If everyone else has that reaction to Nia's cooking, what's wrong with Simon that he thinks it great?

It indeed appears that a new love triangle with Yoko in it may have started. I think Nia definitely has the upper hand in this one though. Not only does he love her cooking, he thought her haircut was cute right away. It does look a lot better in this episode than when Yoko had just finished hacking at it.

Even though it was short, I haven't seen aerial mecha fights that well done since Macross. I was really getting into the Viral-Lagann fight. Sweeping angles and all sorts of nice effects.