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French: Eating out

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Eating Out

For those who are vegetarian, or who prefer vegetarian dishes, turn to the VEGETARIAN topic for further phrases.

Where can we have a snack?
Où est-ce qu'on peut manger un casse-croûte?
oo es koñ puh moñ-zhay uñ kass kroot

Can you recommend a good local restaurant?
Pouvez-vous nous recommander un bon restaurant dans la région?
poovay voo noo ruhko-moñday uñ boñ resto-roñ doñ la ray-zhyoñ

I'd like to book a table for ... people
Je voudrais réserver une table pour ... personnes
zhuh voodray rayzehr-vay oon tabl poor ... pehr-son
 



for tonight


for tomorrow night


at 7.30


pour ce soir


pour demain soir


à dix-neuf heures trente


poor suh swar


poor duhmañ swar


a deez-nuhf ur troñt

 



The menu, please


What is the dish of the day?


Le menu, s'il vous plaît


Quel est le plat du jour?


luh muhnoo seel voo pleh


kel eh luh pla doo zhoor

 



Have you...?


a tourist menu


a set price menu


Avez-vous...?


un menu touristique


un menu à prix fixe


avay voo...


uñ muhnoo toorees-teek


uñ muhnoo a pree feex

 

Can you recommend a local dish?
Pouvez-vous nous recommander un plat régional?
poovay voo noo ruhko-moñday uñ pla rayzho-nal



What is in this?


I'll have this


Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dedans?


Je prends ça


kes keel ya duh doñ


zhuh proñ sa

 



More bread...


More water...


please


Encore du pain...


Encore de l'eau...


s'il vous plaît


oñkor doo pañ


oñkor duh loh...


seel voo pleh

 



The bill, please


Is service included?


L'addition, s'il vous plaît


Est-ce que le service est compris?


ladee-syoñ seel voo pleh


es kuh luh sehrvees eh koñpree

 

* EATING PLACES

Bar serves drinks, coffee, light breakfasts and often snacks

Brasserie cross between a café and restaurant, offering snacks
and a limited range of dishes throughout the day

Crêperie pancake house offering sweet and savoury pancakes

Relais routier roadside restaurant for lorry drivers and also the
hungry tourist who wants value for money. They serve set meals,
often with drink included - boisson comprise

 

* THE MENU



ENTRÉES / HORS D'OEUVRES


STARTER


potage


soup


assiete anglaise


selection of cold meat

 



PLAT DE RÉSISTANCE


MAIN COURSE


viandes


meat dishes


gibier et volaille


game and poultry


poissons


fish

 

* TYPES OF MEAT & POULTRY


agneau lamb

bifteck steak

búuf beef

blanquette de veau stewed veal in white wine

bouchées à la reine chicken vol au vents

boudin blanc / noir white / black pudding

boulettes meatballs

brochette kebab

cabri kid

caille quail

canard duck

cervelas saveloy

cervelle brains

chateaubriand fillet steak

chevreuil venison

coq au vin chicken cooked in wine

côte / côtelette chop, cutlet

cuisses de grenouille frogs' legs

dinde turkey

entrecôte rib steak

escalope de veau veal escalope

escargots snails

faisan pheasant

filet (mignon) fillet (small)

foie liver: foie gras goose liver pâté

gigot d'agneau leg of lamb

jambon ham: cru cured, cuit cooked

lapin rabbit

lièvre hare

mouton mutton

oie goose

perdrix partridge

porc pork

pot-au-feu beef stew

poulet chicken

poussin young chicken

ris de veau calf's sweetbreads

rognons kidney

rosbif roastbeef

sanglier wild boar

saucisse / saucisson sausage / salami

steack steak

tournedos thick fillet steak

tripes tripe

veau veal

volaille poultry
 

* TYPES OF FISH & SEAFOOD


anguille eel

bisque seafood soup

bouillabaisse fish soup

cabillaud cod

calmar squid

coquilles Saint-Jacques scallops

fruits de mer seafood

homard lobster

huîtres oysters

langouste crayfish

langoustines scampi

lotte monkfish

moules mussels

saumon salmon

thon tuna

truite trout
 



* SALADES ET LÉGUMES


SALAD AND VEGEtableS


chou-fleur


cauliflower


petits pois


peas


poireau


leek


pommes dauphine


potato croquettes


pommes frites


chips


salade (verte)


salad (green): salade mixte mixed

 



* FROMAGES


CHEESE (often served before dessert)

 

What cheeses do you have?
Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme fromages?
kes kuh vooz avay kom fromazh
 



un fromage de chèvre


goat's cheese


un fromage doux


a mild cheese


un fromage du pays


a local cheese




* DESSERTS


DESSERTS


What desserts do you have?
Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme desserts?
kes kuh vooz avay kom dessehr



glace


ice cream


mousse au chocolat


chocolate mousse


salade de fruits


fruit salad


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