Unit 1: Ordering at a Restaurant

MAKING FRIENDS
Write your name on a piece of paper. Teacher will collect the paper. You will take turns to

draw a card and make friends with a person on the card. Ask them
1. What is your name?

2. Where do you study?

3. What do you do in your free time?

4. What do you want to do in the future?

5. How often do you study English at home?

WORD LIST AND VOWELS

/i/ /i:/ /e/ /æ/ others

chicken coffee vegetable salad steak

broccoli pea spaghetti fabulous chocolate

fish pizza cheque napkin cola

delicious seafood vegetarian romantic slice

chopstick these terrace fork

dessert eat various knife

washroom

TOPIC VOCABULARY
topping playground magic reasonable magnificent

pottery appropriate remove lemongrass recommend

scoop eggplant cushion lettuce vanilla

cozy welcoming well-mannered private

servant mushroom garlic bamboo roof
waiter waitress manager cashier security
1. What is your favorite food? Why?

Task 1: Find the following foods in the pictures

salad steak chicken vegetable chocolate cake coffee

broccoli fish pea cola spaghetti pizza

Listen again. Use the following words to fill in the blanks

steak dry look choice ordered

peas delicious fresh better perfect

Conversation 1

A There you are, Sir. Two slices of pizzas and a large cola
B Thank you. Hmm.
C How does it (1) _______?
B OK. I guess. But I think I should have (2) ______ three or four slices. These slices are
much smaller than I expected
Conversation 2

A And here’s your order. (3) ________ with French fries and coffee
B Thanks. I can’t wait to eat. I am starving.
C It looks OK. How is it?
B Let me try. Oh! Just (4) _________.

Conversation 3

A Sorry to keep you waiting. One order fried chicken with broccoli.
B Thanks. Oh my. This chicken looks pretty (5) ________
A Really. How does it taste?
B I am afraid it’s not very (6) _________. I think it must have been frozen
A Let’s send it back

Conversation 4

A There’s your order, madam. Fish salad and peas

B Oh! But you told me today’s vegetable with broccoli
A You don’t like (7) _______, do you?
B No, I don’t. I hate peas

Conversation 5

A And here’s your dessert, chocolate cake with two scoops of ice cream and a large cola
B Great
C Wow! That cake looks good. I wish I ordered it
B Do you want to try it? It’s (8) _________
C Just a taste. Hmm. Fabulous

Conversation 6

A Did you order the spaghetti?

B That’s right
A Good. Here you are. And here’s your cola
B Thanks. I don’t think I have made a very good (9) ________
A Really?
B Yeah! I think I can make (10) ______ spaghetti than this
Task 2: Short interview

Student A Student B

1. What food do you eat ________ 1. What drink do you have ________

a. for breakfast? a. when you go with your friend?

b. for lunch? b. when you are at home alone?
c. on Tet holiday? c. in a party?
d. on summer hot days? d. in a very hot day?
e. when going with friends? e. in your everyday meal?

Task 3: Language for ordering

When we are ordering at a restaurant, we use would instead of want.

We use would for polite requests and desires.

Put the following phrases into two groups of customers (C) and waiter (W)

Have you decided? What would you like this evening?

I would like the pizza and a bottle of water, please.
Excuse me! May I have another napkin/ fork/ knife/ chopstick?
To start, I would like the … What would you recommend?
For the main course, I would like the … What are today’s specials?
May I have the cheque, please? Does this contain meat/nut/dairy?
Please wait for a minute. I am sorry. I can’t eat …
I am sorry! Is our food ready? We’re in a We’ve booked a table for 5 people.
hurry. This is delicious!
I am sorry to keep you waiting. Can I pay by credit card?
Who’s this for, Sir? Keep the change
That’s for my wife. How’s the meal?
Are you ready to order?

Asking Questions

Whenever you go to a new restaurant, you need to ask questions. Match questions to topics
1. Drinks I am sorry! Is our food ready? We’re in a hurry.
2. Specials I am sorry! Where is the washroom?
3. Appetizers What kind of drink would you like?
4. Vegetarian Food I am sorry but I think my pork is rare
5. Washroom What are today’s specials?
6. Slow service What would you like for starter?
7. Food quality Do you have vegetarian food?
Task 4: Menu

Southwood Restaurant Menu Bright Vietnamese Restaurant Menu

Appetizers Appetizers
Garlic Bread........................................$7.99 Chicken mushroom soup .…………..30.000

Sweet Potato Fries..............................$4.99

Main course Main course

Bacon Burger.....................................$8.99 Fried pork ………………….………50.000

Fish and Chips....................................$7.99 Banana flower salad ……………….70.000

Lettuce Sandwich...............................$9.99 Pho …………………………………40.000

Seafood Spaghetti..............................$10.99 Spring roll ………………….………50.000

Beef Pizza..........................................$12.99 Crab soup with Thai eggplant ……...55.000

Desserts Desserts

Cupcake……......................................$4.99 Fruits ………………………………30.000

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream......................$3.99 Sweet dessert soup …………………20.000

Drinks Drinks
Beer....................................................$4.99

Wine...................................................$5.99
Conversation

Ask everyone in the class for their order. Quickly write down their order
Server: How are you this evening?

Customer: I’m great, thanks.

S And what would you like?

C I am not sure. This is my first time here. What would you recommend?
S Today our special is lemongrass steak

C Is it rare or medium-cooked?
S It’s rare
C So I’d like one lemongrass steak. Rice and crab soup with Thai eggplant
for my wife. But can you remove crab. My wife is a vegetarian.

