Second, Banda's role in the matter itself, which was somewhat enigmatic, lends the affair a curious flavour.
That would be a pity, because soon you pick up the language and begin to see, as the action develops, that this speech not only gives the book its curious flavour, but also fits in with its prevailing mood.
If you really concentrate, you might discern a slight marmalade note in there, but its main characteristic, a curious soured lemon flavour, is mostly reminiscent of Shandy Bass.
The beans had the desired creamy texture but the flavour was curious.
Or at Asda, by the taste of it, you use that split-bag scenario as the main flavour inspiration for this curious tea blend.
Like the lamington, pavlova, Election Day sausage and certain Big M flavours, they are a snack that has almost no international equivalent, and a flavour almost impossible to describe when curious overseas friends would inquire, eyes wide, "What do they taste like?" As my Facebook plea to Arnott's detailed, it's not "pizza" flavour, it's "Pizza Shapes" flavour.
Eager growers and curious attendees were huddled around asking about the medical qualities, flavours, and aromas of the illegal plant that the legal seed eventually produces.
A main of roast hogget was reasonably good, a testament to the flavour complexity of older lamb, but I was unpersuaded by the curious mint hollandaise sauce accompanying it.
That may explain its curious attempt at a cola, one bluntly dominated by burnt sugar, grape juice and stewed fruit flavours.
A curious fact is that the concluding pages, finished after the composer's death by Franco Alfano, have more of the authentic Puccini flavour than anything else in the score.
Curious, as I'd have predicted that the maestro would send dishes perfectly seasoned, and that to add anything would ruin his acutely calibrated flavours.
