Indeed. It would make sense to offer lower quality foods so freely, but it may serve to prove their capabilities. Provide a taste, if you will, of their cuisine and even their lifestyle. Perhaps it gives us something to aim for.

(Though it's likely the nobles here just wanna flex a little on the Starfallen and Cecil can't deny it: it's working. He's impressed and maybe even a little charmed by it, but he believes his companion has the right of it. It's far too early to trust them.)

It's quite the step up from insects, I must say.