If he was unsure about being at the right place, the qunari set up cooking dismissed that. For a time Anders simply watches; he's got some basic knowledge, he can make something edible that isn't grey-brown mush, but it might be nice to do more than that.

After that time, he heads up to the guy. "I know what the spicy spices are, but the rest I'm pretty unfamiliar with. Would you mind walking me through what you're doing?" The only way to learn is to ask questions, after all.