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1 " Oh my gosh! Lobster, foie gras and caviar too?! This dish is packed with super-expensive ingredients!And that's not just any caviar either...it's almas!"Roe harvested from the rare Albino Beluga Sturgeon is given the title Almas, which means "diamond" in Arabic.For centuries, only kings got to taste this luxury-grade caviar. Even now, it's so pricey the smallest tins of it go for tens of thousands of yen apiece. "
― , 食戟のソーマ 31 [Shokugeki no Souma 31] (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, #31)
2 " Just how did you know where this guy grew up?!""Was it mere coincidence?! No way! This has to be deliberate! But how?! What kind of magic trick is this, Miss Yamato Nadeshiko?!""Um, it's kind of hard to explain but... sometimes there's a certain lilt to how you pronounce your words. It sounded an awful lot like the lyrical accent unique to that area.""Huh?""Eheh heh... when I'm not paying attention, sometimes my hometown accent slips outdo.Given your outfits and brand choices, I figured you were American... so I wondered if you were born in the South near the Gulf of Mexico... which made me think you probably had gumbo a lot growing up.""Well, I'll be! You managed to deduce all that?""Was I right? Oh, I'm so glad!""No way! I don't believe it! Just who are you?! How can you even figure something like that out?!""Eheheh heh... it wasn't much. I've just been doing some studying, is all.""Voila. C'est votre monnaie. Au revoir, bonne journée.""Merci!"In the few months since earning my Seat on the Council of Ten... I took advantage of some of the perks it gave me... to visit a whole bunch of different countries. I went to all kinds of regions and met all kinds of people... learning firsthand what it feels like to live and thrive there. I experienced the "taste of home" special to each place... and incorporated it into my own cooking... so that I could improve a little as a chef!"And that's how you knew about gumbo? But still! All you did was make a dish from my hometown. That's it! There's no way it should've overwhelmed me this much! Why?! How could you manage something like that?!""I think it's because, deep down, this is what you've truly been searching for. Um, to go back to what I mentioned to you earlier... I think you might have the wrong idea. I'm pretty sure that isn't what real hospitality is. In your heart, the kind of hospitality you're truly looking for... isn't to be pampered and treated like a king for a day. If that kind of royal luxury was all you were looking for... you wouldn't need to come all the way to Japan. You could have just reserved a suite at any international five-star hotel to get that experience.But you said you specifically liked Japan's rural hot springs resort towns. The kind of places so comfortable and familiar they tug at your heart... places that somehow quietly remind you of home."I think... no, I know...... that what you really want...... is simply a warm, gentle hug. "
3 " We won, so it makes little difference now...but how dare you force me into making an about-face on the dish I was in the midst of cooking! And without the slightest hint of warning beforehand!""Oh, that's right. In all the fuss over the Gifting, I'd completely forgotten.""Well, we had more than ten minutes left, right?With that much time, I knew you could do it.""! W-well, of course I would!""Heh heh heh.""I wonder how they were able to make a dish like that. Yukihira and Nakiri...they have such vastly different talents that they were clashing every step of the way. So how did they put together a course that unbelievably delicious?""A very good question, Senpai. How indeed?Though to my eye, at least...it looked like, out of everyone on this floor...... they were the ones having the most fun cooking. "
4 " Fresh seafood stock made from shrimp and crab...It's hot and spicy- and at the same time, mellow and savory!Visions of lush mountains, cool springs and the vast ocean instantly come to mind! She brought out the very best flavors of each and every ingredient she used!"I started with the fresh fish and veggies you had on hand...... and then simmered them in a stock I made from seafood trimmings until they were tender. Then I added fresh shrimp and let it simmer... seasoning it with a special blend I made from spices, herbs like thyme and bay leaves, and a base of Worcestershire sauce. I snuck in a dash of soy sauce, too, to tie the Japanese ingredients together with the European spices I used. Overall, I think I managed to make a curry sauce that is mellow enough for children to enjoy and yet flavorful enough for adults to love!""Yum! Good stuff!""What a surprise! To take the ingredients we use here every day and to create something out of left field like this!""You got that right! This is a really delicious dish, no two ways about it. But what's got me confused...... is why it seems to have hit him way harder than any of us! What on earth is going on?!"This... this dish. It...it tastes just like home! It looks like curry, but it ain't! It's gumbo!"Gumbo is a family dish famously served in the American South along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. A thick and spicy stew, it's generally served over steamed rice. At first glance, it closely resembles Japan's take on curry...but the gumbo recipe doesn't call for curry powder. Its defining characteristic is that it uses okra as its thickener. *A possible origin for the word "gumbo" is the Bantu word for okra-Ngombu.* "
5 " Nnn...No...Aahn...Soma, stop...C'mon, Tadokoro.What's so wrong with it?No, Soma...We mustn't... we have to stop...Don't be that way, Tadokoro.Just relax and leave everything to me...I want you...... to eat more of my cooking. "
6 " Oh, and y'know what makes it even better? All the pretty ladies. Japanese ladies always look so young and elegant. They're so exotic!You, too, miss. You're the picture of Yamato Nadeshiko.You have a real pretty charm to you."*Yamato Nadeshiko means the personification of an idealized Japanese woman.*"Who, me?!Um! N-no, I'm not all that pretty...""C'mon, Tadokoro! Quit being so humble. "
7 " Are you challenging me, little miss? Me, the Cuisinier Noir called Monarch?""Hey, Tadokoro. Need any help?""Nope! I'll be fine.""Whoa, now! What on earth are you two thinking?!""Okay, you're on, babe. I'll be nice and try your food.But if I decide it ain't up to snuff...... then both you and Mr. Mad-Skillz Kid will be my slaves forever!Don't worry. I'll make sure to make real good use of you in my own personal kingdom!""Those conditions sound fine to me.""Miss! This is crazy! You don't have to do this!""Mr. Head Chef? Could you promise me one thing, please? If the worst happens and I can't win this challenge...Well, er... we're all stuck doing what he says for a long time, aren't we?""I told you this is crazy!""But even if that does happen... could you please not close this inn? Even if disaster strikes and things aren't going how you'd like...... you need to keep your doors open, no matter what.Because if you close down...... then all the customers who love your inn will be saved. "
8 " This inn has a very special flavor that you won't find anywhere else.I'd like for you to sample it, even just once.""Are you challenging me, little miss? Me, the Cuisinier Noir called Monarch?""Hey, Tadokoro. Need any help?""Nope! I'll be fine.""Whoa, now! What on earth are you two thinking?!""Okay, you're on, babe. I'll be nice and try your food.But if I decide it ain't up to snuff...... then both you and Mr. Mad-Skillz Kid will be my slaves forever!Don't worry. I'll make sure to make real good use of you in my own personal kingdom!""Those conditions sound fine to me.""Miss! This is crazy! You don't have to do this!""Mr. Head Chef? Could you promise me one thing, please? If the worst happens and I can't win this challenge...Well, er... we're all stuck doing what he says for a long time, aren't we?""I told you this is crazy!""But even if that does happen... could you please not close this inn? Even if disaster strikes and things aren't going how you'd like...... you need to keep your doors open, no matter what.Because if you close down...... then all the customers who love your inn will be sad. "
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