Common English for meals

1. Search for a restaurant

Traveling Abroad and tasting local food are one of the highlights of the trip. However, as a stranger, you naturally cannot know the reputation of each restaurant. In this case, ask the service personnel in the hotel about their preferences and requirements, and ask the other party to make the best suggestions.

Can you introduce a well-known restaurant nearby?
Cocould you recommend a nice restaurant near here?

I want to go to a restaurant at a reasonable price.
I want a restaurant with reasonable prices.

I want to go to a restaurant that won't be noisy.
I 'd like a quiet restaurant.

I want to go to a happy and lively restaurant.
I 'd like a restaurant with cheerful atmosphere.

Can a restaurant of this type be recommended?
Cocould you recommend that kind of restaurant?

Where are most of the restaurants?
Where is the main area for your ants?

Is there any Chinese restaurant nearby?
Is there a Chinese restaurant around here?

Is there any inexpensive restaurant nearby?
Are there any inexpensive attached ants near here?

Do you know there are still restaurants that are open now?
Do you know of any connected ants open now?

I want to try some local food.
I 'd like to have some local food.

Where is the nearest Italian restaurant?
Where is the nearest Italian restaurant?

2. restaurant reservation

Enjoying exotic food is one of the pleasure of traveling abroad. If you have inquired about the delicious food, you may wish to call and ask if you want to book a reservation before you leave, but the restaurant is full. When making an appointment by phone, you must inform the restaurant of the reservation time, number of people, and name in detail, and ask whether formal clothes are required to avoid courtesy.

Do I need to reserve a seat?
Do I need a reservation?

I want to reserve three seats.
I 'd like to reserve a table for three.

We have 6 people in total.
We are a group of six.

We arrived at around.
We'll come around eight o 'clock.

How can I get to the restaurant?
How can I get there?

I want to reserve a seat for two people at tonight.
I 'd like to reserve a table for two at seven tonight.

I'm sorry. There are quite a few guests tonight.
I'm sorry. We have so far guests this evening.

How long does it take us to wait?
How long is the wait?

It should be okay.
Nine o 'clock shoshould be O. K.

What is the recommended meal today?
What do you have for today's special?

We want to face the garden seat.
We 'd like a table with a view of garden.

No problem. Please give me your name.
It's O. K. Your name, please.

My name is Jessica Yang.
My name is Jessica Yang.

Does the restaurant have any clothing regulations?
Do you have a dress code?

Do women need formal clothes?
Cocould the ladies wear formal dresses?

Please do not wear jeans.
No jeans, please.

3. Ordering in a restaurant

Tasting food in a foreign country is one of the pleasure of traveling. However, if the language is not available, it is probably difficult to taste the most popular dishes in the restaurant. Therefore, you should learn the basic ordering statement, ask the waiter appropriately, and express your preferences to ensure that you can make yourself authentic and satisfied.

Reference 1:

Please give me the menu.
May I have a menu, please?

Is there a Chinese menu?
Do you have a menu in Chinese?

Do you want to have something to drink before dinner?
Wocould you like something to drink before dinner?

What kind of prepaid wine does the restaurant have?
What kind of drinks do you have for an aperitif?

Can I check the ticket?
May I see the wine list?

Can I have a drink?
May I order a glass of wine?

What kind of wine does the restaurant have?
What kind of wine do you have?

I want to order a local wine.
I 'd like to have some local wine.

I want French wine.
I 'd like to have French red wine.

Can I suggest some good wines?
Cocould you recommend some good wine?

Can I order?
May I order, please?

What are the most special dishes in a restaurant?
What is the specialty of the house?

Are there any special meals for today in the restaurant?
Do you have today's special?

Can I order the same meal?
Can I have the same dish as that?

I would like an appealer and a meal (FISH MEAL ).
I 'd like appetizers and meat (fish) dish.

I am on a diet.
I'm on a diet.

I must avoid foods containing oil (salt/sugar.
I have to avoid food containing fat (salt/sugar ).

Does the restaurant provide vegetarian meals?
Do you have vegetarian dishes?

How do you cook your steak?
How do you like your steak?

Full maturity (five-point maturity/full birth ).
Well done (medium/rare), please.

Reference 2:

There are two ways to order food: a la carte, table d 'hote, or fixed price meal ), the latter type has several fixed dishes and drinks, and the price is also fixed. It is convenient and convenient. When ordering food, you just need to point to the menu and say:

Please give me this one.

(Please give me this one .)

We want two number eights, please.

(We need the eighth set of meals .)

Before ordering, you need to make a food order first:

May I have a menu, please?

(Can I check the food list? )

If you are not eager to order food, you can ask at the service provider:

Can I take your order now?

(What are you calling? )

Reply:

Not quite. cocould I have a few more minutes?

(No, can I wait for a while ?.)

You can say:

Please take my order.

(Pick up your food .)

If you are not familiar with the dish, you can ask:

What is the specialty of the restaurant?

