Favourite Food Cities

This is the listening we did in class about favourite cities when it comes to food. As soon as I can I'll upload the scripts. These two speeches are great to incorporate some vocabulary to your everyday language, so take notes when you hear interesting words or expressions to remember.

 

Emmi's class on food

Here you have Emmi's presentation on food. You can either just revise it or download it, as you like!

Becoming a food critic

Well, it is now your turn to review your own cooking and results.

The idea is that you write about the experience of cooking, the reason why you chose that dish, the process itself (clear or confusing instructions) and how you found it (easy peasy, a piece of cake, or rather complicated, too much time consuming, worth the time, way too elaborate, relaxing, inspiring, mouth watering). Maybe you could also refer to the ingredients, in case there was something that was either difficult or impossible for you to find, and what you used instead. It may also be a good idea to state whether or not you had cooked something similar before (a good chance to use the past perfect).

You will then tell me about the opinions that you got from those who dared to taste it, and of course your own, as regards flavour, texture and appearance.

Finally, you could mention if you reckon you will make it again, whether you would improve it somehow or stick to the same ingredients and instructions, and what kind of occasion it would be appropriate for.

Here is a list of vocabulary that you may find useful: 

FLAVOURS and TASTES /’fleivə/	PHONETICS		TRANSLATION
Bitter			Amargo
Sour	/sauə/		Agrio
Hot / Spicy			Picante
Mild			Suave
Salty	/o:/		Salado
Sweet			Dulce
Sugary			Azucarado / dulce
Sickly			Too much sugar
Fresh			Fresco
Bland			Not having a strong or interesting taste - Insipid
Acrid			Having a strong bitter smell or taste that is unpleasant
Stale			Rancio / pasado – stale bread
Tart			Having an unpleasant sour taste
Pungent	/’pᴧnʤənt/		Having a strong taste or smell
Disgusting			Asqueroso
Stodgy			Heavy and making you feel very full
Light			Not containing much fat
Fatty			Containing a lot of fat
Appetizing			Apetitoso
Delicious			Delicioso
Savoury - unsavoury	/’seivəri/		Having a taste that is salty not sweet – pleasant taste or smell
Zippy			Lively and exciting, specially in flavour
Tasty	/teIsti/		Sabroso / having a strong and pleasant flavour
Taste + adjective Taste of sth Taste like sth			It tastes sweet The ice tasted of mint This drink tastes like sherry
Tasteless			Soso / having little or no flavour
Tasteful			Attractive and of good quality (Clothes, furniture, decoration)
TEXTURES	PHONETICS	TRANSLATION
Chewy		Needing to be chewed a lot before it can be swallowed
Chunky		Containing thick pieces Chunky marmalade
Creamy		Thick and smooth, similar to cream, containing a lot of cream
Crispy		Crujiente
Crunchy		Firm and crisp and making a sharp sound when you bite or crush it
Crusty		Having a hard outer layer Fresh crusty bread
Dry		Not wet, damp or sticky
Greasy		Cooked with too much oil
Heavy		Large in amount or very solid Heavy lunch or dinner
Juicy		Containing a lot of juice and good to eat
Mushy		Soft and thick, like mush (mush: a soft thick mass or mixture)
Oily		Containing or covered with oil
Rubbery		Looking or feeling like rubber
Stodgy		Heavy and making you feel very full
Stringy		Containing long thin pieces like string and difficult to chew
Sun-dried		Dried naturally by the heat of the sun
Tender		Easy to bite through and cut
Thick		Not flowing very easily Thick soup
Thin		Containing more liquid than is normal or expected: the sauce was thin and tasteless
Tough	/tᴧf/	Difficult to cut or chew
Watery		Containing too much water, thin and having no taste: watery soup
Frozen		Congelado
How would you like it, sir /madam?		¿Cómo le gustaría señor / señora?
Have you seasoned the stew?		Sazonar / salpimentar
Burnt		Quemado  / Burnt toast
Well-done		Cooked thoroughly or for a long time / bien hecho, pasado
Medium		Al punto
Rare		Not done / poco hecho – vuelta y vuelta
Raw	/o:/	not cooked / crudo
Over-cooked = overdone		Muy hecho
Under-cooked = underdone		Poco hecho
Done to a turn		Just perfect, not overdone
Edible / inedible Drinkable (un-) / potable		Comestible Potable
More-ish		Informal: causing a desire for more (adjective)