Thai Food

Thai food is widely known for being hot and spicy since almost all Thai food is cooked with basic ingredients such as garlic, chillies, limejuice, lemon grass and fresh coriander leaf and fermented fish sauce or shrimp paste to make it salty. It takes hours to prepare a proper Thai meal in the traditional way as it involves so much peeling and chopping and pounding so it needs time to prepare in advance.

In fact, Thai food varies from region to region, for example, glutinous or sticky rice is more popular in the North and Northeast than steamed rice. Dishes usually contain a lot of condiments and spices. In the North, food is mild or hot, salty and sour, but never sweet. Sticky rice is served with boiled vegetables, soups or curries. Food in the Northeast is hot, salty and sour. Their favourite foods include papaya salad, sour chopped meat salad, sour minced meat salad . People use a lot of condiments but not many spices.

1. Thai food is hot and spicy. ____________

2. Basic ingredients for cooking is lemon. ____________

3. Rice is usually eaten at every meal. ____________

4. It takes long time to prepare a proper Thai meal in the traditional way.________

5. Thai food is the same in different regions. ____________

6. Sticky rice is more popular in the North and Northeast. ____________

7. The North is well-known for its rice. ___________

8. Favourite food in the Northeast is papaya salad, chopped meat salad, sour minced meat salad. ___________

Communicative practice

Task . Read the dialogue between a waiter and a customer and act it.

• Welcome to Kasey’s Kitchen. Do you have a reservation?

• Yes, the name is Johnson, Paul.

• Ah, yes, here you are. That was a party for one, correct?

• Yes.

• Right this way. Here’s the menu. I’ll return in a moment to take your order.

• Are you ready to order, sir?

• Yes, I’ll have the T-bone steak.

• How would you like that cooked?

• Well done, please.

• You have a choice of potatoes- French fried, mashed, or baked.

• I’ll have the baked potato.

• Would you like that with butter or sour cream or both?

• I’m on a diet, so only butter.

• The vegetables today are corn on the cob, peas and carrots, or broccoli.

• I’ll take the corn on the cob.

• And what would you like for dessert?

• What do you have?

• We have apple, cherry, and lemon meringue pie, chocolate and vanilla cake, peach cobbler, and chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream.

• I’ll take the cherry pie, a la mode, please.

• Would you care for something to drink?

• I’ll take a large ice tea with my meal and a cup of black coffee with dessert.

• Very good sir. Enjoy you meal.

• Thanks.

Task . Put the dialogue into the correct order.

1. - I'd like a grilled cheese sandwich.

2. - Yes, I'd like a bowl of chicken soup, please.

3. - Hello, Can I help you?

4. - Can I bring you anything else?

5. - Would you like anything to drink?

6. - And what would you like for a main course?

7. - You're welcome. Have a good day.

8. - Yes, I'd like to have some lunch.

9. - Would you like a starter?

10. - Thank you, the same to you.

11. - Yes, I'd like a glass of Coke, please.

12. - No thank you. Just the bill.

13. - Certainly.

14. - Here you are. Thank you very much.

15. - That's $6.75.I don't have my glasses. How much is the lunch?

Task . Pair work. Role Play

 The situation: At a restaurant

          Working with a partner, role play the situation, using the information below.

          Use the menu below to order a meal.

The roles: a waiter, a customer