Food and restaurants
Are you looking for somewhere special to go this weekend? Do you want to try something new?
Check out one of these hot new restaurants.
Last Days of the Raj
A centrally located Indian restaurant, perfect for eating before or after the cinema or a show. In
summer enjoy your meal in the beautiful garden. The most popular dishes are lamb and chicken
cooked with mild, medium or hot spices. For brave customers there is extra hot!
A Taste of Tuscany
Whether you’d like a great value-for-money lunch or a relaxed evening meal in stylish
surroundings, this is the place for you. The chefs have all been trained in Italy and they make both
traditional and contemporary dishes. We recommend the pasta and seafood.
Your Local Caffe
Remember when cafés served full English breakfasts – sausages, beans, fried bread, bacon and
eggs – with a strong cup of tea? Well, this place still does and you can have your breakfast at any
time you like during the day while you listen to your favourite tunes from the 1980s.
The Lemon Tree
This pretty restaurant serves healthy food that’s tasty too. Come in for a vegetarian snack at
lunchtime or a great fruit smoothie or a cappuccino and a delicious piece of cake in the afternoon.
Food is bought from local producers whenever possible.
Cheesy Bites
A restaurant that only serves cheese, but hundreds of cheeses from many countries and in lots of
different forms. They serve reasonably priced lunches but dinner can be expensive. Lovely food
and a very elegant dining room, looking onto an amazing flower garden.
Fast Best
Fast food doesn’t have to be junk food, as this café proves. Do you fancy a really good hamburger
made with the best ingredients, or old-fashioned fish and chips fried to perfection, all on the table
in super-quick time? Speed and quality are important here, and the prices aren’t bad either.
The Chocolate Box
The owner of this small café used to cook all kinds of food, but then she realised she preferred
desserts to anything else. If you want meat or fish, don’t come here. They only do desserts! Lots of
different kinds of sweets. Chocolate lovers will be excited by the range of chocolate cakes.
Musical Chairs
Have you noticed how music improves the taste of your food? This new restaurant has different
types of live music every night except Sundays, and excellent food to go with it. Great fish dishes,
steak and pizza. Monday is classic rock night, so see you there!
1.- Match the people with the best restaurant for them:
1.- My girlfriend and I are vegetarian. Could you recommend a suitable restaurant for us?' Tom,
aged 18. My lemon tree
2.- My friend has a sweet tooth and I want to take her somewhere special this weekend.' Lucy,
aged 16. The chocolate box
3.- My mates and I all love spicy food. ¿Can you recommend somewhere good for us to go
tonight?' Dino, aged 21. Last days of raj
4.- I only get 30 minutes off for lunch and I'm in a hurry. Where can I get something quick to eat?'
Melissa, aged 27. Fast best
5.- Breakfast is the most important meal of the day in my opinion. ¿Do you know anywhere that
serves a good brekkie?' Micky, aged 38. Your local caff
6.- We love Italian food, especially pasta. Everyone loves Italian, don't they? Any good Italians
near here?' Momo, aged 22. A taste of Tuscany
2. Check your understanding: multiple selection. Write the names of restaurants from the article in the
box.
1. Which restaurant(s) serve hot and spicy food? Last days of raj
2. Which restaurant(s) only have desserts and sweets? The chocolate box
3. In which restaurant(s) can you listen to some great music? Musical chairs
4. Which restaurant(s) are good for people who don't eat meat? My lemon tree
5. Which restaurant(s) employ staff trained in Europe? A taste of Tuscany
6. Which restaurant(s) serve an all-day breakfast including sausages, bacon and eggs? Your local caff
