The Chef Who Cooked Too Fast

Inside a restaurant where all you see is a bunch of beautiful paintings on the wall, luxurious chairs, and silverware shining with gold, the head chef smelled something burning to go in the kitchen. As the head chef charges his way to the kitchen like a roman battering ram, the head chef sees great flames that consumed the whole room, so big that it fills up the whole kitchen with smoke and unbearable heat that forces everyone in the kitchen to evacuate. After the whole situation now cooled down, the head chef confronts the cook in charge of the kitchen, as he approaches the cook, the cook’s body starts trembling in fear, shaking all the way down from head to toe.

The chef bellowed to the cook “What happened there?!” The cook replied nervously saying “I just wanted to cook the eggs at high heat.”

“Now, why would you do that? You know that you shouldn’t cook eggs in high heat, they should be cooked slowly.” The head chef in a confused tone said “Because I didn’t want to keep the customers waiting for their food. It hurts to see them starve and the hungry look on their faces, that’s why I do my best to serve it to them as fast as I can.”

The head chef sighs and says to the cook in a calm voice, “You know I appreciate that you care about the customers, but don’t forget that it takes time to make perfection. It’s better to focus your time on making every single dish to perfection rather than just cook it without any passion. Good things really do take time.” After the conversation with the cook and the head chef, the cook has now learned his lesson and has learned the importance of patience and discipline.

Reviews

[fishball]

It's a short and simple story that can teach a lesson. The way the author used the words made me imagine the luxurious restaurant and how the fire was burning in the kitchen. I liked how cooking was associated to taking one's time in order to perfect something. It's a good analogy and a lesson to be learned. :))

[Lachimolala]

I've never read like this before and I can imagine the piece you made. Perfection, really takes time to achieve the things you want to perfect.

[Notedge]

Wow this piece is so unique, i never read a piece like this. I like the story alot as it gives you the visual you need to imagine the story. all-in-all it is great. KEEP IT UP!

[pearl]

Aside from expressing one's feelings, one of the purposes of a literary piece is to impart a lesson. It is fulfilling to read a story that tries to emphasize patience. It is concise and it's good.

[mariposa]

I love how you used the word "perfection", I like the flow and how descriptive it is. It felt like I really was in a restaurant