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    Menu Waiter: Mesero Waitress: Mesera: in A Restaurant

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    Menu Waiter: Mesero Waitress: Mesera: in A Restaurant

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    The document provides vocabulary and phrases related to dining in a restaurant. It defines key terms like appetizer, main course, sides, beverages, and types of dining. Sample dialogues are provided between customers and waiters/waitresses when ordering food, asking questions, and requesting checks. Descriptors for taste are also listed such as sour, salty, spicy, bitter and sweet. Role plays and sketches are suggested to practice conversations in a restaurant setting.

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    Menu Waiter: Mesero Waitress: Mesera: in A Restaurant

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    In a restaurant  :

    Menu
    Waiter: Mesero
    Waitress: Mesera

    Appetizer/Starter/Entree 

    - We start the meal with it


    - It is a small dish like:
    Eggs, a soup or a salad

    Main course
    - It is bigger than an appetizer like:
    meat, chicken or fish

    Sides
    - Extra food that you order in addition to your main meal, like:
    Fries, mashed potatoes, vegetables or sea fruits

    Dessert
    - Sweet food like:
    Chocolate cake, ice-cream and pie

    Beverage:
    Cold drinks like: Lemonade, orange juice, soda, alcohol
    (wine,whiskey, beer, vodka, champagne)-juice and iced tea
    Hot drinks like: coffee, tea, hot chocolate.
    Specials:
    Is another dish that is offered for a lower price, or for the same price but
    with bigger portions usually we can find two types:
    a- Catch of the day: includes fresh fish
    b- Soup of the day

    Substitutes:
    To ask for changes in your dish, cancelling an ingredient or replacing it
    with another one. Usually it is with side dishes.

    Types of dining:

    1- Fine dining:
    In expensive restaurants and usually needs reservations
    2- Casual dining:
    In restaurants where no reservation is needed, and you are able to have a
    table and enjoy your meal
    3- Fast food:
    Quick and usually is taken out….Eat in or take away?

    The waiter/waitress:

    - Can/may I help you?


    - How many are you?
    - A party for ……….?= A group of ………..?
    - Have you booked a table?
    - Can I take your drink order? > usually waiters ask this question first to give you
    time to think about you will order
    - Here is the menu.
    - Would you like something to wet your appetite?
    - What would you like to start with? = Would you like a starter?
    - Are you ready to order sir/ma’am/miss?
    - What would you like to order?
    - How would you like your meat/chicken/fish? (raw/medium/well-done)
    - What kind of dressing would you like?
    - What would you like to drink?
    - Anything to drink sir/ma’am?
    - Would you like dessert?
    - Is everything alright?
    - Did you enjoy your meal?

    The customer:

    - A table for ………. Please


    - Can I have the menu please?
    - What’s on the menu?
    - What are the specials for today?
    - What do you recommend?
    - We are ready to order
    - I’d like my meat/chicken/fish……………………
    - Can I substitute the carrots with mashed potatoes?
    - Could you bring me the check (bill) please?
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    Extra vocabulary:

    Buffet = a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves
    Self-served = usually with buffet, as people serve themselves
    Take-out = food that is cooked and prepared to be sold and eaten elsewhere
    Toppings = a layer of food poured or spread over a different type of food to add flavor
    Beverage = drink
    Liquor = booze = alcohol
    Busboy = a person who helps clean tables in restaurants
    Dressing = liquid topping for salad
    Tip = an amount of money given for good service
    On the rocks = with ice
    Patio = outside seating = terrace
    Restrooms= washroom = toilets
    Talking about taste:

    Seasoning =>salt, herbs, or spices added to food to enhance the flavor

    Sour => has an acid taste like: lemon

    Salty => contains extra amount of salt

    Spicy = hot => contains extra flavors of spices, like:


    pepper
    Bland=> lacks flavor and taste

    Bitter ≠ Sweet

    Delicious ≠ awful
    Yummy ≠ yucky
    appetizing ≠ disgusting

    - Role plays in a restaurant


    - Sketch in a restaurant
    - Dialogues to ask for food
    - Conversations asking for food in a restaurant
    - Skits- ordering food
    -

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