Delicious Phrases to Talk About Food in English Basic English Phrases

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begin today we’re going to begin with

questions about like making a decision

like what you want to eat talking about

the type of food you want to eat so

first let’s look at this one this is

probably the most basic question that

you can use here it’s very

straightforward and easy to understand

what do you want to eat what do you want

to eat at native speed this question

sounds like what do you want to eat what

do you want to eat

so these connect right here these sounds

what do you want to eat so not what do

you want to eat but what do you want to

eat so to respond to this question we

can use very simple patterns we can say

something like let’s go - lets go - and

then you follow with a restaurant like a

restaurant name that’s fine let’s go to

ABC restaurant or let’s go to Taco Bell

let’s go to Burger King you can use a

restaurant name here you can also change

your preposition instead of let’s go to

plus a place you can change this to

let’s go for and then a cuisine so

cuisine this word is pronounced cuisine

cuisine so cuisine means like a specific

regions food food from a specific region

so like Italian are like Chinese so a

type of food a category of food food

from a country or food from a specific

place a specific region so let’s go for

Italian let’s go for Japanese so you can

use go for both of these patterns but we

change the preposition let’s go to a

place we’re talking about movement or

let’s go for Italian so we don’t say

let’s go to Italian we could say let’s

go to an Italian a place or an Italian

restaurant that is okay but if you want

to describe the cuisine

use for let’s go for this thing okay I

don’t see any question so let’s continue

to the next one

so this is the basic the first most

basic question what do you want to eat

what do you want to eat second one what

sounds good what sounds good

this question is multi-purpose like that

means you can use this question for

situations outside food and dining for

today we’re using it for food so this

means what food sounds good to you right

now

so in other words it means what do you

want to eat what sounds good points this

s sound

many people forget to pronounce the S

sound what sounds good what sounds good

so at native speed this question sounds

like what sounds good or what sounds

good to you what sounds good to you so

you can use this let’s go pattern again

or just use

good in here what sounds good to you

Italian what sounds good to you Chinese

what sounds good to you

Thai what sounds good to you you can

also use a dish name here so you can use

a cuisine or a dish a dish so dish here

it’s hard to see sorry dish D is H so to

use a dish means to name a food so tacos

or ramen or sushi or pasta for example

what sounds good to you pasta what

sounds good to you soup whatever sounds

good to you you can use just the dish

name here as well you don’t need to make

a full sentence just name the food you

want to eat in response to this question

you can also use this dish in response

to what do you want to eat totally fine

no problem there okay

good some examples are coming in very

nice Mexican food sounds good yeah you

don’t need to uh no way thanks for your

example sentence it says the Mexican

food sounds good you don’t need to

include the before the type of cuisine

like Mexican food sounds good or Italian

food sounds good so no article there

okay other examples

Abdallah on Facebook says how do I

politely ask what do you want to eat

sure so these are kind of casual

everyday use questions to make this a

little bit more polite you can say what

would I’m sorry what would what would

you like to eat what would you like to

eat sorry hard to see what would you

like to eat is a little more polite than

what do you want to eat what would you

like to eat at native speed it sounds

like what would you like to eat okay

let’s go to the next question what do

you feel like and I have eating here in

parentheses what do you feel like

because often we drop this eating so

what do you feel like means like what

sounds good

the same meaning but it’s focusing on

your feeling so what do you feel like

this isn’t a question about your health

or like your body condition it’s asking

about food in this case in this

situation so sometimes people include

eating like what do you feel like eating

the reason I include this here is

because sometimes we change the verb for

example if we’re not talking about food

if we’re talking about movies we might

say what do you feel like watching

something like that so we can change the

verb here to like suit the situation for

today’s lesson what do you feel like

eating not to eat what do you feel like

to eat is incorrect what do you feel

like eating what do you feel like eating

so again we can use the same responses

here let’s go to or let’s go for a

cuisine or a dish ok ah then let’s

finish this part with one more question

what are you in the mood for what are

you in the mood for so again we’re using

this casual expression and yes you hear

this ending with a preposition that’s ok

this is a very common expression what

are you in the mood for again in this

context in this situation we understand

it’s about food what are you in the mood

for Italian what are you in the mood for

someone says Moroccan food yeah

nice example so these are a few ways to

ask someone about their preferences and

quick ways to respond so let’s go to

let’s go for your cuisine name or a dish

name it’s a quick introduction part

there all right I don’t see any other

questions yet masa hey masa on facebook

says food or foods

should this be singular or plural in

this case which we’re probably going to

use food or probably going to use the

singular food foods has some

applications we use foods some in some

specific situations like when we’re

talking about like foods from another

country like specific types of dishes

but for these questions you’re probably

going to use the singular form okay how

do we answer the third question what do

you feel like eating you can use all of

these all of these can be used to answer

all of these questions actually so what

do you feel like eating oh let’s go to

that restaurant or let’s go for I feel

like I’m using Chinese a lot let’s go

for Chinese or like let’s go for steak

you can use all of these patterns to

answer all of these questions yeah yeah

okay that looks pretty good so let’s

take one quick break and then we’ll go

to part two for today all right let’s

take a look I chose the food related the

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vocabulary there are three I chose this

one is new this is the supermarket one

this has vocabulary words for shopping

at the supermarket so lots of nouns to

practice here and then on the back

you’ll also find more vocabulary words

but this part I think is interesting

labels how to read like this label on

food like the key words here this is a

group of words you can study and this is

for shopping so like discounts and

making payment this is good for shopping

in the supermarket but today today I’m

focusing on like this topic though

dining dining means eating out so champ

is short for champion but these are

expressions you can use at a rest

Durrant these are vocabulary words you

can use to finish the questions we

talked about in part 1 so I’ll show you

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let’s continue to part two of today’s

lesson then if you’re just joining today

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questions about food and eating at

restaurants so let’s continue if you

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find it let’s go to part two part two is

