[Day 6 - Early Evening] Bid Event: Jade Chef

[Boogiepop]

The Green Carp hosts one of the best culinary centres in the Empire, perhaps thanks to its centuries of cultivated Crab Clan cuisine and the planet's fertile environment, to gives it access to the best ingredients at all times. The Tango province alone is known for its street foods such as ebiyaki, chicken rice, jelly ramen, drunken baby diamond shrimp, and protein-block musubi, just to name a few famous street offerings. However, when it comes to its other cuisine, the Tango province doesn't quite receive as much publicity when it comes to haute cuisine and fine dining. Silver Fin Productions and the locals of Shiawase island are hoping to create some publicity where this aspect of the province's large catalogue of recipes and its rich ingredients could be highlighted through some publicity, spectacle and competition.

Silver Fin Productions has reserved the fine dining kitchens of the restaurant Granite in the Hanei Tower, and borrowed all of its cooking staff to recreate a semblance of an old show, "Jade Chef". Each participant will serve as the head chef, who will manage both the menu and the management of the kitchen to make their culinary creations before Yasuki Ayame, Yasuki Umiko, and many other judges. Within a short amount of time, the head chef is tasked with managing their staff to cook the best culinary dishes and earn the title of "Jade Chef" at the end of the competition. Pressures will be unbearable, and the stakes are high! The kitchen may become as hot as Jigoku itself, but only the most decorated Jade Chef will survive!

Magic: Magic is not allowed unless the character rolls contested Agility/Stealth (Spellcasting) against the crowd. Emphasis is needed to make the roll, and only spells that last at least for an hour can be employed. Needless to say, getting caught has consequences. Soshi Shugenja school technique can be used to bypass this restriction

Yes, Chef!
Each Head Chef and their staff will be given a total of 15 Time Units. Each Time Unit is allocated to an action during the course of the event, where the Head Chef assigns staff to their role to either fetch ingredients, prep, or prepare food. Head Chefs may have their staff work on food in large quantities or craft their dice pool to build towards something more complex, which presents both a risk and a reward. Once time units are spent, they are expended. Use them wisely!

In addition to each staff member serving the Head Chef, if the Head Chef has any Servants, they may have 1 of them involved in the event to grant an additional 1 Time Unit for a total of 16 Time Units maximum.

Please note that Raises cannot be called for this event, unless explicitly allowed for the action.

Please note that the Head Chefs will not be rolling themselves throughout the event.

Time Unit Actions
Each of these costs 1 Time Unit as an action. The goal is to earn the most amount of Cuisine Points by the end of the event.

Ingredients and Prepping

• Procure Fresh Ingredients: The kitchen comes fully stocked with ingredients in its pantry and fridges for the team to make anything they desire, but admittedly, they've been supplied by food services or kept on standby. If the head chef wishes to get fresh ingredients from the markets, farms, or fishers, they will have to assign someone to fetch them. This grants +2k0 to the next cooking action roll, and if the roll was a success, this grants an additional 1 Cuisine Point. Please note that this can be stacked and that all bonuses will be expended once a cooking action is completed. Also, remember that rolled dice can be a maximum of 10kX before each 2k0 after 10 is converted to a kept die of 0k1.
• Procure Wild Ingredients: While most kitchens made due with their stores or daily trips to the markets, an adventurous head chef may consider procuring ingredients from the jungles of Shiawase Island or perhaps utilize a lesser-known ingredient. This is a daring choice and is bound to turn heads with any dish made, but there are some risks involved, especially when it might make for an experimental dish with an acquired taste requirement. This grants a Luck reroll on the next cooking action roll, with the same dice pool as before. If the roll was a success, this grants an additional 1 Cuisine Point. Whether or not the Luck reroll is utilized or needed, it is considered expended after the cooking action roll. This can be stacked.
• Compliment with Alcohol: While a dish should be able to stand on its own merits, often alcohol or a beverage can add another aspect to the tapestry of the dish. This can either complement the meal to add a different palette, or perhaps the meal can be potentially based around a choice of alcohol. This grants +1k0 to the next cooking action roll, and it will be done as if it had an Emphasis bonus. If the roll is successful, it grants an additional 1 Cuisine Point. Please note that the bonus is expended after the cooking action roll is completed. This cannot be stacked.
• Kitchen Prep: This action can be either appointing the staff to a particular task, focusing on the preparation of ingredients, or taking to spend an extra bit of time on the meal so that it is cooked to perfection. This grants +0k1 to the next cooking action roll. This action is expended after the next cooking action roll and can be stacked.
• Rally Staff: Time is of the essence in this event, but some extra care in rallying the staff or evaluating their strengths and weaknesses can mean building a solid foundation. This grants +1k0 toward all cooking action rolls done in this event going forward from this action. This action can only be done three times for a maximum total of +3k0 granted.

Cooking Actions

• Simple Fare: Simple fare could be the preparation of an appetizer or a taste tantalizing before a larger dish. Nothing exactly groundbreaking when it comes to dishes, but often an easy crowd pleaser found in either fast food or a street food stand. Make a roll of Craft: Cooking/Agility using the dice pool of 5k2 with all bonuses procured with action points (if any), adding the Craft: Cooking skill of the head chef. This is done at TN15 and grants 1 Cuisine Point on success.
• Casual Plate: A casual plate is a dish found in an established restaurant or izakaya, requiring a bit more effort from the cooks. This can also represent the preparation of a classic dish or a component of a complete meal. Make a roll of Craft: Cooking/Agility using the dice pool of 5k2 with all bonuses procured with action points (if any), adding the Craft: Cooking skill of the head chef. This is done at TN20 and grants 2 Cuisine Points on success.
• Premium Dish: A more specialized dish that might be available at some restaurants, but it's a bit more prohibitive as it finds itself only served during holidays, special occasions, or merely when koku isn't an issue. Make a roll of Craft: Cooking/Agility using the dice pool of 5k2 with all bonuses procured with action points (if any), adding the Craft: Cooking skill of the head chef. This is done at TN25 and grants 4 Cuisine Points on success.
• Fine Dining: A truly exquisite dish is the special occasion itself, often associated with lords, champions or even Emperors. This dish is truly special and requires precise mastery to achieve; it can also be easily ruined if any shortcuts are taken. Make a roll of Craft: Cooking/Agility using the dice pool of 5k2 with all bonuses procured with action points (if any), adding the Craft: Cooking skill of the head chef. This is done at TN30 and grants 6 Cuisine Points on success. Additional Raises can be called here for an additional 1 Cuisine Point per successfully Called Raise, up to 5.

Itadakimasu
Once all head chefs are finished with their creations, they will be presented before the panel of judges and the local special guests. Given the large number of dishes that might be presented, they will only take turns and take one bite. However, the keen judges can be savvy enough to evaluate based on its composition and using their other senses as well. Ultimately, there can only be one Jade Chef and two runner-ups.

The head chef with the most amount of Cuisine Points will be granted the title of 'Jade Chef' and granted the Jade apron for their achievement, granting them 9 Bid Points and +0.7 Glory as they are broadcasted by the Silver Fin networks. The second-place head chef will be acknowledged with 7 Bid Points and +0.5 Glory, while the third-place head chef will be awarded 5 Bid Points and +0.3 Glory.

Ties are broken by the largest amount of Successful Called Raises and then by the largest number of successful cooked items. Finally, if further ties are needed, then it will be determined by the most remaining unspent Time Units.

[Boogiepop]

For Kakita Haruhi

A finely written missive is delivered to Kakita Haruhi in the morning, from Yasuki Reina.

