LIFE005 · Food I Love: Describing Taste in English

🍛 Food I Love: Describing Taste

Level: A2  |  Time: 5 min  |  Focus: Adjectives + like/love/hate

📖 From Sourov’s world: I grew up eating rice and dal every day in Bangladesh. Then I worked in some of Sydney’s finest restaurants — Uccello, Popolo, Establishment. I spent years tasting wine and learning the exact words for what my mouth was telling my brain. Language makes you taste better.

🔑 Taste Adjectives

📐 Grammar: like + -ing / love + noun

I love spicy food.    I like eating rice.
I don’t like bitter coffee.    I hate sour sweets.

💡 “like” + noun OR “like” + verb-ing
“I like wine.” / “I like tasting wine.”

✏️ Quick Activity — Your taste

Write true sentences about yourself using the words below:
I love / I like / I don’t like / I hate

1. _______________ spicy food.
2. _______________ sweet drinks.
3. _______________ salty snacks.
4. _______________ bitter coffee.

👀 Example Answers

Answers are personal! Check: correct form (I like + noun or -ing), no “I like to + verb” at A2.

⭐ Takeaway: “I like” + noun is always safe. “I like rice.” One rule that always works.