choosing a restaurant choosing a

restaurant so now I want to talk about

restaurant specific questions and

answers so yes we talked a bit about

restaurants and cuisine a little bit

here I want for this part to focus on

choosing restaurants so you’re going out

to eat somewhere in these questions you

could use these at home like what do you

want to eat you could be talking about

food at home these questions are

specifically about going to a restaurant

so hints here where where do you want to

go so meaning not here or where should

we go for dinner where should we go for

lunch so let’s talk about how to answer

a few ways to answer these one we can

use this pattern we talked about in part

1 let’s go to restaurant name or let’s

go for cuisine that is also okay if

however you want to be a little more

specific about like a feature or a

characteristic of a restaurant you can

use a pattern like this

let’s go someplace I’m sorry let’s go

someplace someplace or somewhere is also

okay I’ll include that here let’s go

someplace or let’s go somewhere plus an

adjective plus an adjective so this

should be an adjective you can use to

describe the restaurant so for example

some very common ones let’s go someplace

cheap or let’s go someplace fast or

let’s go someplace fancy hmm so if

there’s a specific like feeling you’re

looking for let’s go someplace fun or

let’s go someplace casual you can use

this pattern to reply so both of these

questions where do you want to go and

where should we go for meal can be

answered with this pattern okay so this

is one way to include like

characteristics about a restaurant you

want to go do okay another way to

describe like the features like

something you want inside the restaurant

or some feeling about the restaurant is

again starting with let’s go let’s go

you can include two if you like let’s go

to a place that has let’s go to a place

that has so before we talked about an

adjective

yeah in this we’re going to use a noun

phrase let’s go to a place that has noun

phrase for example let’s go to a place

that has a nice view let’s go to a place

that has a nice view let’s go to a place

that has a special cocktail menu for

example

something special or something unique

you want to describe about the

restaurant you can use a noun phrase and

you can introduce it with that has so

let’s go to a place you can also use

let’s go someplace or it let’s go

somewhere also perfectly fine they’re

all ok so some examples are coming in

then some other good ideas at Gertrude

is on youtube says let’s go someplace

romantic good ok and princess let’s go

someplace fancy no I’m broke good ok

Wren says let’s go to Italy restaurant

clothes

let’s go to an Italian restaurant so

Italy is the country name we need to use

the form that describes the food Italian

restaurant Italian restaurant you sander

says let’s go to a place that has

Japanese food perfect Edgard says let’s

go to a place that has live music yes

exactly nice examples that’s great live

music

ok cool what else ah easy and fun

English hello uh says shall we eat to a

restaurant can we say that nope we

cannot say shall we eat to a restaurant

you could say shall we eat at a

restaurant shall we eat at a restaurant

but this sounds very formal instead we

would probably say do you want to go to

a restaurant do you want to go to a

restaurant alright on Facebook bori says

let’s go to a place that has a special

dessert menu dessert menu and make sure

dessert has two S’s two S’s let’s go to

a place that has a special or a good for

example a good dessert menu spelling

point there dessert has two S’s desert

desert has one s small difference but

other things don’t see other example

Lizette on facebook says let’s go to a

place that has a terrace nice perfect

perfect perfect

exactly very nice job okay

resize that our research ok let’s go to

a place let’s go to a place that has

vegan food that has vegan food great

good point vegan food or vegetarian food

if you have special preferences for food

ok

nice Wow really good examples let’s go

to a place that has kabobs that’s good I

ate kebabs yesterday great very nice

example is everybody ok um let’s see we

got about 10 minutes left so I will take

