QUESTION 4
What is your favorite food?
TOKI: Tsugu ’s meat and cup noodles. TSUGUMI: That’s not all! I also love curry, pizza and hamburger! HIBARI: What about you, Toki-kun? TOKI: Dumplings, I guess? TSUGUMI: Not only are Toki’s dumplings delicious, but his folding technique is out of this world! And you, Mitsuru? MITSURU: I like everything, but I do get a lot of weird looks when I say that I like coriander. Hibari, on the other hand, loves fruits. HIBARI: That’s right. If I had to pick only one though, it would be Shine Muscat. [1] TSUGUMI: It’s the ones that he sometimes has when we go to his house! TOKI: The crazy overpriced ones, if you ask me… HAIJI: It is said that even its skin is rather sweet. As for me, I’ve recently been into aperitif. [2] MASHIRO: Grilled ray fins, right? I do prefer Iburigakko [3] though. HAIJI: Oh, those are good too. They go well with wine. AKANE: Perfect debate among the drunkards. MITSURU: What do you like, Akane? AKANE: Hmm... If I had to pick, then sukiyaki. And hamburger. HIBARI: No way you have the taste buds of a child. [4] AKANE: Doesn’t change the fact that it’s good. KURONO: Well then, tomorrow we’ll have sukiyaki. MASHIRO: There he is, our Mister Housewife. HAIJI: That reminds me, I don't think we’ve ever heard of Kurono-san penchants. KURONO: I’ll do anything that pleases Akane-san. AKANE: Nah, not that, we’re asking about your favourite food. KURONO: I’m not extremely picky. But enjoying the meals I cook with others makes the food all the more tasty.
[1] 'Shine Muscat’ is a variety of grape from Hiroshima, known for being relatively expensive (between 2,000円 and 10,000円) (read more) [2] Haiji actually says “drinking with appetizers”. In japan, Eihire or grilled ray fins are appetizers served in pubs to accompany a drink. Hence why Mashiro mentions them specifically. [3] Iburigakko are pickled smoked radish, which has been fermented in rice bran and hung up over a sunken hearth. It originates and is famous in the Akita prefecture. [4] Typically, Japanese kids prefer to eat hamburgers, curry, ramen, croquette, omurice, and of course sukiyaki. (read more)