He looks pleased at the explanation, in fact. Goodness knows he's worked with systems that were worse at communicating themselves before, even if this is a person and not a system; it's reminiscent of teasing the answer out of a complex mathematical equation.

"You have tasted something that looks similar before, and expect more flavor?"

He doesn't have a lot to compare it to, himself. Fresh food was rare in Proles, and artificial flavors abounded. All he really cares about is that it isn't spicy enough to cause him physical pain (which is any level of spicy, he has terrible tolerance).