ローマ・フィレンツェ・ベネチア・ミラノのレストラン、ホテルなど観光情報を紹介 イタリア観光ブログ

Usually, many restaurants have both the menu in Italian and in English, but since this is an Italian lesson, we take the opportunity to learn a bit of vocabulary:

-“Antipasti”- "Starters" -
- “Primi”- "First courses"
- “Secondi"-“Second courses"
- "Contorni"–“Side dishes”
- “Dolci”-"Sweets"
- “Vini e liquori”-"Wine & Spirits"

Usually, the hardest part is figuring out the description of each dish. Some restaurants, especially those for tourists have photos of the dishes, others, the majority, have only a description, so I recommend using a small vocabulary of Italian- Japanese.

Once you have chosen what to eat, you pass to order.

Usually the waiter wait a bit 'before coming to take orders, but if you see that you are expecting too much, you can call himyou saying:

“Scusi cameriere”-"Excuse me, waiter"

We have several expressions to order food.
Among the most common and simple you can use these ones:

- "Per me (spaghetti, insalata e cotoletta) per favore"-“(spaghetti, insalata e cotoletta) for me please“ or – “Vorrei (spaghetti, insalata e cotoletta) per favore” "I’d like to have (spaghetti, salad and cotoletta) please"

-For the very good ones in Italian , you can try to ask for more information about the course you wish to order:

“ Cosa sono gli (spaghetti Amatriciana) ? ”-

“ Che cos’è (risotto alla crema di scampi)?”- "What’s (risotto with scampi sauce)?"

The waiter will describe the ingredients of the dish, so you can have more indications available to choose from.
As for the drinks, the most common question that will make the waiter:

-”Cosa volete da bere ?” - "What would you like to drink?" -

We have many different answers:
-“Acqua liscia per favore” - "Smooth water please"
-“Acqua leggermente frizzante per favore” - "Lightly sparkling water please"
-“Acqua frizzante per favore” - "Sparkling water sparkling please"
-“Birra per favore” - "Beer please"

If you want to drink wine, you can choose from the wine list in the menu, if so, just say,

-“Una bottiglia di (Morellino di Scansano) per favore” -"A bottle of (Morellino di Scansano) please" that I recommend if you’ll have meat.
-“Una bottiglia di (Vermentino) per favore “- "A bottle of (Vermentino), please” that I recommend if you’ll have fish.

In Italy we use drinking white wine when you eat dishes based on fish and red wine when you eat meat.

At this point you take what you ordered so you can start eating “Buon appetito!”-"Itadakimasu”

When the meal is finished, you can ask the waiter for the bill:
-“Il conto per favore” - "bill please!"

If the food has been good and the service as well you may consider to give a little tip to the waiter.
Thank you all for your attention and I hope that you have enjoyed the dinner!

-"Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo a tutti "

-"Merry Christmas and Happy new Year to everybody "

by Luca