Travel & Sightseeing

25min

1,500 P

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Restaurant English: Order with Confidence

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Description

Introduction (5 minutes)

Exercise 1
Vocabulary

Menu (noun)

Meaning: A list of food and drinks available at the restaurant.

Example: Could we see the menu, please?

Waiter/Waitress (noun)

Meaning: A person who serves food and drinks in a restaurant.

Example: The waiter recommended the chef’s special pasta.

Dessert (noun)

Meaning: A sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal.

Example: Let’s share a chocolate lava cake for dessert!

Ingredients (noun, plural)

Meaning: The items used to prepare a dish (e.g., vegetables, spices).

Example: This salad uses fresh ingredients from local farms.

Spicy (adjective)

Meaning: Having a hot or pungent flavor from chili peppers or spices.

Example: The spicy curry was too hot for me!

Exercise 2
Useful Expressions

Can I see the menu, please?
Harry, can you ask the waiter for more napkins?
We'll have the chocolate cake for dessert, please.
I'd like to know the ingredients before ordering.
Make it less spicy, please.

Exercise 3
Dialogue Practice

Ken: (entering restaurant) Excuse me, a table for one, please.

Waitress: Of course! Right this way. (shows seat) Here’s your menu.

Ken: Thank you. Could I start with green tea? Hot, please.

Waitress: Certainly. Would you like to hear today’s specials?

Ken: Yes, please.

Waitress: We have grilled fish with vegetables. The ingredients are very fresh.

Ken: Is it spicy?

Waitress: Not spicy at all. Very mild flavor.

Ken: Perfect. I’ll order that. (pause) Waitress, does it come with rice?

Waitress: Yes, white rice or bread. Which do you prefer?

Ken: White rice, please.

Waitress: Understood. Your tea will arrive first.

Ken: (after eating) That was delicious! May I see the dessert menu?

Waitress: Here you are. The matcha pudding is popular.

Ken: I’ll try it. And may I have the bill too, please?

Waitress: Of course. One matcha pudding and the bill.

Exercise 4
Fill in the Blanks

Yuki: Excuse me, could we see the ______, please?

Waiter: Certainly. Today’s special is pasta with fresh local ______.

Yuki: Is the pasta sauce very ______?

Waiter: A little, but we can make it mild.

Yuki: Perfect. Oh, and does it have any nuts in the ______?

Waiter: No nuts. Would you like to order ______ later?

Yuki: Yes! Could you bring the ______ with our coffee?

Waiter: Of course.

Exercise 5
Discussion

1. Do you prefer restaurants with huge menus or small, focused menus? Why?
2. What's one food combination you love that others might find strange?
3. Would you rather give up sweet foods or salty foods forever?
4. Should schools teach cooking as a required subject? Why/why not?
5. What's more important - great food or excellent service?

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