My favourite food, in a restaurant
Everybody has to eat.
The first meal of the day is breakfest. Some says that the rich breakfest is the best way to start the day, but I usually haven’t got time for breakfeast and I drink only a tea. I like fruit tea with strawberries and cream. I don’t drink cofee because of its strange flavour. At the weekend my mother cooks me scrambled eggs or a I take yougurt, cakes.
Healthy food: milk – for bones, fruit, vegetables, poultry (chicken, hen, duck, goose, turkey), fish, rabbits, soja, cornflakes, dark bread, honey, nuts…
Unhealthy food: eggs, lamb, pork, beef, veal, mutton, chips, sweets, chocolates…
Alcoholic drinks – bad for the liver, but beer- good for digestion, red wine- good for blood…
At the restaurant
When you come you should find a free table and wait for the waiter. It’s impolite to crack fingers. You can be fined for doing it. The waiter brings you a menu and asks whether you want anything to drink. (mineral water, cola, fanta… wine, beer, champagne, aperitifs…). You can have a soup first (potato, tomato, pea, bean, carrot, parsley, celery, mushrooms, beef, tripe, chicken, hen, poultry, fish, goulash, strawberry…) Then you could have a main meal (meat with potatoes, chips, croquette, dumplings, pasta, rice…) As for desert you could have ice cream, pancakes, cake, fruit… Then you call the waiter and pay for a dinner.
Let’s go and have a bite to eat. – Dáme si něco k jídlu.
I need a table for….. persons. – Potřebuji stůl pro… osob.
Can I take your order? – Máte vybráno?
Have you any specialities? – Máte nějakou specialitu?
What can you recommend me? – Co mi můžete doporučit?
I’ll have…………. – Dám si…………………..
I’d like…………….. – Rád bych…………………
I’d like a bill. – Účet prosím.
Could we have………… – Mohli bychom si dát………..
What will you have? – Co si dáte?
It’s on me. – Platím já.
Cheers! – Na zdraví!
In our country the day starts with a breakfast, which consists of something to drink (tea with milk or lemon, cocoa, warm milk, black coffee) and something to eat (one or two slices of bread and butter and cheese or eggs, salami, ham, jam, honey…). Instead of bread we can eat rolls, buns or something sweet (cakes, doughnuts, gingerbread). A lot of people eat for their breakfast cornflakes or muesli. Breakfast usually takes place between 6 and 7 o’clock.
Around noon we have our lunch, which is warm and consist of soup, main meal, dessert and something to drink. Most people go to school or factory canteen, some of them prefer going to the restaurant of having fast lunch in a buffet or snackbar.
An evening meal could be either warm or cold. Quick and cold supper may consist of some paté on bread or rolls, kippers or some spread, ham, cheese… Warm supper could be a soup, potato pancakes (bramborák), ham and eggs, sausages…
Fast food is a typical feature of both English and American lifestyles. At food stalls you can buy various types of food to eat as you walk along the streets or take it away and eat at home. The Americans call these restaurants “cheapies”. These places – McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, KFC … usually offer beverages (Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, tea, juice…), some solid food like roast chicken and chips, hamburgers, sandwiches, pizza, salads, deserts… You can put pickles, onions, ketchup or tomatoes on your hamburger too. The oldest type of fast food are sea food stalls or shops – usually fish and chips – the fish is cut to pieces, covered with batter (flour and water) and fried in oil. Another typical feature of British and American lifestyles is popcorn.
It is said that fast food is very unhealthy and probably it’s true. They fry it on a bad oil, the hygiene is also very bad and it is unhealthy to eat while you are walking. But it is very popular and most of children love it. In some countries it is also the cheapest food.
