The food we love
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2 Describing Food
Vocabulary 1 In a restaurant
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Unit 7 · The food we love Vocabulary 1
Bill
Book
Bowl
Brunch
Chef
Course
Starter
Main course
Dessert
cutlery
Cup
Dish
Dishes
Meal
Napkin
Snack
Tip
waiter
Leticia De La Fuente 1º GPR
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Bill
The list you ask for at the end of a meal in a restaurant, showing what you ate and how much you have to pay. - Could we have the bill, please?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Book
To tell a restaurant in advance when you want to come and eat there, and for how many people. - Can we book a table for 6 people for tomorrow night at 7 please?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Bowl
You normally eat things like cereal and soup in a bowl and use a plate for everything else. - Would you like a bowl of soup? - Can I get a clean plate?
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Brunch
A meal eaten late morning, which is a combination of breakfast and lunch. - We always have brunch on a Saturday after a lie in.
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Chef
The cook in a restaurant, responsible for planning menus and food preparation. - My favourite celebrity chef is Gordon Ramsay.
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Vocabulary 1
Course
A course is one of the separate parts of meal. - Most restaurants offer a starter, main course and dessert
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Vocabulary 1
Starter
The first course, which is often soup or salad
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Vocabulary 1
Main course
The biggest part of the meal served after the starter
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Vocabulary 1
Dessert
Something set at the end of a meal. - For a starter, I'd like to try the soup of the day. Then for my main course, I'll have the vegan lasagne, and some fruit for dessert
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Cutlery
The collective term for knives, forks and spoons. - Can you ask the waiter to bring us some more cutlery?
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Cup/Mug/saucer
We use cups and mugs to drink from but a mug is bigger and taller than a cup. Sometimes a cup will have a small plate underneath called a saucer. - Would you like a cup of tea or coffee? - I had a mug of hot chocolate before bed.
- I gave the cat a saucer of milk
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Dish
Food that is cooked in a certain way and served as part of a meal.
- What's your favourite Italian dish? Mine is mushroom tagliatelle
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Dishes
Also refers to any plates or bowls used for serving food when preparing or clearing up after meals. - Can you put the dishes on the table please? Can you wash the dishes please?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Meal
The food that you eat at a certain time of day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. - Breakfast in the most important meal of the day
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Napkin/Serviette
A small square piece of cloth or paper which you use to protect your clothes, or to clean your mouth or fingers while eating. - You have some soup on your face - do you need a napkin? - I didn't like the bread, so I hid it in my serviette!
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Snack
To eat a small amount of food between meals. - Let's take some snacks to the cinema. - I'm trying not to snack between meals.
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The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Tip
A small amount of additionial money that you give to a waiter after you have paid the bill, especially if the service was good. - Do you think a 10% tip is enough?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
waiter
The person who serves food and drink at the tables in a restaurant or café (some people still use the term waitress for women, but this is now old-fashioned and we can use waiter for both men and women). - The waiter served all our courses with a smile.
Unit 7 · The food we love Vocabulary 2
Bake
Boil
burn
fry
grill
mash
COOKING taste & TEXTURE
Bitter/ sour
Bland/tasty
delicious/disgusting
Melt
roast
Dry
Greasy
Raw/undercooked
Salty
Spicy
Sweet
Leticia De La Fuente 1º GPR
The food we love
bake
To cook in an over, without using any liquid or fat. - I'll bake a potato in the oven.
The food we love
Boil
To cook in a saucepan using water.
- First, boil the potatoes in water and a little salt.
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Burn
To cook something for too long, so that it becomes black.
- Dad burned the dinner and the kitchen was filled with smoke.
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Fry
To cook a pan using a fat like oil or butter.
- He's frying the donuts in oil.
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Grill
To cook it something on a flat metal frame with bars across it above or below strong direct heat.
- Dad grilled the vegetables on the barbecue.
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Mash
To crush food that has been cooked until soft and smooth.
- Mash the carrots until they are smooth.
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Melt
To turn from something hard into something soft or liquid.
- Melt the butter in the pan.
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Roast
To cook food in an oven using some fat like oil or butter.
- We roasted the tomatoes with some olive oil and herbs.
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Bitter/sour
Both mean the opposite of sweet to describe things with a strong sharp taste. We use bitter for things like coffee and dark chocolate and sour for acidic things e.g. citrus fruit like lemons and oranges.
- Coffee is bitter without sugar.
- Lemon is sour.
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Bland/tasty
Food that is bland has very little taste, and is the opposite of tasty.
- If the sauce is bland, add some more chilli and salt.
- Mmmm, this curry is really tasty.
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Delicious/disgusting
We use delicious to describe food we think tastes really nice and disgusting for food we think tastes very bad.
- The cake was so delicious I had two slices.
- The fish was so disgusting that I had to spit it out.
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Dry
When something does not have enough water or liquid.
- I left the cake in the oven too long, so it was really dry.
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Greasy
Full of oil.
- I find fried food too greasy.
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Raw/Undercooked
Raw means not cooked at all, and undercooked means not cooked enough.
- The chicken was undercooked; inside it was pink and raw.
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Salty
Something that tastes like salt or contains a lot of salt. The dinner was too salty, so I was thirsty all night.
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Spicy
Food that has strong, hot flavors like chilli or curry.
- Mexican food is nice and spicy.
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Sweet
Food that tastes like sugar, opposite of sour and bitter.
- I like really sweet tea with lots of sugar.
