At the restaurant

Let's talk! 1. What is your favorite restaurant near where you live?2. What is the best restaurant you have ever eaten at?3. What types of foreign food restaurants have you eaten at?4. Have you ever eaten at a restaurant abroad? What was it like?5. What (besides good food) makes a restaurant great?6. Do you prefer to eat at your parents’ house or a restaurant?7. What is the worst restaurant you have eaten at?8. What is the strangest restaurant you have heard of?9. How do you feel about theme restaurants?10. Do you prefer darker or brighter interiors for restaurants? Why? At the restaurant Booking“I booked a table for two for … (8pm).“It’s under the name of …”“A table for two please.”What the restaurant staff say:“Of course. Please come this way.”Or…“Your table isn’t quite ready yet.”“Would you like to wait in the bar?”“We’re fully booked at the moment. Could you come back a bit later?”Asking about the menuThese are phrases you can ask the waiter if you aren’t sure of something on the menu.“What’s … exactly?”“Is this served with … (salad)?”“Does this have any … (seafood) in it?”“What would you recommend?”OrderingWhat the waiter says:“Are you ready to order?”“Can I take your order?”“Anything to drink?”“Would you like … (chips) with that?”What the customer says:“I'm ready to order …”“I’ll have…”“I’d like…”“Can I have …”“We’d like to order …”“Can I get …”If there are problems with the order, the waiter can say:“I don’t think we have any more … (lobster) left. I’ll check with the kitchen.”“I’m sorry, but the king prawn soup is finished.”Dealing with problemsThe customer can say:“Excuse me, but I didn’t order this.”“I’m sorry, but this is cold.”“Can I change my order please?”The waiter can say:“I’m so sorry about that…”“Let me take it back for you.” (take it back = return it to the kitchen)“Let me change it for you.”Getting the bill“Can we have the bill please?”“Could we get the bill?”“Could we pay please?”Takeaway“Can I get this to go?”“I’d like the Spaghetti and Meatballs, to go please.”“Can I have the Fried Rice and Egg Rolls? Take out.” Let's put it into practice Idioms connected with food piece of cake/ Cakewalk something easy to do or achieve to go bananas to go crazy to have bigger fish to fry to have more important things to do a hard nut to crack a difficult problem or a person to cry over spilled milk to be unhappy because of a past event that cannot be changed Idioms connected with food to walk on eggshells to be very careful about how you behave with someone because they get easily upset or angry, or a situation where you have to be extremely cautious food for thought something to think about couch potato a lazy person/ someone who spends a lot of time watching TV to have a lot on one's plate to have many responsibilities or scheduled activites tough cookie a very determined person bad apple a person who causes troubles Fill in the gaps with idioms from the previous exercise 1. I failed the exam, but there's no use crying over spilled milk. I'll try again soon.2. I find String Theory fascinating, it gave me a lot of food for thought.3. Life has been truly overwhelming for him recently. New job, moving to a new city, it seems like he has a lot on his plate.4. She is so sensitive that all her friends have to walk on eggshells around her.5. John is a real bad apple. He always causes trouble at work.6.She will go bananas if she sees the house in this (dirty) condition. Let's talk about eating habits : 1. Have you got a diet plan that you follow daily? If not would you like to create one?2. How does eating healthy food affect our well being?3. What are your eating habits?4. Do you allow yourself to have a cheat day from time to time? If so, what do you eat then?