●       「茶餐廳」 英文？Cha Chaan Teng

●       「酒樓」 英文？ Chinese restaurant/ traditional Chinese restaurant

 

How often do you go to a cha chaan teng? 你有幾經常去茶餐廳？

 

 一星期至少一次 At least once a week

           

What’s your favorite breakfast there? 最鍾意吃甚麼早餐？

 

●       火腿通粉

●       Macaroni / 通常喺美國 macaroni 係指 macaroni and cheese

●       香港有湯的 = Macaroni soup with ham

●       湯麵可否叫 noodle soup?

●       沙嗲牛肉麵 Satay Beef Noodles

●       五香肉丁 Spiced Pork Cubes

●       五香肉丁米 Spiced Pork Cubes Rice Noodles

●       菠蘿油 Pineapple bun with butter

●       河粉 （米線、米粉和河粉英文都是Rice noodles）

●       河粉  Flat Rice Noodles

●       米粉 Rice Vermicelli

-          星洲炒米Fried Rice Vermicelli In Singapore Style/ Singaporean Fried Rice Noodles

茶餐廳/酒樓基本上不會用英文落單， 但你可能與不懂中文的朋友去

●       朋友問 What would you recommend? Do you have any recommendations?

                        I would recommend their fried rice.

●       你想食麵定飯？ Do you prefer noodles or rice?

●       你有什麼偏好嗎？Do you have any preferences?

●       有沒有什麼你是不吃的？ Is there anything that you don’t eat?

不吃內臟 - I will anything except organ meat.

不吃鳳爪 - Anything but chicken feet. / I don’t eat chicken feet.

不吃豬腳 - I don’t eat pork knuckles.

 

今天有什麼廚師推介?  What is today’s special?

-          What is something you think I would eat? 你覺得有什麼是適合我吃的？

-          Can you translate the menu?

-          雞絲炒烏冬 stir-fry udon with shredded chicken

-          乾炒牛河  Stir-fry flat rice noodles with beef

* 乾炒牛河 有時會有蔥， 如何叫走蔥？

* Can we have the stir-fry flat rice noodles with beef without green onions?

* 也可叫作 spring onions/ scallions, 和 spring onions 相似 （but they have bigger bulbs）

-          揚洲炒飯 Yeung Chow Fried Rice

-          餐蛋飯 （午餐肉 spam/luncheon meat)  spam and eggs with rice

* Can I have extra soy sauce? Would you like extra soy sauce?

-          滑蛋叉燒飯 / 叉燒 (BBQ pork/Cha Siu) Scrambled eggs with BBQ Pork

-          燒肉飯 roast pork with rice

* 薑蓉 Minced Ginger & Scallion Dipping Sauce

酒樓點心

-          燒賣 - Shumai

如何解釋什麼是燒賣？

It is a type of traditional Chinese dumpling that is mainly made of pork, shrimp and Chinese black mushrooms.

-          蝦餃 Har gow / Shrimp dumpling

 

對飲品有特別要求應怎樣表達？

●       凍檸茶少甜少冰？Iced lemon tea with less ice and less sugar

Can I have an iced lemon tea with less ice and less sugar?

●       凍檸樂 走冰？ Coke with lemon with no ice/ Coke with lemon without ice.

●       想要多啲奶？ Can I have a milk tea with extra milk?

 

●       檸檬水 Iced lemon water // 美國會叫 water with lemons // lemonade

-          Half & Half? = half lemonade and half sweet tea

(香港某漢堡餐廳係有呢樣野/ 美國南部才有sweet tea)

Can I have a half & half, half lemonade and half iced tea?