The atmosphere is lightening up as she fusses over him... by this point, he has presumably recognized her. He laughs sheepishly about his appearance and about the pasta and tells her not to worry. Things get better after this. Soon he'll go visit Falin, and she'll go to the dungeon with him, and he'll get to meet Marcille—!

This is all in the past, after all. He's grateful to her for reminding him.

(If she goes scrounging around the caravan, she can probably find him some food, too, even if it's not pasta.)