Food and cooking
IN A RESTAURANT
Waiter: Good evening. May I help you?
Guest: Good evening. We booked a table for two yesterday.
Waiter: Your name, Sir?
Guest: Smith. John Smith.
Waiter: Oh, yes. Table number three. This way, please.
Guest: May we sit here? We’d like a table in the corner.
Waiter: I’m sorry, Sir. This table is reserved.
Guest: All right then. Could we have the menu, please?
Waiter: Can I take your order, please?
Guest: Yes. We’d like sweet and sour pork and rice.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink?
Guest I: We’d like a bottle of red wine, please.
Waiter: How about dessert?
Guest I: Let me see… Peaches and cream for me. What about you, darling?
Guest II: Custard and fruit would be nice, I think.
Waiter: Is that all?
Guest I: Yes, that’s all.
Guest: Waiter, could we have the bill, please!
Waiter: Certainly. Ten pounds fifty, please.
Guest: Here you are. Keep the change, please. That was a very good meal.
Waiter: Thank you very much.
Useful expressions:
to make one’s mouth water- pachnieć / wyglądać aż ślinka leci
It’s done to a turn- wspaniale ugotowany / upieczony
It’s very tasty!- to jest bardzo smaczne!
It’s delicious!- to jest przepyszne!
It looks good!- wygląda apetycznie!
It smells delicious!- pachnie wyśmienicie!
sweet- słodkie
salty- słone
bitter- gorzkie
sour- kwaśne
hot / spicy- pikantne
bland / tasteless- mdłe
plain- proste
rich- wyszukane
nutritious- pożywne
stale- nieświeże; czerstwe
rotten- zgniłe
mouldy- spleśniałe
raw- surowe
fresh- świeże
lean- chude (mięso)
Now, do the test below.
TEST