Key Phrases for Eating at a Restaurant with a Friend in English

0:00 We are going to talk about key phrases for eating at a restaurant.

0:05 Today we're going to talk about the different conversational things

0:09 you can say to talk about how how food looks,

0:13 to describe the taste of the food, and to compare the things you've eaten.

0:18 So I think this is a very useful lesson and we're going

0:21 to cover some very small points that I've noticed learners really struggle with.

0:26 So I hope that today's lesson is very helpful and you can

0:29 send lots of example sentences in the chat about your favorite foods.

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0:48 We're going to talk about some useful everyday patterns first,

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2:03 Let's begin because we always have a lot to cover.

2:06 We are going to practice a few key

2:09 patterns and then we're going to practice some changes,

2:12 some variations, different types of pattern that express the same idea.

2:18 So we're going to get a lot of practice with similar ideas today.

2:21 So key pattern one, I'm going to order food.

2:27 When you arrive at the restaurant with your friend or whoever,

2:32 how do you express your decision?

2:34 I'm going to order.

2:35 We're going to practice this and some different versions of this pattern.

2:39 We're going to practice it tastes plus a description

2:44 where the description is usually an adjective or it

2:47 can be a comparison like it tastes good

2:50 or it tastes bad or it tastes like heaven.

2:53 Okay?

2:54 We're also going to practice a similar form to it tastes,

2:58 but to describe it overall.

3:01 It's beautiful or it's amazing.

3:05 So we can use more general descriptions as well for our food.

3:09 And finally, we're going to talk about

3:11 just sharing our opinion like for cuisines.

3:14 I love Italian food or I love Chinese food.

3:17 Okay?

3:18 So lots of good practice.

3:19 I hope you send me your food preferences, your food opinions in the chat.

3:24 Let's get into it.

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3:37 Let's begin today with a short sample dialogue and we'll

3:41 break down some key points throughout the lesson from this.

3:44 So let's take a look.

3:45 First, this place looks great.

3:49 I've wanted to try it for a while.

3:52 Yeah, the menu looks really good.

3:55 There are so many choices.

3:57 I know.

3:59 Everything sounds good.

4:01 What are you going to order?

4:04 I'm going to order the ramen.

4:07 It looks rich and comforting.

4:10 What about you?

4:12 I think I'm going to order the tempura.

4:15 I haven't had it in a long time.

4:18 That sounds like a good choice.

4:20 I almost ordered that, too.

4:24 You can always try it next time.

4:26 By the way, what's your favorite food?

4:30 I love Japanese food, especially ramen and sushi.

4:34 What about you?

4:36 I love Italian food, but I also really like Japanese food.

4:41 It always feels fresh and balanced.

4:46 That makes sense.

4:47 I think that's why so many people enjoy it.

4:51 Exactly.

4:52 Oh, our food is here already.

4:55 Nice.

4:56 Yours looks amazing.

4:58 Thanks.

4:59 Yours looks great, too.

5:02 How is your food?

5:04 It tastes really good.

5:06 The broth is full of flavor and the noodles are perfect.

5:11 That sounds delicious.

5:13 My tempura is really good, too.

5:15 It's light and crispy.

5:18 Now I kind of wish I had ordered that.

5:22 Then we should come back again and try different dishes.

5:26 Definitely.

5:27 Next time I'm ordering something new.

5:30 Okay.

5:31 So let's review this dialogue with a few short questions.

5:36 See what you remember from the story.

5:38 Okay?

5:39 So the first question, what is Leo going to order?

5:43 So Leo is this character here.

5:46 This is Leo.

5:47 What is Leo going to order?

5:49 Maybe you remember from the story, but we can go back together and check.

5:53 If you know the answer, you can put it in the chat now.

5:56 What did Leo say he was going to order?

5:59 We saw it here in this section.

6:02 He said, "I'm Oops, I'm going to order and then he said the ramen,

6:09 the ramen." So ramen is the answer or the ramen is also okay.

