In this short scene, the audience is introduced to Ooga's cook, who introduces himself as a journalist. Ooga explains that he is writing a story about the curry for a local newspaper and that he has decided to make the cook his "captive" . The food is so good that Ooga has decided that the cook should be his "hostage" for the entire day. The audience is shocked to learn that the food has been prepared in such a way as to make it seem as though the cook has been cooking for an old lady. The young cook, however, is not fooled by the old lady's flattery, and he begins to mock the old woman's appearance, saying that she is "a good woman" and that she should not be "old" because she is a good woman