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[E] I'll have broccoli and a side salad

LET'S READ! 📖

Direction: Read the conversation below. Then, exchange roles with your mentor.


Ordering

Server: Hi! Welcome to Riverside Floating Restaurant. I'll be your server today. You're just in time for our early-bird special, so you can choose from that menu or from the regular menu. Can I start you off with an appetizer and something to drink?

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Alex

I think I may have a beer. What do you have on draft?

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Server

We have Statler Lite and Orange Cow on tap.

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Alex

What's your house wine?

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Server

The house red is a Napa Valley cabernet, and the house white is a chardonnay and Mendonza Argentina.

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Alex

I'll have a glass of cabernet.

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Server

And for you, maam?

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Anna

I'm driving so I'll just have an orange juice.

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Server

Would you like any appetizers?

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Alex

No, I think we'll just have the entrée. I'll have the filet mignon.

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Server

Sure. How would you like it?

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Alex

I'd like it rare. And hold the mushrooms.

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Server

And for you, maam?

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Anna

I'll have the seafood combination with rice.

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Server

The dinner comes with a vegetable. What would you like?

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Alex

I'll have broccoli and a side salad.

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Anna

And I'll have the sautéed onions with the seafood.

QUESTION

1. What are the options for the house wine at the restaurant?

2. What dishes did Alex and Anna order for their main courses, and what sides did they choose?

LET'S UNDERSTAND! 📚

A. Sentence patterns in making orders at the restaurant

I'd like

I'd like a Caesar salad as an appetizer, please.

I'll have

I'll have the grilled salmon with mashed potatoes for the main course.

May I have..?

May I have a glass of red wine to go with my meal?

I think I may have

For dessert, I think I may have the chocolate lava cake.

B. Answering the question "How would you like it?

🔺 In dining, this question means how you want the dish to be prepared.

How would you like it?

I'd like it rare. And hold the mushrooms.

🔺 This is also used when you ask someone's general opinion of something.

How do you like moving in California?

It's been pretty tough, actually.

C. Useful Expressions in dining at a restaurant

Hold "something"

  • means not to include something.

    Example:

  • I'd like it rare. And hold the mushrooms.

House wine

  • refers to the brand of wine a restaurant serves if the customer doesn't want something particular.

    Example:

  • What's your house wine?

On tap/ On draft

  • means pulled from a keg, rather than served in a bottle.

    Example:

  • We have Statler Lite and Orange Cow on tap.

Entrée

  • refers to the main meal.

    Example:

  • We'll just have the entrée. I'll have the filet mignon.

Just in time

  • means to arrive before it's too late.

    Example:

  • You're just in time for our early-bird special.

Come with

  • means to have something included.

    Example:

  • The dinner comes with a vegetable.

LET'S PRACTICE! 📝

A.

Direction: Complete the following phrases to answer the question "How would you like..?"

  1. What's Tokyo like?

  2. What's the weather like in your hometown?

  3. What would you like to change about your city/town?

B.

Direction: Listen to the dialogue and complete the customers order.



Order sheet