I have a problem with the trip reports of our american friends, where they report that the food of Emirates Airlines is terrible...
I had many flights with Emirates (never in first, but 40% in business and 60% in economy) and the food was always good, if not very good.

Is it possible, that the american taste is much different than the oriental taste and to some respect the european taste?

I think it sounds better if those people write: for my taste the food was terrible...

I had more flights on american carriers than with EK (sometimes in first) and I have to say, that for my taste the food was sometimes very poor - but I had to respect it, because it was a foreign carrier.