Describing FOOD in English 🍕 | Food Vocabulary, Textures & Flavors
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Learn English vocabulary for describing food! In this lesson, we cover an extensive vocabulary list for talking about taste and texture of food (both pleasant and upleasant.)
📚 VOCABULARY COVERED:
Basic Taste Descriptors:
Sweet, Sour, Spicy, Salty, Bitter
Delicious, Yummy, Tasty, Bland, Tasteless
Rich & Heavy Foods:
Rich (NOT the same as "rico" in Spanish)
Cloying / Sickly Sweet
Heavy, Caloric, Fatty
Savory & Umami Flavors:
Savory
Umami (Japanese word for savory/meaty flavor)
Meat-forward, Earthy
Fresh & Bright Flavors:
Zesty (citrus, ginger)
Tangy (pleasant sour flavor)
Refreshing
Citric, Acidic
Strong Flavors:
Pungent (garlic, onion, blue cheese, wasabi)
Bittersweet
Pleasant Textures:
Creamy, Velvety
Silky, Smooth
Crunchy, Crispy
Fluffy, Tender
Unpleasant Textures:
Gritty (hard, rough pieces)
Mushy, Soggy
Stale (not crispy)
Rubbery (tough, chewy meat)
Negative Descriptors:
Disgusting, Nauseating
Repulsive
Rancid (rotten tasting)
Vomit-inducing
✓ "Pig out" = eat a lot
✓ "Finger-licking good" = delicious
✓ "Junk food" = unhealthy food high in fat/sugar
✓ "Hearty meal" = filling, nutritious, homemade
✓ "Rich food" ≠ "delicious food" (it's heavy & creamy)
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