Dear Kakita Haruhi,

I must apologize first and foremost that I won't be able to attend the proceedings on Shiawase Island. I have been keeping my eye on the event through the local news and gossip on the holonet. It seems that the Great Hunt will be occurring in a few days, which may involve the hunt of some local birds. I imagine the event may prove to be difficult for you, and I will unfortunately be unable to successfully petition any change with the Governor.

However, I hear that you will be taking part in the filming of a Jade Chef episode? How exciting! If you wish, I do have a former servant in the city available. Please seek out Emi, who works at the Kappa's Pond. She is indebted to me from her previous service and will be more than happy to aid in the challenge. I hope to see you featured on the Informator.

Best of luck!

[Personal Chop]
Yasuki Reina

(Kakita Haruhi gets 1 extra Time Unit for the temporary servant in Emi!)

[Miya Kisha]

Miya Kisha is, herself, no chef. That said, she comes from a prestigious lineage, was trained how to be a good spouse in an Imperial Family, has traveled widely, has made a study of popular culture that includes foodways, and is very much fond of sitting to table.

She will begin by talking with the staff assigned to her, exhorting them with the thoughts that their deeds here will ring out not only across the island, but across the stars. And it may be that she goes on for a while with it, but that she goes on at length does not mean she is insincere in it.

Kisha will encourage her staff to use fresh, wild ingredients, showcasing the best Tango has to offer. And if it is the case that some of what comes back calls to mind the strange catches of the previous day, it is also true that they are unique things, those...exotic fish hauled from the deepest waters.

She will, herself, find the sake to serve with the dish, relying on her own experience to make a good pick.

All that done, there's only the work of doing the work to do. And the staff sets to, working easily and well, almost as if despite the shisha' presence rather than because of it.

At the end, Kisha takes the dish to the judges, uncovers it, and pours the sake to accompany the expertly sliced and plated "special deepfish array, fish still alive in the morning rain and carrying hints of that rain, a subtle glazing of coconut and ginger, and the deep umami that only comes from the bottoms of the fair Tango seas, set against the dry sharpness of the Tsujimaki Six-Seven junmai daiginjo.

"For your pleasure."

Kisha will bow and withdraw.

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Start with 15 Time
Rally: +1k0 for all Cooking; 14 Time
Rally: +1k0 for all Cooking; 13 Time
Rally: +1k0 for all Cooking; 12 Time
Fresh Ingredients: +2K0 to next Cooking and +1 Cuisine on success; 11 Time
Wild Ingredients: Luck Reroll and +1 Cuisine on success; 10 Time
Complement with Alcohol: +1k0 to next Cooking, roll with Emphasis, and +1 Cuisine on success; 9 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 8 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 7 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 6 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 5 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 4 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 3 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 2 Time
Prep: +0k1 to next Cooking; 1 Time
Fine Dining: make roll, 0 Time

Base roll 5k2
+3k0 for Rallies; 8k2
+2k0 for Fresh; 10k2
Lucky reroll for Wild Ingredients
+1k0 (disregarded) for Alcohol; 10k2 with Emphasis, reroll
+0k8 for Prep; 10k10 with Emphasis, reroll

Base TN 30
5 Raises to TN 55
Passed at 70, https://sakkaku.org/r/20025

6 Cuisine for base successful roll
+5 Cuisine for Raises
+3 Cuisine for ingredients and booze

Total 14 Cuisine points

[Susumu Sumiko]

Sumiko had found the suggestion of a chef challenge very interesting. It reminded her of a book she read of a competition held a long time ago of competitions held on the home world of Rokugan. Sumiko had even prepared herself in the way of olden samurai! However this world didn't have the same fish as the home world, nor would something like that work here. So what would work?

She spent a bit of time thinking before a smile came to her face. She quickly motioned her staff for the day to her.

"Mina-san, time to go shopping! I'll need some very specific fish though. I also spotted some shops with older style cooking techniques on offer. We're going to make a display with sushi using swellfish."

There was a look of concern. Sumiko smiled more.

"If you don't be brave you won't win! Let's get gathering mina-san!"

There was a lot of gathering done. The pufferfish was hard to find as it wasn't native, but one very clever hemin was able to acquire some. They were able to get some exotic starfruit which was perfect to the appetizer, as she began to discuss a chawanmushi with the main chef.

All the ingredients were brought in, and Sumiko made suggestions about how to prepare it exactly as she imagined it. Some sake for the sauce along with soy, some fresh vegetables in plates around it with the swellfish being on a plate on its own. Dishing up was worrying as something nearly went wrong with the chawanmushi but thankfully everything was presented perfectly.

The Swellfish plated design


The chawanmushi appetizer



(ooc:
Action 1: Procure ingredients 2k0 (7k2)
Action 2: Procure ingredients 2k0 (9k2)
Action 3: Procure ingredients 2k0 (11k2)
Action 4: Procure ingredients 2k0 (13k2 becomes 11k3)
Action 5: Procure ingredients 2k0 (13k3 becomes 11k4)
Action 6: Procure ingredients 2k0 (13k4 becomes 11k5)
Action 7: Procure ingredients 2k0 (13k5 becomes 11k6)
Action 8: Procure ingredients 2k0 (13k6 becomes 11k7)
Action 9: Procure ingredients 2k0 (13k7 becomes 11k8)
Action 10: Procure ingredients 2k0 (13k8 becomes 11k9)
Action 11: Compliment: +1k0 and emphasis (10k10 reroll 1s)
Action 12: wild ingredient for luck
Action 13: Fine Dining -[Day 6 - Early Evening] Bid Event: Jade Chef. 10 actions for Procure (+20k0), 1 action for Compliment (1k0 and emphasis), 1 action for wild ingredient (reroll). Fine Dining, Craft: Cooking/Agility with 5 raises (TN55). 13 actions total | 10k10 ⇒ 76 (TN: 55)
Action 14: wild ingredient for luck
Action 15: Simple Fare [Day 6 - Early Evening] Bid Event: Jade Chef. 1 action for Wild ingredient(luck reroll), 1 action for Simple Fare cooking. 5k2 vs TN15. final 2 actions in this roll | 5k2 ⇒ 13 (TN: 15)
luck reroll [Day 6 - Early Evening] Bid Event: Jade Chef. 1 action for Wild ingredient(luck reroll), 1 action for Simple Fare cooking. 5k2 vs TN15. final 2 actions in this roll LUCK REROLL from wild ingredient | 5k2 ⇒ 17 (TN: 15) passed

total points for Fine dining:
10 for procure
1 for compliment
1 for wild ingredient
6+5 for finished fine dining with raises
total: 23 points

total points for simple fare:
1 for wild ingredient
1 for simple fare
total: 2 points


total cuisine points: 25
time units left: 0

[Bayushi Kazushi]

Kazushi is the calm in the middle of the kitchen's storm. While he's seeing to all of the necessary tasks, he's also playing to the camera, narrating as he sees to the preparations.

"Under other circumstances," he explains, "I would probably use this opportunity to direct a full kaiseki ryori, a traditional fine dining experience favored by the wealthy and privileged in the Imperial capital..."

He smiles at the camera, making it clear that he has been included in that esteemed category in the past.

"...but as other chefs will be presenting their creations, as well, such an offering would be overwhelming to our judges. As such, I've decided to present a couple of highlights from the usual menu, instead.

One of the kitchen assistants arrives with the core ingredients, which Kazushi takes off of his hands.

"For the sakizuke, we'll start with some diamond shrimp, simmered with some local herbs and paired with a light junmai sake, to compliment the earthy flavor of said herbs..."



