Indulgence is the name of the game - OPEN

[onaroll]

Who: Amelie and whoever wants to come
What: WORLD GOURMET TOUR
Where: Equestria

It's taken her the better part of a month to set up the transportation network, but Amelie finally has her hoops in pretty much every major city of Equestria now. She takes a moment to drop a message over the mirrors before finishing her preparations and stepping through a hoop to the center of town.

"Bonjour! This is Amelie; I was wondering if anyone wanted to join me for a little trip? I'll be going to various places using my portal hoops to sample the local cuisine; if anyone wants to join me I'll be in the center of town for the next half hour before I leave!"

Amelie is very much looking forward to spending an entire day traveling and eating, and that excitement is expressed quite clearly in her body language as she waits for anyone to show up.

Comments

[onaroll]

“Friendship is a really strong magic, honestly.”

Amelie takes comfort from Apple’s contact and smiles a little as she continues speaking.

“For Gems like us, literally. Maybe someday we can show you.”

[explosions_are_awesome]

"It is. It's the glue that holds ponies together too," added Twilight as Megumin tilted her head.

"Some kind of secret Gem power?" asked Megumin curiously.

[onaroll]

“It’s not really a secret, but it hasn’t come up yet so we decided it should be a surprise.”

[explosions_are_awesome]

"Ah okay. I'll see it when it happens then," said Megumin, satisfied as she ate her ravioli and sipped her wine.

[onaroll]

Feeling experimental, Amelie pours some of the sauce from the ravioli onto her croquette and nibbles.

As she’s busy with this unexpectedly tasty flavor combination, yet another dish arrives - a tureen of soup containing whole corn kernels floating in a clear, slightly golden broth. Amelie swallows her food, looks at the soup, and proceeds to explain.

“Corn soup! The stock is made by boiling corn cobs in a pressure cooker - I picked up the corn from Dodge Junction.”

[horse_nerd]

"Corn!" Exclaimed Twilight happily. "I love corn!"

Ladling out the soup to everyone, Twilight inhaled and sighed. "I love the smell of corn, the texture, it makes up one of our biggest exports too!"

[onaroll]

“One thing I couldn’t get in Waverly Bay or Kalos was corn juice. Papa and I used to drink it while watching movies on his days off...”

Amelie appears to have fond memories of corn as well.

[horse_nerd]

"Corn juice? I can get you that," said Twilight. "My favorite convenience store has some!"

[onaroll]

“Maybe in a few days, then!”

[horse_nerd]

"Good good!" Exclaimed Twilight as she sipped her food and finished her slab of ravioli. "Ooogh, the cheese..."

[onaroll]

Amelie's still not entirely sure why you have a morbid fear of cheese but hey, Twilight, you do you. Amelie has to deal with a maid that is either a robot assassin or just really dedicated to LARPing a robot assassin; she's seen weirder.

Also, yes, she's finished her ravioli slab as well, time for soup.

[horse_nerd]

It's just so cheesy...

Soup is good though, it's a pallet cleanser, and she's enjoying the broth, as well as Megumin and Apple.

[onaroll]

It is a good soup! Amelie's glad she's had a part in making this food - although not literally, this place would have burned down.

This is when the hummus arrives, and for some reason Amelie just starts glowing as soon as she sees it.

"Apple, Apple! Look! Hummus!"

[cidery]

Apple clasped her hooves in glee. "Hummus!" She paused. "What's hummus?"

She never had hummus before...

[onaroll]

Well this is a travesty that must not stand! Amelie is very quick to scoop up some hummus with the still-warm pita bread and presents it to Apple.

"Ahhh~"

Amelie is confident that once you taste this, Apple, you will understand just how much she is willing to sacrifice for you.

[cidery]

Apple took a bite of the hummus and pita bread, and she lets out a delighted noise. "Oh goodness this is so good!" She exclaimed.

Taking their own bites, Megumin and Twilight had to agree. "This is probably my favorite dish right now," said Megumin.

[onaroll]

"Right?"

If you were to ask her why she is so hype for hummus Amelie herself would not be able to tell you, but that doesn't mean it's not her favorite part of the meal so far.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"The taste is creamy and what's it made of?" asked Megumin curiously.

[onaroll]

"Chickpeas, lemon juice, and olive oil are the main ingredients!"

[explosions_are_awesome]

"I like it," said Megumin with a nod. "This is delicious and I could eat this all day."

[onaroll]

"I knew you had good taste!"

Amelie, don't look so proud of yourself, you didn't even do anything.

[cidery]

Sipping her wine and taking part of the hummus, it seemed like the food was just warming up. She noticed Megumin was starting to tire, and Twilight seemed still ready to go.

"The next course should be here in any minute," said Apple thoughtfully.

[onaroll]

And the minute is now! As the plate is set down, Amelie smiles.

"Oh, I gave him the idea for this one! It's deconstructed garlic bread - see?"

She indicates one of the two bowls placed among the toasted baguette slices.

"That's a paste made by mashing whole roasted garlic heads - what you do is take some of the butter in the other bowl, spread it on the bread, and then top it with the garlic paste."

[horse_nerd]

"Ingenious," said Twilight, taking her bread and putting some of it on, before taking a bite. "Definite A+, I like the texture of the garlic."

"It's kind of like the bread we had with the pasta, only heavier," said Megumin.

[onaroll]

"True...I do like how mild the roasted garlic is compared to the raw kind, though."