3 Ways to Order in a Restaurant Speak English Fluently
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm what should you say when
you’re ordering food in a restaurant in
english let’s talk about it today i’m
gonna share with you three expressions
plus one bonus expression that you can
use when you’re ordering in a restaurant
these are all polite so they’re great
for casual restaurants or formal
restaurants as long as your face and
your voice or polite it’s no problem
let’s start with the first one the first
one you might have already learned in
your elementary school english classes
it’s i’d like this is I would like I’d
like the cheesecake please
sometimes when you learn things in
elementary English classes it’s not
always natural and you’re not sure if
people really use it but this expression
is perfectly fine that’s why I included
it today so you could say I’d like the
cheesecake I’d like a hamburger
I’d like some pasta this is great let’s
talk about the second one the second one
is I’m gonna have the salad with some
chicken on top I’m gonna have this is
I’m going to have you can also simply
say I will have all have I’m gonna have
this is perfectly polite and as you
might notice already I’ve used the
before the thing that I’m ordering all
have the hamburger all have the
ice-cream all have the pasta the salad
when you’re ordering from a menu we
often put the before the word I’ll have
the number two you can also say I’ll
have number two I’ll have the hamburger
with french fries both of those are fine
but typically we say the before we order
something so you could say I’m gonna
have the chocolate ice-cream covered in
sprinkles with whipped cream on top in a
cone thank you the third expression that
you can use when you’re ordering in a
restaurant is by using
the word take I’m gonna take the
hamburger I’ll take the French fries
I’ll take the ice cream out today lots
of unhealthy foods what’s a healthy food
we could say I’ll eat the salad I’ll
take the salad this is something that
you could use instead of half I’m gonna
have the salad I’m gonna take the salad
even though you’re not taking it they’re
giving it to you you could still use
take I’ll take the fruit I’ll take your
healthiest dish please
now I have a bonus for you this is I’m
gonna as you noticed we use gonna or
will a lot I’m gonna go with the salad
I’m gonna go with the grilled chicken
I’m gonna go with the salmon sushi I’m
gonna go with something you’re not
physically going with the salmon sushi
but this means your choice is the salmon
sushi I’m gonna go with the salmon sushi
this is a more casual way to say what
you want to order but it’s also polite
so I wanted to share this bonus
expression with you I’m gonna go with
sushi I hope that these four expressions
were useful to you today and now I have
a challenge for you in the comments
below this video I want you to choose
one or maybe all of these expressions
and pretend that you’re ordering
something what would you like to order
from Vanessa’s restaurant what would you
like tell me down below I’ll go with the
tuna please I’ll have I’m gonna have use
these expressions in the comments so
that you can repeat it repetition is key
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