Exploring Food: Appearance, Texture, and Taste
Understanding the importance of appearance, texture, and taste in describing food on the menu. Learn how to describe food based on its visual appeal, mouthfeel, and flavor profiles with a range of descriptive words. Discover the significance of these factors in creating a memorable dining experience for customers.
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DESCRIBING FOOD DESCRIBING FOOD ON THE MENU DESCRIBING FOOD ON THE MENU
APPEARANCE The appearance of a food is important because, like the clich says, we all eat with our eyes. Making food look appetizing is almost as important as how it tastes. Describing how it looks can be done in a number of different ways, but appearance can best be described with everything from simple colors (like "brown" or "green") to image-heavy adjectives (like "a sprinkle of sugar" or "a dab of butter").
TEXTURE Another consideration for your food is texture. Whether your chicken tenders are crispy or your chocolate mousse is creamy, the proper texture can make or break a dish. Because of this, matching the right texture words to the right dishes is critical. Words like "succulent" and "tender" are ideal for savory dishes, while "creamy" and "fluffy" are great for desserts.
TASTE The final and most obvious consideration is taste. The flavor of your food is typically what most people remember most often. If filet mignon has the perfect taste, a customer will remember that. If it's over- salted, they'll remember that too. It's the basic premise of the whole foodservice industry taste is king. The possibilities for describing a flavor are nearly endless.
Look up the following words in a dictionary (e.g. Google dictionary https://www.google.com/search?q=salty+ meaning&oq=ssalty+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j 0j46j0l5.9675j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=U TF-8) and sort them into the appropriate groups of words(each group has eleven words next slide
APPEARANCE TEXTURE TASTE Savory Dainty Blanched Moist Fresh Leafy Juicy Green Delicate Crunchy Bitter Elegant Sweet Breaded Caramelized Scrumptious Fried Creamy Tart Smooth Seared Succulent Fluffy Buttery Colorful Rich Browny Delicious Crispy Sour Tender Salted Zesty
APPEARANCE TEXTURE TASTE Blanched Breaded Browny Caramelized Colorful Elegant Fresh Fried Green Leafy Seared Buttery Creamy Crispy Crunchy Delicate Fluffy Juicy Moist Smooth Succulent Tender Bitter Dainty Delicious Rich Salted Savory Scrumptious Sour Sweet Tart Zesty