one more break and then we’ll go to the

last part of today’s lesson keep sending

your examples I will try to check them a

little after the break it takes a little

time to get to us so while you send your

examples I will share the other PDFs I

showed you earlier I started to show you

this one this dining one so this is

today’s focus is going out to a

restaurant eating at a restaurant I

wanted to show you yeah this guy on the

back so this is again this is the dining

one on the back right here on the back

is there are three groups there kind of

three categories and this is the one I

was looking at table requests in the

restaurant we’re going to talk about

ordering at the restaurant at the table

in just a minute

and we’re also going to talk a little

bit maybemaybe a little bit about

commenting on food but if you want more

expressions to practice going to a

restaurant and to use when you’re at the

restaurant you can check out this one

the dining like a champion PDF cheat

sheet so you can check this out find

this from the link below the video on

youtube or above the video on Facebook

okay

some questions are coming in now I saw

someone what does fancy mean gute says

what does fancy mean fancy means some

place where the the feeling of the

restaurant is kind of expensive

you should wear nice clothes and there’s

nice music and nice drinks and nice food

it costs a lot of money

see some place that is fancy in American

English that’s how we use fancy okay

let’s go to a place that has free

parking and this one’s that good really

nice okay let’s continue to part three

of today’s lesson than Judah says let’s

go to a place that has okay all right

anyway let’s go to the third part of

today’s lesson if you’re just joining

today we’re doing quick response

practice for questions about food and

specifically going to restaurants how to

respond quickly to those so the last

part of today’s lesson is ordering at a

restaurant so these are very common

questions when you get to the restaurant

with your friend or whoever your family

member your date and these are very

common questions you can practice some

responses to first what are you gonna

get what are you gonna get gonna is the

reduced form of going to so what are you

going to get get so get means receive or

what are you going to choose so we don’t

say what are you going to choose we say

what are you gonna get what are you

gonna get so that means you’re looking

at the menu and your friend asks you

this question meaning what in other

words what sounds good to you what are

you gonna get what are you gonna get so

to respond to this question specifically

this question specifically I’m gonna get

I’m sorry I’m gonna get plus the dish

name I’m gonna get plus the dish name

okay couple points a couple of points

here one don’t forget this mmm sound I

hear many learners say I gonna it’s not

correct I am gonna reduces to I’m gonna

I’m gonna

so not I gonna I’m gonna get dish don’t

forget this get either we need that verb

I’m going to get steak

I’m going to get a salad I’m going to

get shrimp whatever your dish is I’m

gonna get this so this is a very easy

way to express that this is a situation

where you can use will like yeah I’ll

get this thing but because we’ve used

going to in the question it sounds a

little more natural to respond with

going to so kind of matching the feel of

the question what are you gonna get I’m

gonna get no pizza okay

blackout says can we use have instead of

get like what are you gonna have

make sure that’s fine what are you gonna

have that sounds fine what are you gonna

have what are you gonna get also fine

okay no problem uh other questions I’m

gonna get lasagna says Lisette that

sounds good actually

I would I would like to get lasagna okay

uh I’m gonna get ceviche yeah I had

really good ceviche earlier this summer

it was awesome

all right let’s continue to the next

group of questions or rather the next

pair of questions do you wanna get an

appetizer here’s a good maybe new word

for some people appetizer

appetizer a PP et ize aren’t appetizer

an appetizer is the small thing the

small food that comes before your main

dish in some restaurants so maybe it’s

like cheese and crackers or like tapas

