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we’re going to talk about food food
vocabulary words and some ways that you
can describe what you like and dislike
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if you joined we talked about how to
explain the things you want what you
want or what you need we talked about
need and want together so last week I
took it I took an example tweet from my
life last week which was this picture
you’re going to see in just a second so
last week I was I was doing some
homework actually and I was eating I was
eating something which is perfect
because that’s this week’s topic I said
I’m gonna need I’m gonna need I can’t
quite read it’s very small on my screen
but I said I’m gonna need another visit
before I write about this place yes like
you got to need another visit so I’m
going to need another visit so I used
the verb need here in this case we
talked about need meaning one more visit
is going to be necessary for me to write
about this restaurant I visited so if
you missed last week we talked about
wants and needs and how to express those
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and we had a good question from last
week I want to mention last week we
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verb or yeah how we contract want to -
wanna when we’re speaking and in casual
writing someone asked is there something
like that for need to like need to a
contracted form of need to spelling no
there is no there’s no spelled
contracted form of a need to but when
you’re speaking you can say need
need I need it I need to go so it’s like
an EE da sound kind of I need a blah
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alright let’s begin today’s topic if
you’re just joining today we’re talking
about food I’m going to explain some
food related vocabulary words so I want
to go beyond just saying like it’s good
or it’s delicious or I don’t like it
like how can you explain yourself a
little more clearly that’s what I want
to do today so today we’re going to talk
about of course some adjectives you can
use for food but we’re also going to
talk about some emphasis words that you
can use to kind of more deeply explain
yourself so let’s begin okay so first I
want to introduce a couple of very
general adjectives that we can use I’m
going to use our whiteboard for today
first I’m going to introduce these two
first two words are tasty and yummy
tasty and yummy so a couple very casual
words we can use so first we’re tasty
tasty is used kind of casually we use
this for just like everyday common foods
there’s no nuance of something like
elegant there’s no like refinement about
something tasty it’s just usually just a
simple kind of easy food just
thing we enjoy on an everyday basis so
for example donuts are tasty I think
something kind of simple is the nuance
the second one I want to introduce today
is yummy please be careful the
pronunciation is yummy yummy you might
hear people just say yum yum with no mm
and why so yummy it’s like it’s like a
childish word so this is again it’s a
very a casual word but kids use this
word again for kind of simple maybe kind
of like junky or sugary foods but most
of the time children use the word yummy
adults can use the word yummy to kind of
create a nuance of like like a childlike
enjoyment sort of thing so we don’t
really use yummy for like high-class or
like really nice food it’s nice things
so for example we could say like cookies
are yummy okay so these are the first
two things that I want to mention I also
want to mention a couple of vocabulary
words for like like taste how we can
describe taste a bit more so I’m gonna
move on to a couple a couple of words
many people confuse here next pair I
guess is the word spicy and hot so spicy
does not mean temperature hot however
does mean temperature sometimes so one
may be confusing point in English about
this word hot can mean like peppers
something that is like causes that sort
of uncomfortable feeling in our mouth
it’s like ah if you feel like you want
to drink milk or something we can use
hot to describe that like hot salsa or
hot peppers or something but we can also
use hot to explain temperature like a
food just fresh from the oven is hot the
temperature is hot so we can use hot for
both of those so as in the opposite of
cold
however spicy we cannot use to refer to
temperature spicy only refers to like
that uncomfortable pepper ish feeling in
your mouth it’s like it’s kind of maybe
makes you panic depending on your
tolerance for this
so we could say for example peppers are
spicy or peppers are hot but please be
careful we can use hot for both spicy
and temperature but spicy is only used
for that feeling that tastes okay a
couple more words and then I’m going to
ask you a question so please keep these
words in your head please keep these
words in your head I’m going to ask you
a question soon okay next word I want to
talk about is the word rich okay maybe
you know about the word rich for people
who have a lot of money so if you have a
lot of money or if you know someone who
has a lot of money you can use the word
rich to describe that person he is rich
she is rich but if you are talking about
food you can use the word rich for
something that has a really really deep
flavor but the rich kind of has the
nuance like of being very fatty so for
example maybe there’s a lot of butter in
it something that’s maybe it’s probably
high-calorie so maybe lots of butter or
lots of dairy for example we can use the
word rich to describe that so for
