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Learn English Fast - How to Talk About Restaurants and Eating in English ✔
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Apr 9, 2025
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hello this is lean at learn English with
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be Global and today we will be learning
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vocabulary for restaurants and eating
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first things first when you come to a
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restaurant someone will greet you they
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will normally be at some kind of high
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table called a Podium at the be at the
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front of the restaurant
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this person if they are
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female you will call them a
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Hostess if they are male they are called
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a
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host again this is the first person to
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greet you when you walk into the
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restaurant they will typically say hello
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good evening or good afternoon if you're
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there for lunch and then they will ask
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you how many people are in your
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party this question doesn't have
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anything to do with having a party when
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they ask you how many people are in your
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party they're saying can you please tell
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me how big of a table I need to get tell
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me how many people you have so I can
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figure out how big of a table I need to
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see you at so here's the sentence
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how many people are in your party if I'm
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buy myself I just say one or a party of
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one if I have two people I can just say
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two or a party of
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two then the host or Hostess will get
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some
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menus a menu is what you use
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to understand which foods you can order
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from the
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restaurant let me write that down for
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you you will follow the host or Hostess
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to your table and then they will pass
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out the
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menus on the menu you will typically
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find three
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courses the courses usually consist of
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an
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appetizer a main
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course and a
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dessert let's explore these a bit
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more so like I said on the menu you have
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courses the first thing you will see is
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appetizers the first course is the
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appetizer course
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appetizers typically consist of
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soups salads or small
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plates often people share appetizers
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because they still want to be hungry for
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their main course or the main
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meal so for your appetizer you could
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pick from the soups
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salads or small
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plates when the waitress comes back to
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your table she is going to ask you what
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can I get you started to drink
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today you have a quite a few choices
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when she asks you
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this if you're not interested in
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drinking or you have children who would
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like a beverage other than water you can
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look at the soft drinks part of the
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menu typically a restaurant will have
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Coca-Cola products or Pepsi products you
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should ask them for a wine menu or their
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drinks menu or their beer menu
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the drinks menu typically contains
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alcoholic
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beverages so it's typically you
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typically want to ask the waitress if
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something has alcohol in it if you're
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concerned if you find it on the drinks
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menu so the waitress comes over she says
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what can I get for you to drink
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tonight you say Coca-Cola please the wa
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says okay writes down everyone else's
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drink orders as well and then goes to
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the kitchen to put in your drink orders
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and give you some time to look at the
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menu now we already went over the
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appetiz ERS at this time when the
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waitress is taking your drink order if
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you already know what kind of appetizer
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you would like to have it's definitely
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okay to order your appetizer at this
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time in fact if you know what your main
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course is that you would like to eat at
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this time you can order a main course of
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course you do not have to order an
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appetizer it is perfectly okay to only
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order a main course if that's all you
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want at some restaurants they will bring
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you complimentary chips and salsa or
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complimentary bread and
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butter you may want to ask them if they
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have any complimentary appetizers before
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you order a paid
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appetizer let's look at main courses
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main courses are typically larger
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portion
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sizes what is a portion size the portion
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is the amount of food piled on your
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plate a large portion typically means
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that the plate is pretty much full a
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small portion
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typically means that the plate is only
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partially full depending on how hunger
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you are you may want to ask the waitress
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how big the portion sizes are for some
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meals let's look at some examples of
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main
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courses one example of a main course
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could be a
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steak another example could be fried
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chicken another example could be
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spaghetti and meatballs
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so now you're looking at the main
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courses the waitress has brought your
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drinks back to your table and she says
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is there anything I can get started for
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you this usually means that she's asking
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if you want an appetizer
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you can
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say uh I think we need a minute or you
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can order an appetizer if you're ready
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to order an appetizer or you can order a
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main course if you're ready for a main
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course there is also the possibility if
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you see something on the appetizer menu
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that you would like to eat as a main
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course you can request to have this
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appetizer as a main
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course can simply say
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I would like to order this soup but can
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you please bring it with the main course
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and the waitress will definitely
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understand what that
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means so as she goes around she'll say
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what would you like I'm going to order
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the steak to order the steak I should
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say I would like the steak
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please let me write that down for you
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another way of saying this is can I
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please have the steak
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both of these ways to ask for food are
