How to order food at a restaurant!

 Restaurant vocabs

1/ Party of 2 = Table for 2

2/ Drinks order

3/ Appetizer( /ˈæpɪtaɪzər/ )/ starter (soup/ salad…) /ˈstɑːrtər/

4/ Specials /ˈspeʃl/

5/ Catch of the day (is fish)

6/ Soup of the day

7/ Prix fixe

8/ Main course/ Entrée /ˈɑːntreɪ/

9/ Sides /saɪd/ (extra) & Substitutes /ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/ (change)

Sugar /ˈʃʊɡər/ (substitutes: honey, syrup /ˈsɪrəp/)

10/ Dessert /dɪˈzɜːrt/

11/ Bill( /bɪl/ )/ check (US)

12/ Tax /tæks/

13/ Tip

14/ booking - make a booking/ make a reservation /ˌrezərˈveɪʃn/

To book = to reserve a table

15/ Menu /ˈmenjuː/

Set menu

Drinks menu

16/ Today’s special/ specials

17/ Cutlery /ˈkʌtləri/

18/ Napkin /ˈnæpkɪn/

19/ Vegetarian option /ˌvedʒəˈteriən/

Vegan option

20/ Halal

21/ Kosher - Jew

22/ à la carte

23/ Café (also "coffee shop")

24/ Cafeteria /ˌkæfəˈtɪriə/ (also "canteen")

25/ cheese platter /ˈplætər/

26/ Cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/

27/ Eat out

28/ Fast food

29/ High-class

30/ Pasta /ˈpɑːstə/

31/ Pudding /ˈpʊdɪŋ/

32/ Restaurant /ˈrest(ə)rɒnt/ .

33/ Service charge (also "service")

34/ Waiter /ˈweɪtər/ or waitress /ˈweɪtrəs/

35/ Wine /waɪn/ list

36/ Dine in # (for here) /daɪn/

37/ Take away # (take out) # (to go)

1. “Can I get a drip coffee, please?”

2. “May I have a drip coffee, please?”

3. “Do you have drip coffee?”

4. “Can I order a drip coffee?”

Seafood main dishes!

1. Clam /klæm/

(steamed clams with lemongrass and chili)

2. Cockle /ˈkɑːkl

(boiled cockles with salt, black pepper & lime)

3. Crab /kræb/

(crab soup/ fried crabs with tamarind...)

4. Crayfish /ˈkreɪfɪʃ/

5. Prawn /prɔːn/

(steamed prawns with beer)

6. Lobster /ˈlɑːbstər/

(boiled lobsters with salt, black pepper & lime)

7. Mussel /ˈmʌs(ə)l/

(fried mussels with coconut milk)

8. Octopus /ˈɒktəpəs/

(grilled octopus with satay/ chili sauce)

9. Oyster /ˈɔɪstə(r)/

(grilled oysters with cheese/ raw oysters with wasabi & soy sauce)

10. Salmon /ˈsæmən/

(salmon sasimi/ salmon sushi/ salmon head hot pot)

11. Sardine /ˌsɑːrˈdiːn/

12. Shrimp /ʃrɪmp/

13. Squid /skwɪd/

(sweet and sour fried squids with tomato and pineapple)

14. Swordfish /ˈsɔː(r)dˌfɪʃ/

15. Tuna /ˈtjuːnə/

(tuna salad/ tuna sasimi/ sushi)

16. Catfish /ˈkætˌfɪʃ/

(crispy catfish with green mango salad)

17. Basa

(basa hot pot)

18. Eel /iːl/

19. Herring /ˈherɪŋ/

(fried spring rolls with herrings)

20. Shark /ʃɑːrk/

21. Caviar /ˈkæviˌɑː(r)/

(caviar sushi)

22. Cuttlefish /ˈkʌt(ə)lˌfɪʃ/

(steamed cuttlefish with ginger)

23. Scallop /ˈskæləp/

(grilled scallops with green onions)

24. Sea cucumber /ˌsiː ˈkjuːkʌmbər/

25. Mackerel /ˈmækrəl/

26. Cobia

27. Jellyfish /ˈdʒeliˌfɪʃ/

(jellyfish salad)

Yum Yum seafood menu

I/ Starters/ Appetizers

1/ crab soup

2/ chicken salad (crispy & grilled)

3/ spring rolls (fried & fresh)

II/ Main dishes/ Entrée

1/ seafood hot pot

2/ grilled scallops with green onion

3/ grilled octopuses with chili sauce

4/ steamed clams with lemongrass & chilli

5/ steamed shrimps with beer

*****Dish of the day

Grilled lobsters with cheese

III/ Desserts

1/ mix fruits: mango, watermelon, orange, apple, banana

2/ ice cream: chocolate/ vanilla/ strawberry

IV/ Drinks

1/ soda: coke/ sprite/ fanta/ mirinda

2/ beer: tiger/ saigon/ heineken

3/ smoothies: avocado/ pineapple/ strawberry/ kiwi/ peach/ honeydew

How to order at a restaurant!

>>Step 1:

Customers:

Hi/ Hello/ Good morning/ Good afternoon/ Good evening/ Excuse me! I would like to book/ reserve a table, please?

Waiters/Waitresses:

For how many people please?/ How many in your party?

Customers:

For 2/ 4 please

Just me please

Additional info:

1/ Can i book a table by the window?

2/ Can i book a table upstairs/ downstairs?

3/ Can i book a table on the rooftop/ terrace?

4/ Can i book a table - no smoking area?

...

>>Step 2:

Customers:

Asking for the menu:

1/ Can i see the menu please?

2/ Can i see the wine list please?

3/ What is the dish of the day?

4/ What do you recommend?

Additional info:

1/ I'm allergic to nuts/ chicken/ sea food/ shrimps...

2/ I'm vegetarian/ What's vegetarian option please?

Waiters/Waitresses:

Are you ready to order?

Step 3:

Ordering food:

1/ Can i have the pasta please?

2/ I would like to have the pasta please?

3/ May/ Can you follow up my order please?

Step 4:

Asking for the check:

Can i have/ get the check please?

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