Humans were creatures that had evolved gradually, after all. Some instincts were like subconscious impulses, etched into their genes. For example, people always instinctively felt tenderness when they saw babies. This was perfectly normal; after all, it served to protect the continuation of their offspring.
Cats were supposedly popular with people for the same reason. After all, their faces looked somewhat like those of human infants, unconsciously triggering people's affection for them.
But what Heath could not understand was why Saya liked bitterness yet also hated it. Wasn't that contradictory? So if Heath wanted to squeeze some progress on this satisfaction quest out of Saya, he would have to give it some serious thought.
Not many things in nature naturally produced a bitter taste. Most of the time, bitterness indicated poison, as with sprouted potatoes or rotten fruit. Heath was very curious about how the ancestors of the Chinese had discovered that bitter melon was most nutritious and best for the human body when it was bitter.
But in fact, bitter melon was bitter because it had not fully ripened. Heath had seen it while idly scrolling through videos before: ripe bitter melon was yellow, and rather than tasting bitter, it was slightly sweet.
What Heath needed now, however, was precisely this bitter-tasting bitter melon. He had bought it at the Indigo League's produce market today. He had not bought much, just one of medium size. Heath had originally planned to try making meat-stuffed bitter melon, but before he could start, he had run into Saya, who liked bitter food.
A competent chef could always satisfy customers' strange and varied demands. Of course, plenty of chefs were very rigid about tradition. If they cooked Sichuan cuisine, it absolutely had to taste like Sichuan cuisine. Even if a tourist called the