Lesson 1. Lets eat out!

Ordering:
I would like to order
Could I have
May I have
Please give us
Thank you.
Host:What do you fancy
What are you in the mood for
eating?
Types of Restaurants:
Fast food
Fine dining
Meals-on-wheels
Drive through
Serve yourself
Diner/ dinerette

Menu:
ala carte
starters
Main dish/ course
dessert
Common Specialty
Set meals
Bucket/ barrel/
Promo meals
Bottomless/ refillable
entree

Descriptive Words for
food: (include adj for 5
senses)
Sloppy
Buttery/ garlicky
Rare, medium, well-done
Fiber-rich
Sugar-free
Savory
Appetizing
Crunchy/ crispy
Juicy
Creamy
Tender/ tough
Aromatic


Verbs:
Eat up/ drink up/ finish off
Gobble pour
Chew spill
Bite knock over
Swallow wait on
Gulp devour
Toast slurp
Paying the bill:

Go Dutch
Treat
Split the bill
Sluggish service





In the
restaurant
dining
etiquette
ordering
while eating
descriptive
words
verbs
Types of
Restaurants
paying the
bill
Engagement:
Recall a time when you went to a restaurant. When was that? Was there an
important occasion? What food was that? What was it like?
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Exploration:
A. List down at least 5 descriptive words pertaining to the food experience:

The taste of food
The smell of food
The appearance of food
The texture of food
The special features of food

B. What would you say to answer these questions?

1. What does the waiter ask when you enter a restaurant?
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2. How do you ask your guest what to order?
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3. What do you say when you order food?
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4. What do you say to the waiter if you want something else?5. What do you say to get
the bill?







Explanation:
I. All about food
A. You used adjectives to describe your favorite food. Apart from that, there is a wide
range of vocabulary that describes every food experience. Look at the list of words in
the first column below pertaining to the taste, smell, texture, appearance, and special
features of food.

B. Now, examine each of these words and look for its origin. Write in the Root Word
column the root of each of the words. For example, the root of the word spicy is spice.







Now lets see if you can build new words from the following set of words in
the first column. Write your answers in the third column.


Words pertaining to: Root word
Build New wordsusing any of the
following affixes: -y, -ous, -able/-
ible, -ish, -tic, -nt, etc.
1.the taste of food:
spicy
delicious
savory
palatable
fruity
appetizing

2.the smell of food
peppery
garlicky


3. The appearance of food
appetizing


4: The texture of food
creamy
crunchy
crispy
spongy
chewy


5. The special features of
food:
cinnamon/ vanilla



C. Heres an activity for you to do to show whether you have learned new
words. Match the following words in column A to their meanings in column B.

A B
1. ____delicatessen
2. ____delicacy
3. ____appetizer
4. ____ a la carte
5. ____drive-through

a. a small piece of food that stimulates/
appeals
b. a shop that sells high quality food
c. is place in fast food restaurant, cinema,
or other commercial place which is
specially designed so that customers
can use the services provided while
staying in their cars
d. with a separate price for each item on
the menu.
e. a food type typically known in one are
because of its distinct characteristic







II. Ordering food

A. Knowing what to say
Questions Possible Answers
What does the waiter ask when you enter
a restaurant?
Would you like a table for two?

Do you have a reservation?


Where would you like to be seated?



Yes please. / We would like a table for
four please.
Yes we have. / No, we dont. Could you
find a table for us?

Could you seat us by the window/ in a
quiet corner?
How do you ask your guest how to order?
What do you fancy eating?
Would you like to try something native/
the specialty?
What would you like to order?

I fancy eating spicy food.
I would like to try the house specialty.
I would like to order something light
like a salad perhaps

III. Youre on your own. Your guest Bill is staying in your hometown or home
city for a three-day visit. Youre taking him around to visit Create a dialogue
to show the conversation between you and Bill while you visit the culinary
interest of your region. Use the terms and words you have learned from I,
and II.

The first sentence is provided.

You: Come on Bill, lets go and explore our regions cuisines.
Bill: What is there to explore?
You: Well, we have drive through, fastfood, and fine dining restaurant. Where would
you like to go and what would you fancy eating?
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Explanation
The rootword is the simplest structure of the word. It has no affix nor
inflectional ending. An affix is a letter, sound, or a syllable added at either the
beginning or the last part of the word to form another word. It is called a prefix if it is
placed initially in the rootword; a suffix, if it is at the end of the word.
PREFIX untidy, misplace, illegal, deconstruct, supermodel, posttest,
preconceive, unilateral, rewrite, extraordinary
SUFFIX buttery, clownish, capable, hopeless, interrogation, amenable,
contemplative, doubtful, dependent





You are what you eat. Lets see if you can figure out the correct word to
complete the following sentences. A word box is provided.

Try answering the following exercise. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word using
context clues as a strategy.

menu specialty drive through meals-on-wheels devour swallow toast
dining etiquette slurp fine dining

1. As soon as mother and I walked in the restaurant, a friendly waitress greeted us,
led us to a table, and handed us the ______.
2. I was told that it is wise to ask the waiter to recommend the bestseller dish or
the restaurants ____ if one is a first timer.
3. Fast food chains provide _____, a convenient facility which allows people to
order food without getting off their cars.
4. I was amused to see that some young office workers were crowding over an
open truck that carries and serves food. Buying food from _____ is certainly
more practical on time and budget on a typical work day.
5. On our JS Prom we had dinner in a ________ restaurant where my classmates
and I had to watch out for proper eating decorum and such.
6. After a long and exhausting drive to the beach, we practically _____ whats
packed for lunch.
7. You dont want to get caught chewing gum in class since if worse comes to
worst, you may have no choice but _____ it.
8. We _____ to the newlyweds after the brides best friend gave a heartwarming
wish.
9. Saying I would like to have the menu please? certainly shows _____.
10. To _____ while eating ones soup may be impolite in Filipino culture but is
certainly mannerly in others.
Remarkable! You get 2 points for every correct answer!
Elaboration
Word pairs are collocations. Food vocabulary has a lot of collocations. Try
your hand on some of them.
The following are words in 2 columns. Find the pair of each word in A to match in
column B.

A B
Sluggish service
Fast food
Bland soup
Weak/ strong coffee


Evaluation:

A. Verbal -lingusitic
Imagine that you have decided to eat out with your group of friends. Whats the
occasion? Where would you like to go? What did you have? How about the drinks? How
did you pay the bill? Decide on the characters in the dialogue/ script. Write the script
paying close attention to the use of specific food vocabulary. After getting acquainted
with food vocabulary, it is about time you gave yourself a chance to use them on your
own.


Rubrics for Dialogue/ Script


Rare Medium-rare Well-done
Total
Use of
Appropriate
Vocabulary
(40)
Barely appropriate
use of
vocabulary
(10-20)
Appropriate
use of
vocabulary
but there
are some
inconsistencies
(21-30)
Exceptionally
exact use
of
vocabulary
(31-40)

Number of
Food
Vocabulary
Used (30)

1-10 words
used
11-20 words
used
21-30 words
used

Impact of
Dialogue/ script
(30)
Barely
convincing (1-10)
Fairly convincing
(11-20)
Absolutely
Convincing
(21-30)


B. Interpersonal and Mathematical
You do a survey on food preferences of students across different departments .
Report your findings using infographics.

C. Musical and Kinesthetic
Create a musical play featuring local practices pertaining to food performed in
class.


D. Intrapersonal
Write a reflective essay on the Philippine food culture.

E. Naturalistic
Make a concept paper on traditional food based on locally grown vegetables.