"Then comes the yakimono, also called hachizakana in the old Scorpion provinces. There seems to be a large amount of greatshark available today, so we'll use that, along with the same herbs we used in the first step. That provides a consistency to the flavor of the dishes, allowing us to proceed without needing to rely too heavily on a palette cleanser. We'll pair this one with a local umeshu - the light, sweet, and dry flavor should be a good compliment to the greatshark, which we've cut into thin fillets and are grilling just long enough to tenderize them, but not so long as to dry them out."



"We'll finish with a mizugashi, made using local fruits. This is traditionally served with a roasted green tea called hojicha, and I see no reason to break with tradition here. Ah, here's Katsumi with the fruit..."



"There you have it," Kazushi concludes as he presents his offerings, "a taste of old Rokugan, mixed with the unique flavors of Shiawase Island."

The result is...quite astounding, especially as Kazushi has little experience directing a kitchen in this manner. The result looks extremely appetizing, and tastes just as good. If he were to give up the fashion business (Heavens forbid!), he might be able to jump right into a new career as a celebrity chef.

*****
Dish 1
Actions: Rally Staff x 2, Compliment with Alcohol, Procure Wild Ingredients, Casual Plate (5, total 5)
Roll (8k2, Luck re-roll if needed, Emphasis, TN 20): Jade Chef, Dish 1 Roll (TN 20). | 8k2 ⇒ 17 (TN: 20), but Luck re-roll: Jade Chef, Dish 1 Roll (TN 20). | 8k2 ⇒ 32 (TN: 20). Success, even though I forgot to factor in the Emphasis! 4 Cuisine Points.

Dish 2
Actions: Procure Fresh Ingredients, Procure Wild Ingredients, Compliment with Alcohol, Kitchen Prep x 5, Fine Dining (9, total 14)
Roll, 5 called Raises (10k7, Luck re-roll if needed, Emphasis, TN 55): Jade Chef, Dish 2 Roll (TN 55). | 10k7 ⇒ 80 (TN: 55). Success! 14 Cuisine Points.

Dish 3
Actions: Casual Plate (1, total 15)
Servant Action: Procure Wild Ingredients
Roll (7k2, Luck re-roll if needed - TN 20): Jade Chef, Dish 3 Roll (TN 20). | 7k2 ⇒ 12 (TN: 20), but Luck re-roll: Jade Chef, Dish 3 Roll (TN 20). | 7k2 ⇒ 21 (TN: 20). Success! 3 Cuisine Points.

Total: 21 Cuisine Points.

[Kakita Hiroki]

It was hot in the kitchen! Ki-kun didn't notice as his temperator did all the hard work to keep him at a perfect temperature. He was impeccably dressed in long powder blue slacks over silver heeled boots. His shirt was a sparkly combination of blue and silver arcs. So very sparkly.

He addressed his team. "Ok Team Drop! We are going to win. What are we going to do?"

There was a moments silence before the collected staff, who were all considerably taller than Hiroki, looked down and mumbled "Win."

"That's right! Maybe a little louder next time? OK?"

Then came a flurry of orders. Ki-kun had literally never set foot in a kitchen in his life . . . so they made no sense whatsoever. They were also completely unachievable as he gave contradictory orders and even worse menu selections resulting in what we can charitably call . . . . Burnt Offering to the Kami . . . .

"What is this? Did I not make myself clear? We are hear to WIN, not make disasters. You will get back in that kitchen and do it all again. BUT BETTER, OK?"

The fact he was waving a six inch chefs knife around may have been even more encouraging than his words.

. . .

The team returned. More ingredients were fetched. More heat in the kitchen. More instructions THAT MADE NO SENSE. The result was possibly burnt to exactly the same degree as the first one. They looked identical.

"WHAT THE FUCK? DID YOU NOT LISTEN TO ME????? GET IN THERE, DO IT BETTER . . . . AND ADD MORE BOOZE THIS TIME."

The knife was waved with more gusto . . . and much closer this time.

. . .

The pantry was emptied, almost nothing remained. The team ran around like headless chickens . . . which is exactly what they might become if Ki-kun caught them not doing something. Alcohol was literally thrown at the meal. From multiple directions at once . . . it caught fire. There is flambe . . . and then there is a substantial risk to the health and safety of all around. This was the latter. Thankfully one alert cook turned off the gas before a disaster ensued.

The result . . . . unrecognisable black crispy . . . . cinders.

"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? DO ANY OF YOU LISTEN? COOKS OF YOUR TALENTS? WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF GREATNESS!!! We were this close to providing flavour and perfection to the gathering . . . . "

He started to breathe heavily, turning slightly red . . . . He waved them back to the kitchen. He even put the knife down.

"DO SOMETHING . . . ANYTHING."

Yes ladies and gentlemen, this was Kakita Hiroki, Ki-kun, the Quiet One of Usagi Drop!, the one that harmonizes and completes the group.

Team Drop! found a lonely chicken flavoured cup ramen in the back of the pantry, obviously intended as a cooks lunch. A little expertly boiled water and some chopped scallions and it was presentable. Steaming hot and in a fancy bowl with fancy cutlery it looked quite . . . nice.

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Start!
15 TU
Team Drop! TEAMTALK!!! Rally Staff Action: +1k0 to all cooking rolls thereafter
14 TU
Raid the Pantry!! Gather Fresh Ingredients Action: +2k0 to next cooking roll
13 TU
GET TO WORK!!! Kitchen Prep Action: +0k1 to next cooking roll
12 TU
What now? But we're not ready! COOK Fine Dining - Team Drop! First Cooking roll. Fine Dining, 5k2 base +1k0 rally, +2k0 fresh, +0k1 prep. 5 CR . . . why 5??? because KITTEH CAN DO ANYTHING! TN 55 | 8k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: 55) FAIL . . . the Chef is not impressed
11 TU

Team Drop! TEAM TALK TWO!!!! Threaten . . . errr Rally Staff Action: another +1k0 to all cooking rolls thereafter. Cumulative +2k0
10 TU
Raid the Pantry Again You Fools!!! Gather Fresh Ingredients Action: +2k0 to next cooking roll
9 TU
Work1 Work!! Kitchen Prep Action: +0k1 to next cooking roll
8 TU
Now? You must be kiddi . . . yes Kakita-sama!! COOK Fine DIning - Team Drop! Second Cooking roll. Fine Dining, 5k2 base +2k0 rally, +2k0 fresh, +0k1 prep. 5 CR . . . why 5??? because KITTEH CAN DO ANYTHING! TN 55 | 9k3 ⇒ 23 (TN: 55) FAIL . . . but consistent. The Chef is still not impressed
7 TU

Team Drop! TEAM TALK THREE!!!! OK you cretins . . . do better . . Rally Staff Action: another +1k0 to all cooking rolls thereafter. Cumulative +3k0 maxed.
6 TU
Is there anything left? Gather Fresh Ingredients Action: +2k0 to next cooking roll
5 TU
Keep WORKING! Kitchen Prep Action: +0k1 to next cooking roll
4 TU
Throw Booze at it! Compliment with Alcohol Action: +1k0 and emphasis to next cooking roll
3 TU
Throw even more booze at it! Compliment with Alcohol Action: +1ko and that emphasis stays exactly the same
2 TU
This time we might be ready . . . COOK Fine Dining - Team Drop! Third Cooking roll. Fine Dining, 5k2 base +3k0 rally, +2k0 fresh, +0k1 prep, +2k0 booze and emphasis. 5 CR . . . why 5??? because KITTEH CAN DO ANYTHING! TN 55 | 10k4 ⇒ 35 (TN: 55) no we weren't.
1 TU

Hyperventilate: Free Action

Can we save face? COOK Simple Fare - Team Drop! Four Cooking roll. Simple Fare 5k2 base +3k0 rally, still KITTEH CAN DO ANYTHING! TN 15 | 8k2 ⇒ 24 (TN: 15) YES WE CAN!!!
0 TU

1 Cuisine Point.

[Tamori Kanna]

"Cooking...?" Kanna cocked her head to the side, unsure about this. She didn't know much about cooking. "Eh, Igoro, I trust you with this! But I think we should use the exotic ingredients found in the wild here, to really show that we're interested in what Green Carp can offer!"

