LLFE-A01 · At the Bar — Ordering Drinks in English
📖 From the teacher's desk: As a sommelier and bar manager at The Ivy and Merivale venues in Sydney, I took thousands of drinks orders in English every week. The language of ordering drinks is…
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Restaurant and Food Vocabulary — The Words Every Diner Needs (A2)
From Sourov's world: In my early days at Uccello in Sydney — a fine Italian restaurant in the Merivale group — a guest pointed at the menu and said: "Can I have the thing with…
Food and Restaurant English — Ordering and Describing (A2)
🎙 From the classroom: I spent years as a sommelier and barista in Sydney — The Ivy, Establishment, Uccello. Wine vocabulary was my second language before French. The fastest way I found to teach food…
Writing a Menu: How to Describe Food in English
At Popolo in Sydney, I helped rewrite part of the menu. The chef's original line said: 'Pasta with tomato sauce and herbs.' I changed it to: 'House-made fettuccine, slow-cooked San Marzano tomato, fresh basil.' Same…
Taking Orders: Polite English for Restaurant Staff
My first job in Sydney was taking orders at a small Italian restaurant in Strathfield. I was so nervous. I kept writing the wrong thing. One evening a chef said to me: 'Repeat the order…