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The food we love
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2 Describing Food
Vocabulary 1 In a restaurant
Click Here
Click Here
Unit 7 · The food we love Vocabulary 1
Bill
Book
Bowl
Brunch
Chef
Course
Starter
Main course
Dessert
cutlery
Cup
Dish
Dishes
Meal
Napkin
Snack
Tip
waiter
Leticia De La Fuente 1º GPR
Uit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Bill
The list you ask for at the end of a meal in a restaurant, showing what you ate and how much you have to pay. - Could we have the bill, please?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Book
To tell a restaurant in advance when you want to come and eat there, and for how many people. - Can we book a table for 6 people for tomorrow night at 7 please?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Bowl
You normally eat things like cereal and soup in a bowl and use a plate for everything else. - Would you like a bowl of soup? - Can I get a clean plate?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Brunch
A meal eaten late morning, which is a combination of breakfast and lunch. - We always have brunch on a Saturday after a lie in.
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Chef
The cook in a restaurant, responsible for planning menus and food preparation. - My favourite celebrity chef is Gordon Ramsay.
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Course
A course is one of the separate parts of meal. - Most restaurants offer a starter, main course and dessert
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Starter
The first course, which is often soup or salad
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Main course
The biggest part of the meal served after the starter
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Dessert
Something set at the end of a meal. - For a starter, I'd like to try the soup of the day. Then for my main course, I'll have the vegan lasagne, and some fruit for dessert
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Cutlery
The collective term for knives, forks and spoons. - Can you ask the waiter to bring us some more cutlery?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Cup/Mug/saucer
We use cups and mugs to drink from but a mug is bigger and taller than a cup. Sometimes a cup will have a small plate underneath called a saucer. - Would you like a cup of tea or coffee? - I had a mug of hot chocolate before bed. - I gave the cat a saucer of milk
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Dish
Food that is cooked in a certain way and served as part of a meal. - What's your favourite Italian dish? Mine is mushroom tagliatelle
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Dishes
Also refers to any plates or bowls used for serving food when preparing or clearing up after meals. - Can you put the dishes on the table please? Can you wash the dishes please?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Meal
The food that you eat at a certain time of day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. - Breakfast in the most important meal of the day
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Napkin/Serviette
A small square piece of cloth or paper which you use to protect your clothes, or to clean your mouth or fingers while eating. - You have some soup on your face - do you need a napkin? - I didn't like the bread, so I hid it in my serviette!
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Snack
To eat a small amount of food between meals. - Let's take some snacks to the cinema. - I'm trying not to snack between meals.
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
Tip
A small amount of additionial money that you give to a waiter after you have paid the bill, especially if the service was good. - Do you think a 10% tip is enough?
Unit 7
The food we love
Vocabulary 1
waiter
The person who serves food and drink at the tables in a restaurant or café (some people still use the term waitress for women, but this is now old-fashioned and we can use waiter for both men and women). - The waiter served all our courses with a smile.
Unit 7 · The food we love Vocabulary 2
Bake
Boil
burn
fry
grill
mash
COOKING taste & TEXTURE
Bitter/ sour
Bland/tasty
delicious/disgusting
Melt
roast
Dry
Greasy
Raw/undercooked
Salty
Spicy
Sweet
Leticia De La Fuente 1º GPR
The food we love
bake
To cook in an over, without using any liquid or fat. - I'll bake a potato in the oven.
The food we love
Boil
To cook in a saucepan using water. - First, boil the potatoes in water and a little salt.
Unit 7
The food we love
Burn
To cook something for too long, so that it becomes black. - Dad burned the dinner and the kitchen was filled with smoke.
Unit 7
The food we love
Fry
To cook a pan using a fat like oil or butter. - He's frying the donuts in oil.
Unit 7
The food we love
Grill
To cook it something on a flat metal frame with bars across it above or below strong direct heat. - Dad grilled the vegetables on the barbecue.
Unit 7
The food we love
Mash
To crush food that has been cooked until soft and smooth. - Mash the carrots until they are smooth.
Unit 7
The food we love
Melt
To turn from something hard into something soft or liquid. - Melt the butter in the pan.
Unit 7
The food we love
Roast
To cook food in an oven using some fat like oil or butter. - We roasted the tomatoes with some olive oil and herbs.
Unit 7
The food we love
Bitter/sour
Both mean the opposite of sweet to describe things with a strong sharp taste. We use bitter for things like coffee and dark chocolate and sour for acidic things e.g. citrus fruit like lemons and oranges. - Coffee is bitter without sugar. - Lemon is sour.
Unit 7
The food we love
Bland/tasty
Food that is bland has very little taste, and is the opposite of tasty. - If the sauce is bland, add some more chilli and salt. - Mmmm, this curry is really tasty.
Unit 7
The food we love
Delicious/disgusting
We use delicious to describe food we think tastes really nice and disgusting for food we think tastes very bad. - The cake was so delicious I had two slices. - The fish was so disgusting that I had to spit it out.
Unit 7
The food we love
Dry
When something does not have enough water or liquid. - I left the cake in the oven too long, so it was really dry.
Unit 7
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Greasy
Full of oil. - I find fried food too greasy.
Unit 7
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Raw/Undercooked
Raw means not cooked at all, and undercooked means not cooked enough. - The chicken was undercooked; inside it was pink and raw.
Unit 7
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Salty
Something that tastes like salt or contains a lot of salt. The dinner was too salty, so I was thirsty all night.
Unit 7
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Spicy
Food that has strong, hot flavors like chilli or curry. - Mexican food is nice and spicy.
Unit 7
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Sweet
Food that tastes like sugar, opposite of sour and bitter. - I like really sweet tea with lots of sugar.