On an episode of chef Anthony Bourdain a chef in China or Japan (I forget) said the western palate doesn't consider a rubber texture mouth feel appealing like A

On an episode of chef Anthony Bourdain a chef in China or Japan (I forget) said the western palate doesn't consider a rubber texture mouth feel appealing like Asian countries. They discussing and were eating a sea cucumber with a rubbery texture. Then again dulce a seaweed is a food in the Canadian Maritimes it's not common but enough that most people have heard of it.