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Hi Rob,
As usual, thanks for featuring yet another one of my posts here. Much appreciated! --lori

My husband and I are connected in almost every way that counts except for some serious food issues: he adores meringue on pie (I hate it); I love pie crust (he doesn't); I love sweet potatoes and squash and he pushes them to the side; and when we go to a restaurant, he'll almost always ask that something extra be done to the dish instead of just seeing the dish first and then asking for extras. For example: if we're ordering pizza, he'll automatically ask for extra tomato sauce to be placed on the pie, and then if we're going out for steak, he'll immediately ask for liquid seasoning (aka Knorr/Maggi). As a food writer, it's terribly trying to put up with this because I'm always urging him to just try things first being doctoring them.

Hi, I hope I'm not too late on this. I have a very detailed 4-part post on Singapore on my blog. Check it out!

These are available in both Malaysia and Jakarta, except in Malaysia, fried tofu is considered more of a savoury meal than a snack, so it's not likely to be sold next to fried bananas (pisang goreng).

We also have fried jackfruits, fried fish balls, and fried chicken gizzards (they taste a lot better than they sound).

OMG, I see we need to do a BUNCH of partner swapping. My dh was seriously and negatively influenced in his childhood and it has taken me absolutely eons to get him to eat "casual" things like pizza, spaghetti, and drink beer...... When I met him he could eat fish, rice and steamed veggies all the time. I finally got to the shrieking point and told him I was forming gills and needed red meat...LOL. I enjoy cooking ethnic foods and he is pretty good about trying them out, guess he trusts my cooking instincts by now.

We do have separate things in the frig....I only do kosher dill pickles, he does sweet pickles, he drinks milk, I almost can't look at the stuff but I drink fruit and veggie juices.

I do very well with eggs, potatos, cheese, mushrooms, yoghurt and onions (learned it from my grandma). I could live on these, he just flinches. We are both older than dirt and pretty disgustingly healthy, good cholesterol levels etc., so I guess we are ok.

He is good at ANY dessert offered and is skinny as a rail no matter what.

My ex-boyfriend was from Colombia, and had never tasted most ethnic foods beyond Italian and the globalised versions of North American cuisine. I love eating food from all over the world, and to have no options for curries, sushi, thai food, vietnamese, or korean all off limits when making plans was difficult. He usually gamely tried different foods when I made them, but I knew in his heart was craving some chorizo, rice and plantain. Which I love, but I'm not ready to commit to Latin American cuisine for life... ha ha

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My boyfriend hates the smell of garlic- what great cuisine does not abundantly use garlic? (asian, italian, french, middle eastern, etc). This is so problematic for almost 80% of the dishes I cook- if I slip in some garlic, he can't (won't) kiss me for a day because his nose is so sensitive. When he hugs me, he turns away or at the least, crinkles his nose in disgust. Luckily he travels a lot and then I binge. But when he is home, I have to choose- hugs & kisses or great food. It's a close tie!

any tips on how to get rid of garlic breath?

He can't get enough of bad pizza, red meat, and major carbs. He also never eats vegetables, unless it's a salad, and even then he won't eat the tomato or cucumber. He hates rice and couscous, although he'll eat a little if I serve it to him. He prefers processed foods to natural (velvetta, hot dogs, white bread), and it drives me a little nuts. His tastes have matured (believe it or not) since we started dating (he was 19). He wouldn't eat mexican or chinese! So I guess I've rubbed off and will keep on trying!