6:14 We'll talk about this part, the later in the lesson, so don't miss that.

6:18 Okay?

6:18 So the answer for the first one is ramen.

6:21 Okay?

6:22 Leo decided to order ramen.

6:25 Okay?

6:25 And then second question, how does Leo describe the taste of his food?

6:32 So he ordered the ramen.

6:34 How does he describe it?

6:36 So what was his opinion of the food?

6:39 Do you remember?

6:40 You can put it in the chat or we'll go back and check together.

6:43 He said, what did he say?

6:46 Here we go.

6:46 He said, "It tastes really good." So here's point number one, he likes it.

6:51 It tastes really good.

6:53 Then he said, "The broth is full of flavor and the noodles are perfect." Okay?

7:03 So he really had three points about his dish.

7:06 One, it tastes good, but two, the broth.

7:10 The broth means the soup, like the water, the liquid is the broth.

7:15 So broth is used to talk about the liquid part of ramen or soup.

7:20 And then he mentions the noodles also.

7:23 The noodles are perfect.

7:25 Okay?

7:25 Great.

7:26 Then the last question, oops, the last one.

7:28 What kind of food did Sarah say she loves?

7:32 Maybe you remember this one.

7:34 Sarah said in her this one.

7:40 In her response to Leo's favorite food, she said,

7:44 "I love Italian food, but I also really like Japanese food." Okay?

7:51 So she said she loves Italian food, right?

7:54 So we're going to practice some expressions like these today and we're going

7:59 to talk about some key points like that, the or no the before the ramen.

8:04 Okay?

8:05 So let's get into the practice part of today's lesson.

8:10 Again, there's a free PDF for you if you click the link down here or up here.

8:15 So check it out.

8:16 I'll remind you again later, but let's get into today's first pattern.

8:20 I'm going to order food.

8:23 When I read this in the dialogue, I said, "I'm going to order food.

8:27 I'm going to order the ramen." So let's

8:30 look at a few different ways to say this.

8:33 We can say I'm going to order.

8:36 These all mean the same thing.

8:39 Okay?

8:39 So sometimes people will write to me and say,

8:42 "Which one is correct?" or "Which one is most correct?" They are all correct.

8:47 They are all 100% correct.

8:49 So let's talk about the differences in nuance.

8:52 I'm going to order food.

8:54 Or at native speed, I'm going to for going to.

8:59 Or at very native speed, we would say, "I'm going to order food.

9:02 I'm going to order ramen.

9:03 I'm going to order sushi." Okay?

9:04 So try to practice that.

9:05 I'm going to I'm going to.

9:06 Okay.

9:07 Let's look at the next one.

9:09 I think I'll have.

9:11 I think I'll have.

9:12 I think I'll have sushi.

9:14 I think I'll have pizza.

9:16 This one uses I think I'll.

9:20 If you have joined my lessons about future tense with will

9:24 and going to, maybe you already know the difference here.

9:28 I think I'll have is different because it uses think and will for future, right?

9:35 This one uses I'm going to.

9:38 This sentence sounds more confident.

9:41 I think I'll have sounds like you just made the decision.

9:45 You're not so sure.

9:46 Like, "I think I'll have a salad today." It

9:50 sounds like you've you've just decided and you're not 100%.

9:54 Okay?

9:55 So this means I'm going to order, but the confidence level is lower.

9:59 You're thinking about it.

10:01 Okay?

10:01 Second, I'm going to get food.

10:05 I'm going to get food.

10:07 Notice the difference here is in to get or to order.

10:12 Okay?

10:12 So, these express the same level of confidence and they express the same idea.

10:18 We just use a different verb.

10:20 I'm going to order sounds like I'm going to ask the staff for this food.

10:28 This sounds like I'm going to receive this food.

10:32 That's the difference.

10:33 Okay?