Eating out or in – Both of this has advantages and disadvantages. OUT – no dishes, no washing up, no cooking, professionally prepared food, for many people it is a small celebration, very expensive, you have to go somewhere, it could be unhealthy, you have to wait till they prepare it. × IN – cheaper, at home, more comfortable, dishes, you have cook it yourself
Typical Czech meals – tripe soup, potato soup, roast goose and sauerkraut and Czech dumplings, roast sirloin of beef in sour cream sauce and dumplings, roast pork sauerkraut and dumplings, Moravian Sparrows (roast fat pork offcuts), Spanish Birds (rolled beef steaks filled with salami, pickle, egg, mustard), potato pancakes, fruit dumplings with cream, potato or „hairy“ dumplings, fried cheese
cook vařit
fry smažit
boil vařit ve vodě
roast péct (maso)
bake péci
grill grilovat
stew dusit
smoke udit
scramble (egg) míchaný
pour nalít
cut krájet
peel loupat
mince na drobno nakrájet
open otevřít
break (an egg) rozbít
beat šlehat
stir míchat
slice plátek, krajíc
take vzít, brát
put on a lid položit pokličku
take off a lid vzít pokličku
squeeze a lemon vymačkat citrón
spread a butter rozetřít máslo
lay/set the table prostřít stůl
clear the table sklidit ze stolu
wash up mýt nádobí
cuisine národní kuchyně
breakfast snídaně
lunch svačina
dinner hlavní jídlo
supper večeře
dessert zákusek, dezert
aperitif aperitiv
hors-d’oeuvre předkrm
foods:
brawn nakládané maso
joint kýta
game zvěřina; hra
poultry drůbež
sucking-pig sele
chicken kuře
hen slepice
duck kachna
turkey krocan
goose husa
beef hovězí
pork vepřové
veal telecí
mutton skopové
lamb jehněčí
rabbits králík
wreaths of sausages věnec uzenek
pudding jelito, klobása; pudink
cutlet kotleta
schnitzel řízek
sirloin svíčková
kidney ledvina
kippers uzenáče
salmon losos
mackerel makrela
carp kapr
trout pstruh
jackfish štika
cod treska
plaice platýz
lobster humr
oyster ústřice
herring steď
bacon slanina
grease tuk, sádlo
salami salám
ham šunka
sausage párek
beef tea hovězí vývar
tripe droby, dršťky
roll houska, rohlík
goulash soup gulášová polévka
pastry pečivo
bread chleba
cereal obilovina
dumplings knedlíky
rice rýže
pastes těstoviny
spaghetti špagety
sponage biscuits piškoty
doughnut kobliha
gingerbread perník
yeast kvasnice
youghurt jogurt
muesli müsli
cornflakes kukuřičné lupínky
jam marmeláda
marmelade džem (jen pomerančový)
honey med
salad salát
chip hranolek
sweets cukroví, bombóny
cake koláč
baking–powder prášek do pečení
stewed fruit kompot
cheese tvaroh, sýr
ketchup kečup
vinegar ocet
sauerkraut kyselé zelí
egg vejce
pulses luštěniny
raisins hrozinky
vanilla sugar vanilkový cukr
icing sugar cukr moučkový
castor sugar cukr práškový
granulated sugar cukr krystal
cube sugar kostkový cukr
flour mouka
semolina krupice
chocolate čokoláda
ice-cream zmrzlina
pancake lívanec
growths:
apple jablko
apricot meruňka
bean fazole
bilberries borůvky
black currant černý rybíz
broccoli brokolice
cabbage zelí
carrot mrkev
celery celer
coconut kokosový ořech
cucumber okurka
currant rybíz
garlic česnek
gooseberries angrešt
grapefruit grep
grape-wine hroznové víno
hazel-nut lískový ořech
cherry višně, třešně
kohlrabi kedluben
leek pórek
lemon citrón
lentil čočka
lettuce hlávkový salát
mushrooms houby
onion cibule
orange pomeranč
parsley petržel
pea hrách
peach broskev
peanut arašid, burák
pear hruška
pineapple ananas
plum švestka
potatoes brambory
pulses luštěniny
soya sója
strawberry jahoda
tengerine mandarinka
tomato rajče
walnut vlašský ořech
spices:
salt sůl
pepper pepř
red pepper paprika
sage šalvěj
rosemary rozmarýn
thyme tymián
marjoram majoránka
curry kari
ginger zázvor
mace muškátový květ
cinnamon skořice
mustard hořčice
clove hřebíček
cumin kmín
bay leaf bobkový list
allspice nové koření
items:
knife nůž
fork vidlička
spoon lžíce; vařecha
pot hrnec
saucepan pánev, rendlík
cup/pot hrnek
plate talíř
At the restaurant
cafeteria restaurace se samoobsluhou
inn hostinec
café kavárna
pub hospoda
wine bar denní bar
ashtray popelník
can of beer pivo v konzervě
ginger beer zázvorové pivo
lager ležák
mineral watter minerálka