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Food & Dining ④: Recommendations & Popular Dishes推荐

LESSON
49

01Scene

In this lesson you'll recommend dishes and tell guests what's popular: "It's our most popular dish" or "I recommend this one." Building on the comparison patterns from Lesson 27, you'll learn to make recommendations with confidence.

02Service Phrases

1
这里zhèlǐ的de招牌菜zhāopáicài是shì什么shénme?
What's your signature dish here? (Customer)
2
天妇罗tiānfùluó最zuì受shòu欢迎huānyíng。
Tempura is our most popular dish.
3
我wǒ推荐tuījiàn这zhè个ge。
I recommend this one.
4
这zhè道dào菜cài很hěn有名yǒumíng。
This dish is famous.
5
这zhè个ge比bǐ那nà个ge更gèng好吃hǎochī。
This one is even tastier than that one.
6
您nín喜欢xǐhuan辣là的de吗ma?
Do you like spicy food?
7
这zhè个ge不bú辣là。
This one isn't spicy.

03Dialogue

SCENE: What do you recommend?
顾客gùkèCustomer
这里zhèlǐ的de招牌菜zhāopáicài是shì什么shénme?
店员diànyuánStaff
天妇罗tiānfùluó最zuì受shòu欢迎huānyíng,我wǒ推荐tuījiàn这zhè个ge。
顾客gùkèCustomer
辣là吗ma?
店员diànyuánStaff
不bú辣là,很hěn好吃hǎochī。

04Key Vocabulary

1
招牌菜zhāopáicàisignature dish, house specialty
2
受欢迎shòu huānyíngto be popular
3
推荐tuījiànto recommend
4
有名yǒumíngfamous, well-known
5
辣làspicy, hot
6
更gèngeven more, still more (Lesson 27, review)

05Grammar Point

Today's Grammar Point

Recommending with 最 and 比…更 (building on comparisons, Lesson 27)

Comparison patterns make your recommendations far more convincing.

① 最 (the most) / 受欢迎 (popular)

  • 天妇罗tiānfùluó最zuì受shòu欢迎huānyíngTempura is our most popular dish.

② 比…更… (even more … than …)

Add 更gèng to the comparison pattern from Lesson 27 to say "even more … than": 这zhè个ge比bǐ那nà个ge更gèng好吃hǎochī。

Service tip: Use 我推荐这个 (I recommend this one) and 这个最受欢迎 (this is our most popular). When a guest asks 辣吗? (Is it spicy?), answer with 不辣 (not spicy) or 有点儿辣 (a little spicy).

06Practice

  1. Tell guests your most popular item with "〇〇最zuì受shòu欢迎huānyíng".
  2. Make a recommendation with "我wǒ推荐tuījiàn〇〇".
  3. Practice comparing two items and recommending one with "比…更…".

07Translation

Dialogue Translation

CustomerWhat's your signature dish here?
StaffTempura is our most popular — I recommend it.
CustomerIs it spicy?
StaffNot at all — it's delicious.
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