Sometimes, you feel like saying something good about the food you've just tasted but you don't have the right adjective to express it.You'll end up making the expression I normally do or you'll go saying delicious...very delicious or tasty...very tasty...
Well, guess what? There are actually a lot of great adjectives that can be used to describe taste and flavour of food.I'll list down some of the adjectives that I think are interesting in expressing the taste and flavour of any type of food.
Adjective | Description |
Acerbic / Acidic/ Astringent | Sharp, sour, bitter. |
Acrid | Pungent, bitter, choking, unpleasant. |
Aftertaste | Trace, hint, savor food leaves behind |
Ambrosial | Food suitable for god.Delectable, mouthwatering, heavenly, savoury |
Appealing | Likeable, tempting, attractive, pleasing,fascinating |
Appetizing | Everything we find appealing, delectable, delicious. |
Balsam | Balmy, mild, gentle |
Bitter | Tart, acerbic, acidic |
Bland | Tasteless, flat, savorless |
Brackish / Briny | Salty, aline |
Caustic | Something cutting, biting, acidic, sharp |
Delectable | Delicious, tasty, mouth-watering |
Delicious | Tasty, appetizing, scumptious, yummy |
Disgusting | Extremely unpleasant, repulsive |
Divine | Food for the god, heavenly, blissful, marvelous, celestial |
Dry | Juiceless, tasteless, lacking moisture |
Dulcet | Sweet, pleasant, something in harmony with your taste |
Dulcified | Sweetened |
Flavorful/Flavoursome | Full of flavour, tasty, appetizing |
Fresh | New, not stale |
Fruity | Smell or flavour of fruit |
Gustatory | Sense of taste |
Harsh | Unpleasant taste, stinging, not smooth |
Heavenly | Divine, blissful, wonderful, lovely |
Honeyed | Sweetened, sugarcoated, candied |
Hot | Strong flavoour that makes you fell burning |
Juicy | Thirst quenching, moist, flavourful, succulent |
Luscious | Juicy, delectable, scrumptious |
Lush | Rich, lavish, luxurious |
Mellow | Smooth,soft,pleasant |
Mouthwatering | Delicious, flavourful,savory |
Nectarous | Sweet, taste of nectar |
Palatable | Edible, tasty, appetizing |
Peppery | Taste like pepper, not too hot and not too mild |
Piquant | Pleasant pungent taste |
Pungent | Strong, overpowering,sharp |
Rancid | Rotten, bad |
Rank | Pungent, smelly, foul |
Rich | Full, heavy, stuffed |
Saccharine | Sugary, syrupy, overly sweet |
Saline/Salty | When the food contains too much salt |
Sapid/saporific/ saporous | Flavourful, flavorsome |
Savory | Pleasant taste of salty,spicy,pungent,sweet,aromatic. |
Scrumptious | Delicious,delectable,tasty |
Sec | Un-sweet, medium dry |
Sharp | Harsh, sour, tangy |
Spicy | Hot, fiery taste |
Succulent | Juicy,moist and tender |
Sugary/Sweet | Syrupy, sugar-coated. |
Sweet-and-sour | A pleasant taste of both worlds |
Tang | Tart spiciness, taste that leaves the tongue tingling |
Tart | Sharp,sour taste,like lemon |
Tasteful | Flavourful,refined |
Toothsome | Edible,pleasant food |
Treacly | Overly sweet |
Unsweetened | No sugar, plain or bitter |
Yucky | Disgusting, nasty, unpleasant |
Yummy | Scrumptious, delicious, luscious |
Zesty | Vivid, spicy, piquant flavour |
Got all the adjectives you need? Go out there and be your own food criticizer..Or even better, go out there and create another show like Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan..hehe..
Till the next post.Tschüss und mach's gut!
10 comments:
Nabillllll. one hobby we can share.
SUKA MAKAN. grrrrr. I eat lottt now
=,="
bukak your blog, cookies lah, cakes lah..
heeee
btw
selamat makan dan mengucapkan nice words
=)
i suka makan and keep worry about my weight. memang tak menikmati betul makanan dpan mata. heehee. bila nak share new recipe ni ?
ohhh la la...that is helpful mr Nabil.thanks a lot..
thanx share.
pasni pegi kedai boleh cakap
maggie goreng satu kurang zesty LOL
ahaha.
new info to be learn anyway
To raja syakirah:
Haha..best per hobby makan..tp kena control la kan..huhu
To kembali senyum:
Hehe..xde masa nak try recipe baru la..next week kot insyaallah.
To sully:
No problem..
To adirat:
Haha..terkezut orang kedai tu kang..
Oh..tak pernah tahu pun camner nak describe makanan yang terlampau sedap.Selalu akan ckp awesome sambil buat muka mintak penampar 88 das..heehe..nice post Nabil.Thanks for the info :)
speechless yang yummmmmyyyyy dah terus senyap sambil mulut bz mengungah, tgn duk tambah2 :)
to azizah:
Thanx for reading..hee..penampar 88 das..ganas tu..
to Nashays:
Haha..kena buat2 puji makanan baru berselera lagi nak makan..
Thanks Nabil...i really need the list haha..btw, ape2 yg ada dalam blog kamu, semuanya scrumptious & absolutely tasty!
to rizal:
haha..thanx...dah terus guna..
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