Eating out

I. Read and translate the text:

Last week we decided to visit a small Italian restaurant. The “Las Tappes” is newly opened and is situated right in the centre and we had heard several favourable comments about it. Although we had not booked earlier we managed to get a nice table near the window.

The menu was limited to a variety of national dishes, although the choice of items was rather extensive. We started with salads. My wife chose Greek salad with feta cheese and olives, and I preferred village salad which was actually tomatoes and onion dressed with oil. The vegetables were fresh and came in big portions. I also added some balsamico whish a special Italian vinegar.

For the main course I ordered pasta with sea products which was speciality of the day. Although the quality of prawns and mussels was good, they seemed to be a little underdone. My wife chose grilled shrimps which came with generous spinet helping.

We had two glasses of white wine. We preferred house wine although the wine list included French, Italian and Spanish bottled table wine. There was no still mineral water so we refused to take sparkling instead.

The bill including coffee and service came to £50. Generally the dinner was satisfactory and reasonably priced.

II. Answer the questions:

1. Was the table booked in advance?

2. What salads did the author take?

3. What did the Greek salad include?

4. What is balsamico?

5. Was the author satisfied with pasta? Why?

6. What did the couple drink?

7. What was included in the bill?

8. What was the general opinion about the restaurant?

III. Fill in the blanks with the words best suited to the context:

1 dish – course

Ø The second … was grilled fish with chips.

Ø There was a big … with vegetables in the center of the table.

2. cuisine (кухня) – kitchen

Ø The chef left the … to welcome the guests of the restaurant.

Ø French … is considered to be delicious.

3. lettuce – salad

Ø You can hardly imagine vegetable … made without cucumbers and ….

4. pig – pork

Ø It is fashionable nowadays to have … as a pet at home.

Ø Vegetarians don’t eat ….

IV. Try to guess what these dishes may contain:

Strawberry dream cocktail Seafood delight salad Country dinner

Prompt: Jacked potato, lime juice, roasted lamb, 1 cup ice, lobsters, boiled vegetables, light rum, shrimps, strawberry

IV. Study the menu:

The OLD MILL

Romantic atmosphere of an old village house. Wooden tables and rural decoration will create the impression of an old and hospitable country house.

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