He also said to stay away from fried foods, which tend to be prepared for Western tastes.
However, prices aren't always cheap and some of the fashions (including fur) might not appeal to Western tastes.
But one suspects it also stems from a desire to appeal to Western tastes.
The main character has a rather Western taste for progress and invention.
But it seems to me that the plain if not poor cut of the suits was meant as a rebuke to flashy Western tastes.
Surprising because many of the images gathered here seem far removed from 20th-century Western taste.
Years ago, partly in deference to Western taste, museums routinely stripped away such organic matter.
Most are made for Western tastes and are not the sort of things you'll see in the markets.
Do they forsake their identity, bow to Western tastes and pocket the money?
This is a particular problem in the 19th-century section, which includes material influenced by Western tastes and techniques.