"Try it. Try it!" As soon as Lilli lifts the lid away from her pot of mussels, she pushes the Dutch oven close to Bastian for his inspection. Her first attempt at moules frites. She doesn't expect it to be perfect, but she hopes she made a good first attempt. Her expression is nothing short of earnest while she watches him take the first bite. "What do you think?"
Bastian smiles, hands on his hips as he leans over the pot of mussels Lilli had so carefully prepared. He takes. whiff and sighs, the smell of bacon, herbs, white wine, and red onion hitting the nose, that briny smell of mussels soon after. “Thus far? Smells delish.”
He fishes a mussel out, nudging the shell open, popping the mussel in his mouth and chewing thoughtfully. “Lilli, these are about as good as I could make. Delicious. Absolutely delicious.”