Eh, Asian and I still think tofu is bland as shit in most dishes. I think people who praise tofu are full of crap.
But rice though. #1 staple for sure. It's meant to be bland because it's supposed to be the filling point for other food and the texture. You can eat super strong flavoured stuff if you offset it with the blandness of rice and pad it out with the softness. I think the same way about amazingly made bread.
Is this webtoon just gonna turn into Dungeon Meshi at this point? Feel like they've kinda lost sight of the long run.