The monk judge reveled in his meal, the sounds of him slurping the noodles were extremely refreshing.
Such a scene would be common in a restaurant, but here, in the Sapporo competition's second round of the top 10 to top 3, it was quite astonishing.
Even Xia Yu and Indira, who had just left the stage and retreated to the sidelines, stopped in their tracks at the entranceway, casting surprised glances at the judge who was eating so heartily.
Just 5 minutes earlier, the five judges on stage had tasted their "Sakura Water Mochi".
Logically, the 'burst of flavors' that Indira had infused into the Water Mochi should have numbed the judges' taste buds for a while, even though these judges were non-human, but they wouldn't be able to escape the vortex of spices so soon.
Indeed!
Xia Yu and Indira also had a little strategy.
