Flavors…..

Alya looked down upside ways trying to find a way to hide her expressions. Helea is not wearing a formal dress like she always do rather a casual dress and they seem like they are having fun. She tried to keep engaged in the conversation but cannot help looking at the table from the corner of her eyes. She was trying to find the way to warn them. She picked up the phone and tried to type but she would attract the others attention. Finally, the chance came she somehow sent a text to Helea. “ We are in the same café”. She breathed a sigh of relief putting down her phone she concentrated on the food. But she saw that Helea did not pick up the phone. Did she forget het phone back at home? She slapped herself mentally to why she did not save Aiden’s phone number instead. She felt nervous and blue again. She looked up a bit to see if there is any way she can warn them, but her eyes caught Brian’s eyes. She quickly smiled and looked on the plate. ‘Think Alya think ….’ An idea came to her head fingers crossed that the plan works. Excusing herself to go to the washroom she walked towards the washroom which is situated on the way to the table where Helea and Aiden sat. She tried to get them to look at her but in fear of Brian and the others noticing her she walked straight to the washroom without any different movement. She quickly got in and called Helea finally after a few ringtones she picked up. “Hello….” before Helea could continue Alya spoke out “ What are you guys doing in the café? Why did you not see my text?” “ Huh what text? Where are you?” Helea replied. Alya, “ Don’t make any sudden move we are sitting two tables from you I do not think they noticed anything.” Helea, “ Oh! my goodness they are here but where are you calling from?” “ From the washroom to warn you what is the story what is going on here?” she replied. “ I am so sorry Sarah I will explain everything when we meet each other back in the rest house.” Helea hanged up the phone. She looked at the phone for a while and ran her hand in the cold water. ‘ What a weird situation.’ she thought and walked out to get back to the table. She looked around and clearly the table where Aiden and Helea was sitting was empty and one of the waiter is cleaning the table. ‘Are they dating? ‘ she thought. “ Miss Greenfield would you like some coffee.” she looked up to see the waiter taking everyone’s order. “ Ahh yes please.” she smiled. While drinking the coffee she noticed that Brian added only a little bit sugar and 1/2tsp milk in his cup. Alya made a face in her thoughts ‘ugh he still takes his coffee bitter’ They discussed about the fruits. Brian was interested in the market and the fruits in it. He discussed about the different types. Brian looked very interested on the different type of flavors that can be added in the ice cream ingredients or how can the mix match be done. He even talked about the flowers. “ Rose petals is a good flavor right?” Alya asked “ Yes, but using rose hips are better they even give a bit of sour taste. It also have more vitamin c.” he replied “ However, it can have some problems if people have allergies.” Mr. Austin added. Alya got impressed that can be something that is an issue. “ Using rose petals is good but it requires a lot of sugar to sweeten it up and extract the flavor.” said Brian. Alya agreed this is a lot of things to point out introduce new flavors not to mention the number of pros and cons to be detailed. The ride back to the rest house was not as silent as the ride in the morning. All of them had so much to talk about. Alya was impressed with the flavor talk she kept on asking amore about the flavors instead of giving advices. Mr. Austin was having fun at this he kept on advising various ways to bring out the absolute flavor of the ingredients. “ But how to make them so glossy? Should they become a bit dull due to the heat applied to the pulp?” she asked “ Pulps do not necessary become dull. You have to take care of the room temperature you are making it and add enough sugar or sweetener.” Brain joined the conversation. Alya, “ How about molasses? That is a good sweetener using a little can be great and tasty.” “ Yes, molasses is good, but it has its own distinctive flavor it does not help to enhance the flavors of the fruits. Sugar is a better neutral ingredient to help it only has sweet.” he replied. Alya nodded she understood why it is so important to choose the ingredients carefully. “ It is also important that we choose the fruits carefully as it may change the flavors in ways that you did not promise for example why do you think a lemon flavor essence is used more than the pulp or the skin is more used.” asked Mr. Austin he had humor in his eyes. Alya remembered something she read in a food magazine. “It is because lemon or lime juice can get bitter with excess exposure to air. It might even get bitter with touch of human heat.” Mr. Austin, “ Exactly this is why we use dried of candied lemon skin or essence extract to make the flavor. Each ingredients should be handled differently to make sure the best flavors can be presented.” Alya felt like a child in a candy store there were so many options to learn from. But sadly, the ride ended really fast according to her. She hoped to learn more about the flavors. She looked slightly disappointed while getting out of the car. The time went away too fast for her. “ Miss Greenfield next time why don’t you join RD department for ingredients collection. Alya felt the sun just smiled on her she felt really excited in the prospect. “ Thank you Sir .” They walked in with a bag full of different fruits. Alya walked forward looking for Mrs. Pena to surprise her. “BRIAN.” A scream came from a room and a figure ran past her almost knocking her. She somehow steadied herself not to fall. She looked back a light blond hair girl was hugging Brian she was shorter than him. Alya quickly recognized who it was. It was the same girl with the orange dress. Cynthia..