FELLOW WESTERNERS!!!
Stop saying “I don’t like Chinese/Indian/Thai… food of some other Southeast Asian country”. It makes you sound super rude and ignorant, especially because it’s pretty obvious you’ve not tried all that much of it.
Imagine if someone told you they hated pizza because they tried it once in Chicago and didn’t like it? Or someone saying they hated the entire cuisine of your home country because they tried a couple things in a couple restaurants in their country. (This is probably mostly directed at USAmericans, but idk how Europeans are with trying other cuisines not from the west).
It’s hurtful and ignorant and unnecessary and it makes you sound super dumb. Each country has literally thousands of dishes and a bunch of regional cuisines with many variations on THOSE dishes, and there’s no way you’ve tried enough of them to write off an entire cuisine.
Just say “I haven’t had much of (country’s food), only a couple things at some restaurants in (home country) that I didn’t particularly like, but I’d love to taste more stuff! Can you recommend me some dishes to try? I like (flavors/ingredients) and I dislike (flavors/ingredients).”
You can have a respectful conversation about food preferences without writing off someone’s entire cuisine.
