616. Step 4 Foodservice

617. Read and translate the text Consult the dictionary if necessary.

618. The range of food service found in hotels and restaurants today is extensive. In the first category, there are restaurants offering the highest grade of service with a full a la carte menu.

619. This includes dishes served by the waiter from a trolley in the dining room, and is known as gueridon service.

620. The gueridon waiter must always be skilled, for he has to carry out procedures such as filleting, carving, and cooking specialty dishes at the table.

621. A second, less complicated, type of service is silver service where the menu can be either a la carte or table d’hote. In this system, the food is prepared in the kitchen and then put on to silver flats and presented to the guests in the dining room.

622. A third form of table service, used mainly with a table d’hote menu, is plate service. Here, the waiter receives the meal already plated from the hotplate and only has to place it in front of the guest and make sure that the correct cover is laid and the necessary accompaniments are on the table.

623. Plate service is often offered where there is a rapid turnover and speedy service is necessary. It also demands less equipment for the service of the meal and is, therefore, labour-saving in such tasks as washing-up. In a fourth type of service, called self-service, a customer collects a tray from the service counter, chooses his dishes and selects the appropriate cutlery for the meal Today, with ever-increasing needs for economy, many establishments usually prefer a variety of types of service. Tourist hotels, for example, frequently offer a combination of self-service and plate service for breakfast and another combination of self-service and silver service for luncheon.

624. Please, note: many terms related to restaurant business and meals are of French origin!

1. a la carte menu - ресторанное меню с указанием цены каждого блюда

2. gueridon service - обслуживание у столика; приготовление блюд непосредственно на виду у посетителей

3. gueridon, фр. - круглый столик на одной ножке

4. table d’hote, фр. - общий обеденный стол; табльдот; комплексный обед

5. hors-d’oeuvre, фр. - закуска; добавочное блюдо

625. Task 1. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions from the text

1. extensive range of food service;

2. dishes served from a trolley;

3. filleting and carving;

4. the meal plated from the service hotplate;

5. the necessary accompaniments;

6. a rapid turnover;

7. labour-saving;

8. washing-up;

9. to select the appropriate cutlery;

10. ever-increasing needs.

626. Task 2. Answer the questions

1. What kinds of skills does a waiter require for gueridon service?

2. Why is plate service labour-saving?

3. What kinds of service are used with a table d’hote menu?

4. What is the difference between silver service and plate service?

5. Why is self-service often used by hotels?

627. Step 5 Vocabulary practice

628. Adjectives and Word Order

629. Adjectives can be divided into a number of categories.

630. Qualitative: these adjectives identify a quality that someone or something possesses, for instance: An attractive area, a famous hotel, a cheap room, a pleasant stay.

631. Classifying: these adjectives are used to classify the following noun: a double bed, a separate entrance, a single room, a bridal suite.

632. The normal order for adjectives is:

1. qualitative; 2- classifying

633. A small furnished apartment

634. A pleasant rural setting

635. A special free offer

636. A large double bed

637. If there are more than two adjectives in phrase, the order is:

• subjective opinion

• qualifier (size, shape, age)

• colour

• origin

• what the noun is made of

• what kind? What for?

• head noun

638. e.g. a beautiful antique china rose bowl

639. Compound adjectives are formed by joining two (or more) words with a hyphen:

640. an up-market hotel

641. well-appointed rooms

642. self-contained accommodation

643. an out-of-the way resort

644. Task 1. Join the two parts of the compound adjectives from columns 1 and 2 in the grid. Match them to a suitable noun in column 3.

645. 1 2 3

646. self- board shoes

647. old- service charm

648. direct- made room

649. centrally- in accommodation

650. hand- dial woman

651. well- world party

652. low- heated restaurant

653. half- only cupboard

654. built- season telephone

655. invitation dressed rates

656. e.g. self-service restaurant

657. Task 2. Match the words below to make compound adjectives. Then add a suitable noun of your choice to each one.

658. air- season

659. well- minute

660. self- time

661. audio- new

662. cut- equipped

663. last- built

664. part- contained

665. off- visual

666. purpose- conditioned

667. brand- price

668. e.g. last-minute cancellation

669. Task 3. Put the words on the right into correct order to complete these sentences.

     We ate at home One of the guests stole our In the lobby there was The cook’s looking for Each room has a

     local excellent dishes seafood pot antique silver pepper a writing Flemish heavy sixteen-century desk bowl large red salad plastic red-and-white enormous superb bedside Japanese lamp

670. Task 4. Put the

683. jumbled adjective phrases in the correct order to complete these sentences.

1. Visit Colmar with its (medieval/numerous/ half-timbered/ houses).

2. Stay at this (country-house/ outstanding/luxury/hotel).

3. The chalet is in (village, Suiss, unspoiled/resort).

4. The restaurant offers a (intemational/table d’hote/varied/menu).

5. On arrival all guests are given a (star-shaped/dark/Belgian/chocolate).

6. At the Majestic they have (junior/luxurious/four/suites).

7. All staff will be issued with (cotton/new/blue and white/uniforms).

8. In the dinning-room there is a (fifteen-century/Venetian/priceless /chandelier)

684. Task 5. Write a short description of a deluxe hotel using as many compound adjectives as possible.

685. Which of these facilities would you expect to find in a deluxe hotel? You can add any other facilities in your description.

trouser press cable TV in room ornamental gardens live entertainment lift free garage space beauty salon tea/coffee-making facilities

air conditioning outdoor or indoor swimming pool disco floodlit tennis court sauna + Jacuzzi gift shop newspapers