And then Kanna got busy fitting a little chef outfit on Kaida.


Oh... oh no. This was worse than the time he had to clean up after a homemade glitter-bomb.

"Alright, so... let's focus on the ingredients, minna-san," Igoro tried to maintain his cool as best he could. "Fresh ones, and ones from the wilderness local to this island. Plan is to have something unexpected but locally sourced."

At some point, Igoro snuck in some alcohol into the dish to spice it up. And out of sight took a swig from it himself. It was going to be alright. Not like the world was ending, right?

"Prep carefully. We don't want to risk accidentally poisoning someone because of the wild ingredients. Uhm, Tamori-sama, what should we make."

"Dessert!" Declared Kanna, having found some edible flowers.

"We can't serve only dessert."

"Fiiiiine. Hmmmm... something, something... oh! Something that's small so you can eat it easily in one or two bites! With mushrooms! But the dessert must be tangyuan!"

"Ok, I can work with that."

As the dishes were completed, Kanna added the finishing touches: edible flowers!



MAIN COURSE: Stuffed Mountain Mushrooms.
Savory mushrooms stuffed with filling made of wild mushrooms and herbs from mount Jinsei, sprinkled with chopped nuts from mount Nakahama and toasted panko. Sauteed in wine.
Garnished with edible flowers.

DESSERT: Nakahama no Tang-Yuan.
A twist on the traditional Tang-Yuan (sweet sticky rice balls in soup)! These sweet riceballs made of glutinous rice flour are filled with seeds boiled soft in a rock-sugar broth. A perfect end to a meal!
Garnished with edible flowers.



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Kanna has Igoro as Middle Management Chef! (he is not happy about this!) This gives Kanna 1 more Time Unit, 16 total.

1. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0, +1 Cuisine)
2. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0, +1 Cuisine)
3. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0, +1 Cuisine)
4. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0, +1 Cuisine)
5. Procure Wild Ingredients (+1 Cuisine, 1 Lucky)
6. Procure Wild Ingredients (+1 Cuisine, 1 Lucky)
7. Procure Wild Ingredients (+1 Cuisine, 1 Lucky)
8. Compliment with Alcohol (+1k0, +1 Cuisine, Emphasis)
9. Kitchen Prep (+0k1)
10. Kitchen Prep (+0k1)
11. COOK FINE DINING!

5k2 Base
+8k0 Fresh Ingredients: 13k2 = 11k3 = 10k3
+1k0 Booze: 12k3 = 10k4
+0k2 Kitchen Prep: 10k6
+8 Cuisine (Fresh x4, Wild x3, Booze 1)
Emphasis and Luck x5
+1 Head Chef bonus (Void)

D6 EE BID EVENT: Jade Chef!! Cooking fine dining! +8k0, +1k0 Booze, +0k2 Kitchen Prep, Emphasis (Booze), Luck x5 (Wild Ingredients). +1 from Head Chef (Void), +10 Cuisine Points (Fresh x4, Wild x5, Booze 1). 5 Raises because KANNA BELIEVES IN TEAM! | 10k6+1 ⇒ 49 (TN: 55)
D6 EE BID EVENT: Jade Chef!! Cooking fine dining! +8k0, +1k0 Booze, +0k2 Kitchen Prep, Emphasis (Booze), Luck x4 (Wild Ingredients). +1 from Head Chef (Void), +10 Cuisine Points (Fresh x4, Wild x5, Booze 1). 5 Raises because KANNA BELIEVES IN TEAM! LUCK RE-ROLL | 10k6+1 ⇒ 47 (TN: 55)
D6 EE BID EVENT: Jade Chef!! Cooking fine dining! +8k0, +1k0 Booze, +0k2 Kitchen Prep, Emphasis (Booze), Luck x3 (Wild Ingredients). +1 from Head Chef (Void), +10 Cuisine Points (Fresh x4, Wild x5, Booze 1). 5 Raises because KANNA BELIEVES IN TEAM! LUCK RE-ROLL #2 | 10k6+1 ⇒ 82 (TN: 55)
EDIT: Roll says +10 Cuisine point, but should be 8, as noted in the total!.

FINE DINING DISH WITH 5 RAISES + 8 CUISINE POINTS = 19 CUISINE POINTS

12. Procure Wild Ingredients (+1 Cuisine, 1 Lucky)
13. Kitchen Prep (+0k1)
14. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0, +1 Cuisine)
15. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0, +1 Cuisine)
16. COOK PREMIUM DISH!

5k2 Base
+4k0 Fresh Ingredients: 9k2
+0k1 Kitchen Prep: 9k3
+3 Cuisine
Luck x1
+1 Head Chef Bonus (Void)
PREMIUM DISH 4 + 1 Cuisine = 5 (+3 = 8)

D6 EE BID EVENT: Jade Chef!! Cooking a premium dish! +4k0 (Fresh ingredients), +0k1 Kitchen prep, +3 Cuisine (Wild 1, Fresh 2), Luck x1 (Wild), +1 Head Chef Bonus (Void). 1 Raise KANNA I WIN? I CAN! | 9k3+1 ⇒ 35 (TN: 25)

PREMIUM DISH WITH 1 RAISE + 3 CUISINE POINTS = 8 CUISINE POINTS

ITADAKIMASU! TEAM KANNA HAS 27 CUISINE POINTS!

[Kitsuki Ichitaiyo]

If the schools of the Dragon taught anything, was that knowledge was power, and with it. the power to study because the task of self-actualization many attributed to katas and meditation, and this morning was no different from the other myriad of insa- no, varied tasks that this period that put on her shoulders. This wasn't cooking, this was being a chef, an administrator. She knew how to handle small heimin teams, but she had no experience leading teams where was ignorant of the task being done. Just pure human resources.

Lesson she got from the books was simple: There was a lower than expected limit to skill and technique, after that, it was the raw materials where a kitchen could excel. She could not improve her workers, so the best she could do, was to improve their conditions.

Quickly, she made herself known and gathered a list of what they needed- fancy ingredients, sharper tools, air conditioning, anything she could so they could work the best.

And just as one of the victorious dishes came out.. the poor cook slipped, dropping half a day's worth of effort to the ground.

Ichitaiyo closed her eyes, breathed in. Alright. She wasn't going to win. It didn't mean she didn't have to try her best, nor that her method was wrong.

Thus a serving of coastal deer along a mixed sweet potato mash with a sauté sauce of rendered fats and spices was served, and nothing else.

