Recovering from the poison he willingly consumed so as for the Commissaire’s (Mathieu Amalric) kidnapped son to be saved, police officer/chef Lt. Nescaffier (Stephen Park) reveals a surprising truth to food journalist, Roebuck Wright (Jeffrey Wright)…
Nescaffier: They had a flavor.
Roebuck: I beg your pardon.
Nescaffier: The toxic salts in the radishes. They had a flavor. Totally unfamiliar to me. Like a bitter, moldy, peppery, sp*cy, oily, kind of earth. I never tasted that taste in my life. Not entirely pleasant. Extremely poisonous. But still a new flavor. That’s a rare thing in my age.
Roebuck: I admire your bravery, Lieutenant.
Nescaffier: I’m not brave. I just wasn’t in the mood to be a disappointment to everybody. I’m a foreigner, you know.
Roebuck: The city’s...