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Class Goals Eating Out

Lexical Focus – Vocabulary Related to Food

Discourse Focus – Transactional Talk (at the restaurant)

Cultural Awareness – Types of Meals

Warm-up

How do the words below relate to eating out? How would they
be used?

Menu Wine list To book a table

Order Bill To check out

Activities

1 Breakfast

A. Drinking – What would you ask for?

I’d like (a)

Milk Chocolate Milk Champagne

Juice Tea Coffee (Black / Strong / Decaf)
Beer Water Wine
Soda Mineral Water Sparkling Water

a) A glass of , .

b) A cup of , .

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 c) A bottle of , .

d) Flute of .

How do you take your coffee?

Sugar Sweetener Whipping Cream

Cream Marshmallow Milk

If you had to ask for a juice, which one would you ask for?

Apple Apricot Avocado Banana

Blackberry Blueberry Cranberry Coconut
Cherry Grapefruit Grape Kiwi
Lemon Lime Mango Melon
Orange Papaya Pear Pineapple
Passion Fruit Peach Raspberry Star Fruit
Strawberry Tangerine Watermelon

B. Eating – What would you ask for? Select two options:

I’d like (a) with and

Cookies Biscuits Crackers Brownies

Candies Jam Jelly Butter
Peanut butter Cream cheese Syrup Honey
Bread Danish Bagels Pretzel
Muffins Toast Pancakes Cake
Pie French Toast Waffles Cereal

Possible combinations:

C. Which side dishes do you consider (H) healthy / (F) fattening?

( ) Cottage Cheese ( ) Swiss Cheese ( ) Cheddar Cheese
( ) Smoked Ham ( ) Turkey ( ) Sausage
( ) Boiled Eggs ( ) Fried Eggs ( ) Scrambled Eggs
( ) Crispy Bacon ( ) Pickles ( ) Whole Wheat Bread

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 2 Snack and Appetizers

A. What would your favorite snack or appetizer be?

Hot dog Hamburger Chicken finger

Cheeseburger Tacos Buffalo wings
Onion rings Blooming onion Smoked ribs
French fries Potato chips Pizza

B. Classify the drinks below into (S) soft and (A) alcoholic drinks:

( ) Spring water ( ) Ice Tea ( ) Soda

( ) Sparkling water ( ) Juice ( ) Beer
( ) Draft Beer ( ) Red, white, ( ) Cocktail
( ) Scotch sparkling wine ( ) Vodka
( ) Liquors ( ) Brandy ( ) Club Soda
( ) Spirit

3 Cultural Note – Brunch

Brunch is a late morning meal between breakfast and lunch (usually

between 11 am and 3 pm) as a replacement for both meals, usually eaten
when one rises too late to eat breakfast. It is a North American innovation.
A brunch (the term is a mixture of breakfast and lunch) can be served after
a morning event or prior to an afternoon one, such as a wedding or
sporting event. It usually involves vast quantities of standard breakfast
foods such as eggs, pancakes, sausages, bacon, ham, fruit salad, pastries,
waffles. However, it can include almost any other type of food served
throughout the day.
Some restaurants and hotels serve brunch, especially on Sundays.

Is there any special meal in your country? Describe it:

4 Lunch / Dinner

A. Parts of a menu
Starters Soups Salads
Seafood Chicken Poultry
Steak Desserts Grilled
Drinks Wine List Pasta
Snacks Beverages Appetizers

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 B. Classify the following orders according to the menu above.

a) Chili’s Caesar dressing, Parmesan cheese and croutons.

b) Marinated Caribbean chicken, fresh pico de gallo, juicy

pineapple, mandarin oranges and crispy tortilla strips. Served
with our honey-lime dressing.

c) Rich vanilla ice cream with your choice of topping (strawberry,

blueberry, hot fudge), whipping cream, chopped nuts and a
cherry.

d) Breaded chicken breast tossed in spicy wing sauce. Served with

cool bleu cheese dressing.

e) As good as it is tall, this triple-decker is stacked with oven-

roasted Butterball® turkey, bacon, tomato, lettuce and mayo on
toasted white or whole wheat bread.

f) 12 oz. strip steak with our own special seasonings and topped
with savory steak butter and roasted herb juice. Served with your
choice of two sides and garlic toast.

g) Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Lemonade, Milk or Juice.

h) Sliced Cajun-seasoned chicken breast on penne pasta with

creamy Alfredo sauce, seasoned tomatoes, Parmesan cheese and
garlic toast.

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 i) A delicious blend of creamy chocolate, eggs, rich butter and
sugar. Topped with real whipping cream and dark chocolate curls.

j) Shake up your day with our distinctive hand-shaken Margarita

made w / Sauza® Conmemorativo Tequila, Cointreau® &
Presidente® Brandy.

5 Conversation at a Restaurant

Put the sentences below in a logical order:

a) ( ) Would you like to (place your) order?

b) ( ) What would you like to drink?
c) ( ) Would you like any side dishes?
d) ( ) I’d ask for the grilled salmon with roast potatoes.
e) ( ) Blue cheese.
f) ( ) How would you like your steak? Rare, medium or well done?
g) ( ) I’d like the southern steak with homemade fries.
h) ( ) What kind of dressing?
i) ( ) A coke, please.
j) ( ) What do you suggest?
k) ( ) The check, please.
l) ( ) Yeah, green salad, please.
m) ( ) Excuse me, a table for two, please!

Follow-up
Planning a Menu

Imagine a person/friend of yours is visiting you and knows

absolutely nothing about food in your country or region. S/he
is only staying for three days. Plan a menu for those three days
that includes the widest variety of typical foods and dishes that
best represent your city or country.

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