The teams spent the next week in the palace's large kitchens, each group working with a whole collection of royal chefs to produce and experiment with possible dishes. When they eventually decided on their final choices, they put together samples of each dish and all of the challengers, along with Queen Athena herself, sampled each of the dishes and voted for their favourites on little slips of paper.
The Queen gathered the votes and tallied them herself. With the final choices made, she discussed the options with the chefs so they could begin to prepare for the feast as soon as possible. Once the practical considerations were handled, she turned to the teams.
"You all came up with some very delicious dishes. I don't remember the last time I was so full!" she smiled. It ended up being a very close race, but in the end, the Amber Phoenixes had the most chosen dishes and as such, they will receive an advantage for the next challenge. I will request that the Phoenixes join me in my solar tomorrow morning to discuss their advantage, but for now, I need to go lie and down and relax after eating all that food!
"As for the next challenge, I want you all to relax and enjoy the festival. We'll meet up again after everything is concluded and resume then. Enjoy your break!"
The Queen gathered the votes and tallied them herself. With the final choices made, she discussed the options with the chefs so they could begin to prepare for the feast as soon as possible. Once the practical considerations were handled, she turned to the teams.
"You all came up with some very delicious dishes. I don't remember the last time I was so full!" she smiled. It ended up being a very close race, but in the end, the Amber Phoenixes had the most chosen dishes and as such, they will receive an advantage for the next challenge. I will request that the Phoenixes join me in my solar tomorrow morning to discuss their advantage, but for now, I need to go lie and down and relax after eating all that food!
"As for the next challenge, I want you all to relax and enjoy the festival. We'll meet up again after everything is concluded and resume then. Enjoy your break!"
Challenge 7 Results
Reveillak Feast Menu Creation
Reveillak Feast Menu Creation
The final scores for the teams are as follows:
Amber Phoenixes: 6
Xanadu Taniwha: 5
Palatinate Cynogryphons: 1
Xanadu Taniwha: 5
Palatinate Cynogryphons: 1
As such, the Amber Phoenixes will enjoy an advantage for the next challenge. The final winning menu can be seen in the spoiler below:
Opening Drinks:
The clear water and blue leaves used to brew this tea are sourced from Sparkle Falls. It shimmers like a rainbow and has relaxing properties.
Appetizers:
Feta Stuffed Crispy Mushrooms, seasoned with garlic, hot pepper and parsley, topped with crisped golden baked breadcrumbs and fire roasted almond nuts, served hot.
"Paroots" are roots with the sweet bittery taste of a pear and heavier consistency of a turnip. Baked until crispy, they are light and airy.
Soup:
Skimmed Myien, a layered Watercress and Coconut creamy broth soup, served warm with an optional roasted and unseasoned dipping bread.
Salad:*
The acidic, tangy flavour of the golden viper peppers is balanced out by the sweet cotton candy "rabbit tail puffs" served within jaggedy incisions -- "mouths".
Palate Cleanser:
Warmed Lemon Sorbet, a strong, delicately-textured citrus flavour topped with coconut shavings, and melt-in-your-mouth baked cake base.
Main Course - Meat:
Honey Drake Breast, dredged draconian breast, stir fried in honey and coated in sesame seeds, served with steamed rice on a kale plate.
Main Course - Fish:
The "Sauteed Cavern Wingfish" is a dish of considerable repute worldwide. The tangy wings compliment the heat of the abdomen and saltiness of the sides.
Main Course - Vegetarian:
The "Compass Platter" unites the reaches of Challesia where they're harvested: Western und fruit, eastern argo herbs, northern sallo sweetbark and southern savory irh root.
Desserts:
Fully Loaded Ice Cream Sundae - Topped with fresh pecans, cherry, chocolate and caramell syrup, strawberries and whipped cream with a cherry on top!
Sourced from the port of Harborfall, the ever-frozen "Iced Harborberries" protrude from their whipped cream bedding in dazzling bursts of emerald green. Likened to nectar.
Closing Warm Drinks:
Oreskos Cinder Tea, a hot beverage of sun-baked Orrim leaves, broken into cloves, sprinkled with cinnamon, served with pure water.
The clear water and blue leaves used to brew this tea are sourced from Sparkle Falls. It shimmers like a rainbow and has relaxing properties.
Appetizers:
Feta Stuffed Crispy Mushrooms, seasoned with garlic, hot pepper and parsley, topped with crisped golden baked breadcrumbs and fire roasted almond nuts, served hot.
"Paroots" are roots with the sweet bittery taste of a pear and heavier consistency of a turnip. Baked until crispy, they are light and airy.
Soup:
Skimmed Myien, a layered Watercress and Coconut creamy broth soup, served warm with an optional roasted and unseasoned dipping bread.
Salad:*
The acidic, tangy flavour of the golden viper peppers is balanced out by the sweet cotton candy "rabbit tail puffs" served within jaggedy incisions -- "mouths".
Palate Cleanser:
Warmed Lemon Sorbet, a strong, delicately-textured citrus flavour topped with coconut shavings, and melt-in-your-mouth baked cake base.
Main Course - Meat:
Honey Drake Breast, dredged draconian breast, stir fried in honey and coated in sesame seeds, served with steamed rice on a kale plate.
Main Course - Fish:
The "Sauteed Cavern Wingfish" is a dish of considerable repute worldwide. The tangy wings compliment the heat of the abdomen and saltiness of the sides.
Main Course - Vegetarian:
The "Compass Platter" unites the reaches of Challesia where they're harvested: Western und fruit, eastern argo herbs, northern sallo sweetbark and southern savory irh root.
Desserts:
Fully Loaded Ice Cream Sundae - Topped with fresh pecans, cherry, chocolate and caramell syrup, strawberries and whipped cream with a cherry on top!
Sourced from the port of Harborfall, the ever-frozen "Iced Harborberries" protrude from their whipped cream bedding in dazzling bursts of emerald green. Likened to nectar.
Closing Warm Drinks:
Oreskos Cinder Tea, a hot beverage of sun-baked Orrim leaves, broken into cloves, sprinkled with cinnamon, served with pure water.
There was only one tie that required me to be the tiebreaker, the salad course. I found this very amusing since I strongly dislike salad in real life and usually skip it.
Prizes!
The Amber Phoenixes' prize will be sent to them in secret, since it is directly involved with the next challenge and part of their advantage is knowing what the next challenge is before anyone else. They are, of course, welcome to share that information with anyone if they wish, but it will be in their hands.
Elimination
Due to Green's resignation, there is no elimination this challenge. There will, however, be an elimination in the next challenge, so stay on your toes!
The Next Challenge?
Has already been planned, though some of the details are lacking since they directly rely input from the Phoenixes. Perhaps they'll give you some hints if you ask nicely! The next challenge will probably begin sometime on Friday, though it might be sooner if the Phoenixes reply promptly and/or I have enough time to get things done faster.