10:34 If you want to mention ordering in your sentence, use this one.

10:38 If you want to focus on receiving, use this one.

10:41 They both sound totally natural.

10:44 I'm going to get blah blah blah.

10:45 I'm going to get pizza.

10:46 I'm going to get a burger.

10:48 I'm going to get salad.

10:49 That's fine to use.

10:51 For me, it sounds a little more casual.

10:54 I would say this to my friend.

10:56 Like, I'm going to get a burger for lunch.

10:59 I would say I'm going to order if I want to sound a little more polite.

11:04 Just a little bit though.

11:05 That's my feeling.

11:06 My feeling for this.

11:08 Okay?

11:08 Last one, I'll go with.

11:11 I'll go with.

11:13 This is a very casual way to say I I choose.

11:17 Okay?

11:18 But notice the grammar here.

11:20 I'll go.

11:21 This one also uses will.

11:25 Right?

11:25 I'll go with.

11:27 I feel like this sentence is one that is used in fast food situations a lot.

11:34 If you go to, for example,

11:36 Burger King or McDonald's and you say, I'll go with, hmm, number one.

11:41 I'll go with number two.

11:42 It sounds like a quick choice and we

11:45 use I'll to show that it's a quick decision.

11:49 You could say, I'm going to go with number one

11:53 or number two to increase your confidence the way it sounds.

11:57 But this one sounds real quick, really just like, I just made a quick decision.

12:02 I'll go with a burger.

12:03 I'll go with a pizza.

12:05 I'll go with a pasta.

12:06 Okay?

12:07 So, this sounds very casual, really.

12:10 We would use this to make a decision sound kind of casual.

12:14 You might also use this one after you hear the specials at a restaurant.

12:19 The server tells you special A, B, and C and you go, okay.

12:23 I'll go with the special.

12:25 So, you can use that to show a quick decision that's that feels kind of light.

12:30 Yeah?

12:30 And notice, I'll go with.

12:33 I'll go with.

12:34 Okay?

12:35 So, this doesn't mean going somewhere together with a person.

12:40 It's a very casual way to say I'll choose or I've just chosen something.

12:46 Okay?

12:46 Let's say, or let's say, let's see.

12:49 Let's see some examples.

12:51 I'm going to order the pasta.

12:53 I'm going to order the pasta.

12:55 So, we're going to talk about this a bit later, but well,

12:58 let's talk about it now because we'll practice it more later.

13:01 I'm going to order the pasta or I think I'll

13:04 have the soup or I'll go with the chicken salad.

13:08 Okay?

13:08 So, these are the same patterns we practiced on the previous slide.

13:13 But they just have slightly different feels.

13:16 Okay?

13:17 They all mean our choice.

13:18 So, let's talk about this.

13:21 The soup, the pasta, the chicken salad.

13:24 So, when you go to a restaurant, of course, there's a menu at the restaurant.

13:29 Right?

13:30 And on the menu, depending on the menu, there are only a few items.

13:36 Right?

13:37 When we see a restaurant that has only one pasta

13:42 dish or one soup dish or one uh ramen, for example.

13:48 In those cases, we say the pasta, the pasta or the soup or the chicken salad.

13:56 We use the to mean the pasta on the menu.

14:01 Okay?

14:02 If you say, I'm going to order a pasta, the server will ask, which one?

14:08 Which one will you Which one would you like?

14:11 Okay?

14:11 However, using the before pasta means there's only one pasta on the menu.

14:18 For example, like a lunch menu at a small restaurant might

14:22 have a pasta lunch and a soup lunch and a salad lunch.

14:26 So, you have to choose pasta, soup, or salad.

14:29 Right?

14:30 We use the before that.

14:32 So, the pasta on the menu.

14:36 This sounds like there is only one.

14:40 Okay?

14:41 There's only one pasta on the menu.

14:43 In that case, you can use the.

14:45 Okay?

