饮食文化
HSK 3 · 饮食
Ordering food and talking about local dishes - taste China in Chinese.
Key words
味道点菜请客买单特色
Dialogue
你想吃什么？Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?
What would you like to eat?（A）
来一份特色菜吧。Lái yí fèn tèsè cài ba.
Let's have a specialty dish.（B）
你能吃辣吗？Nǐ néng chī là ma?
Can you eat spicy food?（A）
一点点，不要太辣。Yìdiǎndiǎn, bú yào tài là.
Just a little, not too spicy.（B）
Patterns
……吧
Used for suggestions.
我们点一个辣的菜吧。Wǒmen diǎn yí gè là de cài ba.
Let's order a spicy dish.
今天我请客吧。Jīntiān wǒ qǐngkè ba.
Let me treat today.
又……又……
Both… and…
这个菜又辣又香。Zhè gè cài yòu là yòu xiāng.
This dish is both spicy and fragrant.
这家店又便宜又好吃。Zhè jiā diàn yòu piányi yòu hǎochī.
This restaurant is both cheap and delicious.
Vocabulary
味道wèidào
taste; flavor · This dish tastes great.
点菜diǎncài
to order dishes · Let's order first.
请客qǐngkè
to treat someone · It's my treat today.
买单mǎidān
to pay the bill · Waiter, the bill please!
特色tèsè
specialty · This is the restaurant's specialty.
辣là
spicy · Sichuan food is very spicy.
