[JustaJ]

I prefer plain steamed rice with most of the food that I eat. I like the rice to help cut the flavor of the sides I'm eating it with. I find having plain white rice gives a nice neutral base, especially when eating a variety of different sides. If the rice is flavored with something, I figure, sometimes it might not go well with a certain side dish or that there is nothing to help cleanse the palate for the next dish/bite.

It has never occurred to me to pour straight soy sauce on my steamed rice. That gives me the same feeling as eating a bowl of pasta slathered in ketchup, the ketchup just overpowers everything else. I have no problem with eating a rice dish covered with a soy sauce based side dish or having soy sauce mixed in my fried rice while it is cooking or with tamago rice, but straight soy sauce seems a bit too strong on white rice since I imagine it would soak up into the rice and leave every bite of rice tasting much too salty.