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59 Cooking and restaurants

Ways of cooking food
fry
boil: in water, e.g. carrots
fry: in oil or butter above the heat, e.g. sausages
grill: under the heat, e.g. toast or meat — grill
roast: in the oven using oil, e.g. meat
bake: in the oven without oil, e.g. cakes mee roast
Note: Food which is not cooked is raw. EE L bake

Cooking steak
If you have steak you can eat it rare (= cooked very quickly and still red); medium-rare
(cooked a bit longer and just red in the middle); medium (cooked a bit more and just pink};
or well-done (cooked even longer and not pink at all).

Describing food
tasty: has lots of taste: a positive word; # tasteless: a negative word
bland: without a strong taste; neutral in flavour, e.g. boiled rice
sweet: lots of sugar; # bitter
salty: lots of salt
hot/spicy: lots of spice, e.g. curry
fresh: recently produced, e.g. fresh bread; recently picked, e.g. fresh fruit
tender: easy to cut; a positive word used to describe meat; # tough
fatty: meat with a lot of fat; # lean
fattening: food which makes you put on weight / get fat, e.g. cream, biscuits, etc.

Eating in restaurants

In Britain you often have three courses: a starter (e.g. soup), a main course (e.g. steak or
chicken), and a dessert (e.g. strawberries or ice cream). You may also have an aperitif (= a
drink before the meal, e.g. gin and tonic), and coffee after the meal. When you pay the bill
(= the money for the meal; AmEng = check), you sometimes also leave a tip (= money) for
the waiter if service is not included in the price. (10% is a normal tip.) If it is a popular
restaurant, you may also need to book (= reserve) a table in advance (= before you go).

The menu

<=
es Starters
-- Broccoli
Home-made Chicken Liver Paté
laghandle sh: Conngutces, Crean andl Bacon
«= Main Courses =
Spinach
with
: Baked Salmon
Breast of Chicken in a White Wine Stuce with Mushrooms
Grilled Fillet Steak in a Pepper Sauce
_ Mushroom Risouo
=
os Desserts
Ghocolate Mousse -—
Fruit Salad
Ice Creant

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