Oh please lalafell give as good as they get pulling miqo'te tails and knifing taller races in the shins (or riding around on Highlander/roegadyn backs). It's also hardly new: it's a continuation of FFXI jokes about that game's similar tarutaru race being food or balls (which were even more rotond).

Besides, the game itself evokes this joke and runs with it, constantly mentioning in quest and FATE descriptions how "juicy and tender" lalafell are to Eorzea's carnivorous fauna...