Chapitre Cinq
Au restaurant/à la brasserie; La nourriture: au restaurant
Exercice 5.6 - 5.7
Vocabulaire : au restaurant/à la brasserie
Most restaurant conversation occurs somewhat predictably. If you can anticipate common phrases based on the situation, you will give yourself a conversational advantage.
In France, after food is delivered, the server generally stops by once to see if everyone is content and then gives the group their space. It is considered rude for the server to continually stop by and interject while the group is dining and socializing. Some Americans misinterpret this as poor service, since we are accustomed to regular check-ins from servers.
Along those same lines, diners have to ask the server for the check in most places. It is considered rude for a server to drop it off, as if to say, “It’s time to go.”
In France, service is included. It is customary to leave a couple Euros as a pourboire, a tip.
La nourriture : au restaurant
À la carte :
Entrées (8,50 €)
Moules farcies—moules avec du beurre, persil, ail, parmesan
Assiette de charcuterie—une sélection de salami, rosette de Lyon, jambon de Bayonne
Salade de chèvre chaud—salade verte avec médaillons de chèvre chaud
Escargots au beurre et persil—escargots avec du beurre, persil, ail
Foie-gras—foie de canard ou oie servi avec du pain grillé
Plats (16,50 €)
Entrecôte—côte de bœuf grillée à la cuisson choisie
Magret de canard—filet de canard au four
Poulet grillé—poitrine ou cuisse de poulet
Poisson du jour—pêche du jour grillée
Poêlée de Saint-Jacques—coquilles Saint-Jacques sautées à la poêle
Médaillon de veau flambé—tranches de veau à la crème de champignons
Gigot d'agneau—cuisse d'agneau cuite au four
Salades (10,50 €)
L’italienne—salade verte, tomates, concombres, mozzarella
La parisienne—salade verte, tomates, concombres, jambon, emmental, œufs, haricots verts
La chèvre—salade verte, lardons, chèvre chaud au miel sur pain grillé, noix
La niçoise—salade verte, tomates, concombres, riz, thon, œufs, haricots verts, poivrons, anchois, olives
La paysanne—salade verte, pommes de terre sautées, œufs, jambon de pays
L’harmonie—salade verte, tomates, concombres, jambon, pommes sautées, fromage feta
Pâtes (12,50 €)
Carbonara—fetuccini avec des lardons, de la crème, de la sauce tomate, pecorino romano
Tagliatelle au saumon—pâtes aux saumon, sauce crème, beurre, câpres
Tagliatelle au pistou—pâtes sauce pignon, sel, poivre, basilique, parmesan
Tagliatelle Saint-Jacques—pâtes aux coquilles Saint-Jacques, beurre, champignons, ail, noix, échalotes
Tortellini quatre fromages—pâtes fourrées aux parmesan, mozzarellas, ricotta, gorgonzola
Desserts (7,50 €)
E x er c i c e 5 . 6
E x e r c i c e 5 . 7
at the restaurant
at the pub-style restaurant
How many people?
we are
number
Something to drink?
I would like
some mineral water
please
Are you all ready?
Have you chosen?
Give us a few minutes to choose.
What do you recommend to us?
Yes, we are ready.
I'd like today's special.
And to go with that?
the check
right away
food
the combination specials
noon
and
evening
starter/appetizer
dish
dessert
mussels
stuffed (feminine plural form)
with
of the/some(de + le reduces to du)
butter
parsley
garlic
plate of assorted cold cuts of meat
a selection
of
pork sausage with garlic, sea salt, and peppercorns
thin-sliced, salted pork strips similar to prosciutto
salad
goat cheese
hot
green (feminine singular)
medallions/rounds
warm goat cheese
snails with butter and parsley
snails
some butter
fatty liver
liver
duck
or
goose
served
toasted bread
ribeye steak
rib
beef
grilled
to the chosen temperature
fillet of duck breast
oven-roasted duck filet
grilled chicken
breast
thigh
chicken
fish of the day
grilled catch of the day
seared sea scallops
sea scallops
pan-seared
flamed veal medallion
slices of veal
in a mushroom cream sauce
leg of lamb
of lamb
cooked in the oven
tomatoes
cucumbers
ham
Swiss cheese
eggs
green beans
bacon bits
with honey
on top of
nuts
rice
tuna
bell peppers
anchovies
potatoes
thin-sliced, salted and dried raw ham similar to prosciutto
sauteed apples
feta cheese
long, thin, flat noodles
Plural indefinite article: some
cream
tomato sauce
a hard cheese similar to parmesan
long, thick, egg needles
with salmon
pasta
salmon
cream sauce
capers
basil, garlic, and olive oil sauce similar to pesto and sometimes containing nuts
sauce
pine nut
salt
pepper
basil
sea scallops
mushrooms
shallots
wide noodles stuffed with fillings
four
cheeses
stuffed
Italian cream and coffee layered cake
baked custard topped with caramelized sugar
chocolate mousse
custard with caramel sauce similar to flan
tarte of the day
cheese plate
two
scoops
ice cream