14:46 You will sometimes see this in meat like meat sections of menus.

14:52 For example, different cuts of steak.

14:55 You can see on the menu they have a for example,

14:58 sirloin steak and a T-bone steak.

15:01 You can say, I'm going to order the sirloin

15:04 steak because there's only one sirloin steak on the menu.

15:08 Okay?

15:09 If you're not sure, you can just say, I'm going to order pasta.

15:13 You can You can use something open like that.

15:16 Or I'm going to order this pasta and point at it.

15:19 That's also okay.

15:21 Or just say the name of the dish like I just did.

15:23 I'm going to order a sirloin steak.

15:26 That's also okay if you're not sure.

15:29 Okay?

15:29 So, the reason we use the here is because this means the one on the menu.

15:35 Okay?

15:36 So, I hope that that helps.

15:37 Okay?

15:38 Uh can I use it?

15:39 Patrick asked, can I use this in a menu or only on a menu?

15:42 So, this is a grammar point that applies in every conversation in English.

15:47 Yes.

15:48 When you need to be clear about a specific noun,

15:52 we must use the definite article.

15:55 Yeah?

15:55 So, if you want to review this, this is called a definite article,

15:59 the, and the indefinite articles are a and an.

16:04 I have many lessons about this topic.

16:07 So, I recommend you search if you're watching on YouTube,

16:10 do a search on the English Class 101 YouTube channel for a, an, and the.

16:15 I have many videos about that or search

16:18 for definite and indefinite articles to practice this one.

16:23 Cuz you must know this for for everyday English grammar.

16:26 That's a tough one, but it just takes some practice.

16:29 Okay, let's continue to the next pattern.

16:32 The next pattern is, well, to describing the food.

16:36 It's plus your description or it tastes plus description.

16:41 We're going to practice a common learner mistake here.

16:44 Okay?

16:44 So, our two patterns are it's plus

16:47 description where this is an adjective usually.

16:50 Okay?

16:50 It's amazing or it's delicious or it's so good.

16:55 Okay?

16:56 An easy thing you can use here is an adjective.

16:59 Okay?

17:00 It's so amazing.

17:02 So, you can use something simple in this position.

17:05 Don't forget s.

17:08 It's It's It is.

17:09 Right?

17:10 And this next one is where there's also a problem.

17:14 I often hear learners make a mistake

17:17 with this one because they mix up these two.

17:21 They say it's taste.

17:23 Not correct.

17:24 It's taste is not correct.

17:26 Don't say it's taste.

17:27 It tastes delicious.

17:30 Okay?

17:31 It tastes delicious.

17:32 At fast native speed, we say, wow, it tastes delicious.

17:36 There's no s here.

17:38 There is no sound right here that sounds like s.

17:41 It tastes.

17:43 If anything, the two t's right here connect.

17:46 So, not it tastes delicious, it tastes.

17:52 Okay?

17:52 Maybe you can hear that.

17:53 This t also is reduced.

17:56 Yeah?

17:57 So, I'm putting parentheses quickly to show.

18:00 That gets reduced.

18:01 It tastes delicious.

18:02 This is a really good pronunciation point here.

18:05 It tastes delicious.

18:06 It tastes so good.

18:07 Or it tastes weird.

18:08 That's also very important to know.

18:11 Sometimes you try something and you're like, oh, what is that?

18:14 You can say, this tastes weird or it tastes weird.

18:17 That's important to know, too.

18:19 Not just positive adjectives.

18:21 So, let's look at some examples.

18:23 It's delicious as we practiced.

18:26 It tastes amazing.

18:28 Or one more, it's a little adjective.

18:33 It's a little spicy.

18:35 Or maybe at the restaurant, hmm.

18:37 My burger, it's a little cold.

18:40 You can use this one where you if if something is maybe not quite right.

18:45 This one sounds like it might be a complaint.

18:49 It's a little spicy.

18:50 Or you can use this to warn someone.