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Action 1: Compliment with Alcohol (roll bumped to 6k2, plus Emphasis +1CP)
Action 2: Procure wild ingredients (lucky obtained, +1 CP)
Actions 3 to 7: Procure fresh ingredients (6k2 to 10k5, +5 CP)
Action 8: Fine Dining, 2 called raises
First roll failed!, time to Wild Lucky!
[urlhttps://sakkaku.org/r/20046]Then Sakkaku betrays me for the first time.[/url]


Action 9: Compliment with Alcohol (roll bumped to 6k2, plus Emphasis +1CP)
Action 10: Procure wild ingredients (lucky obtained, +1 CP)
Actions 11 to 14: Procure fresh ingredients (6k2 to 10k4, +4 CP)
Action 15: Fine Dining, 1 called raise

[urlhttps://sakkaku.org/r/20047]Success![/url]

Cuisine Points total: 13!

((Could have gotten 28 T_T))

[Yoritomo Ochiba]

Time Unit allocations

1. Rally Staff (+1k0 to all cooking rolls going forward)
2. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
3. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
4. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
5. Procure Wild ingredients (luck to next cooking action and +1 cooking point if successful)
6. Fine Dining
Day 6 Early Evening Bid Event: Jade Chef. Time unit 6 with x1 rally staff, x3 fresh ingredients and x1 wild ingredient and +1 from skill, cooking fine dining so TN 30 | 10k3+1 ⇒ 63 (TN: 30)

7. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
8. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
9. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
10. Procure Wild ingredients (luck to next cooking action and +1 cooking point if successful)
11. Fine Dining
Day 6 Early Evening Bid Event: Jade Chef. Time unit 11 with x1 rally staff, x3 fresh ingredients and x1 wild ingredient and +1 from skill, cooking fine dining so TN 30 | 10k3+1 ⇒ 26 (TN: 30)
Day 6 Early Evening Bid Event: Jade Chef. Time unit 11 with x1 rally staff, x3 fresh ingredients and x1 wild ingredient and +1 from skill, cooking fine dining so TN 30. Wild ingredient re-roll. | 10k3+1 ⇒ 42 (TN: 30)

12. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
13. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
14. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
15. Fine Dining
Day 6 Early Evening Bid Event: Jade Chef. Time unit 15 with x1 rally staff, x3 fresh ingredients and +1 from skill, cooking fine dining so TN 30. | 10k3+1 ⇒ 39 (TN: 30)

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Ochiba arrived dressed in her chef's best.


"Okay everyone listen up!"
Her team turns towards her somewhat nervously as Ochiba smile's a wolf's smile.
"You're all experienced cooks, you know how to pound, how to chop and how to crush, right?"
Awkward mutterings.
"Well, today we're going to pound, chop and crush our competition, who's with me?!?!"
Scattered mutterings of approval.
"...Okay and since you're all line cooks I bought a couple baggies of the good stuff."
Roar of approval.

"Follow me! To victory! To fine dining!"
The group charges the kitchen. Ochiba's contributions appear to be yelling 'more pretentious! More!' Every few minutes and making sure nothing basic burns while the experts get to work.

But, it seems maybe there's a market for pretentious...

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(( 29 points))

[Shinjo Suh-Hyun]

Time Allocations (Spoilers: Reached for the Sun set by Ochiba and crashed!)
1 Rally Staff
2 Procure Fresh Ingredients
3 Procure Fresh Ingredients
4 Procure Fresh Ingredients
5 Procure Wild Ingredients
6 Fine Dining +1 CR
Roll 1 Failed
Reroll 1 Failed
7 Procure Fresh Ingredients
8 Procure Fresh Ingredients
9 Procure Fresh Ingredients
10 Procure Wild Ingredients
11 Fine Dining +1 CR
Roll 2 Failed
Reroll 2 Passed! 11 Cuisine Points
12 Procure Fresh Ingredients
13 Procure Fresh Ingredients
14 Procure Fresh Ingredients
15 Fine Dining
Roll 3 Failed

11 Cuisine Points total

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Suh-Hyun had heard 'fine cooking' and assumed she would be eating. And thus had worn her mess dress uniform. Which left her looking more like the floor manager then the chief chef.

"So umm...yeah." She put her aviators on, strictly this was against uniform regulations. However it hid the anxiety in her eyes at suddenly having to direct a cook staff. "...so first thing you do is add water to the heater pack and then you put the meal pack..." Her new staff just looked at her with confusion.

"Ok look everything I have cooked comes in a prepacked heatable baggie or cup. So just like do your thing." She rubbed her temple.

More confused stares. "OK. We can do this."

We could not in fact do this. But fortunately for the Unicorn's pride, one of the older chefs had taken it upon himself to cook something. This was not his first rodeo under a lead chef picked for her social position and not talent. It likely wouldn't be the last.

"This soup is really good but it's cold." Suh-Hyun nodded at the man's work.

The heimen merely stared back then slowly replied as if lecturing a child, "Yes. That's how its supposed to be served Shinjo-sama."

"Oh...well take it out then." She muttered as the dish was sent out, "Please tell me it's taped and not a live show."

[Suzume Hitomi]

Running a kitchen was a business, certainly. Granted, these folks already knew what they were doing, so there wasn't much to teach...just try to pick something to impress the judges.

But first! Build rapport with her team! Encourage them to do what they do best! Stick the landing with a story about the glorious 10 pheasant banquet of Iweko the 4th to illustrate the dishes they were going to re-create from that event!

Okay, that last bit might have gone a little long, and the staff running off to get ingredients looked a little more relieved than she thought was entirely appropriate.

They chopped, baked, strained, stuffed, and generally made a complete mess of the kitchen provided!

The centerpiece Glorious 7 Flavors Pheasant was....
-the 7 flavors were utterly muddled
-did you know nobody in town carries prepared pheasant skins, or even feathers? Repurposing a taxidermy Jimen Tori was not a good look
-not poisonous! (she had to give the team *some* positive feedback!)

The Delightful Pot of Suitengu's Favor had some issues
-Green Carps seas have a less delicate flavor to impart than Rokugan's. Some compound reacted poorly with the ingredients leading to a scent best described as 'barnyard.'
-some other compound kept the custard from setting, or possibly Jimen Tori eggs make awful custard? The argument was cut off before a consensus was reached on the cause. Everyone agreed it was unappetizing goop.
-still! not! poisonous!

In desperation, Hitomi fell back on very, very old stereotypes.

-The Yams with Maple Fragrance were delightful, actually.

And finally, fugu had been introduced to Green Carp.

Unfortunately, great sharks really, really liked them. It was theorized that they found the fugu poison tasty in the same way humans enjoyed spicy peppers. The planet instead had a smallish salamander that fit the same niche of 'delicately tasty when properly prepared, but offers a reasonable chance of being poisoned, otherwise. Hitomi was thrilled to discover she had a licensed Fugumander Chef in her staff.

-it was melting-in-mouths delicious
-A touch of yuzu made all the difference
-it was just the right amount of poisonous


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1, 2, 3 Rally! Base 8k2

4. Fresh Ingredients: 10k2
5. Prep: 10K3
6. Fine Dining! no raises. VP for: 10k3+1
D6 Event Jade Chef: Fine Dining Rallyx3 base, Fresh ingredients +2k0, Prep +0k1, VP | 10k3+1 ⇒ 23 (TN: 30)Fail

7. Fresh Ingredients: 10k2
8. Prep: 10K3
9. Fine Dining! no raises. VP for: 10k3+1
D6 Event Jade Chef: Fine Dining #2 Rallyx3 base, Fresh ingredients +2k0, Prep +0k1, VP | 10k3+1 ⇒ 23 (TN: 30) very consistent Fail

10. Fresh Ingredients: 10k2
11. Prep: 10K3
12. Premium eats: 10k3
D6 Event Jade Chef: Premium chow Rallyx3 base, Fresh ingredients +2k0, Prep +0k1 | 10k3 ⇒ 34 (TN: 30) Success (wrong TN but fine)
4+1=5 points

13. Fresh Ingredients: 10k2
14. Prep: 10K3
15. Premium eats: 10k3
D6 Event Jade Chef: Premium chow Rallyx3 base, Fresh ingredients +2k0, Prep +0k1 | 10k3 ⇒ 34 (TN: 25) Very funny Sakkaku
4+1= points

10 points total (corrected math, Prep does not give a point.)

