Me: sitting in a tiny ramen shop in Osaka, this is the best ramen I've ever had.
Chef: normal nod
Me: No seriously, this changed me spiritually.
Chef: normal nod
Me: I think I understand forgiveness now.
Chef: please eat before noodles become soft.
pause
Me: Sorry.
Chef: Foreign customers always do this.
Me: Do what?
Chef: Experience noodles too emotionally.
Me: That's fair honestly.
guy beside me suddenly joins conversation
Random businessman: Last year this ramen saved my marriage.
Me: WHAT?
Chef: annoyed sigh, Please stop telling people that.
Businessman: It is true.
Me: How does soup repair a relationship?
Businessman: My wife and I argued, then we ate here quietly, then things became less stupid.
Chef: That was your own emotional growth.
Businessman: The broth assisted.
Honestly I fully believed him too.