One of the main differences between European food and Asian food is that in European cuisine it typically divides the plate up into strong distinct flavors while Asian food mixes it up
Something interesting is that Japanese food tends to be an outlier, it also separates its food into distinct flavors, unlike its neighbors such as Korea, Thailand who would mix everything together
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