(What kind of fake meals does this store offer? )

Do you have any special meals today?

(Do you have any special meals this day? )

What wocould you recommend? I prefer something light.

(I want to give it a little bit clear. Can you recommend something? )

You can also let the same person take the initiative for you, or you can order a meal again:

'I ll leave it to you.

(I want you to come .)

I'll have the same as that one.

(I want one like that .)

You can order your food with greater convenience, for example:

A. cocould you tell me how this thing is cooked?

(Can you tell me how this dish is made? )

B. Lobster? It's steamed and served with our special sauce.

(Dragon shrimp? After steaming, add the Flavor Adjustment material specially made by the store .)

A. Is it good?

(Good? )

B. Sure. It's a most popular dish.

(Naturally, it is very popular .)

A. I think I'll try some lobster, and give me some green salad together.

(I 'd Like to click here. Then, give me a vegetable salad .)

B. We have three dressings for salad. Which one wocould you like?

(We have three types of salad dressing. Which one do you want? )

A. What kind do you have?

(What do you have? )

B. We have Italian, French and Thousand Island.

(For the benefit of justice, France and qiandao .)

A. Make it French please.

(Just give it to me .)

The following are common words:

Tableware:

Coffee Pot coffee maker
Coffee cup coffee cup
Paper Towel Paper towel
Napkin napkin
Table cloth tablecloth
Tea-pot teapot
Tea Set tea set
Tea tray tea tray
Caddy coffee pot
Dish Disc
Plate
Saucer
Rice Bowl rice bowl
Chopsticks chopsticks
Soup spoon
Knife knife
Cup
Glass
Mug mug
Picnic lunch
Fruit Plate
Toothpick toothpick

Chinese food:

Bear's paw
Breast of deer
Beche-de-mer; sea cucumber
Sea sturgeon
Salted jelly fish
Kelp, seaweed kelp
Abalone abalone
Shark Fin shark fin
Scallops
Lobster lobster
Bird's Nest
Roast suckling pig test suckling pigs
Pig's knuckle pig
Boiled Salted Duck Salt Duck
Preserved meat bacon
Barbecued pork * burn
Sausage sausage
Fried pork flakes
BAR-B-Q barbecue
Meat diet coriander
Vegetables vegetarian dishes
Meat broth
Local dish local dish
Cantonese cuisine Cantonese
Set Meal
Curry rice curry
Fried rice
Plain rice white rice
Cripy rice casserole
Gruel, soft rice, porridge-
Noodles with gravy
Plain now.yangchun noodle
Casserole casserole
Chafing dish, Fire Pot pot
Meat bun steamed stuffed bun
Shao-Mai
Preserved bean curd fermented bean
Bean curd bean curd
Fermented blank bean soy sauce
Pickled cucumbers
Preserved Egg
Salted Duck Egg salted duck egg
Dried Turnip radish stem

Western food and Japanese cuisine:

Menu
French cuisine
Today's special meal today
Chef chef's special
Buffet Buffet
Fast food fast food
Specialty
Continental cuisine European Western food
Aperitif pre-dinner wine
Dim Sum
French fires fries
Baked potato
Mashed potatoes Potato puree
Omelette
Pudding pudding
Pastries dessert
Pickled vegetables Kimchi
Kimchi
Crab meat crab meat
Prawn prawns
Conch conch
Escargots snail Braised Beef beef stew
Bacon
Poached egg poached egg
Sunny side up
Over-fried poached egg
Fried egg
Over easy semi-cooked egg
Over hard fried eggs
Scramble eggs scrambled eggs
Boiled egg boiled eggs
Stone Fire Pot
Sashi Japanese chopsticks
Sake Japanese rice wine
Miso Shiru flavor broth
Roast Meat iron plate barbecue
Sashimi sashimi
Butter cream

Cold drinks:

Beverages drinks
Soya-bean milk soy milk
Syrup of plum sour plum soup
Tomato juice tomato juice
Orange juice orange juice
Coconut Milk coconut juice
Asparagus juice aloe vera juice
Grapefruit Juice grapefruit juice
Vegetable Juice vegetable juice
Ginger ale Ginger Juice
Sarsaparilla
Soft drink soda
Coco-Cola (coke) Coca-Cola
Tea leaves tea
Black tea black tea
Jasmine tea jasmine)
Tea Bag
Lemon tea lemon tea
White goup tea winter melon tea
Honey
Chlorella green algae
Soda water soda
Artificial Color artificial pigment
Ice water
Mineral water mineral water
Distilled water
Long-life milk
Condensed Milk condensed milk; condensed milk
Cocoa Coco
Coffee mate cream
Coffee
Iced coffee
White coffee
Black coffee
Ovaltine Hua Tian
Chlorella Yakult
Essence of chicken
Ice-cream cone
Sundae; SHKP
Ice-cream ice cream
Soft ice-cream window shower
Vanilla Ice-cream vanilla ice cream
Ice candy popes
Milk-shake milkshake
Straw