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Meals. Eating out. 1 4 ⇒
Topical vocabulary ü Meals. Food. Meal , , (have a meal , ) have a stand-up meal have a hearty/substantial meal evening meal light meal snack (have a snack ) breakfast ( ) lunch ( ) dinner ( 6 ), dinner party , basket dinner brunch -, (= breakfast+lunch) elevenses 11 five oclock tea , high tea foodstuffs (food products) , fast food , junk food (. , ) be hungry/be thirsty / vegetarian , vegan ( , ) course , three-course dinner , main course ( , ) dish , favourite dish speciality (specialty) delicacy , delicatessen , , starter/appetizer antipasto national cuisine oriental cuisine beverage/drinks , drink Bruderschaft
ü Eating Out Coffee-house Tea-shop () Café Cafeteria , Cook-shop , Restaurant Self-service restaurant Take-away restaurant , Bar Snack-bar Go somewhere for a snack - Refreshment room Pub , Inn , , Chop-house , Steak-house , , Table dhote A la carte Menu (menu card) Wine list Swedish Board Waiter (waitress) () Chef - Tips Pay the bill/check
ü Beverages Soft drinks Strong drinks Cocktail Liquor ( ) Hard liquor Liqueur Beer Wine Vintage wine Old (matured) wine Port wine (port) Table wine Semi-dry Semi-sweet Sweet (dessert) wine Mulled wine Sparkling wine Champaigne Sherry Brandy (cognac) , Whiskey , Scotch whiskey Vodka , Drink vodka straight/neat ( ) Rum Bubbly () Gin-and-tonic Mineral water (spring water) Soda (water) Drinking water , fresh water Lemonade Strong tea , weak tea , middling tea Coffee , black coffee (without milk) , white coffee (coffee with milk) , iced coffee Cocoa
ü Meat dishes, game and fowl Meat dishes Pork Beef Veal Mutton Lamb Horse-beef Steak , ( ) Rump steak Beefsteak Chop Cutlet Bacon , Bacon and eggs Cold pork Gammon Veal stew Saddle of mutton Back rasher Kidney Pate Rissoles , , , Risotto (, ) Yorkshire pudding ( , ) Shepherds pie Sausage , Tongue Ham Grill (grilled fish, meat) () , Stew (stewed meat) , ( ) Irish stew Roast (roast meat, roasted meat) , , () , , , Roast beef Barbecue , ; , ; ; ; () Chicken , Spring chicken Turkey Goose Duck Egg dish Fried eggs - Scrambled eggs - Omelet Hard-boiled eggs Soft-boiled eggs Poached eggs - ( ) Game ; , , Fowl ( ), , Venison Rabbit Welsh rabbit
ü Vegetables, fruit and spices In the line of vegetables The side order of - Potatoes New potatoes Potatoes in jackets/skins Mashed potatoes Baked potatoes Boiled potatoes Fried potatoes Chips (chipped potatoes) , , Tomatoes Carrots Cucumbers Green peas Beans , Spring onions Leek - Egg-plant (aubergine) Marrow (vegetable marrow/marrow squash) Squash , Pumpkin Chefs salad Cabbage Cauliflower Brussels sprouts Broccoli Asparagus , --- Fruit juice Stewed fruit Berries/ soft fruit Pear Plum Peach Melon Water melon Apricot Pine-apple Pomegranate Cherry Sweet cherry Grapefruit Grapes Orange Tangerine Lemon Lime Date Fig Nut Peanut (ground nut) , Walnut Hazelnut (hazel, cob, cobnut) () Almond Cashew --- Spicy (seasoned) food Dressing , French dressing Sauce Gravy Mayonnaise (salad dressing) Salt Horse-radish Mustard Vinegar Pepper Garlic Celery Parsley Dill Cinnamon Ginger Mint Sesame Caraway Bay leaf Olive
ü Pastas, cereals, dairy Pastas Macaroni Spaghetti Vermicelli Noodles Cereals , , Porridge Oatmeal Rolled oats (porridge oats, oats, oat-flakes) Rice cornflakes maize (Indian corn) , bread a piece of bread a slice of bread milk carton skim milk whole milk (full fat milk) cream sour cream yoghurt cheese cottage cheese/white cheese , cream cheese Dutch cheese Swiss cheese Milk cheese with caraway-seeds Butter ()
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