#and to be honest I completely forgot about the reason why xie lian names his dishes

[hualian]

Realizing Xie Lian got his (bad) cooking skills from his mother - as they were royalty and did not know how to cook, their cooking skills are more cooking ✨️feelings✨️

Realizing that Xie Lian's dishes are all extravagantly named just as his mother named her dishes, and she did so because all dishes in the palace were given a name and just because they're not in a palace and fine dining, why should food naming conventions stop?

Realizing that while Xie Lian's terrible cooking and dish names may be funny, they're also a reflection of his love for his mother and the way he keeps her memory alive.

Beautiful, dark humor at its finest (and most painful)