> Conventional restaurants in the West tend to abuse food with excessive salt, cream, oil, and/or sugar. You mean American restaurants. The difference between

> Conventional restaurants in the West tend to abuse food with excessive salt, cream, oil, and/or sugar. You mean American restaurants. The difference between the average European restaurant vs the American is stark. As a Spaniard living in the US, I am constantly bothered by the amount of spices or sauces or other condiments American foods have. My personal pet peeve is having to always check for non smoked canned fish or seafood in the supermarket, why can’t I just get some regular tasting clams?