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[js]Atsara was an acquired taste for me. Growing up, I distinctly remember not liking atsara and would push it off to the side of my plate so it would not touch my (Philippine) chicken barbecue. Meanwhile, my father would be making oohs and aahs, in a manlier way, over atsara. I couldn’t understand the ado about some scraggly pieces of sweet-sour vegetables. Who knows when the tide turned, eh? Now, I can’t get enough of atsara. It is a perfect condiment to grilled meats and fishes. (...)