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Originally Posted by MMM
For some reason "plain rice" is a problem for some people. Where my friend works, sometimes people pour the extra salad dressing on the rice. Of course. others pour soy sauce on the rice. Japanese food tends to have more subtle flavors...so maybe that is why...
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I definitely agree about the more subtle flavors. Having lived here for so long, I find that most American foods are appallingly over seasoned - if that`s even a good way to term it. Most of the time it seems like
everything has been soaked in salt and whatever else. Sweet things are also incredibly sickeningly sweet.
Japanese food seems to be more about actually enjoying the flavor of the ingredients - with condiments to enhance only.
It takes us months to go through a bottle of soy sauce.
That reminds me - a friend recently came to Japan for a few months and mistakenly bought oyster sauce instead of soy sauce... Poured it directly on to the rice to eat it - and apparently enjoyed it.