I love Asian food, but I am soy and corn intolerant. People always bring up Asia when it comes to soy but in the parts of Asia I've traveled through *southeast* there was very little soy and it was not hard at all to avoid. I ate a lot of coconut based curries and fish and things like that. I guess there was probably soy sauce in the pad thai, I don't know...
But yeah it isn't a choice. Soy makes me very ill.
Even if my intolerance went away I'd never eat it now though. I just think it is a cheap and nasty way to eat. I've never felt the need to "thicken" things or any of that. My sauces turn out awesome with only the most basic (raw if possible) ingredients.

Raw, whole, real simple food with bold flavors is what I go for.
Hehe. Now that I don't eat corn I'd make it with lettuce wraps, but you get the picture.
Tonight we are doing
turkey taco salad. Fresh greens, ground turkey cooked the way I mentioned above *extra spicy* fresh cilantro/tomato/onion salsa with roasted garlic, a ton of avocados, black olives, and cheddar cheese for my boy who still eats dairy. MMmmm!