Describing FOOD in English 🍕 | Food Vocabulary, Textures & Flavors

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 ---------------------------------------- 🎯 USEFUL PHRASES: ✓ "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)