[Kaiu Tetsu]

Tetsu wasn't exactly a trained chef, but of course as part of his duties he's been rolled into comissary work as part of the drill program. One teacher had made a lesson out of it: Culinary geniuses were legion. Culinary AND logistical geniuses were rare and what elevated the good restaurants from the elite was unswerving, automaton like precision. So, when tasked with whipping his own teams of cooks into shape, Tetsu begins putting them through their paces, and learning their strengths and weaknesses. Jun is etherial with sauces while Taki has surprising control and consistency with knife work.

Sadly, he does some really stupid calculation errors that put him behind the sticks and he comes up short
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Time Unit 1-3: Rally. +3k0 to all cooking rolls (Base now 8k2)
Time unit 4-5: Acquire Ingredients (+4k0 for 12k2 -> 10k3) + 2 to Cook item value
Time Unit 6: D6 Event - Jade Chef - Cook Premium Dish - TN 25 - 5k2 + 3k0 (Rally Bonus) + 4k0 Acquire Ingredient Bonus for 10k3, +1 from phantom rank Craft: Cooking | 10k3+1 ⇒ 38 (TN: 25) Pass for 6 points (small typo but the math checks)
Time unit 6-7: Acquire Ingredients (+4k0 for 12k2 -> 10k3) + 2 to Cook item value
Time Unit 9: D6 Event - Jade Chef - Cook Fine Dining Dish- TN 30 - 5k2 + 3k0 (Rally Bonus) + 4k0 Acquire Ingredient Bonus for 10k3, +1 from phantom rank Craft: Cooking +1 from VP | 10k3+2 ⇒ 34 (TN: 30) Pass for 7 points
Time unit 10-11 Acquire Ingredients (+4k0 for 12k2 -> 10k3) + 2 to Cook item value
D6 Event - Jade Chef - Cook Fine Dining Dish#2 with one raise- TN 30 - 5k2 + 3k0 (Rally Bonus) + 4k0 Acquire Ingredient Bonus for 10k3, +1 from phantom rank Craft: Cooking +1 from VP Extra called raise | 10k3+2 ⇒ 34 (TN: 35) womp womp
Time unit 10-11 Acquire Ingredients (+4k0 for 12k2 -> 10k3) + 2 to Cook item value
D6 Event - Jade Chef - Cook Fine Dining Dish#3 with one raise- TN 30 - 5k2 + 3k0 (Rally Bonus) + 4k0 Acquire Ingredient Bonus for 10k3, +1 from phantom rank Craft: Cooking +1 from VP Extra called raise | 10k3+2 ⇒ 38 (TN: 35)

21 points

[Agasha Sorato]

In the eye of the kitchen chaos, Sorato is (surprisingly?) an island of Fire-seasoned, Void-cooled calm. Food is essential, but it's also basic. The worst that could happen here is that whatever he produces is not delicious, and even less-than-delicious food is nourishing.

Planning this meal, he'd thought back on his sister's wedding dinner, ten courses of delicate kaiseki made of the freshest seasonal ingredients from the Atsumaru vertical plantations on Ujimitsu, each paired with a different vintage of sake... yeah, that's probably much too ambitious. But if the goal is to show off the produce and culture of Tango Province, then the clear flavors and seasonal focus might be a good place to start. Sorato draws up a plan to direct his kitchen crew. It's risky but it just might work.

And if it doesn't work, maybe the judges will be too tipsy to care?

Sorato doesn't know a ton about tricky cooking techniques, but he has been scouting the farms and wet markets of Shiawase Island for days and has a pretty good idea about what's in season. He gives his staff a shopping list with detailed notes for each course--and appropriate drink pairings, of course. Yuzu-scented, slightly sweet sake matches the appetizer platter of braised and chilled tropical vegetables, perfect for cutting the muggy heat; a light sake accompanies the clear seafood broth with delicate shellfish and local water spinach, and a more robust brew pairs with the lightly-grilled filet of Tango Tuna quick-marinated in a sauce using miso produced by a traditional-style maker just outside Tenjin Town.

It's probably too much to ask of this crew on short notice. Any part of it could go horribly wrong. But none of it does. Sorato's team of chefs has definitely earned the right to finish all those open bottles afterward, and he'll happily throw in a few more full ones too.

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1. Procure ingredients +2k0
2. Procure ingredients +2k0
3. Procure ingredients +2k0
4. Add Booze +1k0 +emphasis
5. Cook Fine Dining Day 6 EA event--time unit 5, cook Fine Dining, 1x booze, 3x Procure Ingredients, Sorato void for skill +1 | 10k3+1 ⇒ 35 (TN: 30) 6+4 Cuisine points
6. Procure ingredients +2k0
7. Procure ingredients +2k0
8. Procure ingredients +2k0
9. Add Booze +1k0 +emphasis
10. Cook Fine Dining Day 6 EA event--time unit 10, cook Fine Dining, 1x booze, 3x Procure Ingredients, Sorato void for skill +1 | 10k3+1 ⇒ 25 (TN: 30) Day 6 EA event--time unit 10, reroll 1 for Emphasis from booze | 1k1 ⇒ 15 Keeping the 8, 9, and 15 (rerolled from the 1 in the original roll result), this passes with 33! 6+4 Cuisine points
11. Procure ingredients +2k0
12. Procure ingredients +2k0
13. Procure ingredients +2k0
14. Add Booze +1k0 +emphasis
15. Cook Fine Dining Day 6 EA event--time unit 15, cook Fine Dining, 1x booze, 3x Procure Ingredients, Sorato void for skill +1 | 10k3+1 ⇒ 46 (TN: 30) 6+4 Cuisine pts

Total 30 Cuisine Points

+1 tipsy Phoenix and crew

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

Kiyoshi looked through the available ingredients, then glanced at the Detective, who threw up his hands and shook his head.

Turning his attention to the kitchen staff he said, "We need fresh fruits and vegetables. What's available here might be adequate if we were serving a meat entree. But, I want to offer something different."

He explained and discussed his ideas, a list was made, and some staff were sent out to the markets and farms. Jackfruit was the main ingredient, replacing the meat of the dish, but it wasn't something the restaurant used much off. It would be prepared with an assortment of complimentery vegetables, carrots, potatoes, eggplant and water spinach, and simmered in the adobo sauce. Vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves, peppercorns and freshky harvested wild garlic made up the sauce. It would be plated on a bed of rice and served with a sweet and tangy plum wine.



Kiyoshi was quite pleased with how quickly the dish came together and decided to add appetizers and dessert. The ube cheesecakes came out nicely, but the Derective ran off with the peach mango hand pie filling.




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[Day 6 - Early Evening] Bid Event: Jade Chef, Fine Dining, Craft: Cooking/Agility, 5 CR, Procure Fresh Ingredients x10 for +20k0 and 10 CP, Compliment with Alcohol x1 for +1k0, Emphasis and 1 CP, Procure Wild Ingredients x1 for Luck and 1CP, 13 Actions used | 10k10 ⇒ 69 (TN: 55)
23 Cuisine Points

[Day 6 - Early Evening] Bid Event: Jade Chef, Casual Plate, Craft: Cooking/Agility | 5k2 ⇒ 22 (TN: 20)
2 Cuisine Ponts

[Day 6 - Early Evening] Bid Event: Jade Chef, Casual Plate, Craft: Cooking/Agility | 5k2 ⇒ 13 (TN: 20)
0 Cuisine Ponts

25 Cuisine Ponts Total

[Kakita Haruhi]

Haruhi met with her patron's retainer Emi and planned the menu.

