Cilantro: Delicious or soapy??

[dizzy bone]

I thought I was the only one who thought it tastes like soap! It is nasty and overpowers any other flavour in a dish.

Same. Korean food doesn't use coriander so I was never introduced to that herb growing up. I recall eating different dishes that did taste soapy but I kind of just brushed it off. One day I went to eat Malaysian cuisine with my friend and it was so soapy I couldn't finish the dish. She heard of coriander tasting soapy was a genetic thing so we looked it up... I was mind blown lol. I can eat most dishes with coriander in it if I take the coriander out. The broth will still taste a little soapy but it's not as bad.

 

[King Dorado]

i am not a fan of cilantro, altho i never found it soapy. there is something off about but i dont know quite how to describe it, its as tho somebody sprayed pesticide or something

 

[ams]

I actually feel sick just from smelling it.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

Cilantro is delicious! I really really love it, love the smell of it and everything. I love using a ton of it when I make any kind of Mexican dish.

 

[mogyay]

DELICIOUS

 

[Byngo]

wtf cilantro is a deliciously light and refreshing garnish to any meal, it's especially good with Thai food

all those yes votes. smh

 

[Soigne]

It tastes like soap and I can't help it because I literally am incapable of tasting it any other way.

 

[Jake]

It doesn't taste like soap to me, but I despise the taste of it. Once it's in food that's all I can taste and it's horrible.

 

[SaviorSword]

If it tastes like soap, chances ya DID taste soap which means that whoever wash'd it did a rather shoddy job at doin' so.

 

[NeonxVandal]

Lol! I've never heard of this before! Soap? xD
It doesn't to me anyway, so I voted No. It's so good with salsa~

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wtf cilantro is a deliciously light and refreshing garnish to any meal, it's especially good with Thai food

all those yes votes. smh

Yes!! So good with Thai food~

 

[Bcat]

If it tastes like soap, chances ya DID taste soap which means that whoever wash'd it did a rather shoddy job at doin' so.

This is actually a thing. google 'cilantro soap' and you'll get a bunch of results. A lot of people have this

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Lol! I've never heard of this before! Soap? xD
It doesn't to me anyway, so I voted No. It's so good with salsa~

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Yes!! So good with Thai food~

Also, on the note of thai food when I had authentic thai for the first time it was all I could taste D:

 

[Ghost Soda]

I can't think of any specific time I knew I tasted cilantro.

But on the topic of food tasting soapy, there've been a few times I had Little Caesars where I swear the pizza tasted like soap...

 

[p e p p e r]

it's great! mexican food is just sad without it

 

[Buttonsy]

I really dislike cilantro and it does taste odd to me but I don't think I have that gene, I think it just tastes bad to me as personal preference. (I think I clicked the wrong answer on the poll oops)