Learn Dutch: Deze culinaire ervaring laat zich moeilijk omschrijven. - This culinary experience is difficult to describe.

The construction zich laten + a bare infinitive expresses that something can be done to the subject (passive potentiality). Literally it means "lets itself be described," but in natural English, we usually say "can be described" or "is [adjective] to describe." Combined with the adverb moeilijk, it translates smoothly to "is difficult to describe."

Why is omschrijven at the very end of the sentence?

In this construction, laat acts as the conjugated verb in the second position of the sentence. As a modal-like helping verb, it sends the bare infinitive (omschrijven) to the very end of the clause. This is the standard Dutch sentence structure (the verbal bracket) that you already know from using verbs like kunnen or moeten.

Could I use beschrijven instead of omschrijven here?

Yes, you could use beschrijven (to describe), and the meaning would be almost identical. However, omschrijven often implies defining something, capturing its essence, or putting a tricky concept into words (literally "writing around" it), which fits perfectly with trying to explain a complex culinaire ervaring.

Why do we use deze instead of dit for "this culinary experience"?