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polite and the waitress will understand
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either one of them now after you ask for
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your food she may ask you and which side
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would you like with
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that often times main courses will come
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with a side dish something that's eaten
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with the main course but comes on the
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plate with the main course and can be
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ordered
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separately usually a restaurant will
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have a list of side dishes to choose
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from if you're at a place that's serving
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steak some of the side
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dishes may include
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things like soups and salads like you
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would order for an
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appetizer or it could also include
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things
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like mashed
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potatoes green beans
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or seasonal
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fruit the term seasonal fruit means that
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if you're ordering this side in the
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summer you're going to get foods that in
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that region are ripe in the summer if
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you're ordering in the fall for example
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season fruit may include things like
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peaches that are typically ripe in the
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fall if you're not sure or if you have
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any allergies to Foods you definitely
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want to check with the waitress and ask
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her what are the seasonal
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fruits after your waitress goes around
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the table and takes all of your main
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orders and side orders from the table
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you will have a little while to wait
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while you're waiting if you ordered an
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appetizer the waitress will bring you an
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appetizer if there is a free appetizer
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such as chips and salsa or bread as we
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discussed this appetizer will typically
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be brought at this
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time if there are no complimentary
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appetizers and you didn't order one you
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may have to just wait for usually 15 to
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20 minutes be patient and understand
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that depending on what you ordered it
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could take quite a bit of time now
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there's one thing that I forgot to go
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over if you are at a restaurant that has
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steak or hamburgers or eggs they may ask
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you how would you like that so let's
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quickly go over a couple different
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options
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for the kinds of ways to ask your meat
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or eggs to be
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cooked for
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meat let's take steak as an
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example meat can
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be
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rare this means that it is cooked just a
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bit just barely cooked basically brazed
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it could
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be
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medium this means that it might still be
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slightly pink on the inside but it is
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fairly well
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cooked if you don't want any pink in the
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middle of your meat ask
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for well done
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this means that when you cut into your
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steak or Burger it should be cooked
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completely through without any
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pink for food safety if you are
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concerned it's best to get it more well
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done rather rather than getting it
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rare for
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eggs it's a bit different
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you can get eggs over
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easy this means that the egg won't be
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cooked very well the white part of the
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egg will typically be hard but the
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yellow yolk will be very runny in fact
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the yellow yolk should be sitting on top
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of the white part of the egg
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over medium typically means that the
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white part of the egg is hard and
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covering the yolk the yolk itself will
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still be quite
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runny there's also the option to get
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eggs over
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hard this means that both the yellow
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part of the egg and the white part of
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the egg will be cooked until they are
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hard the yellow part of the egg is
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called the
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yolk and the white part of the egg is
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typically referred to just as the white
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part of the egg or the egg
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white if you are unsure what you're
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ordering ask the waitress they will be
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happy to explain it to you another
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option is to get your eggs
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poached poached eggs are typically
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cooked so that the yolk is still runny
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but they're cooked with water rather
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than
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oil there is also the option to get
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scrambled eggs scram LED means the eggs
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have been
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beaten and so when you get the eggs it
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will be a pile of eggs rather than an
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intact yolk with the white around
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it scrambled
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eggs so by this time your food is
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probably ready the waitress will bring
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the food over to your table and you can
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start eating it's typically polite to
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wait until everyone has their food
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before you
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start after you're done eating the main
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dish the waitress will ask you would you
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like anything for dessert or would you
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like to see a dessert
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menu you can say yes or no dessert
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typically does not come with the meal so
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you will be charged extra if you do
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order
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dessert after you order the dessert it
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will be another probably 5 to 15 minutes
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depending on what you order to get the
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dessert so keep that in mind if you're
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in a
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hurry after eating the
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dessert the waitress will either bring
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you a receipt which we call the check or
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you will have to ask for the check it is
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plate to Simply say hi can I have the
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check please and she'll bring you the
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check which shows all of the food that
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you ordered and all of the prices of the
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food that you ordered so that's called
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the
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check you can also ask for the bill it's
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the same thing
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after you pay the bill or I should say
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while you are paying the bill it is
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polite to add a tip typically we tip 10%
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if the service is bad 15% if the service
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is average and 20% if the service is
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good of course you can always leave no
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tip although that is considered to be
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very rude or you can leave a bigger tip
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if you think the waitress deserves it
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