"It's an acquired taste. I learned I like sweets while you like spice." That makes them opposites. "And there's different types of sugar that goes into the baked pastries and I can make different sweets, but I had made cakes, brownies, cookies, just to name a few." To pass the time on a slow afternoon.

Lan Wangji leans in closer to listen as he whispers. "They do? Why don't you try calling the number and see what you get?"

In the meanwhile, he's going to help himself to the noodles and try to tolerate the spice and he makes a face. "Bleh. Too spicy." It's too spicy for him, so he asked the waiter to take it away and give him a milder version of the same dish.