Use adjectives like these to talk about food:
Waiter: ¿Would you like some fruit?
Client: No, thanks. i`m on a low-carb diet.
Client: I`d like a salad dressing with no oil, and ¿do you have any fat-free or low-fat milk?
Client: ¿Do you grow organic vegetables?
Waiter: Yes, we do.
Waiter: Good Eats buys everything from local farms.
Waiter: this crab is wild, from the atlantic ocean.
PRONOUN REFERENCE.
After you use a noun, such as restaurant or server, you can use a pronoun such as it or she to refer back to the noun. For example, it and that can be used as subject pronouns.
The organic restaurant gets five stars for its atmosphere. It 's my favorite.
We ate at 10 pm, but that was fine.
It and that can also be used as object pronouns.
I like this dish. I ordered it last time I was here.
The restaurant had very slow service. I hate that.
She and he are subject pronouns. they refer back to a person previously mentioned. Use her or him as object pronouns.
My aunt is on a low-carb diet. She's losing weight.
The server was very polite. I gave him a bigtip.
You may also want to ask questions about the food:
¿Are the oysters fresh?
¿Do you have any local red wine?
¿What does lasagna come with?
COUNTERS
You can use the container a food comes in to state the food's amount. Counters such as a bottle of and a package of are especially useful when quantifying an uncountable noun, like water or bread, since these nouns have no plural. Use a bottle of or a liter of to identify some liquids.
A: -I'd like a T-Bone steak and a bottle of Sparkling mineral water.
B: Certainly. A T-Bone, and would you like a liter of Sparkling mineral water or just a small bottle?
CULTURE NOTE: These are Five main categories of steak 'doneness":"
Well done
Medium well
Medium well
Medium rare
Rare
¿Which one do you prefer?
Making Your Language more Polite
You can use continuous forms or a model such as would, could or may - to make your language more formal and polite.
I'm wondering if you serve food that's locally grown.
We were hoping for a 6 o'clock reservation.
I would like to make a reservation for Sunday evening.
How may I help you?
Six Fifteen would work just fine.
Could You give us a non-smoking table?
Culture Note: Of course, it is always best to be polite, but when you are booking a table, or ordering your meal, you'll find that you get better service if your language is polite and respectful.
Use a package of, to identify amounts of some solids.
We didn't have dessert at the restaurant, so after dinner we bought a package of cookies.
Use a carton of, to identify amounts of some liquids.
You're still thirsty? I think you' De had a carton of milk already.
They brought out four huge cartons of ice cream and let us choose What we wanted.
Use a loaf of, to state an amount of bread that's baked in the Piece.
She served a loaf of bread hot from the over.
Another useful counter is a dozen. It means 12 of something.
The chef puts a dozen fresh local cops in each quiche. We'd like a dozen oysters, please.
