When I was in college in Massachusetts in the mid 1990s, there was a buffet-style Greek restaurant named "Brothers". (Somewhere near Peabody I think.)

The Greek woman behind the counter made me (well, guilted me into) getting some vegetables with my order. They weren't too salty or fatty; they were just good for me (and tasty).

It was like being fed by one's own mom. It was awesome.

This comments and many of the others on this thread strike me as written by people who have either never worked at a real restaurant and/or tend to order bland and fatty food (eat like a toddler) by default when they patronize restaurants.

This is fine but really not reflective of good restaurants and the majority of the food they serve.

What do you mean? Even in the linked article, the food critics consistently pointed out that restaurants make food very rich so that it's more appealing. And how they suffered from eating so much rich food.

It sounds like you are describing gorging yourself at Taco Bell. There must be better restaurants and eateries than that around you.

Taco Bell doesn’t use butter, AFAIK.

Neither do many major cuisines, like Mediterranean, Mexican, Thai, Japanese and Chinese.

Is butter really the problem here? Because to me it sounds like the problem is habitual over-eating.

Miso and butter is also a common combination even in home cooking these days.

Japanese cuisine absolutely does use butter, just not nearly as much as other cultures.