Natto has a Terrible Taste!

[Lucifer]

Anybody heard of natto, Japanese love eating this stuff, its disgusting

[Tokyo Posts]

Yes Lucifer its not my go to dish when in Japan, its fermented soy beans and personally I have got it as far as the front of my mouth and no more ... here's a photo of what it normally looks like, however your photo does have added interest

[yoshi]

Most of Japanese like Natto. I am also the one love natto.
But quite few percentage of Japanese people also doesn`t like Natto.
It`s cheap and tasty and healty, you should try!

[Adam Bouchard]

Not many western people can handle natto, I agree with the topic headline that natto has a terrible taste.

[kiyo]

I like it, depends on the person, its nice with rice

[Juli25]

I agree, its terrible

[Nobita]

I don’t like Natto even though I am Japanese. My family likes Natto but it’s not my food.
Smelly,,,yuck

[Lucifer]

so everyone agrees with me then except one, its not food

[Lamont]

lol, I see Im not the only one that doesnt like this stuff, but each to their own I guess. Plenty of countries have disgusting food, this is pigs intestine from China

[Louie]

To be honest, this is one of the foods that I want to experience in Japan. I want to try it at least "ONCE".

[Sakurahime]

I agree with Louie, natto is something that should be tried once, preferably without any forewarning so that they aren't biased against it before they try it. By sheer chance, I got to try it this way, but I still don't like it! Which is a shame, because apparently it's very nutritious and makes great diet food. When I was working in Japan, one of my coworkers ate it basically everyday. This was unfortunate for me, as just the smell makes me nauseous!
Expanding on Yoshi's point, I've also heard that there's a sort of north-south divide on whether people are likely to eat natto. I just can't remember which is which... At a guess, I think it's more likely to be eaten in the north? I don't remember really seeing it in Osaka.
And I think Lamont is right - most countries have a food that seems disgusting to others - haggis from Scotland, for example. Or Marmite.

[yoshi]

Most natto is made in Ibaraki-ken which is in Kanto area.so,normally, Kanto(around tokyo area) people likes natto.
I am not living in Japan which made me more miss Natto.
Actually, growing up environment is really influence people about taste.
Because of I kept eating Natto from my childhood, I like natto,but if not,
I also don`t like it.

try at least once is good thiking, when I visit other country, I also try to
their local food at least once, even though, looks ugly or smelly etc.
In Korea, I ate Pontegi, it looks disgusting, but taste is ok.and have lots of neutrition.

[Sakurahime]

That's very true, yoshi. What we grow up with influences people's taste immensely - not just what they physically enjoy eating, but what they are willing to eat as well. Obviously, that's not everyone, otherwise no-one would ever try anything new! Is Pontegi insects? It looks like insects. I want to try grasshoppers in Japan sometime, but the only ones I saw were in a big packet. I don't want to buy that many in case I don't like them - I hate to waste food. So it was very lucky that there was someone else around to eat up my natto sushi when it turned out I didn't like them! I know a couple of Westerners who like natto, and I am a little jealous. It would have made breakfasts in Japan so much easier...

[minervasirius]

Eww, I never can get myself to eat stuff like intestines,innards and such.
Will deep frying the natto remove its foul smell?

[Adam Bouchard]

Nothing and I mean nothing can get rid of that smell, its still burned into my memory years after trying it ...yuk!