In the end, Heath came up with a makeshift solution: he used the small coconut egg inside the coconut as a shell, made its outer layer as thin as possible, then took out the coconut water and made coconut chicken soup with it. He turned that into aspic and put it back inside, coated it in rice, and had Charizard cook the whole thing in one go. That counted as making what Ho-Oh wanted to eat. However, Heath felt this probably was not what Ho-Oh had eaten before, because she looked visibly surprised when she saw it. That convinced Heath that her previous dish had been something else. Still, he thought this tasted quite good, because this was his second one; he had shared the first with Farfetch'd, Charizard, and May.
As a chef, he certainly had to taste any new dish he developed himself. Only after tasting it and confirming that it was good could he serve it to a customer. Heath's creation had a strong coconut flavor, and paired with the taste of chicken, it was quite good. Since it also contained crispy rice, there was no need to cook rice separately; it could be eaten as it was, which was very convenient.
Seeing May and Farfetch'd finish even the soup, Heath knew this attempt had turned out fairly well. Still, the dish's difficulty was there for all to see, and reproducing it would not be so easy.
"Huh? It tastes a little different, but yours is delicious too." Ho-Oh had already taken a bite. She had to admit that its appearance matched her request exactly. If she really had to find a fault, it would probably be that the taste was different, but the dish Heath had created tasted very good too.
Besides, it suited her tastes