Aw, that's a shame. Rice is really legit! [He might not know what miso soup is, or possibly even about the existence of Japan, but it still sounds like good stuff.]

Okay, so. Here's what I'm getting at. Let's say that something happened... and rice and miso soup don't get along. They only want you to eat one of them.

[He gestures to himself.]

So now on top of that, imagine that Bromfred's rice, and Ebegeezer is miso soup.