Meat? What? Never heard of it!

"What act?" It was safe to say, I was utterly confused.

"Are you not the one who asked her for some meat?" he said.

They might have misunderstood me. So I tried to correct him. "I think you are mistaken. We asked for a place where we could find meat."

"You mean edible meat, correct?"

What other kind of meat could I have meant?

"Yes?" Now, I was even more confused.

He stared at me for a minute, scratched his head, and became excited a little. "Oh! Excuse my rudeness in that case. There aren't any places where you can buy meat in Alfeim. I had the wrong idea about you." He acted politely and then called the waitress whom I had asked.

He said something to her and she apologized. I was quite dumbfounded. What was going on?

Is this some kind of elaborate play or something?

Maybe the elves fancied stuff like this?