Agami is one of the three specialist chefs heading the kitchen at the Trident, Titan Garden's premier fine dining establishment. Hailing from the Jovian moon Callisto, Agami has traveled the Sol system studying the unabashed and the unapologetic, meals created by hardy people from all corners who prefer a kick in their palate. She is an older Callistan with a kind, grandmotherly manner about herself, if you imagine a grandmother who is seven feet tall and serves searing-hot food exclusively you'll have a good idea of Agami's presence. Like Rosetta, she takes great pride in her food, but unlike Rosetta her food may be hazardous to eat if you're not prepared for it- don't let her giant grandma demeanor fool you! If you've got a taste for it, there are few other culinary sensations quite like it to be found anywhere in the Sol system.
Known as the Chef of Flame, Agami specializes in dishes that are very spicy, but are also rich and flavorful as well. Pure heat is a foolish ambition; to blend a satisfying heat with a colorful palette of flavors is the craft of a master chef, and Agami has spent a lifetime honing her recipes to bring out the fullness of her ingredients. She will be mindful of her patrons ordering from the Red Menu in how she controls her spice levels, but she'll only lower them so much- they are an integral part of her dishes and she won't compromise on them beyond that range. Thankfully that's rarely an issue- her dishes come from a broad range of people, and so a broad range of people come to the Trident to enjoy her cooking!
As Terran cuisine is the heart of Rosetta's Black Menu dishes, Agami's Red Menu offerings are centered around Callistan and Mercurian cooking, the two schools sharing a duality of heat. Callistan cuisine is vegetable-based, it's lighter and gentler in texture while still packing a remarkable heat, owing to the plants grown on a moon populated by hungry predatory creatures who, like the Callistans themselves, prefer not to be anybody's meal. In contrast, Mercurian cooking is heavy and rich, involving meaty dishes with high calorie loads to help feed a people who need to burn fuel to maintain their Firewalker Forms and thrive on the searing-hot surface of their planet, above the caverns and tunnels they live in. Mercurian spice likewise comes from its native plants found both on and below the surface, being incorporated into seasonings and sauces that give their food a potent kick. "A little heat on the inside helps manage the heat on the outside". Callistans and Mercurians share a bond as two disparate species who love each other's cooking, their friends often sweating at the sight of their meals.
Building on this binary foundation, Agami's dishes also incorporate ideas from cultures found throughout Terra! A curious planet, many Terrans balk at the idea of a spicy dish, but many others embrace it as her own Callistans do, and so she has worked with Rosetta to explore some of these options. Agami is fascinated by Terran dishes from places like Mexico, Jamaica, Southern India and Thailand, and has learned to prepare these meals for her Terran patrons to enjoy, giving them a little Callistan twist of her own. All in all the Trident's Red Menu offerings are an adventurous tour throughout the Sol system.
When the Red Raven and Timberwolf crews come through for a fancy dinner at the Trident, they cut an interesting profile of how different people throughout the Sol system take to spicy cuisine. Naturally, the Callistans and Mercurians like Keera, Kollori, Scarlet, Amy and Jack will almost always order off the Red Menu and insist on sharing with their friends, just try a bite, it's great! Terrans like Clayton and Mahnoor will try the Red Menu now and then, and generally enjoy it, but Dr. Lin is a bit shy about the heat- the latter will succumb to peer pressure now and then, but he'll usually avoid it in favor of more savory meals. The Venusians, Bryce and Viola, seem actively repelled by the scent of the food, they seem to have no interest in even sitting next to a Red Menu diner at all! Similarly, Europans like Slug or Caelians like Dr. Syff struggle with that much spice, although they're not as repelled by the scent of it as their Venusian friends. Emily, the hardy Martian, is easily goaded into ordering a hot Red Menu dish and face-tank the meal, grimacing the whole time while ultimately cleaning her plate. Zephyleer Neptunians like Bell may see the meals as a challenge, while Medileer Neptunians like Pixel perceive it to be a curiosity- like their Terran friends it's a mixed bag whether they build the tolerance to it or not. Ganymedeans will coil it up in their root tendrils and digest it all the same.
An interesting interaction to observe at the Trident is when Androids order off Agami's Red Menu. Now, you'd think an Android would be able to simply shut off their taste receptors and chow down on the heat, but they are sentient beings and they have those taste receptors for a good reason, so they can enjoy their meals the same as their friends. To an Android, spicy food registers not as an intense poisonous reaction to a plant's attempts to defend itself, but rather, it registers as an error; this is, at least, how many Androids describe it themselves. It may be that "poison" enters their database but the food isn't flagged as inedible, but for whatever reason the way flavor receptor interpreters are built a high-spice dish throws up an Error in the Android's sensory profile. And just like their organic friends, some Androids may find this error to be off-putting and unpleasant, and others still are drawn to it, enjoying the sensation they experience once the error is processed and filed away, feeling that heat warm the depths of their biomass energy conversion chambers. Some Androids love spicy food, and it gives them a warm tummy afterwards. Don't worry about it too much. Agami loves to share her cooking with her metal patrons as much as anyone else- once you learn to build a taste for a good spicy meal, there really is nothing else like it.