After a week of eating just about anything we could scavenge , we ending up doing pretty well for ourselves in DC . Our first nite there , my mother - in - law cooked soba noodles with tofu and moong sprouts . Nite two : dinner out at Yuan Fu . 
Question: What's a possible reason the writer's mother - in - law cooked soba noodles with tofu and moong sprouts ?
Because she thought the writer would enjoy eating it .