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Originally Posted by
nahneun 
I'm generally okay with their preferences if they tried it before, but if they condemn it without even a taste, they're just idiots in my book.
FTFY
Yeah, I tend to feel the same way. I used to be a really picky eater (still am, to a degree) and was loathe to try new things. I didn't even eat Indian food until I moved to NYC. Now, although my first instinct (with seafood especially) is to decline, I've started trying it and finding I usually like it.
I've hear that our tastes tend to shift every few years as we mature and our brain adjusts. The whole sweet=safe bitter=death thing and all that - as we get older we realize isn't always the case. So even if we didn't like something we tried many years ago, we might like it now.
Which is a long way of saying - just try it. Unless the place is really expensive and I know for certain I'm not going to like it, why not go experience something new?
On the same token though - If Bob likes Chinese food and Susie doesn't, Bob shouldn't look at it like Susie is judging him or insulting him. It's sometimes not about Bob, you know? Sometimes it really is just a personal preference.
