Lesson: Conversation/Restaurants

Warm up

Sentences

• I eat out every week.
• I eat out once a month.
• I eat out whenever possible.

• I usually go to a chinese restaurant downtown.
• I usually go to a japanese restaurant I love.
• I sometimes go to a great Italian restaurant near my house.

• I usually go to restaurants by myself.
• I usually go to restaurants with friends.
• I usually go to restaurants with my family.

• My favorite appetizer is fried polenta.
• My favorite desert is petit gateau.

Conversation

1. How often do you eat out?
2. Where do you usually go when you eat out?
3. How much do you usually pay when you eat out?
4. Who do you usually go with when you eat out?
5. Do you like western food?
   • Japanese?
   • Arabic?
   • Italian?
   • Have you ever eaten at any of them?
6. Do you ever eat greasy food?
   • Salty?
   • Sweet?
   • Spicy?
7. Do you know how to order food in English?
   • Have you ever done so?
   • If so, was it easy to do so?
8. Do you ever eat at McDonalds?
   • Other fast food restaurants?
9. What is your favorite appetizer?
   • Main Course?
   • Dessert?
10. Do you ever drink alcoholic beverages when you eat out?
    • If so, what do you drink?
11. Do you know what a Caesar salad is?
    • Nachos?
12. Did you enjoy eating out in other countries you have visited?
    • Which country had the best food?
    • Which foods did you enjoy the most?
    • Did you think the cost was high or low?
13. Would you send a dish back if it did not taste good or if you received the wrong food?
14. Do you ever leave a tip at a restaurant? How much?
15. What's the worst experience you ever had at a restaurant?
16. What's the most disgusting food you ever ate in a restaurant?
17. Do you like eating at buffets? Why or why not?
18. Do you like to try new restaurants, or do you prefer to go to those you have already been to? Why?
19. Do you care what a restaurant looks like, or is the food the only thing you care about?
20. What types of take out food do you enjoy eating?
21. Do you prefer fresh ingredients prepared by a chef as you order or do you prefer pre-cooked food?