Video Game Gourmet #1: Cloud A la Carte
Several days ago, I challenged my few readers name a video game character and I would come ups with a food dish based on them. Someone sent the simple message “Cloud,” which I am going to assume is referring to Cloud Strife, the protagonist of of Final Fantasy VII. Since the first final fantasy i ever played was VIII, and I never had the money at the right time pikc up VII, I will have to go on what little I know about him based on what people who have played the game have mentioned about it in passing. Sadly this amounts to about the following, in order of remembrance, but not importance:
- He’s a cross-dresser, and like most final fantasy main characters, a very, very pretty man.
- He wilds the Buster Sword, a weapon so gigantically unwieldy it reminds me of Zangetsu from Bleach.
- He got substantial amounts of superpowers from drinking toxic blood of the planet he abides on.
- His archnemesis, like many final fantasy villains, reminds me of David Bowie.
- He has severe anger issues and borders on nervous breakdowns often.
- The magic in his world comes primarily from shiny marbles called Materia that can be socketed into equipment.
- His special attacks involve ridiculous swordplay and gratuitous craziness.
- He wears mostly leather and vinyl, as softer, flowing fabrics anger the makers of final fantasy games. Seriously, name me one guy after six in a robe who isn’t evil or useless.
- His best friends are Cyborg Mr T, a cigar chomping madman, A red wolf, a flower saleswoman, a random chick in skin-tight clothing, and a kleptomaniac in a mid-riff sweater (I take it back, it isn’t soft clothing the Final Fantasy designers hate, it’s practical clothing).
- He can summon Bahamut.
- He rides chocobos.
With that wobbly knowledge, I present the Cloud Strife Special.
The Cloud strife is a warm, fluffy cheese and ham omelet with a habanero hollandaise sauce in the middle, representing his soft, cuddly exterior and underlying anger issues. It is serve with a hashbrown and bacon side, and dose of “Corrupted life stream” over the hashbrowns—A spinach and dill relish. For plating, the Cloud strife is always served with a stainless steel spatula with a small wooden handle underneath it, and impaled with three toothpicks with pickles on them—because he gets stabbed a lot. The dish is spicy, caustic, and a probable candidate for causing indigestion, but the people who like it enjoy it’s satisfying burn. For those liking a bit less burn and churn, you can order Cloud “dolled up”—substituting the Life Stream relish for Honey Butter and the Habanero Hollaindaise for a sweet red pepper jam mixed with bluberry preserves.
So, anyone else have an idea for a video-game character or concept for me to turn into amazing food ideas?