Food Challenge

I could go on for DAYS about the food challenge... but i'll make this short and sweet...

First of all I just want to say that this challenge definitely made this group just a tad bit closer to each other. Food challenge = bonding time! (Only because it took about 375668 days to marinate and cook the damn chicken/shrimp!) So i must say the bonding aspect of the challenge was one that i was happy about... on the other hand... i must say im pretty upset about the actual challenge. im not the "sore loser" type but i felt (as well as my fellow group members) that we were judged unfairly.
1. Some judges didn't realize the american aspects of our dishes (particularly the spring rolls)
2. One judge failed to use the sauce that was incorporated with the spring rolls..in other words..missed out on the full taste!!

I know that presentation was a big part of this challenge but shit was our presentation really that bad?!? i mean...if we "killed it" on TASTE.. then what's the problem here?! unlike other groups...we had the dishes plated separately... for presentation as well as for the judges convenience... uhmmm plus i could ABSOLUTELY picture these dishes in an actual restaurant.. p.s mixed persuasian members; I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE VASE WITH FLOWERS! Perhaps our presentation would have been sooo much more creative? haha anyways.

Did i mention i can't even count how many compliments we received about how delectable our food tasted?

ok lastly, i gotta admit.. it's just so damn upsetting when your group puts in sooo much effort and ultimately end up not getting enough credit for it... not to mention the day/night we spent preparing and making the food was one of the worst freakin' days of my life! [[ not because of my group :) ]] Seriously though... it was.

Although i do gotta say... Congratulations to 210's Finest... im glad we were paired up with a team with so much drive and who also put in a huge amount of time and effort into this project. :)

-Amanda