Taste · Food and eating
bland
lacking flavour
Bland food has very little interesting taste.
This vs that
The curry was bland.
The curry was savoury.
Hear it in real life
How was the soup?
A bit bland, to be honest. It needed more garlic.
The rice was filling, but it was so bland that I added some chilli sauce.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
Bland is the normal concise way to criticise food with too little flavour.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The soup is very boring in taste.
Say: The soup is very bland.
Bland is the usual adjective for food with very little flavour.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
bland and ___
The soup was bland and needed more seasoning.
The meal looked good, but it was bland and disappointing.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about taste.
a hint of ___
There's a hint of lemon in the sauce.
it tastes like ___
It tastes like homemade soup.
Taste words
Food and eating · Taste: the words around “bland”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
It was a bit bland.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
bland
lacking flavour
“The rice was filling, but it was so bland that I added some chilli sauce.”
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