1. Can I see the menu first?

In fact, when you go to a western restaurant the hostess/host will usually give you the menu as soon as you are seated.You are more likely to ask this if you want to check out the prices before actually sitting down at a table.

我能先看一下菜單嗎？在西式快餐館，你一旦落座酒保會立刻把菜單給你。假如你想在坐下之前核實一下價錢，你就能用這句子。

2. What do you recommend?

This is a good question if you've never been to a restaurant before and want to know what the best dishes are.Usually though, your server will recommend the more expensive dishes.

你推薦什么呢？當你走進一家從沒去過的飯店，想了解那里的特點菜時，這句話就可就派上用場了。What do you recommend?不過要小心哪!一般情況下,酒保推薦的可能是很很昂貴的菜呀!

3. I'll have a steak.

Steak is very common in the west. In fact, some restaurants specialize^{1 in steak!These restaurants are called steakhousesi.e.Outback Steakhouse.Steak is usually eaten with potatoes and a vegetable .}

牛排在西方是非常容易見到的。很多食肆專門做牛排。因此有了牛排館steakhouse,澳派克牛排店等牛排餐廳。當然不可能光吃牛排，在牛排餐廳常常吃些烤土豆、土豆泥、薯條和蔬菜。

4. How would you like your steak done?

Steak is cooked for different lengths of time depending on how you like it.The scale ranges from rare, medium-rare, medium and well-done.Rare is the least cooked and the steak is cool in the center and bloody^{3.A well-done steak is brown and hot in the center.}

你期望你的牛排幾分熟？在點牛排時，這是常常要問的。那該怎么樣回答呢？原來牛排可以按生熟程度分成一分熟、三分熟、五分熟、全熟。一分熟的牛排中間幾乎是生的，帶血色。生的帶血牛排，汁多而且具備真的的牛肉原味，但初食者不免望而生畏。全熟牛排則呈咖啡色，幾乎熟透。是否越熟透了越美味呢？其實牛排在半生時，用刀切開所見的粉紅色肉汁，并非血，而是烤肉時滲入的調味品汁，只有半生的牛肉有美妙的牛肉原汁，烤得時間越長，肉汁日漸蒸發，肉質也變得堅韌，鮮美感消失殆盡，所以老饕是不吃老牛排的。但初試者可以以七成熟開始。

5. I'd like a glass of whisky^{4 please.}

You can use this sentence when going out to eat or if you're just going to a bar for drinks.Whisky is considered a very manly^{5 drink!}

去外面就餐，去夜店喝酒，你可以大大方方地說I'd like a glass of whisky please.。由于它被看作是一種很具備男子漢氣概的酒。

6. That's all for me.Thanks.

Alternative sentence: I'm all set.You can use either of these sentences when you are asked will that be all? or anything else? You can also use this response at places other than a restaurant; for example, when you're ordering several different items over the phone:Would you like to add another design?No, I'm all set, thanks.

我就要這么多。在服務生問大家Will that be all? anything else?時,大家既能夠說That's all for me.也可以說That's all for me. 。除去在餐廳，在其它地方電話訂購時也可以用。譬如說：你訂購了幾樣東西時，他們問到Would you like to add another design?當無需時，就能說No, I'm all set, thanks.