"The main ingredient for takoyaki is flour batter, which we probably can't make here. But we did dig up some potatoes earlier, so we can use those to make a substitute version."
"There's another problem. We need oil to make takoyaki. The only two ways to get oil here are to extract it from fish or from coconut meat."
"Which way is easier?"
"The first one, probably," Lin Chen blurted out. "Extracting coconut oil is more trouble. It involves several steps like scraping the meat, mincing it, pressing it, and filtering it."
"Food made with coconut oil would be more fragrant and healthier, but..."
Before he could finish, Erica cut in, "Let's just catch a fish, then. We're not here for some healthy eating seminar. We'll do it the easy way."
"By the way, does it have to be a specific type of fish?"
"Theoretically, no, but a bigger fish would be better."
