James Wannerton - 'Tastes of London'
"I've always preferred my mum to my dad because my mum tastes better—he tastes like processed peas and she tastes like ice cream. She sometimes gives me brain freeze."
"I remembered that when I was in infant school, there used to be a tuck shop where you could buy these Marmite-like OXO crisps—and that is what 'expect' tastes like to me."
"Although it sounds unusual to think that the name Jackie tastes like liquorice, Blackpool like fruit pastilles, and vodka like very fine granules of soil, my condition is so much a part of me that without it I would lose my sense of self,"
"I've always preferred my mum to my dad because my mum tastes better—he tastes like processed peas and she tastes like ice cream. She sometimes gives me brain freeze."
"I remembered that when I was in infant school, there used to be a tuck shop where you could buy these Marmite-like OXO crisps—and that is what 'expect' tastes like to me."
"Although it sounds unusual to think that the name Jackie tastes like liquorice, Blackpool like fruit pastilles, and vodka like very fine granules of soil, my condition is so much a part of me that without it I would lose my sense of self,"
James Wannerton has Lexical-gustatory synesthesia annd has mapped out what flavours he tastes at every single London Tube station. Since the age of 5 when he started to take the Underground to school, he noticed distinct taste associations with each station and started to keep track of them. The taste associations for the map are based on on him simply reading the name on a London Underground map and then he would visit the station to ensure that the association was the same.
It has taken 49 years to visit and record the flavour of all 360 tube stations and he confirms that the tastes don't change, synesthesia is consistent.
'There are a few nice tasting tube stations. My top three would definitely include Baker Street which has the taste and texture of a Jam Roly-Poly pudding. Another personal favourite is Paddington which comes with the beautiful taste and texture of a Flump. Top of the list though has to be Tottenham Court Road. It has the taste and texture of an English breakfast - sausage and a fried egg done just right!'
Worst tasting:
'Bethnal Green which tastes very strongly of boiled cabbage.'
'Cannon Street complete with the taste and texture of 3-In-One lubricating oil.'
It has taken 49 years to visit and record the flavour of all 360 tube stations and he confirms that the tastes don't change, synesthesia is consistent.
'There are a few nice tasting tube stations. My top three would definitely include Baker Street which has the taste and texture of a Jam Roly-Poly pudding. Another personal favourite is Paddington which comes with the beautiful taste and texture of a Flump. Top of the list though has to be Tottenham Court Road. It has the taste and texture of an English breakfast - sausage and a fried egg done just right!'
Worst tasting:
'Bethnal Green which tastes very strongly of boiled cabbage.'
'Cannon Street complete with the taste and texture of 3-In-One lubricating oil.'
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