example like gelato is rich which a lot
of is rich so it has like that really
creamy kind of deep taste about it mmm
okay we’re almost there we have 1 2 3
more words and then I’m going to ask you
a question so I hope you’re thinking
about these think carefully about these
all right next word to talk about is the
word bitter I want to talk about the
word bitter as well so we use the word
bitter to talk about foods or drinks as
well that have like a sharp they’re
almost unpleasant sometime taste so like
foods or drinks that kind of maybe make
your face like squeeze a little bit in
response to them they’re kind of they’re
they’re very often kind of strongly
flavored so for example if you drink
beer maybe you know like IPAs Indian
Pale Ales are bitter beers like they
have a lot of a like bitter flavor or
maybe like spinach is a bit bitter so
maybe you know like Goya as well in
Japan that’s a very bitter food
so bitter is another word I want to talk
about today almost there next key word
for today first set of key worth is the
word savory savory is next I want to
talk about so savory savory needs
something that has a lot of flavor foods
that have lots and lots of flavor but
they’re not really sweet so if you want
to talk about a food that has a lot of
flavor but it’s really sweet you can use
the word sweet if however it has a lot
of flavor but it’s not really sweet you
can use the word savory so for example
roast meats are savory so they tend to
be more salty I think all right the
final word I want to talk about before I
ask you our first question is one we use
a lot for desserts the word decadent
decadent this is the last word in our
first group today so we use it a lot for
desserts for desserts so it’s like
something luxurious something that’s
maybe like a self-indulgent like we we
have it just to enjoy like it’s a like
maybe even too much it’s a little bit
like beyond what we need to eat it’s
just for it’s just for enjoyment it’s
something that’s just so delicious or so
high in calories are so rich for example
something that is decadent so for
example like chocolate cake is decadent
decadent okay so we have this big list
of adjectives we can use to talk about
food given this and with the with the
words you already know let’s get to our
first question for today so we have
again we have this list you can choose
from this list or you can choose
something else but let’s talk about your
favorite dessert as the first question
for today Louise I’m decadent that’s
funny so let’s talk about the first
question which is about your favorite
dessert so you’ll see it here in a
second question one for today what is
your favorite dessert oh and why do you
like it
our question is coming soon so what is
your favorite dessert and why do you
like it there it is what is you
favorite dessert and why do you like it
so let’s think about it with these
adjectives or with a different adjective
that’s fine so you can say I like a
singular noun or like a um an
uncountable noun so for example I like
flourless chocolate cake because it’s
rich and decadent I could say or if you
want to use the plural I like donuts
because they’re sweet I like donuts
because they’re sweet
alright ah mell Cena has a great
question on youtube what’s the
difference between bitter and sour sour
has it’s like an it’s like an acidic
it’s like an acid sort of taste bitter
doesn’t have that acid feeling so sour
we could say like citrus fruits are
often sort of sourish I suppose or maybe
like grapefruit is quite sour I kind of
think that like some bitter foods can
also be sour mm-hmm yep okay okay you
are first is Emrys on on Facebook my
favorite dessert I’ll be careful
dessert dessert has two S’s dessert my
favorite dessert is a banana split so
again use the adjectives we just talked
about why do you like it I like banana
splits because they’re what good
Cristiano on YouTube I like ice cream
because it’s tasty nice red brandy
tiramisu or brownies because they’re
rich and decadent very nice okay
Mauricio on Facebook I like strawberry
ice cream just because just because okay
uh I Oleg Maura on YouTube I like lemon
pie because it’s decadent good yummy he
or she comments great very nice dear may
I like strawberry cake because it is
decadent good
garrison high garrison on Facebook I
like cookies I like cookies plural
plural I like cookies because they’re
sweet so remember your grammar for many
of you actually I’m seeing many of you
do this when you are talking generally
about a about a noun a group of nouns
you need to use the plural form I like
donuts because they’re blah blah blah I
like cookies because they’re blah blah
blah mmm so keep in mind you’re
accountable and
uncountable nouns cake is uncountable by
the way cake is uncountable ice-cream is
uncountable little review Messiah says I
love got a shackle shkolu yeah because
it’s decadent
yeah lots of decadent fans here for sure
great okay
excellent excellent sounds good so this
is our first question for today we have
lots to talk about so let’s move on oh
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I’ve mentioned this before today I’m
talking about adjectives that we can use
to talk about food but actually this has
like things you can use this this cheat
sheet which you can get on the website
it has things you can use if you go to a
restaurant so you can find like the
names of dishes so like appetizer or
main dish we’re talking about desserts
now but you can find the names of dishes
and then up here is like phrases you can
use when you’re actually at the at the