18:53 Do you like spicy food?

18:55 Be careful, this burrito, it's a little spicy.

18:58 Okay?

18:59 So, you can use these to describe the tastes usually of the food.

19:03 Okay.

19:04 Um all right.

19:06 Faith, I'm not sure what N2 means.

19:09 Can you maybe give me an example sentence and I can try to answer your question.

19:13 Okay, let's go to the last pattern.

19:16 I think Or maybe is it the last one?

19:18 What are we on?

19:18 Three?

19:18 Okay.

19:19 I love plus food.

19:20 So, we have different ways to express our food opinions.

19:24 Right?

19:25 you send me some examples in the chat, especially in this section.

19:29 My favorite food is Italian food.

19:32 My favorite food is Japanese food.

19:33 My favorite food is Thai food.

19:35 Okay?

19:36 So, use the type of food as in the cuisine.

19:40 So, the country it comes from.

19:42 Or you can use the dish.

19:44 My favorite food is pizza.

19:46 My favorite food is ramen.

19:48 My favorite food is fried rice.

19:50 Whatever.

19:51 You can use the country's food or your favorite dish.

19:56 I really like same pattern, country's food,

20:00 so you can choose country's food the cuisine is one option or the dish name.

20:11 Pizza or carbonara, whatever that is.

20:16 Either pattern is okay.

20:19 All right?

20:19 I'm a big fan of I'm a big fan of means I really enjoy food.

20:27 I really enjoy What have I said?

20:29 Steak, okay?

20:31 I really enjoy uh Spanish food.

20:34 I really enjoy paella.

20:36 I'm a big fan of paella, okay?

20:38 Don't forget I'm a big fan of your preposition.

20:41 You must include that preposition.

20:44 Okay, good.

20:45 We have opinions coming in.

20:46 Victor wrote, "My favorite food is Peruvian ceviche." Nice one.

20:50 Okay, great.

20:50 Rocky wrote, "Chinese food is my favorite." Nice one.

20:53 Okay, good.

20:54 So, we can use both of these to describe cuisines and dishes.

21:00 We love it, don't we?

21:01 Okay, good.

21:02 I'm I think I actually have time today.

21:03 Oh, there's one more.

21:04 Okay, our example.

21:06 I love Italian food, okay?

21:08 I really like spicy food.

21:11 My favorite food is sushi.

21:13 Here's one pattern we can also use here.

21:16 I really like spicy food.

21:19 So, you can use an adjective before food to describe a certain flavor, right?

21:25 I really like spicy food.

21:27 Also, you can use this for drinks as well.

21:30 Like I really like um I don't know, like uh herbal drinks, for example.

21:35 So, you can use this to talk about drinks as well.

21:38 Okay, I think Oh my gosh, I made it.

21:41 I have time today.

21:41 Hooray.

21:42 So, let's now practice with a quiz.

21:45 Hooray.

21:45 Let's see if you remembered those small pointers I described.

21:50 The first one is maybe I expect you're

21:53 going to have We're going to have some division.

21:55 People will guess a few things.

21:56 What do you think we can use in this sentence?

22:01 I will I will leave it open for now, okay?

22:03 What do you think?

22:04 I'm going to order blank for dinner.

22:08 I'm going to order blank for dinner.

22:11 I'm going to order the ramen for dinner.

22:14 I'm going to order ramen for dinner.

22:17 I'm going to order the ramens for dinner.

22:20 What do you think we can use in this space?

22:25 Maybe you remember.

22:26 I hope you paid attention to what we

22:29 talked about maybe 10 or 15 minutes ago, okay?

22:33 All right, so what do we think?

22:35 Uh Rocky wrote A.

22:37 I think you mean this one, A?

22:39 Uh Awesome hyena wrote ramen.

22:41 Okay, so we have two answers coming in.

22:44 Facebook, I don't see anybody on Facebook today.

22:46 Hope Facebook's okay.

