The vegetables were fresh, but the meat was tough.

蔬菜非常新鮮，但肉非常硬。

A: I've heard about that restaurant. What was the food like?

A: 我聽說過那家飯店。那里的飯菜如何？

B: Well, it's known^{1 for its modern cooking.}

B: 呃，那家飯店以現代烹飪而聞名。

A: And was it really good?

A: 飯菜真的很好嗎？

B: Not really. The vegetables were fresh, but the meat was tough.

B: 不太好。蔬菜非常新鮮，但肉非常硬。

A: Tough? That's not very good, especially in an expensive restaurant.

A: 硬？那可不太好，特別是在一家價錢不菲的飯店里。

B: I know. I wouldn't recommend^{2 it at all.}

B: 我了解。我絕對不會推薦它了。

Notes 注解

1. Sometimes, there's very little good to say about a restaurant. For example, here the customer found the meat so tough that he wouldn't recommend it: The vegetables were fresh, but the meat was tough. I wouldn't recommend it at all.
有時，對一家飯店沒什么好的評價，這樣處，客戶發現肉非常硬，所以他不會推薦這家飯店：蔬菜非常新鮮，但肉非常硬。我絕對不會推薦它了。

2. To ask someone's opinion about a place you know about, but haven't been to, for example, a restaurant, you can ask:I've heard about that restaurant. What was the food like?
要問某人對你了解但沒去過的某個地方的建議。如，一家飯店，你可以如此問: 我聽說過那家飯店。那里的飯菜如何？