The first dungeon has a Shout-Out to Castlevania with a chicken hidden in a wall. Its in-game description reads "Found embedded in a wall, this fully-cooked and seasoned chicken comes from unknown origins." Lampshaded with the Mysterious Wall Chicken in Dust: An Elysian Tail.Legends, a game that was retconned out of the main timeline, suggested that the Belmonts had struck a deal with a friendly supernatural power to provide them power-ups and supplies through the candles in the Castle.
Sorrow Series plays it straight as eating rotten food reduces Soma's HP but having the Demon Stomach soul (Flesh Golem in Aria and Ghoul in Dawn) equipped will allow him to eat it and recover health like any normal item.Games after Symphony had food items just sitting on the floor out in the open or dropped by monsters, including cartons of milk that should've gone bad even faster than the meat. The games up to and including Symphony of the Night typically allowed the player to break open walls to reveal different kinds of meat. Used throughout the Castlevania series.Lampshaded by its item description, which asks who put it in the wall. Once picked up, it increases the player's maximum health by 2. Castle in the Darkness: One of the items you can find in the Castle Entrance is the Chicken Dinner, found inside a breakable wall, which is one of the many Castlevania references in the game.