Listen to three people talk about the taste and smell of some foods. Circle the correct answers.

1. What is the national food of Wales?

a. Onion
b. Cabbage
c. Leek
2. When do people in Poland eat this dish?
a. In the morning
b. In the afternoon
c. In the evening
3. Which country has food that is not cooked?
a. Wales
b. Japan
c. Poland
4. What does the speaker confuse for Japanese food?
a. Sweet and sour chicken
b. Curry
c. Sushi
5. Where does the dish really come from?
a. France
b. India
c. China

Listen again and complete the sentences from the listening.
1. It tastes a little ____________________________.
2. They taste ____________________.
3. What does it taste __________?
4. Japanese food generally tastes very __________, very ____________.
5. Raw fish! That must _________ horrible!
6. Fresh raw fish ______________ of anything.
7. Its too ___________ for me.
8. I prefer food that tastes ___________ or _____________.

Read the descriptions and decide which foods they describe.
1. It tastes sweet and creamy. It is very cold. It often tastes of chocolate or vanilla. _________
2. This yellow fruit tastes sour. _________
3. This hot drink tastes bitter. When fresh, it smells delicious. _________
4. These are small and green or black. They taste oily and salty. _________


Read the following description of a restaurant and underline all the adjectives that describe the
taste and smell of food.










Look at the following table. Can the words along the top be used to describe the taste of foods on
the left? Put a tick () in the box if they can.
Food Spicy Bitter Salty Sweet Sour Oily Creamy
Lemon
Ice-cream
Olives
Coffee
Butter
Curry sauce

Hongs Chinese Dragon
Hongs Chinese Dragon is a new Chinese restaurant with a very pleasant atmosphere. The
menu is full of popular Chinese dishes. I started with some won-ton soup and vegetable egg
rolls. The soup smelled great, and tasted delicious and spicy. The egg rolls were disappointing.
They tasted too salty and oily. Next, for the main course, I ordered my favourite dish Mushu
Pork. This is a dish with pork, vegetables and a sweet plum sauce. The dish is served with thin
pancakes. This also smelled wonderful. Unfortunately, the pancakes were dry, the vegetables
tasted bitter and overall, the dish tasted bland. Finally, I had some ice-cream for dessert. This
was the best part of the meal. The ice-cream tasted wonderful! It was perfectly sweet and
creamy.