F&B Service

Explaining Dishes

Names of food items

Meats
Lamb, beef, pork, mutton, veal, ham

Poultry
Chicken, duck, duckling, goose, turkey

Offal
Liver, heart, brains, kidney, sweetbread, tongue

Fish
Carp, cod, sardine, tuna, snakehead, butter fish, caviar

Vegetables
Beans, tomatoes, peas, onion, mushrooms, cucumber

Names of food items (continued)

Shellfish
Crab, lobster, prawns, oysters, clams, mussels

Game
Quail, pheasant, rabbit, hare, partridge, venison

Fruits
Apple, banana, cherry, lemon, melon, orange, strawberry

Nuts
Coconut, peanut, cashew nut, almond

Condiments
Salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar

Names of food items (continued)

Herbs
Garlic, chili, mint, basil, parsley

Spices
Cloves, cinnamon, ginger, saffron, vanilla

Dairy products
Cream, cheese, milk, yogurt

Fats & Oils

Butter, margarine, oil

Cereals
Rice, flower, maize, barley

Explaining Dishes: Verbs

More verbs: ways of cooking

How to put the verbs and the names together

They mince the mutton. Its minced mutton .
It (the dish) contains minced mutton.

They shred the cabbage. Its shredded cabbage.

Its served with shredded cabbage and

They slice the onion.

Its garnished with sliced onion

They roast the chicken. Roast chicken They poach the eggs. Poached eggs

Other Verbs Describing Preparation

Beat (beaten) Fill (filled) Flavour (flavoured) Garnish (garnished) Pickle (pickled) Smoke (smoked) Mix (mixed)