I somehow share the same sentiment but in my case. It is like what food is this. I can't imagine what is taste like and it makes me wonder if this food is really good or not. In our country our food would be like leon's cooking full of flavors tho I have Japanese food that I like it is not authentic and my mom is not fond of other countries food. It really is depend on every person's preferences.
There's a lot o really good Japanese food! if you ever have the chance, i'd definitely recommend trying some actual Japanese food. Like I'm Japanese so I've been having it since I was a kid and there's a lot of food that foreigners (Americans at least) don't give as much credit, like okonomiyaki.
It's just annoying when mangakas try and have everyone in the new world love their food. It kind of feels like they're just glorifying Japan and there's already way too much of that online. Like it can just feed into this over glorification of Japan that's already happening overseas.
as you said people have preferences, so it doesn't make sense for everyone to love Japanese food. They can still portray the food as good and still have one or two characters that don't like it.
Plus it’s weird how everyone has vocabulary that rivals professional food critic. I enjoy good food too but not to the point of identifying every cooking techniques/spices that makes the food especially delicious and they’re first-timer too.
ehhhh I have a feeling he's just going to make a bunch of Japanese food and everyone in this world is going to love it.
Which is kind of annoying.
Japanese food isn't for everyone, especially since the flavors are usually pretty mild compared to other cultures. Depending on what you're used to, they can even seem flavorless because of how milk the seasoning is like...
I really hope at least SOMEONE dislikes his food