She spoke first to the cooks. Her voice was gentle. Her expression serene.

"Tonight, we will prepare a Shojin Ryori menu. A vegan feast that nourishes the body and soul. This is a favorite on Golden Mirror. These recipes were developed by monks centuries ago. We will prepare them in the quiet and serenity that the food is intended to invoke. Each dish is prepared using traditional cooking methods to bring out the umami of each ingredient, and include - across the menu - the 5 different tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami."

"I have brought the freshest ingredients, including some wild varietals for the peak experience of flavor."

The first dish was Kenchinjiru, a clear soup made from kombu dashi. It traditionally contains root vegetables, mushrooms and tofu. A soup was always part of a complete shojin ryori meal.

The second dish was a classic Green Bean Shiraae or Mashed Tofu Salad, made of tender green beans, creamy tofu, nutty sesame seeds, and savory white miso.

The third dish was the most iconic dish in the Shojin Ryori tradition: Goma dofu, made from sesame paste, water and starch. It resembled tofu in texture but was really more like a pudding.

Each dish was executed perfectly. Simple dishes prepared serenely and meticulously, in the style of the monks of old.

Kenchinjiru: https://sakkaku.org/r/20067 31 v 25 8 pts
Green Bean Shiraae: https://sakkaku.org/r/20068 46 v 25 8 pts
Goma Dofu: https://sakkaku.org/r/20069 48 v 25 8 pts

Time Unit allocations

1. Rally Staff (+1k0 to all cooking rolls going forward)
2. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
3. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
4. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
5. Procure Wild ingredients (luck to next cooking action and +1 cooking point if successful)
6. Premium Dining
10k3 v 25, with luck re-roll if needed

7. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
8. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
9. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
10. Procure Wild ingredients (luck to next cooking action and +1 cooking point if successful)
11. Premium Dining
10k3 v 25, with luck re-roll if needed

12. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
13. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
14. Procure Fresh Ingredients (+2k0 to next roll and +1 cooking point if successful)
15. Procure Wild ingredients (luck to next cooking action and +1 cooking point if successful)
16. Premium Dining
10k3 v 25, with luck re-roll, if needed


24 culinary points total

[Yasuki Taraka]

Time chart:

Step 0: Rally x3
Then
Step 1 Fresh Ingredients
Step 2 Cook Premium
Repeat Step 1 & 2 for six dishes;


Why did Taraka sign up for this? Because Honoka annoyed her. And she couldn't convince her big sister to come in and blow the judges away. Oh sure, she'd sent over some family recipes for her to cook, but these things were far too simple to win the judges. I mean, Bao? Really? Alright, she couldn't just hire the best chefs not working for Crabkaku, so how could she succeed?

"Alright chefs, I've given you the menu. Are you ready?" she asked.
"Um, pardon me Yasuki-sama, but aren't some of these dishes kind of....simple?" asked one of them.
"They are...that's why we're going to ELEVATE them." she replied.
"Um....elevate them how, Yasuki-sama?" another asked.
"With the power of....SHOPPING!" she replied.
"Ummmmm, I mean of course we're going to have to buy ingredients but......"
"NOT just any ingredients. We need to use the best, most expensive ingredients! The finest cuts of fish, the oldest sake, saffron, truffles, matsutake mushrooms, gold foil! Go out there and get the very best and ELEVATE every dish with them!"

And thus was launched the great jade chef shopping expedition. Countless vendors across the city were approached, the markets thoroughly combed, and the cooks returned with an abundance of ingredients. And if they had just had a little bit more time to prepare this cornucopia of ingredients, they might've pulled off Taraka's vision.

"Judges, street food is often thought of as tasty, but cheap. But this is my special Golden Shotengai Set, a dish fit for a governor of our fair city!"

"First we have Sugaki wrapped in gold foil to represent Golden Shell Pharmacy and Pearl Beauty Boutique!"

"It's not bad, but the sauce is a little off...is that truffle oil?" asked a judge.

"Second we have this cute goldfish onigiri to put your thoughts at Koi!"

"Pretty tasty, but maybe not something I'd be willing to pay a premium price for." a judge said.

"Third we have this roasted walnut soup for Mechanauts!"

"Wow, now that is actually some good soup." commented a judge.

"Fourth we have this sweetened boiled carp for Grey Carp and flying battle carps."

"Ack, there was a bone left in that." a judge complained.

"Fifth we have this Bao is the style of serenity bakery."

"This dough is totally undercooked." remarked a judge.

"And finally, we have this multicolored boba tea ice cream!"

"Oh wow, ok, not a huge fan of most of the meal, but this is really something!"


In the end it was just too ambitious of a meal. Taraka had done her best, but while money had been on her side, time had not been.

Dish 1: 23, vs 25 Fail
24 vs 25 Fail
27 vs 25 Pass
20 vs 25, Fail
18 vs. 25, Fail
27 vs 25 Pass

10 points total for two successful premium dishes cooked with fresh ingrediants.

[Bayushi Senshuken]

Senshu steps into the kitchen arena like a general entering a battlefield. She's calm, immaculate and with absolutely no intention of letting chaos get the better of her. The chefs line up before her. She surveys them with that precise, feline confidence of hers and begins issuing commands that sound suspiciously like poetry but somehow translate into immediate obedience.

Two assistants are sent sprinting for fresh ingredients. One to procure the sharpest, freshest sea bream the market can offer and the other to bring back pristine clams and a bottle of junmai daiginjo that smells like delicate flowers and expensive trouble. Senshu herself rolls up the sleeves of her shirt. Just enough to suggest she means business, not enough to cause a scandal, and begins orchestrating every movement in the kitchen like a conductor with a team of very frightened violins.

She lifts the shellfish as if appraising gemstones and murmurs instructions while the chefs chop, simmer, and sweat. A pour of alcohol here, a quick seasoning adjustment there. The scent of sake mingling with the offerings of the ocean fills the room.

The result:

1st dish: Sake steamed clams with ginger and yuzu
A shimmering bowl of clams that open like obedient little soldiers under the heat. The broth is fragrant with layers of citrus and soft sake sweetness. It smells like winter evenings in a seaside inn. It tastes like surrendering to luxury.

2nd Dish: Sea bream dashimi with shellfish and plum wine glaze
Thin slices of sea bream gleam like polished pearl. On top, a whisper of shellfish reduction. Rich and ocean kissed. Plus a smooth drizzle of plum wine glaze that Senshu adjusts three times until it is "exactly mischievous enough". The dish looks like it could be served to an emperor… Or to a lover she intends to impress without admitting it.


