What is the key to the perfect dish?

You can't perfect a dish.

A bit of a vague question, depends on what the purpose of the dish is.

you start with the perfect ingredients then you combine them in the perfect order then you cook them to perfection.

>>7062484

The highest quality ingredients you can find.

All freshness, no balance?

>>7062484
lsd

>>7062484
Japanese ingredients.

>>7062877
*tips katana*

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butter

Make sure you aren't British.

>>7062484
Cook according to your palate i.e. taste everything

Some salt, pepper and gravy

>>7062484
Finesse

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>>7062484
Taste, taste, taste

Cook it perfectly
Throw it out
No one can criticize if no one tastes it

>>7063305
To add on to that:
Make sure you are French