If you made me some food, and I said: “I’m sorry, but I really do not like the taste of this food.” that would be a polite way of saying to you: “I would rather I did like this food, because I like you as a person. But because of my respect for you, I am being honest. I do not like the food.”
If you made me some food, and I said: “I’m sorry, but I really do not like the taste of this food.” that would be a polite way of saying to you: “I would rather I did like this food, because I like you as a person. But because of my respect for you, I am being honest. I do not like the food.”