Oishinbo - Vol. 29 Ch. 263 - French Cuisine and Ramen-Rice

[MangaDex]

 

[Mugiwara325]

Personally, I think the ramen-rice looks more enticing than the fancy French food. Girl's got good taste.

 

[10milestereo]

oh my god did we finally get progress in their relationship?

 

[babibola]

Noodles and rice is truly devilish combo

 

[Mugiwara325]

oh my god did we finally get progress in their relationship?

Yup! On Kurira's side at least.
Yamaoka still seems oblivious to it.

 

[TakesatoKeita]

Not sure about other countries other than Japan, but many Indonesians also know and like to eat rice and noodles by heart and trade.

 

[throwawaygod]

Personally, I think the ramen-rice looks more enticing than the fancy French food. Girl's got good taste.

i just don't like how he mixes it in his mouth.

 

[d_a_renoir]

Hoo boy, I remember this from the Ala Carte compilations. I'd take the French cuisine sans wine, thanks. Ramen rice is way too much for me. I like ramen and I like rice, but not both at the same time. It's just... too much carbs and makes me feel overstuffed.

Also the Ala Carte version had said the whiskey and water is "rough". I had understood that to mean the taste is way too harsh for aperitif (there's a reason why appetisers are usually light-flavoured). Now I'm really curious what the text originally says, since if the Ala Carte version is correct, then that would be completely different from "faux pas".

 

[Mugiwara325]

Hoo boy, I remember this from the Ala Carte compilations. I'd take the French cuisine sans wine, thanks. Ramen rice is way too much for me. I like ramen and I like rice, but not both at the same time. It's just... too much carbs and makes me feel overstuffed.

Also the Ala Carte version had said the whiskey and water is "rough". I had understood that to mean the taste is way too harsh for aperitif (there's a reason why appetisers are usually light-flavoured). Now I'm really curious what the text originally says, since if the Ala Carte version is correct, then that would be completely different from "faux pas".

Nice catch! The term Kurita uses is 'ranbou' (乱暴). On it's own, it means something like 'barbaric' or 'offensively rude', like what you'd expect of a caveman. In context, it refers to the heavy Scotch being 'uncultured' as an aperitif.

I read that as being a 'faux pas', an action against expected norms that would bring shame upon you. The story seems to suggest it as well, with how the waiter and Kurita reacted.

 

[d_a_renoir]

Nice catch! The term Kurita uses is 'ranbou' (乱暴). On it's own, it means something like 'barbaric' or 'offensively rude', like what you'd expect of a caveman. In context, it refers to the heavy Scotch being 'uncultured' as an aperitif.

I read that as being a 'faux pas', an action against expected norms that would bring shame upon you. The story seems to suggest it as well, with how the waiter and Kurita reacted.

Ok, that makes sense. Either meaning (taste or etiquette-wise) can work, but it's still just different so I was wondering which one was it.
Although, the original Japanese word doesn't really clarify either way, IMO. There is the concept of 乱暴な味 (violent/rough flavour), which I often see used in food reviews to describe very strong flavours. So it could still be either/or, but it's not a big deal, it works either way.