"The longer you wait, the more the taste of the dish is affected," Zhao Guoxian said, "but you can't control the order in which the judges taste the dishes, nor can you ask them to taste yours first."
"So what you can do is, within your capabilities, try your best to keep the dish fresh and make sure it's still within the optimal tasting period when it's tasted."
"Within your capabilities means timing the end of the cooking session as closely as possible to the last second."
"You're not dealing with social experience here; it's competition experience. You might have rich social experience, but in terms of competition experience, you're far behind the students at Changping."
"They experience this kind of competition every month, so they understand just how important time management is for cooking."
Zhao Guoxian casually tossed the knife and fork aside, deciding not to taste Wu Qingling's dish any further.
