[ Ajax pauses before nodding, looking back to the menu. He decides to select the same thing for them both: a Matsusaka beef tenderloin dish.
At first his idea is to go for a preparation something 'traditional,' but then realized that maybe he's trying too hard with this. So he selects the grilled steak option of preparation seasoned with salt and pepper at most served with roasted vegetables and a second side of choice. Simple, straightforward and undoctored. He's curious about what Zhongli pairs with it for a wine or otherwise. Just like horoscopes and blood types, and everything else really, there's always those that claim how someone prefers to pair their drink with their meal can be insight into just how compatible they may be with another.
Then again, they say that about a lot of things, don't they? ]
[ Predictably, Zhongli does pair it with a wine — a cabernet sauvignon. And not a cheap one as the two glasses themselves cost a few thousand mora. The waiter compliments them on their choice (even if politeness dictates they would required to do so anyway). A small part of Zhongli relaxes when the dish is not seafood (though Ajax could have easily chosen one off the menu seeing how close they were to the harbor). No need to give him that kind of ammunition this early on into the game.
He unlaces their fingers and folds his hands back in his lap. ]
Are you sure you are not familiar with the menu? While not one of the establishment's more extravagant dishes which helps promote the business through various influential food blogs and the like— you did pick the dish that put this restaurant on the map of Liyue.
[ Ajax hums thoughtfully. ] I mean... I feel like I might have read about it somewhere in passing and potentially forgot. But I usually like to pick my Valentine's Day restaurants as a new one every year. It would definitely be so weird of me to go the same place with someone new each time, right?
[ That would be weird, right...? ] these fine dining establishment don't have high turnover like fast food places, or anything. I don't know if I could take my love life being chronicled by the staff. Although, I guess the only real thing they would be able to come up with for it is that it's non-existent if I got a new person every year, right?
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At first his idea is to go for a preparation something 'traditional,' but then realized that maybe he's trying too hard with this. So he selects the grilled steak option of preparation seasoned with salt and pepper at most served with roasted vegetables and a second side of choice. Simple, straightforward and undoctored. He's curious about what Zhongli pairs with it for a wine or otherwise. Just like horoscopes and blood types, and everything else really, there's always those that claim how someone prefers to pair their drink with their meal can be insight into just how compatible they may be with another.
Then again, they say that about a lot of things, don't they? ]
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He unlaces their fingers and folds his hands back in his lap. ]
Are you sure you are not familiar with the menu? While not one of the establishment's more extravagant dishes which helps promote the business through various influential food blogs and the like— you did pick the dish that put this restaurant on the map of Liyue.
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[ That would be weird, right...? ] these fine dining establishment don't have high turnover like fast food places, or anything. I don't know if I could take my love life being chronicled by the staff. Although, I guess the only real thing they would be able to come up with for it is that it's non-existent if I got a new person every year, right?