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Bayam, the capital of the Rorsted Islands, was a vast port city where seafood of every kind was plentiful.
After the Loen people colonized the islands, they brought enormous changes to the local cuisine. The original rough-and-ready eating habits, combined with somewhat more civilized cooking methods, became Bayam's distinctive culinary style.
Grilled fish was particularly popular here. The fish used in cooking was fresh, and for a little more money, customers could even enjoy live fish slaughtered to order.
Most of it, however, was caught by fishermen who went out early in the morning. The small fishing boats lacked the technology to keep sea fish alive for long, so almost all the fish were dead by the time they reached shore.
Still, only Raphael considered that less than fresh. Before transmigrating, he could buy live fish at any produce market.
For people of this era, these ingredients were already very fresh.
Even Audrey, who enjoyed an affluent lifestyle, paid no attention to this detail. Of course, that might also have been because she did not understand what "live fish slaughtered to order" meant.
Besides the "sufficiently fresh" ingredients, Bayam's unique spices were another defining feature of its grilled fish. The city was also known as the "City of Spices." More than half the Loen Kingdom's spices came from Blue Mountain Island, where Bayam stood, and were traded in the city.
This was Raphael's first visit as well. On the waiter's recommendation, he ordered the restaurant's signature grilled fish and two glasses of fruit wine.
When the fish arrived, Raphael took a bite to sample it. The fish's fresh fragrance mingled with the rich spices. It tasted excellent.
Both of them ate several mouthfuls before they could bear to resume their