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"food was delicious" vs "foods were delicious"

It is more common to say that the "food was delicious" rather than the "foods were delicious," but you can use the latter when indicating multiple types or kinds of food.

Last Updated: December 10, 2017

food was delicious

This is correct

Use this phrase to talk about how tasty your meal was.

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Some examples from our editors:

  • You really are a fantastic cook; this food was delicious!
  • The food was delicious at that restaurant.

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • food tasted great
  • food was tasty
  • meal was delicious

foods were delicious

This is correct

This phrase would be used to indicate when particular foodstuffs were tasty. Use this when you're talking about more than one kind of food.

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Some examples from our editors:

  • What kinds of foods were delicious at the party?
  • What sorts of foods were delicious last night?
  • Didn't you think that these types of foods were delicious before you tried them?

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • foods were tasty
  • foods tasted good

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