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Chace Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Ordering in Restaurants
Hi mates,
I found I have trouble ordering food in restaurants.
Usually I go to lunch with 2 colleagues of mine and I am the one to order. Waiters always assume that we would all have the set lunch and are like "how many soup? how many salads?" and I will be like "2 salads and 1 soup, 3 steaks, and 3 iced lemon tea, please"
So my question is, if the waiter doesn't ask me anything, should I start with "we'll have 3 set lunches" first to show I'm not ordering anything on the a-la-carte menu? does it sound weird?
I found I have trouble ordering food in restaurants.
Usually I go to lunch with 2 colleagues of mine and I am the one to order. Waiters always assume that we would all have the set lunch and are like "how many soup? how many salads?" and I will be like "2 salads and 1 soup, 3 steaks, and 3 iced lemon tea, please"
So my question is, if the waiter doesn't ask me anything, should I start with "we'll have 3 set lunches" first to show I'm not ordering anything on the a-la-carte menu? does it sound weird?
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"we'll have 3 set lunches, please " This sounds fine.
- "we'll have 3 set lunches, please " This sounds fine.
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Chaceif the waiter doesn't ask me anything, should I start with "we'll have 3 set lunches" first to show I'm not ordering anything on the a-la-carte menu?Sure.
Chacedoes it sound weird?Not at all...except that I call them 'lunch sets'.
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Thank you Clive and Micawber. Another thing that confuses me is countability of names of food.
a mocha, 2 mochas? or 2 mocha?
a spaghetti bolognese, 2 spaghetti bologneses or 2 spaghetti bolognese?
a couple of months ago I bought some cakes for my colleagues (those pastry-like cakes, not those large cakes cut into slices) and I sent out the following invitation by email:
a mocha, 2 mochas? or 2 mocha?
a spaghetti bolognese, 2 spaghetti bologneses or 2 spaghetti bolognese?
a couple of months ago I bought some cakes for my colleagues (those pastry-like cakes, not those large cakes cut into slices) and I sent out the following invitation by email:
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a mocha, 2 mochas? or 2 mocha?-- All OK when ordering
a spaghetti bolognese, 2 spaghetti bologneses or 2 spaghetti bolognese?- All OK when ordering
Subject: Have Some Cake I have bought some cakes for you.
Please come on out to the pantry and take a break, have some cake!
I used the uncountable cake to generally invite my colleagues
a spaghetti bolognese, 2 spaghetti bologneses or 2 spaghetti bolognese?- All OK when ordering
Subject: Have Some Cake I have bought some cakes for you.
Please come on out to the pantry and take a break, have some cake!
I used the uncountable cake to generally invite my colleagues
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Thank you so much, Mister Micawber.
It's a bit off the topic but I just wanna know if you can also speak in Japanese?
It's a bit off the topic but I just wanna know if you can also speak in Japanese?
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ChaceIt's a bit off the topic but I just wanna know if you can also speak in Japanese?No, I am American. Americans are all monolingual.
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