Meanings

to have an interest (in)

connoisseur

cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets

five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter)

good taste (food)

eerie

flavour enhancer (e.g. monosodium glutamate)

flavour enhancer (e.g. monosodium glutamate)

meaning

being on the ropes

plate for compounding condiments

to taste

flavour

best-before period (e.g. foodstuffs)

bitter tincture

taste

overheated

creepy (feeling)

shade

interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.)