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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8450361" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>I'm pretty sure I've told this story before. I was eating at a Japanese restaurant on a date; at another table was a boisterous group of younger individuals. At one point, one of the individuals who was loudly trying to impress the rest of the table about his knowledge of Japanese cuisine (which seemed to go a little further than the California roll, but not as far as sashimi or udon) started talking about how much he loved sushi and Japanese food, and how much better it was than the terribly pretentious food at other places. </p><p></p><p>At that point, he said, "What have the French ever done for world cuisine, anyway?" Not with irony, either. </p><p></p><p>That's become kind of an joke with people I know moving forward- the idea that people get so enthusiastic about something that they don't realize the things they still don't know. </p><p></p><p>I think that food (like most tastes) has both a subjective and an objective component, but we tend to confuse the two things. For example, a dish can be made well or poorly, the ingredients can be fresh or off, the price is what it is and so on. </p><p></p><p>But whether you like something ... well, some people just don't like certain things. All you can ever do is ask someone to try something. I agree that Turkish/Arabic/Persian dishes are amazing, but I avoid anything with rosewater flavor in it- that's one of the few flavors I just can't enjoy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8450361, member: 7023840"] I'm pretty sure I've told this story before. I was eating at a Japanese restaurant on a date; at another table was a boisterous group of younger individuals. At one point, one of the individuals who was loudly trying to impress the rest of the table about his knowledge of Japanese cuisine (which seemed to go a little further than the California roll, but not as far as sashimi or udon) started talking about how much he loved sushi and Japanese food, and how much better it was than the terribly pretentious food at other places. At that point, he said, "What have the French ever done for world cuisine, anyway?" Not with irony, either. That's become kind of an joke with people I know moving forward- the idea that people get so enthusiastic about something that they don't realize the things they still don't know. I think that food (like most tastes) has both a subjective and an objective component, but we tend to confuse the two things. For example, a dish can be made well or poorly, the ingredients can be fresh or off, the price is what it is and so on. But whether you like something ... well, some people just don't like certain things. All you can ever do is ask someone to try something. I agree that Turkish/Arabic/Persian dishes are amazing, but I avoid anything with rosewater flavor in it- that's one of the few flavors I just can't enjoy. [/QUOTE]
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