You are to assess a cook (professional or home). Which dish would you request them to make?

[Anonymous]

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I personally would request the cook to make me an omelette.

An omelette requires to be a little bit crispy on the the edges (not burnt though) and the yolk requires to be evenly spread in between, but not too liquid. Like a soft layer.

It is a simple dish, yet one of the most complex and difficult dishes to master out there.
The seasoning is up to the person I think.

What I think is, the hand of the cook is truly seen in the normal, house dishes. The luxury ones are experiments but good ones.

[MTC29]

Salmon, which is a very difficult fish to prepare correctly. Cooked one minute too long and salmon is made tough (and tossed into the garbage).

If a chef can prepare fish correclty then he or she should be able to properly cook anything.

[HighlyVolatile]

Maybe a Pizza Margherita.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vEZjs2TqB9o

[HighlyVolatile]

Could also do something like Macaron, Soufflé, or Consommé just to try to think up the most technically challenging dishes possible. Yet I've never really liked these very much. I love Pizza Margherita, and I think it takes incredibly skill to make one perfectly.

[HighlyVolatile]

* incredible

[HighlyVolatile]

The omelet is too boring and stereotypical to me. It's great for TV and it does require a level of finesse, but I think mine is already excellent without elite skills. Sometimes I think the people they bring on Masterchef are all over the place, and it makes sense in a pro kitchen with the frantic pace that you at least want someone who can make an exquisite omelet. But I'm not looking for a cook in a busy kitchen. I'm looking for a personal cook, and that's why I chose the classic Pizza Margherita.

[HighlyVolatile]

I'm testing a level of quality far beyond even the most exquisitely-made omelets can suggest, so to speak, because time constraints aren't so bad in the case of a personal chef as with a frantic kitchen.

[Tiptoetamm]

I would ask for prime rib medium baked potato green beans glass of wine. Ooh that sounds so yummy right now haha

[Tiptoetamm]

And or eggs benedict that's super yummy to

[TrillXHippy]

Tacos other choices that I don’t like more than tacos are spaghetti or burgers and fries

[OlderAndWiser]

Roasted Turkey with dressing

[NathanDavis]

mole sauce

[Andres77]

Lasagna