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At the restaurant
Lesson code: HLQ1-9A6B-A7HI-7 INTERMEDIATE

1 Food and drink

How many types of meat/fish/seafood, fruit/vegetable and cooking methods do you know?

2 Restaurant vocabulary
Explain the difference between the following words, and then complete the sentences below.

1. a bill and a check?

2. a cook and a chef?
3. a service charge and a tip?
4. a dish and a plate?
5. eat in and eat out?

1. `Fish and chips' is a typical British .

2. You don't need to leave a for the waiter - the bill includes a .
3. When I lived in Greece, I used to all the time. The restaurants were so cheap.
4. My wasn't very clean so I asked the waiter to bring me another one.
5. The food at this restaurant is excellent. Compliments to the !
6. Diego always . His wife is a very good .

3 Parts of a meal
Match the parts of a meal with their descriptions:

1. starter a. a small amount of food that you eat before a meal

2. main course b. a small extra order of food served on a separate plate
3. dessert c. an alcoholic drink usually drunk before a meal
4. appetiser d. sweet food that you eat at the end of a meal
5. side dish e. the first part of a meal
6. aperitif f. the largest or most important part of a meal
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4 Listening
Listen to the dialogue. Write down what Simon orders for lunch.

Starter:
Main course:
Drink:
Dessert:

5 Ordering a meal
Listen again and complete the missing words from the dialogue:

Waiter: Are you r to order?

Simon: Yes, I'll h the tomato soup.
Waiter: And for your main course?
Simon: Hmm... what w you r ?
Waiter: The grilled trout is excellent sir.
Simon: What does it c w ?
Waiter: It's s with boiled potatoes and vegetables.
Simon: OK, that s fine. And I'll have a side salad with that.
Waiter: A to drink?
Simon: What fruit juices do you have?
Waiter: We have apple, orange and lemon.
Simon: OK, I'll have an orange juice. No... m that a coke.

Waiter: And for your dessert?

Simon: Do you have fruit salad?
Waiter: No, I'm afraid we're out of fruit salad. We have apple pie, ice cream and cheese cake. Can I
s the cheese cake? It's delicious.
Simon: Hmm...I don't think I have r for that. I'll have the apple pie.
Waiter: Of course.

Waiter: Would you like a coffee, sir?

Simon: No, j the b please.
Waiter: Certainly
Simon: Here you are. K the change.
Waiter: Thank you. Have a good day.
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Read the dialogue again and find expressions for each of the categories below:

Taking an order:

Ordering:

Changing an order:

Asking about dishes:

Tipping:

Add the following expressions to the categories above:

I'd like the .... Can I take your order? This is for you. Do you serve vegetarian dishes?
Work in pairs. Practise ordering a meal from the menu on page 5. Take turns turns to be waiter and
customer.

6 Restaurant dialogue
Put the following phrases in the correct order to form a dialogue between two people having a meal in
a restaurant.

Cheers, here's to our new friendship.

I recommend the `bouillabaisse'.
I'll drink to that.
I'm having the same.
It's a local speciality. It's a stew made of different kinds of cooked fish, seafood and vegetables.
It's normally served with grilled slices of bread.
OK, that sounds fine. I'll have it. And what are you having?
Some wine before your meal?
That sounds nice. What does it come with?
What exactly is it?
What shall we order? 1
Yes, please.
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Now do the same with the second part of the conversation:

Are you going to have a dessert? 1

I'll get this.
Me too. Waiter, can we have the bill, please?
No problem.
No thanks, I'm completely full.
No, no. You're my guest. It's on me.
OK, if you insist. Let me pay next time.

Listen to the dialogue and check your answers.

7 Role play
Work in pairs. Prepare a menu of 3 typical dishes from your country and give them to your partner.
Have a conversation in a restaurant similar to the one in the previous exercise. Take turns to be host
and guest.

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4- Listening

Waiter: Are you ready to order?

Simon: Yes, I'll have the tomato soup.
Waiter: And for your main course?
Simon: Hmm..what would you recommend?
Waiter: The grilled trout is excellent sir.
Simon: What does it come with?
Waiter: It's served with boiled potatoes and vegetables.
Simon: OK, that sounds fine. And I'll have a side salad with that.
Waiter: Anything to drink?
Simon: What fruit juices do you have?
Waiter: We have apple, orange and lemon.
Simon: OK, I'll have an orange juice. No... make that a coke.

