ENGLISH FOR SERVICES.

Teacher: Lorena Reyes Aguilar.Student: Jessica Palomeque Pérez.Gastronomy GAMIX44.

Parcial 1-PRO. 1

“TYPES OF RESTAURANTS”.

22/01/14

A RESTAURANT.

A restaurant is an establishment where people go to eat. Exist differents kinds of restaurants with differents concepts and depends of the both the kinds of meals that are served.

TYPES OF RESTAURANTS.

• Cafeterias.• Fast-food restaurants.• Casual Restaurants• Fast Casual-Dining

Restaurants• Coffeehouse• Pub• Bistros and Brasserie• Ethnic Restaurants

Cafeteria.

• Food is in a food-serving counter.

• Food is pre-prepared.

Fast-food.

• Without cutlery or crockery.

• Speed sercice.• People eat

directly from the disposable container

Casual Restaurants

• Casual atmosphere.

• Food are eaten there.

Fast Casual-Dining Restaurants

• plates and cutlery are usually offered

• Quality of food.

Coffeehouse

• Cold food• Coffee and

other beverages.

Pub

• simple food fare

• Beers

Bistros & Brassiere

• Large menu.• Not Fancy.• Casual dining• Single dishes

Ethnic restaurant

•Particular multicultural cusine.•Ethnic dishes.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS.

CAFETERIA: Sandwich, baguettes, soup, salad.

FAST-FOOD: Burgers, pizza, hot dog, tacos.

CASUAL RESTAURANT: Starters, main dishes, desserts.

FAST-CASUAL DINING RESTAURANT: Simple dishes.

COFFEHOUSE: Cold food, sadwiches, pastries.

PUB: Beer, simple dishes.

BISTROS AND BRASSIERE: Simple dishes, small dishes.

ETHNIC RESTAURANT: Depends of concept, it can be Indian food, Japanese food, Mexican food, etc.

TYPE OF FOOD.

• Peopletakes a tray and pushes it along a track in front of the counter or they order and other one gives their meals.CAFETERIA.

• People choose their food from a big menu and pay at the moment. Without table service.FAST-FOOD.

• Table service, food is eaten there and pay at the end.CASUAL RESTAURANT.

• It doesn’t offer full table service.FAST CASUAL-DINING.

• without table service, without pressure to leave promptly after eating.COFFEHOUSE.

• Simple service with waiters.PUB.• Relaxe, with waiters.BISTROS & BRASSIERE.

•Atmosphere and serviceacording to the concept.ETHNIC.

PATRON TREATMENT.

CAFETERIA.FAST-FOOD.

COFFEHOUSE. CASUAL RESTAURANT.

ETHNIC.

EXAMPLES.

IMPORTANCE OF HAVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESTAURANTS.

This is important because not all people like the same kind of food and neither the same atmosphere, some people like elegants places while others ones like somthing simple and cheaper.

Differente types also give us more options to eat and don’t be boring with always the same food.