Different countries or regions have specialties; however, there is no border for food, only whether it is tasty or not, based on personal preference.
“What to eat?” is the ultimate question for the day. In some regions, “Have you eaten?” is a greeting, like “How are you?”
What to eat is totally based on the present choices; if there is nothing to interfere with the choice, emotion is the determining factor. When one gets the food exactly or exceeds what they want, they will be satisfied, or even surprised.
When one has the ability to cook something they want, to satisfy their individual needs, they will gain self-contentment as a long-lasting happiness.
Food is a discipline. Interestingly, humans use the term “taste” to directly describe the feeling that the food brings them. Food is about aesthetics. The experience of food is a relationship between expectation and reality. Only when the reality exceeds the expectation is it tasty.
Probably, our memory is deeply shaped and influenced by childhood, when we’re kids, what leaves the most is the emotions, especially the daily repetitive taste of food. Food brings basic safety and warmth. Some specific dish might be specifically related to some memories.