It looks like such beautiful place

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[–] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

Those foods are to Japan as hamburgers and pizza are to america: foreign dishes adopted & altered to an extent that many people think of them as the cuisine of the adopter

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  • [–] 7 points 20 hours ago

    that's dialectics baby

    food is not delivered metaphysically whole and unaltered then persists unchanged throughout time; all traditions are rooted elsewhere to some extent, and their adaptation to local conditions is what creates a genuine local identity

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