Answer the questions.
1 What traditional foods do people eat in your country?
2 What international restaurants are popular in your country?
3 What’s your favourite food? What foods don’t you like?
Comprehension check
2 Watch the video. Choose the correct answers.
1 A famous food that comes from the south-west of England is …
a Cornish pasties. b fish and chips. c Jamaican jerk chicken.
2 Most of the people in the street said they liked … food.
a Asian b British c Italian
3 Bangladeshi people don’t use … in their food.
a chicken b lamb c pork
3 Watch the video again. Complete the sentences.
1 Many people think of.................. ............... .......... as a traditional food in the UK.
2 A Cornish pasty is a pastry with ...............,................ and................. baked inside it.
3 In the UK, you can try foods from different countries at restaurants,................ and................... .
4 There are many international restaurants and...................... on Cowley Road.
5 At most Indian restaurants you can eat food from India,................. and ....................... .
6 Bangladeshi food is made with meat or fish,........................ and spices.
4 Complete the summary. Write a word or a number in each gap.
British people enjoy 1......................... food from other countries as well as
2........................ food from the UK.
Some streets, such as Cowley Road in
3................. , have restaurants from all over the world. One of the most
popular Indian dishes in the UK is 4.................... . It is usually served with 5................................ and a kind of 6.................. called naan. Most restaurants cook their own naan in a special tandoor 7................................. .
5 Match the words 1–8 to the definitions a–h.
1 chef a one of the items of food that you need to cook something
2 dish b a special oven used in an Indian restaurant
3 ingredient c the instructions for cooking something
4 pastry d a professional cook
5 recipe e a powder used to give flavour to food, e.g. paprika
6 spice f a type of food prepared in a particular way
7 takeaway food g a mixture of flour, fat and water that is used to make pies
8 tandoor h food sold in a restaurant that you can eat somewhere else
