I had never seen the “essentials” kit you mention so I had to look it up. I’m not the type to poo poo on things like that! I was actually just telling @MsBean about a guy I saw at an Indian grocery store buying dozens of prepackaged spice mixes. I asked him why he was buying so many and he told me it’s for his restaurant. I would not be surprised if a part of that Indian “restaurant flavor” has something to with prepackaged mixes like that.
I know for a fact that it’s the case with a ton of Korean restaurants/food. Every restaurant is using boullion/MSG in their food. You literally can’t make cold beef noodle soup without it.
