I've had gravy stick while eating rice, but never rice. Though, since the Japanese eat sticky rice that may manage to stick to the face.
The main issue here would be that she is eating with a spoon, and I've never had anything stick to my face while eating with a spoon. Except something like...
I could see an argument made for cupid's arrow being a chance rather than them falling in love all of a sudden. So, the arrow just ensures that they are more likely to meet and notice parts of each other that they would have missed if it were not for the arrow, laying a stronger platform for...
Plastic bags aren't made to be held like that. From my experience with those types of bags, holding them like that results in them splitting in the middle.