[ SECRET POST #6634 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6634 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

05. https://i.imgur.com/hZ76YnR.png

[(Anonymous)]

Pasta is top tier comfort food and also I respect a chef coming home and NOT wanting to do something labor intensive, so like... I'm not mad about it if a gourmet chef character's go-to food to make is pasta, or even if it's their go-to food to make for a loved one or a new relationship... but if the goal is to IMPRESS, then that pasta better be handmade ravioli where your pasta sheets are laminated with herbs, maybe even edible flowers.

Then again... I've impressed people with lasagnas and that is legit one of the easiest things to throw together for me? So if the other person doesn't cook, it's not really unrealistic just because I-the-audience know there's nothing impressive about the dish being made.

[volkameria]

Ooh, this is a good secret OP.

Personally, it'll be the little details that make or break the scene for me. For example, if they're making a simple pasta meal, they better salt their water, cook it al dente, and reserve a bit of pasta water to ensure the sauce adheres to the noodles well, or add some good herbs to the sauce.

[(Anonymous)]

This feels very context-dependent.

Even as just a home cook, when I want to impress most guests, I don’t make something particularly complicated. Some people don’t know what to make of it and/or clearly don’t know how to gauge the amount of work or skill that goes in.

Homemade ravioli in a good sauce is a really good choice.

If I was trying to impress someone who cooks more seriously than I do, I might choose something different.

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, I've brought ridiculously simple and quick dishes to things before and had people legitimately think I'd spent hours in the kitchen just because they don't really cook themselves and have no idea how easy it can be to make something that tastes great and seems a lot more complex than it is.

[(Anonymous)]

IMO, a simple dish with expert execution can be life-changing. As in, Top 5 meals you'll never forget.

[meadowphoenix]

if the pasta is homemade i will give it to them.

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on a lot of things. Things like, ingredients and accoutrements available, time available, how tired or stressed the chef is (I bake a lot, a lot, and I have some simpler go-to recipes for when I've got a lot going on, ones that I know impress other people because of the taste), if the chef has perfected that particular recipe (especially with a tweak or two that makes it noticeably different from the typical), why they are doing it, who they are cooking for (I'm a very picky eater, so if someone was trying to impress me, they would want to choose something I would actually eat), and how (some recipes you have to pay very close attention to and some recipes are messy in the making so not things you would choose if the person you're trying to impress is there with you in the kitchen).

[(Anonymous)]

I figure that's an author issue, like when a writer tries to write a character who's a genuis, but the writer is really, really NOT a genius, so... yeah. People are probably just failing to think of something properly fancy.

Then again, a lot of pro chefs don't cook elaborate meals at home and with a simple homemade pasta sauce, any mistakes will show in the final result so it's not necessarily a lazy meal, per se.

[(Anonymous)]

As an Italian who can't cook your example is especially funny because pasta with simple sauces is the one thing that's easy enough for me to make. Yeah I would not be impressed lol.

[(Anonymous)]

As another Italian, I'd be deeply disappointed because 1) almost anyone can make an half decent pasta, even myself 2) pasta that gourmet chef tend to make are ridiculous and not worth the high grade ingredients most of the time 3) I don't like pasta that much.
Now... a risotto would be a totally different story. Risotto eaten in a good restaurant (not necessarily pricey, but with a good cook) is almost always worth it.

[(Anonymous)]

Half-decent? Sure.

But a really good filled pasta, with thin, tender outside and really full, flavorful filling? I still think that’s impressive. And in a satisfying, unpretentious way.

Risotto falls in the same category, I think. Another good option.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah you mean like tortellini/tortelli and similar stuffed fresh pasta? Sure, I agree with you.
I was thinking more of spaghetti/penne/linguine etc. IMHO nothing really special there. Even if some linguine are freaking good and absorb all the delicious juices. But that's not really depended on a chef's capabilities that much.

I'd also put gnocchi in the impressive category because I've rarely eaten gnocchi with the perfect "solidity". Not too much al dente, not too soft... it's way harder than it looks!

[epicurean]

OMG that pic just made me crave pasta.

But you know what? Yeah. It's fiction. Fictional chefs should be doing fancy foods that make you hungry and crave the most ridiculous niche stuff you can find.