After strolling around the park for a while and unwinding, they went to the local Pokémon Center to check in.
However, the two of them did not have lunch there, instead heading to the nearby Mauville Food Court.
Despite being called a court, it was actually an indoor dining area on the first basement level, with one food stall after another. At a glance, there seemed to be over a hundred!
These stalls sold all kinds of food from both the Hoenn Region and elsewhere. But since it was lunchtime, Xia You and Misty found the food court packed when they entered. Almost all of the hundred-plus tables in the central dining area were occupied!
With all the stalls cooking at once, the mingling cooking fumes also gave the place a strange, somewhat pungent smell.
The two of them followed the dense crowd past stall after stall.
After taking a long time to choose, they finally picked a few set meals with very strange-sounding names.
First was Misty's Village Sandwich. Its ingredients were plainly sliced meat, bacon, ham, tuna, and eggs, but she had no idea why it had been given that name.
Could it have originated in some village?
Next was Xia You's Magnemite-yaki. Despite having Magnemite in its name, it did not use Magnemite as an ingredient. It was merely ordinary okonomiyaki, akashiyaki, imagawayaki, dorayaki, tonpeiyaki, and takoyaki.
Carrying their food, the two searched for quite some time before finally finding half an empty table in a corner, giving them a chance to enjoy their meal.
They had to admit that this place was famous for a reason.
After tasting the food, they discovered that the place was not merely spacious; its food was delicious too.
After finishing their respective lunches, they still wanted more, so they each