Cilantro is the fresh green herb — the leaves and thin stems — that you tear over a bowl. It smells sharp; some people taste soap, some people taste something bright and clean.

Cilantro is the fresh green herb — the leaves and thin stemscilantro是那種新鮮的綠色香草——葉子和細細的莖—— that you tear over a bowl你會把它撕碎撒在碗裡。It smells sharp它的氣味很衝 some people taste soap有些人嚐起來覺得像肥皂 some people taste something bright and clean有些人則覺得明亮清爽。

American cooks use this word, especially for Mexican food and for many Asian dishes. Though actually, British cooks usually call the same leaves coriander.

American cooks use this word美國廚師用這個字 especially for Mexican food and for many Asian dishes尤其是講墨西哥菜，還有很多亞洲料理的時候。Though actually不過其實 British cooks usually call the same leaves coriander英國廚師通常把同樣的葉子叫做coriander。

The seeds of the same plant are also called coriander (or coriander seed), and they taste different: warm and round, not leaf-green.

The seeds of the same plant are also called coriander (or coriander seed)同一種植物的種子也叫做coriander（或coriander seed） and they taste different: warm and round, not leaf-green味道卻不一樣：溫暖圓潤，不是葉子那種青綠味。

In Taiwan the leaves are simply 香菜 — on beef noodle soup, lu wei, pho. If you hate the taste, you are not strange; a lot of people do.

In Taiwan the leaves are simply 香菜在台灣，這種葉子就是香菜 on beef noodle soup, lu wei, pho牛肉麵、滷味、河粉上面都會放。If you hate the taste, you are not strange如果你討厭這個味道，你並不奇怪 a lot of people do很多人都是這樣。

Do not mix it up with parsley, which can look a little like it but smells much milder. Another herb, culantro, shares the old name; it has long saw-edged leaves and is not the same plant.

Do not mix it up with parsley不要把它跟parsley搞混 which can look a little like it but smells much milderparsley外表有點像，但氣味淡得多。Another herb, culantro, shares the old name還有另一種香草culantro，共用了這個舊名字 it has long saw-edged leaves and is not the same plant它的葉子長長的、邊緣有鋸齒，不是同一種植物。