Sweet and sour pork ribs were a very simple home-style dish, with nothing particularly difficult about them. But to make them taste even better, the balance of sweetness and sourness was worth discussing, and Heath had a fair bit of experience with that.
Heath had actually considered making the even simpler fried pork ribs. After all, sweet and sour pork ribs required him to consider that balance, while fried pork ribs needed much less fuss. He only had to fry them until they were crisp outside and tender inside, with no other particularly demanding requirements. They tasted very good too, of course, but Heath still intended to make sweet and sour pork ribs. He had to take the Legendary Pokémon's tastes into account, after all.
Before long, Heath brought a richly flavored serving of sweet and sour pork ribs, along with two servings of rice, over to Dialga and Deoxys and set them down.
"What kind of ribs are these?" Dialga looked curiously at the plate before him. He had never seen ribs like these. Their color looked lovely, and they smelled good too. Just looking at them was enough to whet his appetite.
"Sweet and sour pork ribs," Heath said with a chuckle. Deoxys had already picked up its chopsticks impatiently, grabbed a rib, and tossed it into its mouth. After a few chews, its expression turned to delighted surprise. The ribs tasted somewhat beyond what Deoxys had imagined. They were especially delicious.
The sweet and sour flavors blended delicately together, giving the ribs a sweet-tart taste that somehow never became cloying. Instead, they were very refreshing. Deoxys expressed how much it liked these ribs.
Dialga tried a bite too, then shoveled in a couple of mouthfuls of rice. After eating, he also took a look at the rib's