[now he's speaking her language about spicy food. She loves it and wishes the train served more of it. Her face lights up even at the mention of spicy.]

Spicy is something I quite enjoy! One of my favourite dishes is from a land in the north that has a specialty in spices with all of their food. If it's served with rice, it may be similar to one of their dishes.

A wise choice, many things we don't know if they exist where we come from end up being real once we arrive here and our knowledge of things expand.