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This is a list of restaurant terminology. A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with a running tab. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services .
In restaurants, à la carte (/ ɑː l ə ˈ k ɑːr t /; French: [a la kaʁt]; lit. ' at the card ') [1] is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to table d'hôte, where a set menu is offered. [2]
Deluxe – varies from restaurant to restaurant, generally refers to "all the toppings" Dragged through the garden - serve with a large variety of toppings and condiments (usually vegetables). Dogs and maggots – crackers and cheese [8] Drown the kids – boiled eggs [9] Echo – repeat of the last order [9] Eve with a lid – apple pie [3] [14]
en bloc as a group. en garde "[be] on [your] guard". "On guard" is of course perfectly good English: the French spelling is used for the fencing term. en passant in passing; term used in chess and in neurobiology ("synapse en passant.") en plein air lit. "in the open air"; particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. en pointe
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Also referred to as communal dining, the practice is centered on food and sharing time with the people who come together in order to share the meal and conversation. Communal dining can take place in public establishments like restaurants , college cafeterias, or in private establishments (home).
A traiteur (/ ˈ t r ɛ t ɜːr /; [1] French: [tʁɛ.tœʁ]) is a French food-seller, whose places of business were arguably the precursors of the modern restaurant. [2] Prior to the late 18th century, diners who wished to "dine out" could dine at a traiteur's, or order meals to go.
Phillip Taylor, chef de cuisine at the Aria, New World Beijing Hotel. The chef de cuisine is in charge of all activities related to the kitchen, which usually includes creating menus, managing kitchen staff, ordering and purchasing stock and equipment, plating design, enforcing nutrition, safety, and sanitation, and ensuring the quality of the meals that are served in the restaurant.