FRENCH LESSON - AT THE RESTAURANT / FOOD / DRINK IN FRENCH

AT THE RESTAURANT - USEFUL FRENCH PHRASES
(for audio/video files showing how to say the food / restaurant phrases in French, see below)

 

A table for one person/two people, please. 

Une table pour une personne/deux personnes, je vous prie. (uun TAHBL poor uun/deu pehr-SOHN zhuh voo PREE)

Can I look at the menu, please? 

Puis-je avoir le menu? (PWEEZH ah-VWAHR luh muh-NUU?)

Is there a house speciality? 

Quelle est la spécialité de la maison ? (KELL eh lah spay-see-ah-lee-TAY duh lah meh-ZOHNG?)

Is there a local speciality? 

Y a-t-il une spécialité locale ? (yah-TEEL uun spay-see-ah-lee-TAY loh-KAHL?)

I'm a vegetarian. 

Je suis végétarien. (zhuh SWEE vay-zhay-tah-RYAHNG)

I don't eat pork. 

Je ne mange pas de porc. (zhuh nuh mahnzh PAH duh POHR)

I only eat kosher food. 

Je ne mange que de la viande cachère. (zhuh nuh MAHNZH kuh duh lah VYAHND kah-SHEHR)

breakfast 

petit-déjeuner (ptee-day-zheu-NAY)

lunch 

déjeuner (day-zheu-NAY)

dinner

dîner (dee-NAY)

 

supper 

souper (soo-PAY)

I want _____. 

Je voudrais _____. (zhuh voo-DREH _____)

I want a dish containing _____. 

Je voudrais un plat avec _____. (zhuh voo-DREH ung plah ah-VEK _____)

 

beans	des haricots (dez ah-ree-KOH)
beef	du boeuf (duu BUFF)
bread	du pain (duu pang)
chicken	du poulet (duu poo-LEH)
clams	des palourdes (deh pah-LOORD)
cheese	du fromage (duu froh-MAHZH)
cod	de la morue (duh lah moh-RUU)
eggs  / one egg	des oeufs (dehz UH) / un oeuf (un UF)
fish	du poisson (duu pwa-SONG)
frogs	des grenouilles (deh gruh-NOOEY)
(fresh) fruit	des fruits (frais) (frwee (freh))
ham	du jambon (duu zhahng-BONG)
lobster	du homard (duu oh-MAR)
mussels	des moules (deh MOOL)
noodles	des pâtes (deh PAHT), des nouilles (deh NOOEY)
oysters	des huîtres (dez WEETR)
pork	du porc (duu POHR/)
rice	du riz (duu REE)
salad	une salade (uun sah-LAHD)
salmon	du saumon (duu saw-MONG)
sausage	des saucisses (deh saw-SEESS)
seafood	des fruits de mer (deh frwee duh MEHR)
snails	des escargots (dez es-car-GOH)
toast	toast (said the same as English!)
tuna	du thon (duu TONG)
(fresh) vegetables	des légumes (frais) (deh lay-guum FREH)
whiting	du merlan (duu mehr-LANG)

You can hear how these and other foods are said in French. (Once page is opened place your mouse on an image to hear it said in French): General food items said in French Hear how to pronounce the names of different vegetables in French Hear how to pronounce the names of fruits in French

Or you can practise your French food vocabulary with this video:

May I have a glass of _____? 

Puis-je avoir un verre de _____? (pweezh ah-VWAHR ung VEHR duh _____?)

May I have a cup of _____? 

Puis-je avoir une tasse de _____? (pweezh ah-VWAHR uun TAHSS duh _____?)

May I have a bottle of _____? 

Puis-je avoir une bouteille de _____? (pweezh ah-VWAHR uun boo-TEYY duh _____?)

 

beer	bière (byehr)
coffee	café (kah-FAY)
juice	jus (zhuu)
red wine	vin rouge (vang roozh)
sparkling water / still water	eau gazeuse (oh gah-ZUHZ) / eau (oh)
tea	thé (tay)
white wine	vin blanc (vang blahng)

 

May I have some _____? 

Puis-je avoir du _____? (pweezh ah-VWAHR duu)

black pepper	poivre
butter	buerre
salt	sel
sugar	sucre

 

Excuse me, waiter? (getting attention of server) 

S'il vous plait ? 

I'm finished. 

J'ai fini.

It was delicious. 

C'était délicieux. 

Please clear the plates. 

Vous pouvez débarasser la table.

The check, please. 

L'addition, s'il vous plaît

Practise these and other useful French restaurant phrases with the following video from the BBC. Includes ordering a takeaway meal and vocabulary for a restaurant. Subtitles are provided in both French and English. Eating out in France Video Get further practise on ordering a meal in a restaurant with the following audio file, in which you'll hear a phrase in English and then in French. Eating out in France Audio (To save the audio file, PC users should 'right-click' on the link and choose 'Save Target As', then save the file to your desktop. Open it in any media player that supports MP3 files. Mac users should 'control+click' on the link, then save the file to your desktop.)

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