1.
I like Japanese food; my parents lived there for years, so I grew up eating it all the time. It's great.
I don't even hate the rice trope, today.
That said... calling miso delicate?
Bruh
Miso is about as delicate as a fishmallet to the nose! Like, when it's made right, I'm not sure I'd really call it "delicate," at all.
Chicken broth is fairly delicate, as long as it isn't from concentrate, but Miso is on another level.
"Delicate taste," my ass...
2.
Why not ask for permission to fly the dragon there, if time is so damn important?
Or even that Garuda, earlier?