22:47 Okay.

22:47 Two answers.

22:48 We have these ones.

22:49 Anybody for the ramens?

22:50 Anybody?

22:51 Anybody?

22:52 I don't see other answers yet,

22:53 but in the interest of time, let's examine the correct.

22:59 So, the one we practiced in the lesson today was this one, right?

23:04 I'm going to order the ramen.

23:06 We practiced this one today.

23:07 All right, there's the answers.

23:08 B, A, ramen, ramen, ramen.

23:10 Okay, good.

23:11 Good, there's a mix of answers here.

23:13 Good.

23:13 So, oh, someone deleted it.

23:15 Okay.

23:16 So, the one we practiced in the lesson

23:18 today was I'm going to order the ramen, right?

23:22 But I explained that we use the when there's only one on the menu, right?

23:30 I'm going to order the ramen for dinner.

23:32 If you go to a restaurant, there is one ramen on the menu,

23:36 you can say, "Oh, I'm going to order the ramen for dinner." Perfect.

23:39 If you go to just the city generally, hmm, what should I get today?

23:46 Then you could say, "Ah, I think I'm going to order ramen

23:48 for dinner tonight." on your delivery app as well,

23:52 where there are many choices, then ramen could be okay also, all right?

23:58 So, if you are at a restaurant with one ramen, this one is the best choice.

24:04 If you are speaking generally, like you're on your phone looking for a delivery,

24:09 "I'm going to order ramen for dinner tonight." Then

24:12 this one is good because there are many choices, okay?

24:16 So, it depends on the situation.

24:18 So, at a restaurant with one ramen delivering or just looking around in general,

24:24 use ramen with no article.

24:27 Uh I can't How will we know if it's in the menu or just thinking order?

24:32 So, oh, like how will we know if it's in Well,

24:35 when you are at I'm thinking maybe I don't understand the question.

24:39 If you are in the restaurant, right?

24:42 You are checking the menu, right?

24:44 So, you can you can read the menu and say,

24:47 "I'm going to order the ramen." Right?

24:49 Maybe I'm missing something.

24:50 But if you're just thinking about it, if you're just thinking,

24:53 "Ah, tonight I'm going to order ramen." That's more general, right?

24:58 Where there's many different options of ramen, okay?

25:02 This is an uncountable noun, too.

25:05 So, we have to use We just have to think about the context, right?

25:09 So, you could I don't want to complicate this further.

25:11 You could say, "I'm going to order some ramen as well for dinner tonight." So,

25:15 that's kind of the the general guide here.

25:17 Can you see the menu?

25:18 There's only one?

25:20 Great, use the ramen.

25:22 But if you can see or if you're in the city or on your phone

25:26 and you just are thinking about what you want to get generally,

25:29 then you don't need to use the, okay?

25:32 So, like talking to your friend, "I'm going to order ramen for dinner.

25:36 That sounds so good." That sounds better because

25:38 your friend doesn't know which ramen you're going to get.

25:42 So, we use the for specifics, yeah?

25:46 A specific ramen, okay?

25:48 So, if this is not clear, you don't you you shouldn't use the, okay?

25:54 So, if you want to know more about this, I again I

25:56 recommend check my videos about the a and an, definite and indefinite articles.

26:02 You can search them for free with uh the YouTube channel of englishclass101.com.

26:09 Okay.

26:10 Okay, cool.

26:10 I hope I answered that.

26:11 Thanks for your question, Awesome hyena.

26:13 Okay, let's go to number two, which is less complicated.

26:16 Okay, it tastes blank.

26:19 So, I'd order it again.

26:22 It tastes blank, so I'd order it again.

26:25 Let's see.

26:26 It tastes really well, so I'd order it again.

26:29 It tastes very better, so I'd order it again.

26:33 It tastes really good, so I'd order it again.

26:36 What do you think is the correct answer?

26:39 There is only one [laughter] correct answer for this one.

