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Hannibal Lecter ([personal profile] sharp_man) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2018-05-28 10:20 am

Community Center Class: Gourmet Foods Around the World

Today might be a state holiday in the United States, but Hannibal was well aware that not all of the people on Fandom were aware of that, and he was quite content to hold class today anyway.

Particularly since "class" consisted of going somewhere lovely to eat.

He smiled at those who showed up as they waited for the portal.

"Good evening. Today is a holiday in the country we are nominally a part of. Apart from its own meaning, for many, it marks the beginning of summer, and as such, barbecuing - cooking outside over an open flame - is traditional. So, today we will be eating meat cooked over an open flame. But not in this country."

He waved them through the portal to a street in São Paolo. "Welcome to Vento Haragano, a Brazilian Churrascaria - roughly translated, a place for barbecue. Their specialty is meat - a wide variety of high-quality meat - and wine, also of a wide variety and high quality. You pay a flat price to dine; the sides are served as a buffet, so you may take what you like of them. The meat is brought around to the table on skewers, and you may tell the waiters how much you would like of each, and what sort of cut you would prefer. I encourage you all to experiment and determine what you like."

They walked in and were led to a small room to one side, where they would have somewhat more privacy than the main room. "The primary language here is Portuguese. I speak only a little of it, but many here will also speak English or Spanish. The maitre d' knows both, should you have questions."

He waved them to their seats.
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Kanan Jarrus
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[personal profile] uncertain_dume 2018-05-28 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Meat on sticks? Kanan could absolutely get behind that, yes. Maybe he could convince Cookie to do something like that at Luke's one of these weekends, instead of pancakes.

So help him, the pancakes...
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Seivarden Vendaai
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[personal profile] 1000yearstoolate 2018-05-28 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
After being lectured by Hannibal two weeks ago, Seivarden had skipped last week. That was perhaps a mistake, as French food would probably have suited her better.

She kept quiet, pretending to be a lot more relaxed than she felt, while holding back the urge to complain, and even more so, actually admitting to herself how out of place she felt.
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[personal profile] 1000yearstoolate 2018-05-28 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It had to be better than local takeaway. Seivarden picked chicken, pork, chicken hearts and some cheese. She had no idea what she had ordered, and stared at the wine list, having no idea what to choose. Maybe close her eyes and point?

If she wasn't allowed to voice her opinion on things she could at least get to a stage approaching drunk.
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[personal profile] uncertain_dume 2018-05-28 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Somewhere near the end of the class, Kanan found himself approaching Hannibal. He wasn't going to do anything to draw attention to it during the meal itself, for several reasons, but seeing Seivarden essentially drinking with intent to get drunk during it had left him...

Well. Twitchy. He had a lot on his mind and he'd already failed at attempts to quit since coming to the island twice before. If Seivarden wanted to be an obnoxious sleemo in Lecter's classes, that was between her and the Doctor, but Kanan had his own concerns he wanted to discuss.

"Hey, Dr. Lecter? I don't suppose you have a moment to chat one-on-one, do you?"
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"I'm always plotting," Kanan chuckled. "I'm just wondering what kind of unholy pact I would have to make in order to swing having something like this at Luke's, even just once."

So. Many. Pancakes.
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Re: Talk to Hannibal!

[personal profile] uncertain_dume 2018-05-28 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have a favor to ask, if it isn't too much trouble," Kanan explained, shrugging like it wasn't really a big deal. "I realized today that some of these destinations are going to have alcohol on the menu, or even as an ingredients in some of the food items."

You know. Somehow, it had come to his attention.

Somehow.

"And that's fine, but... I'm, ah... trying to steer clear, these days."

Maybe Hannibal would recall the ryncol incident...s.
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[personal profile] uncertain_dume 2018-05-28 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm at a disadvantage twice over," Kanan explained. "Even if I did know any of these languages, I still don't have the strongest grasp of what most foods around here even are. Some base ingredients, maybe. But the fancy stuff? Not a chance. And it just occurred to me that there's a chance I might stumble across something I really shouldn't, without somebody to steer me away from it who knows what he's looking at."
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[personal profile] 1000yearstoolate 2018-05-28 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite what people might think, Seivarden had manners. They were just different manners, but they did include discerning what kind of drunkenness propriety allowed in different situations. She could do decorously drunk, especially since the wine she had ordered at random turned out to be really good.

"Can you buy these wines in Fandom?" she asked Hannibal, pleased to have found a subject that she actually wanted to ask about. Within reason, a whole lecture on wine might be overdoing it.
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Amaya Blackstone
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[personal profile] uncertain_dume 2018-05-28 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Kanan pulled in a breath, not completely certain for a moment before nodding, once, and making up his mind.

"Probably for the best to avoid anything that has the flavor of alcohol at all," he settled on. "Just because it won't get me drunk doesn't mean I'm not going to get the taste in my mouth."

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