0.7 Explaining dishes  (Page 2/4)

turkey - mustard - beans - kidney - herbs - margarine - rice - salmon - lobster - pheasant - lamp

Cooking Verbs

Match the verbs on the left with the definitions on the right.

3. French in English

A lot of words come from other languages, especially French in the language of restaurant. Complete these sentences using the words provided.

French words and phrases

a la mode

a la carte

bouquet garni

brut

chambre

chateau

chef de cuisine

cordon bleu

de luxe

digestif

en pension

hors-d'oeuvre

maitre d'hotel

nouvelle cuisine

plat du jour

plongeur

sauté

soupcon

table d'hote

traiteur

vinaigrette

1. I like champagne, but this one is rather sweet for me. I prefer ________.
2. I'm glad you enjoyed the meal. Would you like a ________?
3. Here's the menu. We also have a ________ which is mackerel in white wine with spring onions.
4. My first job in the kitchen was as a ________. Nowadays we have a dishwashing machine.
5. We serve the salad with a simple ________.
6. I usually have the set menu, but this is a special occasion. Let's go ________.
7. I love apple pie ________ - it's the combination of hot and cold that I find irresistible.
8. This is an excellent red, bottled on the ________.
9. The restaurant has improved enormously since Larry Duval became the ________.
10. We're investing a lot of money to create a restaurant which offers a genuinely ________ service.
11. Add some ground chili, but not too much. Just a ________.
12. Red wine should normally be served ________.
13. If you want to have dinner in the hotel, we have special ________ price which is very economical.
14. We ________ the mushrooms in butter with garlic and black pepper.
15. A real ________ chef can make very good money in London.
16. There's the ________ which is a set price of $18.90 for three courses.
17. They complained to the ________ about the service they had received.
18. We use a ________ to flavor the soup.
19. I'm not crazy about ________ - I'm usually still hungry after I finish dinner.
20. While we were looking at the menu, we were served Atlantic prawns with mayonnaise and an endive salad as an ________.
21. Almost everything is prepared in our own kitchen except that we use a ________ for patisserie.