To be fair, quite a few of them had already started coming up with ways to stretch their current and rather meager supply. Some proposed slicing the seaweed thinner so each sheet could be used for more rolls, while others began quietly calculating how many meals they could reasonably stretch out of the remaining stacks.
But just when they thought the matter only concerned the rolls—
The unintentional influencer spoke again.
This time, about rice balls.
Balls that, for some unknown reason, were very much triangular in shape.
"???"
Several people visibly froze, stuck on something they found relatively ironic.
Because if they were being honest, that shape clearly contradicted the name.
Still, there was no time to think too deeply about literal translations when they were being introduced to yet another universal treasure.
One that, according to the golden-eyed instructor, even the children could make.
"With sticky rice, there are actually a lot of things we can do," Luca said happily.
He pulled out a sheet of plastic wrap and spread it neatly over the table. Hopefully, in the future, they’d be able to make a few molds so they could improve the experience. But for now, doing it like that should be fine.
"First, we prepare the rice."
Luca sprinkled a little salt onto the plastic wrap before scooping up a warm handful of rice and placing it right in the center.
"The salt helps season the rice a little," he explained, because in general they could even make do with just that and the laver. Based on personal experience, that in itself was very filling and budget-friendly!
But with all their hard work, the dungeon owner thought that everyone deserved to eat more premium ones so he gestured toward the ingredients they had prepared earlier.
"For the fillings, we can use a lot of different things."
He reached for one bowl first.
"This one is shredded tuna."
Luca added a bit of mayonnaise and mixed it together before placing a small portion into the center of the rice.
"This would make a tuna mayo rice ball."
Several people leaned forward immediately as Luca continued his demonstration.
"As you could probably tell, these are scrambled eggs," he said as he placed some on another mound of rice. "So this one would be an egg rice ball."
Then came the ham.
"And this one is ham, the same one we used earlier. But really, we can have other types of meat here."
Finally, he reached for the bowl of shredded chicken.
"And of course, chicken works really well too."
Luca paused for a moment before smiling.
"But honestly, we’re not just limited to these. You can even take food you already like and stuff it inside if you want. Then we can even use seasoned rice if you want something more exciting!"
Then came the part that truly caught everyone’s attention.
Luca carefully gathered the plastic wrap around the rice, making sure the filling stayed firmly in the center.
His hands moved gently but confidently as he shaped the rice.
Not into a round ball.
But into a triangle.
Once the shape was formed, he peeled away the plastic wrap and picked up a strip of roasted seaweed.
He wrapped the strip neatly around the bottom of the rice ball before lifting it up for everyone to see.
"Like this."
The finished rice ball looked simple.
But also strangely perfect.
Then again, at that point, they were rather certain that anything Luca held could be said to be perfect in its own way.
"If you want," Luca added while pointing toward several bowls nearby, "you can roll the rice ball in sesame seeds or shredded seaweed."
He shrugged lightly.
"But usually it’s already good like this."
For a moment, everyone simply stared at the triangular marvel.
Then the kitchen suddenly exploded into motion.



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