Manifisto posted:

seated at the elegant wooden counter, the investment banker and his date watch spellbound as the chef prepares their $300 omakase meal. artisanal flour, free-range organic eggs, butter flown fresh that day from hokkaido: just so, just so. in a trice the ingredients are combined and kneaded by the chef's expert hands into a writhing mass. with a flourish, he produces a razor-sharp knife and begins to cut perfect circles from the underside of the dough, arranging them simply on a lacquered platter. "the belly of the cookie," the banker whispers to his date. "the most expensive part. almost impossible to find outside japan."