I was born in India and grew up there until I was 7 years old. Then I lived in England for a while... finally settling in Canada. Now along the way there were obvious culture shocks and clashes, the MAIN one being in the area of food. North American food tasted bland and weak to me, why? I was used to eating some seriously spicy foods in India and my tastebuds adapted to it, in fact they crave s... more.