Describing food

Introduction: In this photo I can see, The photo shows…
Talk about the appearance: It is a (big / small/ worderful / delicious / tasty / yummy / disgusting / awful / horrible …) dish / mug / cup of… pizza / fish and chips…
Describe position: On the right, on the left, in the middle, in the background, next to, behind, in front of… there is / are
Describe taste: It is / it tastes… savoury, salty, sweet, sour, bitter, hot, cold, peppery, spicy, fresh, rich, strong, tasteless…
Describe texture: It is… crispy, tender, tough, smooth, creamy, chewy, oily, fatty, greasy…
Describe smell: It smells… lovely, stinking, fragrant, smelly…
Your opinion: In my opinion, it is a great / good / bad… photo of a lovely / delicious / horrible meal
I like / hate / love this meal because I think it
is …
Describing food and meals

Adjectives for describing food stinking fragrant smelly crispy tender  tough smooth creamy chewy oily, fatty, greasy savoury, salty sweet sour bitter hot  cold peppery spicy fresh rich, strong tasteless delicious tasty yummy disgusting awful horrible SMELLS TEXTURES TASTES MEALS smelly tender sweet salty

Hesitation strategies Useful expressions
I don’t like spinachs. In fact , I hate them. However , my sister loves them.
I love chocolate cakes. I really think they are delicious.
What it is true is that I love my mum’s pizza.
To tell you the truth , I hate hamburguers, but this one is yummy.
It looks disgusting / delicious…
It probably tastes… / It smells…
It’s probably my favourite meal.
It’s made of tomatoes, peppers…
It’s served when the weather is hot / cold, for breakfast / lunch…
A lot of / some / any / loads of…
Just a moment I’m not really sure What else? Well, let me think (All) right You see what I mean? Well, Um, Er Let’s see I mean I guess Ok, You know So

Do you need some examples...? Here we go...

This is a photo of one of my favourite desserts: applestrudel. I think it is typical from Austria and Germany, but I am not very sure. In fact, the first time I tried it I was travelling around the south of Germany. It is a lovely photo that makes my mouth water. Applestrudel is made of apples, raisins, pastry, sugar and cinnamon. It tastes sweet. Its texture is cryspy in the outside and smooth in the inside. It smells really well. I likde the photo. I think it is very good. And I love this dessert because I think it is really yummy.

In this photo I can see a dish of Porra. It is typical from Antequera, in the north of Malaga. It looks delicious. Porra is made of tomatoes, peppers, salt, olive oil, garlic, bread and vinegar, I think. It tastes very savoury, although some people don’t like it because they think it is strong. I like it when it is very creamy. In the photo it is decorated with Spanish ham and green pepper, but you can add boiled egg, tuna… It is usually served when the weather is hot. To tell you the truth I love porra, but my favourite one is my mum’s.

Now, it's your turn...

In this photo I can see… Talk about… the meal appearance position taste texture smell your opinion Remember!

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Describing food

by Angela Ruiz Montero on Nov 13, 2011

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