>It does however taste like soap. So I always tell restaurants no cilantro and often end up having to pick it out of dishes that I didn't expect to contain it.

>It does however taste like soap. So I always tell restaurants no cilantro and often end up having to pick it out of dishes that I didn't expect to contain it. Same. I don't I've ever actually smelled cilantro, I just taste it in stuff and it tastes like soap. I'll have to make a point of smelling it next time we have some in the house I guess. So many restaurants now think throwing cilantro in everything is some cheat code for making dishes taste fresh and original that they add it to all sorts of stuff. Long before I knew about the cilantro tastes like soap thing, I assumed some restaurants just weren't good about washing the soap off their plates and cups. I knew I was tasting soap but had no idea where it was coming from.