Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Dreaming of Paris Series: French way of food

http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/France/North/Ile-de-France/Paris/photo269777.htm
Eating in France, wining and dining out, and the French way of food; About-France.com:
"Glossary of vocabulary and useful words.
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Understanding the menu: French English glossary of menu terms, optimised for mobile devices

(The pronunciation is indicated between square brackets)
Breakfast - le petit déjeuner [ler peutee day-zheu-nay].
Lunch - le déjeuner [ler day-zheu-nay]
Dinner - le diner [ler dee-nay].
A starter - une entrée [une on-tray]
The main course, le plat principal, [ler plar pran-see-parle]
A dessert, le dessert [ler dess-air]
Coffee: un café [ern caffay] (By default, this is a short strong black coffee)
Coffee with milk: un café au lait [ern caffay olay]
A jug of water: une carafe d'eau [une caraffe dough]
A glass of water: un verre d'eau [ern vair dough]
A jug of red/white wine: une carafe de vin (rouge / blanc) [une caraffe deu van (rooje / blon)]
I'll take this menu: Je prendrai ce menu-ci. [jeu prondray seu menu-see]
Could you bring the bill please. L'addition, s'il vous plaît [la-dee-sio seel voo play]
Where are the toilets (washroom, etc): Où sont les toilettes, s.v.p? [oo son lay twa-let, seel voo play]

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