Eating Out - Lesson 2 - Conversation:
Comida en un Restaurante
(Eating in a Restaurant)
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Camarero: |
Buenas tardes. ¿Qué van a pedir? |
Good afternoon. What are you
going to order? |
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Jim: |
Unos entremeses para la señora y cocido para mí. |
Some appetizers for the lady
and cocido for me. |
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Kathy: |
¿Qué es cocido? |
What is cocido? |
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Camarero: |
Es un plato hecho con garbanzos, carne, gallina,
morcilla, chorizo, patatas y repollo. Es típico de Madrid. Y de
principio, ¿qué desean? |
It is a dish made with chick
peas, meat, chicken, spiced blood sausage, potatoes, and cabbage. It is
typical of |
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Jim: |
Merluza frita para la señora y para mí un filete a
la plancha con alcachofas. |
Fried hake for the lady, and
for me grilled steak with artichokes. |
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Camarero: |
¿Qué van a beber? Tenemos un tinto de La Rioja muy
bueno. |
What are you going to drink? We
have a very good red from La Rioja. |
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Jim: |
Bueno, tráigame media botella y agua mineral para
la señora. |
OK, bring me half a bottle, and
mineral water for the lady. |
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Camarero: |
¿Con gas o sin gas? |
Carbonated or not? |
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Kathy: |
sin gas, |
Noncarbonated. |
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Camarero: |
¿Postre? |
Dessert? |
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Jim: |
Sí, fruta y queso manchego.
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Yes, fruit and Manchego Cheese. |
Notes on conversation
Entremeses, "appetizers," consist of olives, slices of sausage, pickles, and salads usually served at the beginning of a meal.
Morcilla is a thick sausage made with pig's blood, onion and spices.
Cocido. An Andalusian version of cocido is called berza.
Gallina means "hen."
La Rioja is a
region in northern
¿Con gas o sin gas? Literally "With gas or without gas?" refers to the mineral water.
Queso manchego is
"Manchego cheese," a
cheese made originally in La Mancha, a region southeast of