that kind of thing so do you wanna wanna

is the reduced form of want to do you

want to get an appetizer and we must

include this article here and we use and

because appetizer begins with a vowel

sound do you want to get an appetizer so

would you like to get an appetizer is

what this question means so the answer

to this is just yes or no yes or no

that’s it the short answer the short

answer so respond with yes

or sure usually yeah or sure or yes is

great

of course if not you can change this to

man so I’ve written n 8h that’s how we

express man it’s not as direct as no

like no is quite direct so we might say

nah instead so do you want to get an

appetizer yeah sure that’s great and

then choose it

let’s get so after you agree

let’s get plus your dish

let’s get trip let’s get uh what else is

a good appetizer let’s get a salad let’s

get cheese so small food small foods

nice one control desk okay I don’t know

why oh okay

TG Mac says no I don’t want to get

nothing okay a very casual response

using the double negative they’re good

examples though so yes I want to get

salad some people zing uh in French and

appetizer is called entree or aperitif

as well really yeah okay I don’t know

French sorry okay

why does get have so many meanings

because get is it it was a very exciting

verb I guess there are so many different

meanings so many different meanings it

does have a lot of different meanings

okay let’s ah I wondered I don’t think I

have a verb video about get because get

has many many meanings so it’s hard to

make one video about the verb get but

yes it does have quite a lot I have made

some whiteboard videos about it maybe

they’re not out yet okay let’s go to the

last point here the last one are you

gonna get a drink are you gonna get a

drink so we see here again this gonna

gonna just as we saw here gonna this

short form of going to are you gonna get

a drink that’s what a native person a

native speaker its

are you going to get a drink sounds very

stiff so we connect this are you gonna

get a drink are you gonna get it gonna

get a drink so very quick very quick so

again we can answer with yes or no like

yeah but with this one with this

response are you gonna get a drink

we cannot use sure we cannot use sure

because sure is an agreement phrase in

these to the speaker is asking a

question like do you want to do this

thing like suggesting I want to do this

thing do you want to do this thing with

me so you can answer with sure that

sounds good here this is a yes-or-no

question it’s not asking for like

agreement so we cannot use sure to

respond to this are you gonna get a

drink you can use yeah or no or yeah so

just a simple yes or no response

is good so you cannot use sure to

respond to this but these very quick yes

or no very quick yes or no this one

expressing what you want to eat at the

restaurant with I’m gonna get plus your

dish name okay let’s check the comments

why don’t you make a series of videos

about the verb get a whole series about

getting I’ll put it I’ll put it in my

head I don’t know that’s an idea that’s

an idea thanks for that uh are you gonna

get a drink yes exactly very nice very

nice ah

why use are not do in the last question

oh I see why use here do you gonna get a

drink is grammatically incorrect so do

you want to do you going to is

grammatically incorrect

so do you we’re using do you for a

present tense like

situation do you want to right now do

you going to do you is for present-tense

going to is future tense so there’s a

mismatch there we cannot use do you

gonna okay uh other ones my writing

isn’t clear I’m very sorry I’m writing

quickly live I could say I’m gonna get a

drink I’m gonna get a drink

yes I’m gonna get a drink we don’t use

some for one some is used for plural

forms I’m gonna get some drinks for my

friends is great perfect I’m gonna get

some drinks for the party great I’m

gonna get a drink for myself for myself

so singular we cannot use some okay good

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questions and a few grammatical points

as well too so please use these I hope

that you can use these the next time you

make plans to visit a restaurant in

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