S Anything to start?
C No thanks
 S How about dessert?

C Sweet dessert soup, please. Does it contain any peanut?

S No, sir.
C Excellent.

S Would you like some wine with your steak?

C A cup of red wine, please

S Yes, sir. Please wait for a few minutes.

Person 1 Person 2 Person 3

Starter

Main course

Dessert

Task 5: Extension: your favorite restaurant

Choose the sentences below to describe the restaurant

1. This restaurant has a good view of the lake

2. It’s on the terrace of a building right beside Sword Lake

3. There are walls with pictures of rural areas around you

4. Various Vietnamese foods are served here

5. It seems to be appropriate for family or groups of young people

6. Couples might like it because it provides romantic dining experiences

7. The roof and floor is made of bamboo

8. The eating lounge is big so it can be quite noisy

9. Customers can see objects and pottery while waiting in their table

10. It looks classic with dark cushion and traditional style furnishing
Collocations: Describing restaurant
Match the adjective to its noun
A cozy welcoming well-mannered delicious private various

B choice of food dishes servant atmosphere manager space

Interview

Ask and answer with your friends about your favorite restaurant

Questions Person 1 Person 2

What is your favorite restaurant? My favorite restaurant is …

Where is it located? It is located in/at …

How often do you go there? I go there once a week

How far is it from your house? It is about 5 kilometers

How do you feel about the food? The foods are great
How much does a common meal cost? It costs about 50.000
When was the last time you went there? It was last week

Why do you like it? The restaurant has nice view

HOMEWORK

Task 1: Ghi âm các từ trong phần WORD LIST AND VOWEL và TOPIC VOCABULARY
Task 2: Đọc đoạn văn và viết câu trả lời
A - Pete's Pizzas
We have 35 different kinds of Pizza toppings and our special kid's playground is why everyone comes
here for fun. Why not come along and join in.
B - Luigi's
We have the best Italian food in the area, with live music and dancing on Fridays and Saturdays.
Come and enjoy a piece of magic with candle. Our prices are very reasonable and there is no need to
book in advance.
C - The Roast
The Roast cooks classical British foods with the best things. Our dishes, wines are getting better every
day and you will enjoy magnificent views from here
D - Corriander
We specialise in dishes from the Indian. Visit us to try our chef's best dish, his Chicken Vindaloo
Masala, but be careful, it may be too hot for you. Discounts for groups.

1. Which restaurant do you choose for your friend’s birthday? Why?

2. Which restaurant do you choose for your family party? Why?
3. Which restaurant do you come if you have a child? Why?
4. Which restaurant do you avoid if you hate spicy foods?
5. Which restaurant do you avoid if you hate noise?
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Task 3: Hoàn thành câu với từ đã cho

topping playground magic reasonable magnificent

pottery appropriate remove lemongrass recommend
scoop eggplant cushion lettuce vanilla
cozy welcoming well-mannered private
servant mushroom garlic bamboo roof
waiter waitress manager cashier security

1. Would you like to have yogurt with lots of ……. like raisins and grapes.

2. The ……… of this restaurant is very intelligent because he decorates it very well.
3. I would like to have a ………. of ice cream with some milk on it.

4. I don’t think that this place is ………… for a family meeting or friend hangout.
5. I will not ……….. this place for a meeting of family and friends.

6. The price of a meal in this restaurant is quite ………….

7. This restaurant has a ………… atmosphere because it is decorated like a family kitchen

8. I like to stay in a ………… room when I eat in a restaurant

9. The restaurant has a ……………. area for children next to the dining hall

10. This place has very good security because there are two men standing at the gate to
watch customers and protect the place.
11. The …………. here is very well-mannered. He is a professional waiter from Japan.
12. This chair is made of ……………. so it looks very traditional
Task 4: Nghe và điền từ vào ô trống

My house is next to a restaurant which is located in the city center. The restaurant is called

Green Thai Nguyen and there is a good ……. of the river from the restaurant. I like to go there
because I like seafood and the …………. in the ……………... It is quite noisy in the evening,

……………………………….. and I sometimes feel very uncomfortable when I can’t listen to my

friends. We know the restaurant …………. and often chat with her about the food or call her to

……………... She is a …………………………. and seems to understand a lot about food. I have to say
that she is a …………………. because she manages the restaurant well and makes it better. The

…………….. there is wonderful with …………………. and hot pot is very spicy, but I like this …………….
If you are interested in a ……………….., this restaurant is not for you because it is ……………… with

a lot of …………………….

Task 5: Đọc và ghi âm bài mẫu về mô tả 1 một nhà hàng và chuẩn bị bài mô tả và giới thiệu
(ghi âm) về nhà hàng của em. Bản ghi âm tải lên nhóm Facebook của lớp.

Em có thể sử dụng gợi ý sau để giới thiệu.

a. What is the name of the restaurant?

b. Where is it?
c. How many staffs are there?

d. What foods are there?

e. How often do you eat there?

f. What do you like most about it?

Sample introduction

My favorite restaurant is Thai Nguyen restaurant. It is located in Luong Ngoc Quyen Street
near supermarket. There are about 20 staffs. They are waiters, waitresses, security man and

manager. The foods there are delicious. I like crabs and shrimps there very much. I often eat
there with my family on our special days. What I like most about the restaurant is the well-
mannered waiters, delicious dishes and private atmosphere.