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Kompetensi Dasar: Mengenal cerita diri/ personal tentang menu-menu makanan di restoran dengan
bantuan guru atau teman dalam bahasa Inggris lisan dan tulis yag dapat diisi dengan kosakata bahasa
Indonesia untuk membantu pemahaman.

Aims
Students are able to:
1. understand a menu
2. ways of cooking food
3. learn and use infinitives and –ing verbs
4. ordering food in a restaurant
5. read and write an email

Have you ever eaten at a food court, a food stall, a café or a restaurant?
What is your favorite type of food when you eat out?

I. Part of a menu
At the restaurant, we can find menu to show the different dishes in groups. Menu is a list of food and
beverages offered to customers and the prices.

Parts of a menu, food and drink:

1. Starters / Appetizers: a small portion of a food served at the beginning of a meal to stimulate the
appetite.
2. Main course: The biggest dish of a meal in which there are different parts served separately.
3. Desserts: The sweet course served at the end of a meal.

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 Understanding parts of a menu in a restaurant:

Starters Main Courses Dessert

French Onion Soup Fried Chicken Apple Pie with Cream

Egg Salad Grilled Salmon Vanilla Ice Cream
Chicken Soup Fried Rice Fruit Salad
Cheese Balls Roast Beef Strawberry Smoothie
Garlic Bread Mushroom Pie Fruit Salad
French Fries Beijing Roast Duck Mango Pudding

II. Ways of cooking food

There are many ways that food can be cooked in a restaurant or at home. Cook is the action of
preparing food by combining, mixing, and heating ingredients. You will learn the vocabularies for
the different ways to cook food.

Can you help me to

cut the vegetables?
What are you
doing, Mom?

I’m pouring
some tomato I will fry the
sauce and wait scrambled egg
until the soup
is boiled.

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 Here are some cooking verbs to show different ways of cooking.

Grill Peel Sprinkle Pour

Steam Stir Spread Stir-Fry

Boil Fry Squeeze Cut

Bake Grate Roll Crack

III. Verb + Infinitives and Verb + –ing

Verb + infinitive
An infinitive is basic form of a verb. It often acts as a noun and starts with the word “to.”
We use verb + infinitive after these verbs: hope, want, would like
Example:
1. I hope to try a special menu at this restaurant.
2. I’d like to drink orange juice.
3. I want to order fried chicken.
4. I don’t want to have spicy food
5. I don’t like to eat grilled fish

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 Verb + -ing
We use verb + -ing after these verbs: like, love, can’t stand, hate, enjoy
Example:
1. I like eating fried rice.
2. I hate drinking coffee.
3. I love having fruit salad for dessert.
4. I can’t stand eating sour food

We sometimes use like + infinitive to talk about habits or choices

Example:
1. I like to eat toast for breakfast
2. I like to ride a bike every morning

IV. Ordering Food in a Restaurant

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 Let’s read the conversation below!

Bryan and his family go to the restaurant. Read the conversation about ordering food in a
restaurant.

Waiter : Hello, Can I help you?

Mom : Yes, we'd like to have some lunch.
Waiter : Would you like a starter?
Bryan : Yes, I'd like a bowl of chicken soup, please.
Waiter : And what would you like for your main course?
Jenny : I'd like a grilled cheese sandwich.
Dad : I’d like sushi with cheese salmon
Waiter : Would you like anything to drink?
Bryan : Yes, I'd like a glass of orange juice, please.
Waiter : Would guava juice be OK? We don't have orange juice.
Bryan : That would be fine.
Waiter : (After Bryan’s family have their lunch.) Can I bring you anything else?
Mom : No thank you. Just the bill.
Waiter : Certainly.
Mom : I don't have my glasses. How much is the lunch?
Waiter : That's $6.75.
Dad : Here you are.
Waiter : Thank you very much. Have a good day.
Dad, Mom : You're welcome

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 V. Writing an Email

Email, short for "electronic mail," is messages distributed by electronic means from one
computer user to one or more recipients via a network.
Emails are flexible and can be used for giving instructions, serving as documentation,
providing confirmation, communicating rules and procedures, making recommendations,
providing a status update, making an inquiry.

The step how to Send an Email.

1. Step 1: Sign into your Account. Go to https://mail.yahoo.com/. ...

2. Step 2: Compose a New Email. ...
3. Step 3: Write Recipient Email Address. ...
4. Step 4: Enter the Subject of the Email. ...
5. Step 5: Enter the Body. ...
6. Step 6: Send and Finish. ...
7. Step 7: Confirmation.

Advantages of using Email

• Easy to use and simple.

• Fast.
• Good for the planet
• Easy to prioritize.
• Global.
• Cheap

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 Parts of an email

Receiver’s
email address To: arya@gmail.com

Sender’s email
From: ken@gmail.com
address

What the Subject Dinner at a new restaurant

email is about :

Hi Arya!
Greeting
How are you?

Last night was really fun! I visited the new Restaurant near Royal
Reason for
Plaza. The place was really cozy and nice. I went there with my family
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by car. My brother and I looked at the Kid’s menu. My Mom and Dad
looked at the set menu.

For the starter, we had favorite, Garlic Bread and French Fries. For
More the main course, we order crispy crab, roast duck and strawberry
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milkshake. We were hard to choose a dessert. In the end, we decided
to have fruit salad and ice cream.
Closing Have you been to any new restaurants near where you live?
Please write and tell me about your favorite food.

Lots of love,
Sign off
Ken

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