26:43 This one is one we didn't talk about in this lesson,

26:46 but this is a good review point, okay?

26:48 It tastes really well, it tastes very better, it tastes really good.

26:53 What do you think is the answer for this, okay?

26:56 I'll give you a moment because there is lag between

26:59 when I ask the question and when you receive it.

27:02 But what are the answers coming in?

27:04 Someone whose name I cannot read wrote really good.

27:06 Natalie wrote really good, okay?

27:08 Two for really good.

27:09 Rocky wrote really good as well.

27:11 There's three for really good.

27:13 All right, anybody else?

27:14 Very better, really well, and everything.

27:16 Okay, Mom also says really good.

27:19 Really good.

27:19 Okay, everybody so far has the correct answer.

27:22 Really good is indeed the answer.

27:26 Very better grammatically incorrect.

27:29 Very better is grammatically not correct, okay?

27:32 And really well, hmm.

27:34 This is We use really well to describe a behavior, yeah?

27:39 Like, "Wow, you did that really well." Yeah?

27:42 "She sings really well." Or he takes photographs really well, right?

27:47 We use that to talk about a behavior, yeah?

27:50 Or sometimes a feeling, right?

27:51 Like, "I'm not feeling so well." Right?

27:54 Little bit different.

27:55 But we cannot use this here.

27:57 We're not talk We're not describing a behavior,

27:59 we're describing taste, hmm, okay?

28:02 And we cannot use very better.

28:04 That doesn't make any sense.

28:05 Very better.

28:06 So, better This is a comparison,

28:09 but we have nothing We are not comparing anything here.

28:12 And we can't say very better We don't use very and better together in this way.

28:18 We can say a lot better, but that does not grammatically fit very much here.

28:24 You could say, "It tastes a lot better than last time." That would be great,

28:29 but we need something to compare it to if we want to use better.

28:33 So, for many reasons, this one is not correct.

28:36 Really good is the answer, right?

28:38 We use good generally the same way we use delicious.

28:43 I talked about this with someone recently,

28:46 but when we say like in English learning,

28:48 you know, use delicious to talk about food, it's not incorrect,

28:53 but in most conversations, when I go out to eat with my friends,

28:56 when we talk about things we like, we usually say, "It's really good.

29:01 This is amazing.

29:02 This is so yummy." We use very casual words.

29:06 If I want to compliment the person who made it, I'll say, "Oh,

29:10 this was so delicious." To me,

29:13 delicious is like the compliment to the cook, a compliment to the chef.

29:18 When I talk to my friends, I really say [laughter] I circled it a lot.

29:21 It's my key point.

29:22 When I When I talk to my friends, we just say good.

29:25 "It's really good.

29:26 That was so good.

29:27 Oh my gosh." Or we use very creative vocabulary to say good, okay?

29:33 So, I would say that.

29:34 All right, let me see your questions.

29:37 Uh Rocky wants to know the difference between chips and fries.

29:39 The difference I might start a culture war

29:42 if I if I answer this question incorrectly.

29:44 Chips and fries is a uh How do I answer this quickly?

29:50 In America, chips are potato chips.

29:52 You get them in a bag and you eat them like a snack.

29:55 Fries are the things you get from McDonald's.

29:57 However, if you go to the UK or if you go to Australia,

30:02 they say chips to mean what we Americans call French fries.

30:07 They will say uh for example that they want to have a burger with chips,

30:12 which means that they want a burger with fried potatoes on the side.

30:16 This is very confusing for me [laughter]

30:18 as an American English speaker because chips sounds like,

30:21 you know, small slices of potato from a bag, okay?

30:24 So, the answer is it depends on the country you're in, okay?

30:29 Like uh what's another good example?

30:31 The classic UK dish fish and chips, right?

30:34 Fish and chips in [laughter]

30:37 in classic the classic dish is made with fried fish and fried potato,

30:42 not usually potato chips, okay?

