food and drink vocabulary/ restaurant language/ English for Japanese learners
Take turns being the customer and staff in a self-service fast food restaurant, using at least three things from this page. Your teacher will tell you how to use the useful language on the next page to help.
- barbecue ribs
- corn dog
- cottage cheese and smoked salmon bagel
- (French) fries (= chips)
- fried noodles
- grilled chicken burger
- ham and cheese toasted sandwich
- hot dog
- mixed salad
- cheese omelette
- pita sandwich
- pork cutlet sandwich
- potato croquette
- rice ball with fish eggs and seaweed
- spicy chicken wings
- teriyaki chicken tortilla wrap
Drinks
- (black/ white) tea
- soda float
- hot chocolate
- (small/ medium/ large) coke
- melon soda
- milkshake
- banana smoothie
- decaf coffee
- pineapple juice
Desserts
- ice pop (= ice lolly)
- fruit salad
- sweet potato flavoured ice cream
Other possible things to ask about
- bread roll
- butter/ margarine
- creamer/ powdered milk
- dressing
- (semi-)skimmed milk
- spoon
- (men’s/ women’s) toilet(s)
- tray
- mustard
Possible questions (for fast food restaurant staff and customers)
- Can I have…?/ Could I have…?
- Can you…?/ Could you…?
- Could I have one more/ some more…, please?
- Do you have (any)…?
- Do you have anything (suitable for)…?
- Do you need…?
- Does the… come with…?
- Good morning/ afternoon/ evening (sir/ madam). Can/ May I take your order?
- Is that for here or to go? (= Is that eat in or take away?)
- Is… suitable for vegetarians/ children/…?
- It will take… minutes. Is that okay?
- What is…?
- What’s in…?/ What’s… made from?/ What’s… made of?
- (Sorry,) where is/ are…?
- Would you like anything to drink/ a dessert/… (with that)?
Other things to say
- Here you are.
- Here are… dollars.
- Here’s your change.
When your teacher stops you, ask about anything above which you aren’t sure about.
Food and drink Janglish
All the lines below have one typical mistake with food vocabulary. Correct each one.
- barbecue libs
- American dog
- cottage cheese and smoke salmon bagel
- fried potatoes (= chips)
- fried noodle
- grill chicken burger
- ham cheese toasted sandwich
- hot dogu
- mixed salada
- a cheese omelettes
- pita sando
- pork cutsu sandwich
- potato croque
- lice ball with fish eggs and seaweed
- supicy chicken wings
- teriyaki chicken tortilla lap
Drinks
- (straight/ white) tea
- cream soda
- hot cocoa
- (small/ medium/ L-size) coke
- melon cider
- milkshakey
- banana smoojie
- non-caffeine coffee
- pine juice
Desserts
- ice candy (= ice lolly)
- fruits salad
- sweet potato flavoured soft cream
Other things to ask about
- roll pan
- batter/ margarine
- cureamer/ powdered milk
- doressing
- (semi-)skim milk
- supoon
- (men’s/ women’s) toile(s)
- toray
- mastard
Try to explain these Japanese foods using words from above:
- onigiri
- tonkatsu
- yaki soba
- kani cream korokke
- tebasaki
- omuraisu
- “royal milk tea”
- sencha
- matcha
- ramune
- “melon pan”
- Garigari-kun
Using your own words, try to explain these other Japanese foods with Janglish names:
- “curry rice”
- “dry curry”
- “hayashi rice”
- high ball
- Hoppy
- “sweet potato”
- “curry pan”
- castella
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