IELTS Vocabulary (Food and Drink)

The price of the food in the restaurant is cheap.

• The price of a meal in the restaurant is reasonable.

• The restaurant is excellent if you want a budget meal.

• The food in the restaurant is overpriced.

Marco cooked us a really tasty meal.

• The meal Marco prepared was delicious.

• Marco cooked us a really unappetising meal.

• The meal Marco made for us was mouth-watering.

We were served food that was cooked in the old-fashioned way.

• The meal we had was very contemporary in style.

• The meal we had was very traditional.

• The meal was made from a historic recipe.

When I went to Thailand, I really enjoyed trying the street food.

• I really liked tasting the food that was sold outdoors in Thailand.

• In Thailand I loved the food we bought from stalls in the streets.

• I enjoyed eating at restaurants when I was in Thailand.

The chef at the Lodge Hotel is very skilful.

• The chef at the Lodge Hotel is bad at his job.

• The chef at the Lodge Hotel has a lot of expertise.

• The chef at the Lodge Hotel ishighly trained.

The ingredients for the recipe can be changed to ones you have available.

• You can use different ingredients to make this dish if you can't find everything.

• You can be flexible about what ingredients you add to this recipe.

• You should follow the recipe strictly or it won't taste good.

The chef at the new restaurant is famous across the country.

• The chef at the new restaurant is well known nationally.

• The chef at the new restaurant is recognised across the country.

• The chef at the new restaurant is unknown outside of his town.

I didn't like the soup; it was too spicy.

• The soup had too much pepper.

• The soup wasn't tasty.

• The soup was a bit too hot for my taste.