Quotes About Taste

It was as soft as a poached egg and, when he punctured it, oozed what appeared to be ivory-colored cream. He tried some. Richness flooded his mouth. The taste was fresh, almost like chewing grass, but filling and slightly sweet.

Ices, like revenge, are best served cold; but like revenge, too much cold will blunt the taste.

What we eat is a poem.

The eggs taste like clouds. Like spun gold.

The eggs taste like clouds. Like spun gold. […] Marie-Laure can hear a can opening, juice slopping into a bowl. Seconds later, she's eating wedges of wet sunlight.

That first peach slithers down his throat like rapture. A sunrise in his mouth.

The food at the Mandarin Club was not good, but the members liked it that way. It reminded them of school.

It tasted like all foreign spirits do after they've passed through Heathrow. Wrong.

Alex took a sip. It wasn't Coke. It wasn't even Pepsi. He recognized the over-sweet, slightly cloying taste of supermarket cola and wished he'd asked for water.

He bit into the block and found it bland with undertones of fermented vegetables.

Just as the best way to judge an adult is by his or her record collection, the best way to judge a pub is by the albums on its jukebox.

Every musician liked Peggy Lee, but not the general public.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.

Have I tried a black pudding? I'll eat anything - I'm not finicky - but that's not to say it takes any courage to eat black puddings because I find them delicious.

There is no article of men's clothing that can make a man look more like a douche than the ascot. There are, however, a few men who can pull it off. Context is everything.

I've never been able to keep my finger on the pulse of fashion.

We can judge the pulse of a song and match it with our listeners' sensibilities. I think we do this extremely well, and it helps us a lot.

I was not a fan of the Clash or, for that matter, any other punk band that existed.

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

I think all chefs who pursue great flavor have good ethics.

Amuse-bouches are an opportunity to push boundaries.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Basically, Walkers are putting real produce into their flavours, so the cheese and onion flavour is actually cheese and onion rather than just flavourings.

I don't like flashy things.