Is there any empirical reason behind why a food tastes good to one person and bad to another?

[Broomstick]

@Wendell_Wagner

People who don’t like cilantro report it as having a variety of tastes. Some say it’s soapy. Some say it’s mildewy. Some say it tastes like dirt. Some say it tastes like bugs. Some say it tastes burnt.

Data point: To me, cilantro tastes like Pine Sol floor cleaner smells. Which is way beyond timid “soapy”.