How about...

Mouth-watering: Smelling, looking, or sounding delicious.

Lip-smacking: Tasting extremely good.

Delectable: Looking or tasting extremely good, and giving great pleasure.

Tasty: (of food) having a pleasant, distinct flavour.

#Boring.

We can do better.

If you truly want to bring your food to life, it's time to get sensual*.

*easy tiger, not like that.

Instead...

Describe the way that the dish feels (texture)

· Velvety

· Crispy

· Luscious

· Silky

· Sticky

· Succulent

· Juicy

· Tender

... and what it tastes like...

· Piquant

· Buttery

· Sweet

· Zesty

· Robust

· Cooling

· Earthy

· Honeyed

... Or even throw in some olfactory descriptors.

· Floral

· Aromatic

· Fresh

· Fragrant

· Herbaceous

· Citrusy

· Green

· Smoky

… Now, the icing on the cake.

Describe the techniques used to prepare the dish.

· Glazed

· Braised

· Oven-roasted

· Smoked

· Sautéed

· Caramelized

· Marinated

Let's bring this thing home.

A "tasty lettuce salad" becomes:

Smoky, charred Romaine lettuce served with tart, pickled shallots and toasted pine nuts, enlivened by a refreshing maple and lemon vinaigrette.

Which one would you rather eat?

In a nutshell

For those of us who love writing, it can be a joy to craft copy that captures the essence of a particularly memorable dish or cuisine.

Using sensory language will help bring your words to life, transporting readers on a journey to food heaven whilst effortlessly gliding past the clichés and banal trappings of food writer’s hell.