Asia: Food is the currency of love

Sometimes I like to read about international and interracial relationships and today I found an interesting remark about cult of food in Asian cultures. From my experience of communication with Asian people and my own culture's traditions and customs concerning food, I think it's true statement and I really appreciate the way people care about food.
 I honestly was surprised and pleased at the same time when during the festival "Yaponomania" in which I took part as coordinator of volunteers, Saito-san and Bishin Jumonji-sensei (guests from Japan and participants to the festival) gave me one of their bento, bottle of water, peach and chocolate candies, because the Ukrainian company, which invited me to volunteer, lost my ticket for free food and didn't dare to treat me with some food even though I worked the whole days without a break.

One of the secrets about Asian culture is that if you want to show that you care, you feed someone. To us, food is the currency of love. The idea of nurturing someone’s hunger and ultimately, their health, is seen as one of the most highly regarded acts in all Asian cultures.