the culture differences between me and my friend who come borneo

I have a friend in my boarding house her name is kumala sari. She  came from the island of Borneo. from my experience , we have a lot of difference between us in terms of cuisine. she did not like the taste of salty, too much food containing msg  and coconut. He never bought food at food stalls, perhaps for fear of the cuisine in purchasing contains many msg. because it is, he always cook it yourself.

My friend was probably not used to eating salty dishes, and contains msg in her village. He always cook dishes native to the area. He always introduces his special food to me, and he always taught me how to make it. Actually I do not like with the cuisine dishes because it feels strange indeed. But I have to appreciate all that and I just tried the cuisine just a little.