As a further elaboration: growing up, I absolutely hated pasta salad. I could not and would not eat it. But one day, when I was about 22-23, I was working somewhere that includes meals, since shifts were literally all day for a week (save eight hours for sleeping). The cook made a pasta salad that I could only describe as “orgasmic.” I ate that same pasta salad for every meal for the next two days until they finally tossed the leftovers. Ever since then, I have been “converted” to enjoy pasta salad. That one dish completely changed how my body reacts to a food that I already tried several times.
Red tuna (akami) in Japan! I previously never cared much for tuna, unless if splurging on toro, then obviously toro is delicious. Now I realize the majority of the tuna we get is mediocre. Need to go the expensive restaurants to get the good stuff.
I thought pizza was just an ok food until having it in Naples. Just a simple margherita lets the quality of the fresh ingredients shine best!