Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda first proposed umami as a basic taste—in addition to sweet, sour, salty and bitter—in the early 1900s. About eight decades later, the scientific community officially agreed with him.
It’s been acknowledged in western cuisine forever too lol. You think western chefs just could’ve put a finger on meat char tasting good across all of human history??
No it’s just that it was discovered to be a fundamental receptor on the tongue which responds to amino acids. It was discovered by a Japanese researcher. The weird eastern exceptionalism is just silly if you take five seconds to look into why it’s named umami.
It’s been acknowledged in western cuisine forever too lol. You think western chefs just could’ve put a finger on meat char tasting good across all of human history??
No it’s just that it was discovered to be a fundamental receptor on the tongue which responds to amino acids. It was discovered by a Japanese researcher. The weird eastern exceptionalism is just silly if you take five seconds to look into why it’s named umami.