Originally Posted by
Tennen
Does UA not employ
anyone with a background in Japanese cuisine? IMHO, someone with
any sort of Asian culinary experience or a proper editing team would be an improvement. Their strategy seems to be, "Let's mix random ingredients together, call it something that
sounds like it's Japanese, and see if it works!"

Strategy is called cost-cutting. I assume UA procurement goes to their vendors and asks which ingredients are the cheapest (over-supplied) for the season and they make a bulk purchase. Or vendor tells UA to buy these ingredients because they're cheap. Then tell their in-house chef/kitchen to use the mish-mash of these ingredients and conjure up something that sounds exotic. Tell management how much money they saved and job well done. Taste and presentation are largely irrelevant in UA meals.