Most likely it’s a cultural thing, since you’ve likely been less exposed to top notch “Asian food” than say, someone in Asian. It’s a fair statement, since for example, I doubt walking around in Canada that I’ve had the same opportunities to have a very fine…say, Mexican meal than someone that’s actually from Mexico…or even like Arizona. My exposure to any sort of Mexican food has either been like (a) Taco Bell or (b) the dozen or so Mexican restaurants around the city.
I’m willing to bet that you haven’t sampled too much Asian food that was like genuinely good, but that’s not meant at all to be an offending statement - I’m just guessing based on the fact that you…you know, aren’t from Asia. And statistically speaking, there’s not a ton of great Asian food outside of Asia, just like with many other types of international cuisine.
But also consider the actual physical mechanics around “drooling” - which for our purposes here we’ll assume to mean basically, the increased secretion of saliva from your salivary glands in your mouth. Saliva is primarily useful because it helps us digest food - it’s a slimy substance that mixes in with the shit we chew so that it goes down easier, and enzymes within saliva help to start break down food even before it gets to the stomach, namely starch.
But it also helps to protect teeth and prevent cavities and plaque, keep the natural bacteria in your mouth in check, and also…maintain acidity levels in your mouth.
The acidity level in your mouth in this case is notable, since acidity levels are most affected by acidic foods (ie. lemon or vinegar), spicy foods, and salt (ie. the domain of delicious savoury snacks). When you perceive such foods and your brain, from years of conditioning and experience, knows that chowing down on such types of food is imminent, tells your salivary glands to start pumping that shit out in preparation.
THAT IS WHY…you start drooling usually when you’re about to snack on some savoury shit, as opposed to say…sugary shit.
Not that one is more or less delicious than the other, but the physical act of drooling is much more tied into the anticipation of a foodstuff that changes the acidity level of your mouth…salty, spicy, sour foods.
When’s the last time you literally started drooling over chocolate or cake or sushi? Not that it’d never happen (a lot of times just knowing that some type of FOOD, period is coming is enough) but you’d find that you’re more likely to salivate over say…salty potato chips or a sour jawbreaker.
That’s why…you’re more likely to drool over something savoury versus something that doesn’t have a strong leaning one way or another in terms of acidity level.
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