restaurant so how to talk to waitstaff
for example and then on the other side
there’s other stuff so foods for your
your preferences these are types of
foods but we’re talking about adjectives
adjectives so you can add the points
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check those out alrighty then so if you
are just joining us live
today’s topic is food we’re talking
about food vocabulary I’ve just
introduced a few different adjectives we
can use to describe food these are kind
of positive words yeah
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going to continue on to our next topic
so I talked a bit about some kind of
positive words here at the beginning but
I want to move on to describing sort of
negative things about food so how do you
talk about words or sorry how do you
talk about foods that maybe you don’t
like things that you don’t like about
certain foods so let’s move on to some
kind of negative adjectives just a few
just a few I know we have not a lot of
time so let’s look at the first one
first sort of negative adjectives is the
word greasy greasy I want to introduce
Gracie Gracie this is we use greasy for
like foods with hop that have a lot of
oil there’s a lot of oil or something
sorry I produce our has written pizza I
have pizza is usually pretty greasy so
like a lot of fat maybe a lot of oil
greasy typically is used in a negative
way but since many junk foods are greasy
we can like we can say positively like
oh I love greasy foods sometimes or like
I love greasy pizzas or like some people
love greasy hamburgers we can say that
too so that’s one second
maybe my least favorite actually I think
this is my least favorite type of food
personally is the word slimy even it
even sounds bad I don’t even like the
word so the word slimy slimy is we use
it for foods that are like kind of slick
or like a little maybe a little bit
sticky so imagine like raw egg like raw
egg is slimy or like if some of you know
nut though in Japan not though it’s very
slimy or like yeah raw egg is a good
example not though
what else anything that has that sort of
kind of sticky kind of not quite liquid
but not quite solid texture about it
that’s a slimy food so maybe like fish
eggs as well I suppose yeah so some kind
of slimy things okay then I want to go
to maybe a couple a pair of words that
are maybe important especially if you’re
at a restaurant and you need to make a
statement this is not about necessarily
the the taste of the food but the
cooking of the food so here to pick a
pair of words rather there’s undercooked
and overcooked undercooked and
overcooked so undercooked means not
cooked enough not cooked enough so if
you’re like steak is not cooked enough
you can say it’s undercooked undercooked
food is usually well it can be dangerous
it can be dangerous then overcooked over
means too much cooked too much so
overcooked
not maybe not burned in some cases but
just cooked too much so a steak again is
a great example if you cook a steak too
much it can become chewy chewy so that’s
the next word I want to talk about
actually chewy so chewy something chewy
it takes a long time to eat we have to
we have to chew a lot too to eat these
food so if you overcook an overcooked
steak is often chewy it’s often chewy we
have to chew it a lot okay and then
finally the final kind of negative word
I want to talk about I’ll put it in a
different spot the last word I want to
talk about is the word bland bland bland
is a word we use to describe food that
has it has very little flavor like it’s
sometimes foods are supposed to be bland
sometimes that’s fine but if you want to
use sort of like a negative you want to
create sort of a negative nuance like if
you’re eating for example I don’t know
some a food like a dessert and it should
have a lot of flavor but it doesn’t you
can say this dessert is
bland like it doesn’t have much flavor
sometimes foods should be bland like for
example tofu is bland
that’s a bland food it doesn’t have very
much flavor on its own but that’s just
kind of its original taste okay so these
are can be sort of negative words it
depends on what you prefer but a
different set of words so given these
and our first group of words them let’s
reverse the question so our second
question for today is what is your least
favorite food what is your least
favorite food and why what is your least
favorite food and why so here I don’t
like blah blah blah because it’s crazy
I don’t like peppers because they’re
spicy
I don’t like okra I don’t like okra
because it’s slimy that’s true so what’s
your least favorite food and why ahh
Mahmood can we say a middle cooked no
because middle cooked is generally like
properly cooked middle cooked would mean
like that’s correct that’s correct we
don’t use middle cooked okay so what is
your least favorite food and why is it
your least favorite food okay
so yeah I don’t like slimy foods I don’t
like pepper well I do I like peppers but
many people don’t like peppers because
they are spicy okay I don’t like okra
because it’s slimy
okay anybody coming up some ones that I
love french fries but they’re too easy
okay I love french fries
mark says I don’t like greasy foods okay
greasy in general okay our producer says
I don’t like bell peppers because
they’re bitter oh okay okay not a bitter
fan I like bell peppers I think I think
they’re good okay what else Minh lay on
Facebook I don’t like overcooked steak
because it’s chewy yes I agree I also do
not like overcooked stink I don’t like I
don’t like that one
