[trunker]

haha thats like saying a burger is the same as everything else cos it has the main ingredients of american cuisine,... bread, meat and ketchup.

and you can quite easily have an appreciation for a culture without wanting to try everything, or feeling like you have to. youre right, you should, but you dont have to.

and yeah sushi outside japan has been altered to cater to local tastes, in much the same way the japanese have slaughtered many western and eastern kinds of cuisine in order to cater to local tastes.