Chapter 174: Meeting her after a while
Steam curled up from their dishes as the waitress placed the last plate down on the wooden table with a polite bow.
Grilled saba on a bed of daikon, a bowl of rich miso soup, sizzling chicken nanban with tartar sauce, and a bubbling pot of oden sat between them.
Brandon took a bite of the saba first "Damn. This is way better than I expected."
Yverine nodded in agreement, already halfway through her bowl of rice "Japanese food is all about balance. Not too greasy, not too sweet. Just…right."
He leaned forward and dipped a piece of tofu from the oden into some mustard. "You sound like a food critic."
Munching her food, she replied "Eating and tasting food is one of the few pleasures and the reason people are still living. So we need to be careful about that."
She pointed with her chopsticks toward the chicken nanban "Try this."
Brandon picked up a piece and popped it in his mouth.
The tangy tartar sauce mixed with the crispy fried chicken and sent a jolt of flavor down his tongue.
"…Damn."
Looking at him enjoying her suggestion, she smiled faintly "Told you."
She reached across the table, nudging his oden bowl. "Combine this," she said, holding up a soft-boiled egg from her bowl, "with that," nodding to a slice of daikon in his oden. "Eat it together."