okay dearme on youtube says I don’t like
bacon because it’s so greasy really I
love bacon I love bacon but I I don’t
like greasy bacon no but I do love bacon
it’s good okay um what else I can’t oh I
don’t like pizza because it’s greasy
okay we have a couple
we have a couple different groups here
pizza lovers and pizza pizza not lovers
Luciano says I don’t like squid because
they’re slimy and chewy
I don’t like squid because they’re slimy
and chewy hmm someone asked a question
like the word plain up plain it’s
similar to bland yeah so plain someone
asked about this word plain plai n plain
we can use it for food it means food we
did not add anything to so for example
like toast if I make toast in the
morning and I don’t use butter I don’t
use any sauce or any topping
I just eat the toast I could say it’s
plain toast there’s no change to it no
change to the food is plain so plain
means
unchanged no change to the food bland
however means a no flavor or a little
flavor
so sometimes plain food is bland yes all
right
good nice ones guys okay I don’t like
undercooked chicken yes it’s dangerous
okay all right nice sentences guys okay
we need to move on though to the next
point or rather I think I need to if a
lot of people have joined so I want to
introduce again really quickly should I
our points for today yeah okay
a lot of people have just joined I think
so I want to introduce again if you’re
just joining this week is about food
we’re talking about food vocabulary
words so the team I have this week what
you can download in the link below the
video on YouTube and above the video on
Facebook this dining food and dining
related cheat sheets so how to like
compliment and criticize oh we talked
about this word earlier I said tasty
tasty so tasty is like a casual word
yeah but we talked about like this like
it’s raw so raw is the means not cooked
at all or we talked about spicy too so
some of these words are on the on the
PDF but you can check the link below the
video on YouTube and above the video on
Facebook to get these for free just log
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well yeah just one more announcement
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okay we only have a couple minutes so I
guess I’ll finish up with a couple
emphasizes is that okay producer can I
finish that up
sure okay great so um let’s finish up
today we have a lot of new adjectives if
you missed it by the way if you are if
you’re watching live and you missed part
of this we are going to upload the video
to our YouTube and Facebook so check out
all the vocabulary words we talked about
but to finish today I want to talk about
some emphasis words we can use so maybe
you saw the video we put up last week I
did a video a whiteboard video about the
words really and very so how to use the
words really and very if you missed it
you can check that on the on the YouTube
channel we can use the words really and
very to emphasize our points so just
remember you can check in the video too
but we can use really in front of verbs
but we cannot use very in front of verbs
but other than that we can use them in
the same way I do want to introduce a
couple of casual emphasis words for food
so we can use the words so and super to
talk about food so instead of really or
very we can use so or super before the
adjectives so for example peppers are so
bitter my smoothie or like my smoothie
was so yummy for example or I could say
the burger you made was super good it
was super good so you can use so and
super as sort of casual casual emphasis
words in front of your adjectives
instead of really and very okay and then
I want to mention a couple kind of more
food
normal or maybe like higher-level
emphasis words these are a bit longer
but I think that they sound quite nice
and you can give sort of stronger
compliments if you use these words so
these are incredibly and ridiculously
incredibly and ridiculously so
incredibly has the route incredible
which means it’s like extraordinary or
it’s hard to believe something and then
ridiculously the root of this word is
ridiculous so it means like extreme
something that’s extreme just be careful
if you use a positive adjective after
these it makes a really really nice
meaning if you use a negative adjective
after these it means it makes a very
very negative meaning so you can these
are very very versatile we can use them
in many different ways so for example
your roast chicken was incredibly good
or that pepper is ridiculously spicy we
can use these as well oh right I don’t
think there’s any time for the last
question is there I think I should stop
right yeah I should stop okay
I talked too much I have too many
vocabulary words for today so we’re
going to end there if you missed
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so actually next week next week there is
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next week next week our whole crew our
whole crew is going to take a holiday so
thank you for your understanding and
we’ll be back at the end of November but
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but we’ll be enjoying a holiday so we
hope you enjoy a holiday next week as
we’ll um
but the next live stream is going to be
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want when you’re shopping that’s going
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will see you again in two weeks so enjoy
your holiday have a nice week have a
nice night have a nice day depending on
where you are and I will see you again
soon bye bye
you