📘 Unit 22 – food (English Vocabulary in Use – Upper-intermediate)

Added: 2026-05-10

[00:00:03]expressions.

[00:00:07]Talking about flavors and taste.

[00:00:12]So what kind of adjectives and some opposites for example mild Spicy like very little flavor and this word is rather negative.

[00:01:17]And then salty.

[00:01:20]A lot of salt.

[00:01:27]Sugary.

[00:01:28]A lot of sugar.

[00:01:36]Fore taste.

[00:02:02]Pleasant.

[00:02:06]Slightly salty.

[00:02:16]With house sharp, often unpleasant taste.

[00:02:38]Like a lemon and not sweet water.

[00:02:44]It's like a lemon.

[00:02:59]With an unpleasantly sharp taste.

[00:03:02]Positive words.

[00:03:16]Has a good taste.

[00:03:19]Has a good flavor.

[00:03:27]Tasteless.

[00:03:30]No flavor at all.

[00:03:34]meaning having a pleasant taste.

[00:03:55]So you want to eat more.

[00:04:10]So I love spicy food.

[00:04:18]The hotter the better. The hotter the better.

[00:04:25]The hotter the better.

[00:04:29]And my sister prefers my own curries.

[00:04:41]Those cakes are too sugary for me.

[00:04:46]They have a sickly taste.

[00:04:57]They had some delicious savory snacks at the party and they were very morality.

[00:05:30]It has bad quality.

[00:05:34]It was very poor quality.

[00:05:38]The coffee tasted bitter and the fruit juice was sour.

[00:05:49]And the food on the plane was bland and tasteless.

[00:05:57]Tasteless.

[00:05:59]It was like eating cupboard.

[00:06:05]Exaggerated appearance, presentations, and quality of food.

[00:06:27]and quality of food.

[00:06:34]The meat. Sorry. This meat is overcooked or ended in or undercooked and ended in overcooked.

[00:06:51]Overcooked.

[00:07:00]We can say I'm afraid this mango is a bit I'm afraid.

[00:07:11]I'm afraid something happens.

[00:07:19]I'm afraid this mango is a bit not ready to eat.

[00:07:37]And they not really in season at the moment. At the moment they are not really in season.

[00:07:49]They are in season.

[00:07:56]They are in seasoning.

[00:08:00]That means being produced ready and available.

[00:08:12]This better has grown because it's too old.

[00:08:30]I think we should throw it out.

[00:08:36]I don't feel like anything heavy.

[00:08:51]I just want something light.

[00:09:09]Okay.

[00:09:11]British cooking can very starchy.

[00:09:14]Cooking style, hard to digest.

[00:09:29]So we will only buy organic fruit and vegetables.

[00:09:43]organic fruits, organic vegetables.

[00:09:48]You should try to have a balanced diet without too much or too little of any particular thing.

[00:10:08]balance.

[00:10:13]Okay.

[00:10:23]We call that balanced diet.

[00:10:29]A diet of junk food can cause long-term health problems.

[00:10:36]Long-term health problems.

[00:10:38]food means food that is unhealthy but easy and quick to eat and fresh like burgers friescessed food processed food in general is not good for you. Processed food are food that has been treated with chemicals to preserve it or give it extra color or taste.

[00:11:10]Canned food with chemicals to preserve it.

[00:11:26]extra colorcessed and obviously they are not good for you.

[00:11:45]So at most good restaurants usually have to book a table or make a reservation beforehand.

[00:11:56]book.

[00:11:58]Make a reservation beforehand means in advance.

[00:12:03]And if something happens, if you're ill, you may need to cancel the booking.

[00:12:10]Cancel their reservation.

[00:12:14]And in the UK, a meal in a restaurant is typically free.

[00:12:31]meal. We also call the appetizer.

[00:12:47]And then a dessert.

[00:12:50]And you can often order side dishes.

[00:12:54]Side dishes means a smaller dish alongside the main course. Main cost, for example, an extra vegetables, extra some restaurants may have a set menu, a selection of dishes at a fixed price.

[00:13:25]Or you can order individual dishes.

[00:13:28]Individual dishes.

[00:13:34]We also call that ordering aart.

[00:13:41]Individual dishes.

[00:13:43]And restaurants often have specials advertised on the board.

[00:13:58]And they often cater for vegetarians.

[00:14:02]Provided for these menus provide cater for vegetarians. Vegetarians eaters. Nami eaters means people who don't eat meat but who are not vegetarians. Vegetarians.

[00:14:29]Meat eaters and vegans. Vegans are people who don't eat or use any animal products.

[00:14:40]like fish evening at home.

[00:14:56]The person who has invited the guest Right. There's more soup.

[00:15:12]Who wants it means a second serving of something?

[00:15:24]And then, oh yes, please. It was absolutely delicious. So, there is bread here.

