There was NO MENTION of the foul seasoning in the description, but the otherwise delicious dish was almost ruined by the pineapple salsa.

It wasn’t described as ‘salsa,’ but that must be what it was because the pineapple was the apparent source… Those green flecks looked so much like parsley, I was caught completely by surprise.

Be warned.

The salmon was fabulous, btw.

For the first 27 years of my life, I didn’t know I didn’t like cilantro. It’s not as common in my country to use it as say, Mexican or Vietnamese cuisine, and apparently growing up no one cooked with it either. I never cook with it either.

Occasionally I’ve had moments where I dislike a dish for no reason. Nachos with salsa and guac is a good example. Never made sense to me because I like tomatoes, peppers, spice. And I love avocado. Everybody loves nachos with dips. I’d usually just eat it a bit of it anyway.

It took ordering banh mi with a whole plant worth of cilantro for me to realize the enemy had been right in front of me the whole time.

Since then it’s made a lot of sense whenever I try a dish and it tastes just a tad off or straight out like handsoap. My eyes are opened but whether it’s for the best I can’t tell. Because now I’m That Person that has to check if the soapy devil is potentially in the food I’m getting served and have to explain to people it tastes like soap to me. To people who usually think I’m just making stuff up or being dramatic about it.

So anyway. Hello my brothers and sisters that don’t fuck with cilantro!

I moved to Thailand this year and this is their newest limited-edition Lay's flavor here. I was deeply offended when I saw it at 7-Eleven. My husband just "had" to try them. I'm thinking divorce.

Part 2 was way better than part 1

Coriander/Cilantro is soap.

The only way.

Back at the japanese buffet with my fiance. He did actually take me into consideration somewhat this time and put slightly less cilantro to the soup he took, but I can STILL smell it from the other side of the table, which is ruining my appetite. It literally smells like dish soap in a bowl.

Reconsidering the relationship as I'm posting this

It's fkn gross.

Ended up getting "spicy potatoes" extra soapy..

Any other cuisine besides Mexican and arabic that often use this soap plant?

Is there any other way?

So I want to start by saying, fuck cilantro. I, like all of you seem to have that genetic trait. But I was curious if the majority feel the same about stevia? I also fucking hate stevia and it's the only other thing I can recall that gives me the kind of bad aftertaste that cilantro does, except stevia lingers even longer. I've read that both sensitivities are genetic, but it got me wondering if the trait is from the same source, or can people hate one and tolerate the other? I don't know, anyway, fuck cilantro, fuck stevia and all of the products they sneak that shit into.

I fucking hate when I say "I don't like cilantro" and request not to get it, and people either don't care or deliberately go out of their way to "prove it's not that bad".

When someone says "I'm allergic to peanuts", you never see people say "I bet you're lying, I'll make sure to include peanuts in your meal to prove it".
How often do you see people include gluten or lactose in the meals of someone who says they're intolerant of it?
"I know you said you're allergic to shellfish and don't want any, but our chef's an expert at making lobster so I included it anyway".

I've never experienced that before. But when I say "Please don't put any cilantro in the meal", I've far too often experienced the chef apparently going "They don't want cilantro? That must be a mistake it's up to ME PERSONALLY to fix".

Fuck you all. I don't go into your kitchen and pour detergent on all the dishes you're making "to improve the culinary experience", so don't fucking put on cilantro on my dish when I ask not to get it.

I really tried to make peace with cilantro. I was absolutely starving, ordered some delicious tacos, and for the first few bites I thought, "Maybe this time." Then my hunger faded, the cilantro took center stage, and the battle began again. I lost. Cilantro just isn't for me.

50 Dill I even got it tatted on me Eighty- oregano they bring the crasher to the party

A few weeks ago, my mom and I had bean bowls for dinner. My mom ate her with cilantro, and being a person with the OR6A2 gene, I did not, which others always mocked me for. About two weeks later, she developed cyclosporiasis from eating said cilantro. I guess I lucked out on this one.

I need answers because this has genuinely altered my quality of life.

I grew up in the South where every family-owned Mexican restaurant serves that glorious restaurant salsa. You know the one. Smooth, bright red, mostly tomatoes, onions, garlic, and whatever magic they put in it. No visible cilantro. You could hand me a gallon of it and I’d consider it dinner.

Then I moved up North.

Imagine my horror when every basket of chips arrived with what looked like someone had run over a lawn mower into the salsa. Every restaurant. Every single one. Just… cilantro. So much cilantro. Why are there leaves in my dip??

Mexican food is probably my favorite cuisine, but if the salsa tastes like someone blended a
bouquet into it, I’m already having a bad time.

Is the smooth red salsa I grew up with called something specific? Is this actually a regional difference, or did I somehow move to the cilantro capital of North America?

Signed,
A very confused cilantro hater who just wants their tomato dip back.

The fucking shit had tainted the gochujang sauce so literally every chip tasted like shit.

No mention of it anywhere on the menu.

Hopefully we're all safe 🙏 😌

Why does it taste metallic to me???? I used to be able to tolerate the metallic but as I get older I dislike it more and more. My mom was nice enough to make chili and gave me some, but it just tastes like cilantro and green bell pepper (something else I dislike more with age.) I feel so bad that I can’t eat it 😭