Waiter: And for your dessert?

Simon: Do you have fruit salad?
Waiter: No, I'm afraid we're out of fruit salad. We have apple pie, ice cream and cheese cake. Can I
suggest the cheese cake? It's delicious.
Simon: Hm....I don't think I have room for that. I'll have the apple pie.
Waiter: Of course.

Waiter: Would you like a coffee, sir?

Simon: No, just the bill please.
Waiter: Certainly.
Simon: Here you are. Keep the change.
Waiter: Thank you. Have a good day.

6- Restaurant dialogue

A: What shall we order?

B: I recommend the `bouillabaisse'.
A: What exactly is it?
B: It's a local speciality. It's a stew made of different kinds of cooked fish, seafood and vegetables.
A: That sounds nice. What does it come with?
B: It's normally served with grilled slices of bread.
A: OK, that sounds fine. I'll have it. And what are you having?
B: I'm having the same.
A: Some wine before your meal?
B: Yes, please.
A: Cheers, here's to our new friendship.
B: I'll drink to that.
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B: Are you going to have a dessert?

A: No thanks, I'm completely full.
B: Me too. Waiter, can we have the bill, please?
A: I'll get this.
B: No, no. You're my guest. It's on me.
A: OK, if you insist. Let me pay next time.
B: No problem.

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1- Food and drink

Draw a table on the board, labelling each column `meat', `fish/seafood', `fruit/vegetables' and `cooking method'.
Set a 5-minute time limit for this task and elicit as many words as possible from the class for each column. Elicit
verbs for the cooking method column, e.g. `grill', `boil', `fry', etc. For students/classes which have completed the
worksheet 'Comfort Food', use this activity to revise the food and drink vocabulary from that lesson.

2- Restaurant vocabulary

1. `Bill' is British English; `check' is American English.

2. A cook is someone who prepares and cooks food. A chef is a skilled, trained and usually the most
important cook in a hotel or restaurant.
3. A service charge is an obligatory fixed payment added to the price of the meal to pay for the cost
of serving the customer. A tip a small, extra amount of money which a customer leaves for the
waiter or waitress after paying for the meal.
4. A dish is food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal. It is also a container from which food
can be served or which can be used for cooking. A plate is a flat, round dish (container) that you
eat from.
5. Eat in means to have a meal at home rather than in a restaurant. Eat out means to have a meal in a
restaurant.

1. dish 2. tip; service charge 3. eat out

4. plate 5. chef 6. eats in; cook

3- Parts of a meal

1. e 2. f 3. d 4. a 5. b 6. c

4- Listening

Students can work alone and check in pairs. Play the audio file or use your mobile device to scan the QR code
(make sure you have installed a QR code reader app and can access the Internet on your device).

1. tomato soup
2. grilled trout with boiled potatoes and vegetables, side salad
3. coke
4. apple pie

5- Ordering a meal

ready have would recommend come

with served sounds Anything make
suggest room just bill Keep

TAKING AN ORDER: Are you ready to order?; And for your (main course/dessert)?; Anything to
drink?
Can I take your order?
ORDERING: I'll have ...; I'd like the ....
CHANGING AN ORDER: No, make that a ...
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ASKING ABOUT DISHES: What would you recommend?; What does it come with?
Do you serve vegetarian dishes?
TIPPING: Keep the change; This is for you.

For the role play activity, give each pair a copy of the restaurant menu provided with this lesson.

6- Restaurant dialogue

1. What shall we order?

2. I recommend the `bouillabaisse'.
3. What exactly is it?
4. It's a local speciality. It's a stew made of different kinds of cooked fish, seafood and vegetables.
5. That sounds nice. What does it come with?
6. It's normally served with grilled slices of bread.
7. OK, that sounds fine. I'll have it. And what are you having?
8. I'm having the same.
9. Some wine before your meal?
10. Yes, please.
11. Cheers, here's to our new friendship.
12. I'll drink to that.

1. Are you going to have a dessert?

2. No thanks, I'm completely full.
3. Me too. Waiter, can we have the bill, please?
4. I'll get this.
5. No, no. You're my guest. It's on me.
6. OK, if you insist. Let me pay next time.
7. No problem.

Play the audio file or use your mobile device to scan the QR code. Students check their answers with the recording.

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