u/mistressofmayhem02

I’m Asian and my MIL is white. Her diet comprises mainly of American food - mac and cheese, meatloaf, that sort of stuff etc. with little to no spices in her food at all. Luckily, my husband is very adventurous with food and actually loves Asian food.

Recently, my family went to the best ramen spot in town and I posted it on Insta, only for MIL to reply, “What the heck is that?” I haven’t responded at all, and I don’t think I will considering that I feel that she’s constantly being very disrespectful with Asian cuisine.

Last time she visited us, we also took her to a ramen spot. That was the first time she tried it and she said it was actually not bad. Meanwhile, she looked at me eating takoyaki, saw the moving bonito flakes, freaked out and straight up said “eew!” out loud with full disgust. I don’t know how to deal with this really. Am I overreacting? Should I call her out or just keep it in? I feel like no one should be disrespectful to anyone’s food like that especially if someone is in the middle of eating said food.

I’m Asian and my MIL is white. Her diet comprises mainly of American food - mac and cheese, meatloaf, that sort of stuff etc. with little to no spices in her food at all. Luckily, my husband is very adventurous with food and actually loves Asian food.

Recently, my family went to the best ramen spot in town and I posted it on Insta, only for MIL to reply, “What the heck is that?” I haven’t responded at all, and I don’t think I will considering that I feel that she’s constantly being very disrespectful with Asian cuisine.

Last time she visited us, we also took her to a ramen spot. That was the first time she tried it and she said it was actually not bad. Meanwhile, she looked at me eating takoyaki, saw the moving bonito flakes, freaked out and straight up said “eew!” out loud with full disgust. I don’t know how to deal with this really. Am I overreacting? Should I call her out or just keep it in? I feel like no one should be disrespectful to anyone’s food like that especially if someone is in the middle of eating said food.