out fine. There were alot of preparation and timing needed to make my dish perfect, so I tried to do all my steps with precision and accuracy, like for example, the eggs had to be flipped at the correct time when the egg whites start to form, but I flipped it a little bit too late. My dish tasted pretty good and recieved some compliments, and the golden brown appearance of the chicken was appealing to my friends. Also, my friends told me that the chicken was very soft and chewy. So,my dish did not turn out perfect, but at I feel that it turned out good.
Q: What were the modifications?
The initial recipe required snow peas and brown sugar, but after trying my original recipe, I realised that the dish did not taste well with this two ingredients. So, I cut these two ingredients off my list and instead decided to add strawberries which not only served well as a decoration, but it also tasted well with my dish.
Q: What were the difficulties faced while cooking?
Well, I am not very good at time management or organisation, hence I faced some problems when I realised that I only had ten minutes left and I hadn't even started to cut my chicken. Also, being disorganised, my work station was a mess, I couldn't even find anything because everything was strewn everywhere, and I forgot to bring my dustbin as well, so I had to replace it with a small plastic bag.
Q: How did you overcome these difficulties?
I immediately started multi-tasking, like for example, I washed and sliced the mushrooms while waiting for the rice to cook, and I also started setting up my decorations as the chicken bubbled away slowly. To overcome my problem of disorganisation, I packed everything in neat ziploc bags in which I labelled. I kept them in my bag until I needed it so that everything would be very neat and organised.
Q: What are the strengths and weaknesses?
I think my strengths in cooking is that I do not panic or come unprepared. When I am cooking, I don't panic when something goes wrong, instead I try to salvage it, so I feel that this is one of the strengths of mine. My weakness is obviously my lack of time management because I tend to do things at my own pace.
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