Actually (of course this is just coming from personal experience) it's an asian culture idea that food is a very important part of life. If you really do some research about say, chinese culture you will notice how much more important and precious food/eating is to them compared to Western people. This is why in japanese anime, korean manga, or whatever it is you're reading/watching; eating is very strongly depicted and you should also notice how happy the character(s) is/are when they are eating food.

Actually (of course this is just coming from personal experience) it's an Asian cultural idea that food is a very important part of life. If you really do some research about say, Chinese culture you will notice how much more important and precious food/eating is to them compared to Western people. This is why in Japanese anime, Korean manga, or whatever it is you're reading/watching; eating is very strongly depicted and you should also notice how happy the character(s) is/are when they are eating food.