Which world does Hoid enjoy visiting the most?
Scadrial almost has instant noodles. So he's very interested in Scadrial.
Is he doing anything to push that along?
He is not as involved in that as certain other forces are.
There are forces involved in the developing instant noodles?
Yes, oh yes.
Is there chocolate on Roshar?
No chocolate on Roshar. Chocolate on Scadrial. I believe I've even mentioned it on Scadrial, before. If I haven't... in fact, I'm almost 100% certain I mentioned it in the last Scadrial book. But there is no chocolate... there's the possibility that some worldhopper managed to bring a piece of chocolate, but Roshar, the first five books are even a few years behind the Wax and Wayne books in the chronology, and chocolate's kind of coming to be known even in those books.
So, no chocolate on Roshar. I'm sorry. If you're a chocoholic, you definitely want to choose Scadrial. It is also the closest to instant noodles, so that's where Hoid wants to be.
Other than his home planet, what's Hoid's favorite planet in the cosmere?
He probably would pick Scadrial. Hoid likes his creature comforts. Scadrial is the nicest place to live right now. Now there are other places that are easier to get Investiture, which is very nice, but if you actually want to go to a restaurant, your options are limited. They've got some on Nalthis, but you want to get a nice restaurant, go to Scadrial. You want a car service, Scadrial. And if he sits around long enough, he'll have instant noodles.
If you were to choose one of your own worlds to live in, which would that be?
It would definitely be… Does it have to be cosmere?
No.
Because then I could go with one of the cool science-fiction ones and I could have-- Like, you know-- Live far away from where everyone is having war and live like in a futuristic society. I think that's kind of cheating. If I had to pick one of the cosmere worlds I would probably pick Scadrial because it's the closest to having the Internet and instant noodles.
Given what happens at the end of the book, is Yumi immortal now? If not, does she age?
Her perception is going to influence this. She's going to need a small bit of power to persist, but she is so highly invested that it would take a very long time for that to be noticeable. Particularly because she's not even using that power. There's no out let for it. She's a Cognitive Shadow, much like the Heralds or Vasher, that is more self sustaining because of how highly she is invested. Imagine someone like Vasher with thousands of Breaths. You're just never going to notice. But her perception of herself will cause her to age. Probably not to age to the point that she dies though. Basically the answer is yes. You've got an immortal being running a noodle shop in a backwater corner of the Cosmere.
What is Hoid's favorite food?
Bacon! I always answer this—or instant noodles.
I asked what Hoid's favorite flavor of instant noodles is.
At first I think he misheard me asking what his own favorite is ('spicy Korean ramen' apparently, though I don't remember the exact specifics) so I clarified. He said that Hoid is looking forward to instant noodles but they aren't Yolish and he knows about them via the same method that he knows where he needs to be in the cosmere.
Before he got frozen, did Hoid come to Painter's planet just for the ramen?
*laughts* Knowing that ramen existed was probably a push in that direction. Hoid is quite the ramen fan for those who don't know. So yeah. He actually came to investigate other things, but ramen is a good bonus for coming to visit Painter's world.
If you could live on any one of the worlds, which one would it be?
If forced to, because I would stay here if I could 'cause internet, internet's really cool, mac & cheese, I like mac & cheese, I like instant ramen. But if I were forced I would pick Scadrial, the Mistborn world, because it's the closest to all of those things, but beyond that it would, post-Catacendre, a very good place to live...
Can we have Design's recipe for ramen noodles down to the exact grains of salt and herbs used?
Well we'll have to ask the person who's making the cosmere cookbook some day to figure that out because yes she does like to count the grains of salt. It's the sort of thing you do when you're a Cryptic.
Did Hoid give her the recipe or did she make it up herself? Who taste tested it?
She made it up herself, and she tried it on poor unfortunate people that were offered free food.
What's the deal with Hoid and instant noodles?
...He likes his ramen, right? Like any sane person, he likes his instant noodles. Nothing more than that.
...Has he ever had instant noodles?
Yeah, he's had instant noodles before. They have them on Taldain, yeah.
Noodles in Yumi: more like ramen? Or more like pho?
More like ramen.
Is Design's noodle shop still in business at the time Hoid is telling [Yumi and the Nightmare Painter], under new management or otherwise?
RAFO
Thaylen and Shin bread are the only ones that have white gluten flour?
Yeah. I mean, the others are flatbreads. What we're not gonna see is rising. They're gonna have yeast in those, that's the big thing they're seeing, is the yeast.
Soba noodles and buckwheat would be...
Yes, absolutely, yep.
If you were going to live in one of your worlds, which one would it be?
Good question, I would live on Scadrial because they are the closest to the Internet and instant noodles.
Kelsier, does he like noodles?
Yes.
I also asked him about Terris food.
He said that he imagines it to be like Mediterranean food. He also allows that it could totally involve noodles.
