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ackme t1_jd3b9e9 wrote

Reply to comment by glopmod in To Restaurants: Sakura blossoms don't taste like cherries by glopmod

Disagree. I believe the greater expectation by people ordering "cherry blossom" is for it to taste like cherries, same as a Shamrock Shake tastes like mint and not shamrocks.

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glopmod OP t1_jd3bsu4 wrote

Because people don't eat shamrocks. A shamrock shock is a madeup item from an American burger place to celebrate a watered down American version of an Irish holiday.

Sakura season is specifically celebrated here, in one city, because we were gifted sakura trees from the culture known for sakura season.

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The only people expecting it to taste like cherries is people who know nothing about it.

This is the stupidest fucking comparison.

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Crapital-Beltway t1_jd3g77l wrote

I suspect there are far more people who "know nothing" about the cherry blossom trees than people who expect authentic Sakura flavor from any "cherry blossom" drink.

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glopmod OP t1_jd3gzcc wrote

Ok? Are we supposed to cater to people's ignorance?

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If you go to a restaurant and order something and get upset because it's what you ordered but you don't know what you ordered, that's a you problem.

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Crapital-Beltway t1_jd3iywf wrote

Businesses are generally trying to make money so if most people expect "cherry blossom" drinks to taste like cherries then yes, you do cater to the ignorance. It's not customer's problem if the business loses money because people didn't like the taste of their "cherry blossom" drinks and stopped ordering them.

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extraglop t1_jd3wdy2 wrote

But you're entirely guessing they expect that when ordering a specific culture's food

Honestly dude, find something else to argue about

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Crapital-Beltway t1_jd41vn5 wrote

This whole post was a stupid rant anyway lol. You seem more pressed than any of my comments were

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extraglop t1_jd45fia wrote

"It's your fault I am arguing some dumb unqualifiable bullshit, no u"

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ackme t1_jd5j2uv wrote

Who the fuck calls it Sakura season though?

Absolutely no one! It's not unreasonable to admit that for most people, the words "cherry tree" are the applicable words, and that, due to common practice, people associate the word "cherry" with the flavor of "cherry".

If someone released a sakura beer and it tasted like bing cherries, by all means, hit 'em up. But no one is lining up outside their local bar for a "sakura surprise" cocktail.

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glopmod OP t1_jd5jyvq wrote

A. The people who gave us the trees

B. [DC, as the biggest part of the cherry blossom festival is called Sakura Matsuri](https://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/)

Sakura literally means cherry blossom. Cherry blossoms don't taste like cherries. The trees we have a festival for don't produce fruit.

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Tens of thousands of people are lining up downtown for a festival called Sakura Matsuri, and local restaurants serve drinks during it that taste like cherry. That is the post.

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It's been 48 hours. Please go away.

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ackme t1_jd5kjam wrote

It's been 9 hours since your reply. Figured convo was still going.

More than happy to let this drop, because it's pretty obvious neither of us is going to budge. Hope you have a great spring!

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