I've always found it rather interesting just how differently the east and west utilize beans. East is mostly sweet in paste form while west is mostly savory such as in chili. The only western bean paste I can think of would be hummus, which is still savory. Pretty neat how much of a difference you can make by just dumping a truckload of sugar into a dish. Like I feel like it should be possible to make a sweet hummus but that also seems extremely wrong.