[00:15:30]Just help yourself. Help yourself. Self yourself. Help yourself.

[00:15:48]Be sure to keep a bit of room for some pudding.

[00:16:01]Desserts are often called pudding. for after.

[00:16:30]And then can I refill your glass?

[00:16:37]Yes, thank you.

[00:17:04]That's fine.

[00:17:14]Which taste and flavor words opposite could you use to describe the following?

[00:17:19]Number one, a strong Indian curry.

[00:17:23]Sorry.

[00:17:34]Number two, a pizza with cheese and herbs.

[00:17:46]Savory.

[00:17:51]Okay.

[00:17:54]Sea water and then number four.

[00:18:06]Sorry.

[00:18:12]And then a cup of sorry a cup of tea with five spoonfuls of sugar or another word.

[00:18:27]And then extremely strong black coffee with no sugar.

[00:18:43]And then using word from be opposite, what could you say to the person or people with you in a restaurant? If you had ordered a my curry but the opposite order the opposite.

[00:19:01]That's why you say this cries is too hot, too spicy for me.

[00:19:12]And then number two, the fish you order had obviously been cooked too much or too long.

[00:19:22]So we can say this fish or this dish this dish is overcooked. over. We can also say you ordered melon and it was very hard.

[00:19:45]This melon is right.

[00:19:59]Your dish seem to have no flavors at all.

[00:20:06]We can say tasteless. No, right. The dish is very tasteless.

[00:20:12]The taste of the dish is very bland.

[00:20:17]There was too much salt in the can. The soups is salty.

[00:20:26]And someone at recommended a steak.

[00:20:33]You just wanted a salad.

[00:20:42]I don't want We can say I don't want anything heavy.

[00:20:50]We can say I just want something light.

[00:20:59]The day she ordered was very heavy and hard to digest or difficult to digest.

[00:21:09]So we can say this dish is this dish is stury, right?

[00:21:18]And then a piece of chicken you ordered had not been cooked enough. Cooked enough.

[00:21:26]The chicken undercooked.

[00:21:31]We can also say and okay here wonder if the vegetables have been grown without artificial chemicals you want to know.

[00:21:51]So we can say are the vegetables organic.

[00:22:03]Read the comments and then complete the sentences with words and phrases from the opposite beach.

[00:22:13]I had to call the waiter to bring me a knife and fork.

[00:22:21]Chris needed some means.

[00:22:36]If you want a dish not on the menu, there is usually a blackboard with other dishes. any special.

[00:22:50]The restaurant usually has some We can see Oscar thought the peanuts were more.

[00:23:17]I needed one because I didn't want to spill food on my new dress.

[00:23:26]Tina needed a napkin.

[00:23:38]I am not a vegetarian.

[00:23:54]I didn't like the set menu.

[00:23:58]I ordered individual dishes. Individual dishes.

[00:24:05]Individual dishes.

[00:24:09]We call that a big restaurant.

[00:24:24]You don't need to fall beforehand.

[00:24:32]He don't need to book.

[00:24:35]In other words, we can say you don't need to make a reservation.

[00:24:45]Okay, that's another cool question. With my main cause, I ordered an extra bowl of ships and some mushrooms. with my main an extra bowl of ships. Ships we call that side dishes.

[00:25:13]Christian ordered a couple of side dishes.

[00:25:17]A a couple of means true of side dishes.

[00:25:21]And then number everybody had cold. So we phoned the restaurant and said we weren't coming.

[00:25:33]They cancelled the booking.

[00:25:37]Or in other word we can say they cancelled the reservation. Reservation cancel.

[00:25:47]I had some problems before the main cause.

[00:25:57]We call that starter.

[00:26:10]What could you say to your guest?

[00:26:15]If you order, offer them another serving or something.

[00:26:21]You can say, "Who wants seconds?"

[00:26:28]If you wanted them to solve themselves, you can say, "Please help yourself." Oh, please help.

[00:26:41]Please help yourselves.

[00:26:45]And then number three, you started to refill their glass.

[00:26:58]What could the guest say when you had poured enough?

[00:27:12]You offered them something sweet after the main.

[00:27:21]Would you like would you like dessert?

[00:27:28]Or in other word, we can also say, would you like some?

[00:27:40]Would you like a Would you like some afters? after my five over to you.

[00:28:07]So write sentences that are true for you.

[00:28:18]Which word from A and B opposite could you use to describe the food of your country or culture?

[00:28:31]Like salty.

[00:28:35]Give some examples of dishes.

[00:28:40]Which fruit or vegetables are in season at different times of the year?

[00:28:54]Describe your favorite dish.

[00:28:57]What is in its prepared?

[00:29:02]What flavors it has?

[00:29:12]How often do you eat junk food or processed food?

[00:29:18]Do you have a balanced diet?

[00:29:33]Fore exercise.

[00:29:55]Fore.