30:44 To the best of my understanding.

30:46 So, that answer depends on the country.

30:48 I hope that was a quick one.

30:50 Okay.

30:51 Uh what else?

30:53 Naru, what about ramen?

30:55 What do you mean?

30:56 What about ramen?

30:57 Do you Do we need to discuss ramen?

30:59 Okay.

31:00 Let's go to the last one then because time is going quickly.

31:03 The last I think this is the last one.

31:05 Let me check.

31:05 Okay, good.

31:06 This is the last one.

31:08 I love blank especially in the winter.

31:12 I love blank especially in the winter.

31:14 I love Japanese food especially in the winter.

31:17 I love Japanese foods especially in the winter.

31:20 I love Japan food especially in the winter.

31:23 Mm, tricky one.

31:26 [laughter] Let me see what you think.

31:27 I'm very curious about this one.

31:29 I love Japanese food uh Japanese foods and Japan food especially in the winter.

31:37 What do you think is the answer?

31:40 Some com- coming in.

31:41 Awesome hyena wrote Japanese food.

31:43 Uh Alexandre wrote Japanese food.

31:46 Uh Isabelle wrote Japanese food, okay.

31:49 Very good.

31:50 Japanese food Japanese food Japanese food.

31:51 I see three I think Japanese food.

31:55 Patrick also said Japanese food.

31:56 Rocky also said Japanese food.

31:58 Evan also said Japanese food.

31:59 You are all correct.

32:01 Crushed it.

32:01 Well done, everybody.

32:02 Japanese food is correct.

32:04 Yes.

32:05 So, we use the singular food when we talk about a cuisine from a country.

32:11 Yes.

32:12 So, no matter which country it is,

32:14 we always use the singular to talk about the food from the country.

32:18 You're all correct.

32:19 Well done.

32:20 Well done, everybody that wrote Japanese food.

32:22 So, Italian food, Chinese food, Japanese food, Brazilian food, Spanish food.

32:27 We always say that.

32:29 Yes, there are some situations where we need to use this S but this is

32:35 not when we are talking about uh like all of the countries' food.

32:41 If you are watching for example a TV show about Japanese cuisine and they say,

32:46 "Many Japanese foods use uh I don't know soy." Something like that, right?

32:53 That's talking about many Japanese dishes.

32:56 So, there are cases where you will see this S used,

33:00 but when you want to talk about the general cuisine of a country,

33:04 we always use the singular form here.

33:07 Okay.

33:08 All right.

33:09 That's it for today.

33:10 Good job, everybody.

33:11 This is grammatically incorrect.

33:13 Japan food.

33:14 We need this to We need uh food to belong to Japan.

33:17 So, Japanese is correct.

33:19 I have to finish there.

33:20 Phew, we've made it to the end.

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34:05 Okay?

34:05 All right.

34:07 Uh oh, Evan Evil Evan, I'm sorry.

34:10 Evan maybe?

34:11 Wrote food from Japan is correct.

34:12 This one, I love food from Japan.

34:14 Technically, yes.

34:16 Technically, yes, it is grammatically correct.

34:19 This is a little more efficient, but yes, you can say that.

34:22 Okay, I have to finish.

34:24 Let's summarize what we learned today.

34:26 What did we learn?

34:27 On the show this week, Alicia.

34:29 I'm going to order food.

34:31 We practiced many patterns for this.

34:33 We practiced it tastes plus description.

34:36 Don't forget this S goes here.

34:39 It's not it's tastes.

34:41 It tastes delicious.

34:42 Practice that, please.

34:43 And we practiced this one.

34:45 It's Don't forget.

34:46 Don't mix these two up.

34:48 And finally, we practiced general opinion patterns also.

34:52 Yeah.

34:52 Okay.

34:53 Next week, I'm going to Oh, no.

34:55 Next week, I'll be gone.

34:56 That's right.

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