[Varian's really enjoying the food, but he's not going to pass up the chance to talk up his boyfriend. Not for anything. He swallows his mouthful of food, nodding enthusiastically.]

Oh, yeah! Fern can grow all kinds of stuff, he's really impressive! You should try his coffee sometime, it's great.

[Maybe some people would feel weird about eating food your boyfriend has directly produced on his body (or at least seen some sort of innuendo in the whole thing) but Varian is not some people. ]

Duly noted. Carrots and onions. Can do!