The vocabulary words in this list will help you order food in a restaurant. Practice using this vocabulary list by practicing these restaurant dialogs. Restaurant 1 Restaurant 2. If you would like to hear this words pronounced, use this link. - Good evening
A formal greeting generally used after 6pm. - recommend
.....To give advice that will help a person make a choice - appetizer
..........That part of the meal that is served before the salad or the main course. - escargot
.............An appetizer of snails which have been baked inside a pastry. - tender
.....easily chewed and digested - marinate.
To let food soak in a substance for a certain amount of time so the food will absorb some of the flavor of that substance. - overnight
...for or during the entire night - half an order
........A partial amount of a whole order. If an order of Escargot is 6 snails, half an order would be 3. - entre
...........the main course of a meal - wonderful
......excellent or great, better than just good - mood
............A person's emotional state or feeling. - soup de jour
.........soup of the day, the type of soup being served on a particular day - baked
.........cooked in an oven - filet mignon
.........a type of beef steak, generally considered one of the best steaks served in American restaurants - charbroiled
cooked on open flames - prepare
......to make, to cook - medium
.....Steaks are prepared according to temperature. A steak that is medium rare is not cooked all the way through. The center is still red and cooler than the outside of the steak. - dressing
.....a type of sauce put on salads for flavoring - dinner
........evening meal, generally eaten around 6:30pm - server
....waiter or waitress - Margarita
........an alcoholic beverage made with tequila and sweet and sour mix - on the rocks
....served over ice - combo plate
....a plate of several types of food - start off with
.....to have before the meal, to begin with - appetizer
.........that part of the meal that is served before the salad or the main course. - substitute
.........to have something in stead of what is offered |