Time units:

1. Alcohol (6k2)
2. Fresh ingredients (8k2)
3. Fresh ingredients (10k2)
4. Fresh ingredients (10k3)
5. Fresh ingredients (10k4)
6. Fresh ingredients (10k5)
7. Wild ingredients (luck re roll)
8. Roll: D6 bid event, rolling at time unit 8, alcohol for 1k0 and Emphasis, wild ingredients for luck, 5 fresh ingredients for 10k0, vp for skill, Fine dining with 3 raises | 10k5+1 ⇒ 40 (TN: 45)

2nd roll: D6 bid event, rolling at time unit 8, alcohol for 1k0 and Emphasis, wild ingredients for luck, 5 fresh ingredients for 10k0, vp for skill, Fine dining with 3 raises, Reroll | 10k5+1 ⇒ 53 (TN: 45)

16 Cuisine points

9. Alcohol (6k2)
10. Fresh ingredients (8k2)
11. Fresh ingredients (10k3)
12. Fresh ingredients (10k3)
13. Fresh ingredients (10k4)
14. Wild ingredients (luck re roll)
15. Roll: D6 bid event, rolling at time unit 15, alcohol for 1k0 and Emphasis, wild ingredients for luck, 4 fresh ingredients for 8k0, vp for skill, Fine dining with 2 raises | 10k4+1 ⇒ 42 (TN: 40)

14 Cuisine Points

Total: 30 Cuisine Points with 5 raises and no time units left

[Kitsune Soratoshi]

Kitsune Soratoshi had dutifully reported for the event at Hanei Tower, giving an appreciative nod to the architecture as he entered. But once the special event had been explained to all the guests, the Fox glowered. Why couldn't the challenge be building a kitchen instead of having to run one?

After a full-bodied sigh, the thin samurai shucked his nice jacket and stalked over to meet his crew of assistants. As he inspected the crew of professionals, heimin and ji-samurai though they were, it dawned on Soratoshi: These people are here because they're good at one thing. I just need to make them do the thing.

The first result of faith and teamwork was... not ideal.

"It's fucking raw!" Soratoshi screamed in the face of a petite woman who had probably been a skilled chef longer than the Fox had lived. "You kami-forsaken hobo, what are you doing?! What are you doing to me here?!"

Another attempt produced a beautifully presented and flavored dish, and the Kitsune, tracking the time and knowing he needed to compete with truly spectacular spreads, took the only competitive chance he had:

"Quickly, all of you. Your best premium dishes. Get them done now and it'll be well worth your while!" And the finicky, controlling Fox stepped back, praying to all the spirits of Chikushudo for aid in this time of need...

Of course, he couldn't leave well enough alone, and had to try to help more, as the last minutes ticked away.

"Here!" Soratoshi hollered, maybe with a touch of a slur to the word. "Here, quick. Add the booze! It'll be... Very good!" He said with unintentionally magnified seriousness.

And, in the end, for all the dramatic swings of fortune in Soratoshi's kitchen, a very respectable spread of centerpiece dish and accompanying courses was put before the esteemed judges.

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OOC: actions and rolls
1-3. Rally staff x3. Total +3k0 to all cooking rolls.
4-5. Fresh ingredients x2, so +4k0 to next cooking roll, +2 cuisine points on success.
6. Cook: Fine dining. aaargh! Close but fail.
7-8. Fresh ingredients x2, so +4k0 to next cooking roll, +2 cuisine points on success.
9. Cook: Fine dining. YEEESSS! Success = 8 cuisine points.
10-13: Cook x4: Premium dishes.
Roll 3. Success for 4 cuisine points.
Roll 4. Success for 4 cuisine points.
Roll 5. Missed it.
Roll 6. Curses.
14. Booze! Because Soratoshi needs it at this point!
15. Cook: Premium dish. MWAHAHAHA! Success for 5 cuisine points.

Total 21 cuisine points which, all things considered, I'm very proud of.

[Moto Shiwahime]

Shiwahime was not a cook, had no idea what fine dining was but...seeing all the others try their best...she'd figure she would give it a shot. She'd just need to see how it's done first.

One thing she had on her sleeve, however, was travel experience. She'd figure she could instruct the cooks to make something from her travel with some ingredients imported from unicorn space...notably hot sauce and local fishes.

The first dish was done well enough: Flaky pastries filled with shredded seasonned fish meat and wild rice with wild vegetable brochettes and dipping sauce



The second looked just as nice...but there was miscommunication on the amount and type of sauce to push in. While the dish looked pleasant and innocent it was, in fact, a ticking time bomb for the taste buds...

...and the colon

But they likely would not eat that much of it after the first bite

It was sent out depite being tasted by the unicorn herself which was a helpful reminder that to her just a little spicy was not so for most mouths


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1. Get Booze (6k2)
2. Fresh ingredients (8k2)
3. More Fresh ingredients (10k2)
4. Even More Fresh ingredients (10k3)
5. Even Morier Fresh ingredients (10k4)
6. The Moriest Fresh ingredients (10k5)
7. Wild ingredients (luck re roll)
Jade chef, first roll-time unit 8, alcohol for 1k0 and Emphasis, wild ingredients for luck, 5 fresh ingredients for 10k0, Fine dining with 3 raises | 10k5 ⇒ 49 (TN: 45)

16 Cuisine points

9. Get Booze, again (6k2)
10. Fresh ingredients (8k2)
11. Fresher ingredients (10k3)
12. Even Fresher ingredients (10k3)
13. Freshiest ingredients (10k4)
14. Wild ingredients (luck re roll)
Jade Chef, Last roll-time unit 15, alcohol for 1k0 and Emphasis, wild ingredients for luck, 4 fresh ingredients for 8k0, Fine dining with 2 raises | 10k4 ⇒ 32 (TN: 40)
Jade Chef, Last roll-time unit 15, alcohol for 1k0 and Emphasis, wild ingredients for luck, 4 fresh ingredients for 8k0, Fine dining with 2 raises, luck re-roll | 10k4 ⇒ 32 (TN: 40)

Total 16 Cuisine points

[Bayushi Hinata]

Hinata cracks his neck as he walks into the kitchen, wearting a frankly outright revealing button up under his crimson apron. Notably, as he begins to address the heimin he dons his mask, a visage of terror looming over them.

"My father didn't raise no chef but I assure ach and every one of you I'll know if any of you fuck up! LETS GET TO WORK PEOPLE!"

The voice echoes against the walls. The tall man prowls the alabaster and stainless steel room like a demon out of myth.
He examines different possibilities, ultimately deciding on risking it all!

1. Complement with Alcohol
2. Wild ingredients
3. Fresh Ingredients
4. Fresh Ingredients
5. Fresh Ingredients
6. Fresh Ingredients
7. Fresh Ingredients
8 FINE DINING! Total roll of 17k2+1 emphasis + luck + 1(VP)+3 raises!
https://sakkaku.org/r/20132 fail?
https://sakkaku.org/r/20133 NO! A success for 16 Cooking points!

Before one of the cooks can overcook the dish Hinata intervenes! Snatching it off the stove just in time! An exemplary dish worthy of the emperor's court!

Onto the final stretch!
9. Complement with Alcohol
11. Fresh Ingredients
12. Fresh Ingredients
13. Fresh Ingredients
14. Fresh Ingredients
15. FINE DINING! ONE LAST PUSH! CAN HINATA PULL IT TOGETHER?!
Total roll of 17k2+1 + Emphasis+1 (VP) and 3 raises!
https://sakkaku.org/r/20134 AND IT'S A FAILURE! OH THE HUMANITY!

As the dish comes together Hinata notices something. The fish... IT'S DRY! OVERCOOKED! Oh no he should've checked the heimin's work more closely! The camera captures a raised fist, clenched in anger, the heimin cowers!
Yet the fist falls onto his shoulder harmlessly, patting him gently as the samurai's free hand lifts his mask. A wide smile shines into the camera.

"You'll get it next time! This was fun! Hope we can all improve after this!"

Despite getting so close without crossing the finish line, the Scorpion retires with his head held on high.

Total 16 cooking points.