Problem
What are the dishes at my nearby Italian restaurants?
Answer
FOOD MENU
Italian - English
affumicata - smoked
aglio - garlic
agnello - lamb
Antipasti - starters
bistecca - beefsteak
bufalo - buffalo
burro - butter
Carne - meat (as in English words carnivore noun meaning meat eater, carnivorous, adjective)
(della) casa - (literally of the house) house style / home made / house speciality
con - with
di - of or from
e - and
Fiorentina - Florentine (style of Italian city of Florence) with spinach
fritti - deep fried
funghi - mushrooms
giorno - day (as in soup of the day and good day)
griglia - grill
Insalata - salad
limone - lemon
marinate - marinated
Milanese - style served in Italian city of Milan
Mozzarella - Mozzarella cheese
olio - oil
pane - breads
Pasta all 'Italiana - Pasta Italian Style
pescatora - with seafood
Pesce - fish
pollo - chicken
ricotta - a type of cheese, the word literally means recooked
risotto - rice dish, usually made with sticky rice which sticks together rather than long grain Basmati rice used in Indian restaurants
rosmarino - rosemary (herb)
rugatta - from Latin meaning wrinkle
salvia - sage
scaloppa - escalope (French) or slide ; plural escallopine
Scozzese - Scottish style - (menu says Scotch - does this mean Scottish style or with whiskey?)
smoked - affumicata
spinaci - spinach
steak - bistecca (not necessarily beef - check with staff)
tonno - tuna
tradizionale - traditional style
tricolore - triple colour (the three colours of the Italian flag: red, white, green, usually white cheese, red tomato and a green vegetable)
vitello - veal
zucchini - courgette
Zuppa - soup
English - Italian
and - e
(beef) steak - bistecca
buffalo - bufalo
butter - burro
chicken - pollo
courgette - zucchini
day - giorno
escalope (slice) - scaloppa
fegato - calves' liver
fish - pesce
(Deep) fried - fritti
garlic - aglio
grill - griglia
lamb - agnello
lemon - limone
liver (calves' liver) fegato
marinated - marinate
meat - carne
Milan style - Milanese
mushrooms - f u n g h i
oil - olio
rosemary (herb) - rosmarino
sage - salvia
salad - insalata
soup - zuppa
three colour - tricolore
traditional / classic - tradizionale
tuna - tonno
veal - vitello
with - con
DRINKS
Italian wines you may wish to order
Asti
chianti
doppio - double - as in double espresso
Prosecco - the area and the grape
Lambrusco
spumante - sparkling
rosso - red
CONVERSATION
Italian greetings
English - Italian
hello / good day - bon giorno
goodbye - arrivaderci
thank you - g r a z i e
not at all - p r e g o
please - per favore
'bye / so long - ciao
WORDS YOU MAY HEAR OR SEE
(la) tavola - (the) table
Tips
duo lingo
google translate
https://dreamdiscoveritalia.com/2015/06/23/italian-101-how-to-ask-where-is-the-toilet/
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Teacher of English and foreign languages. I have several more posts on foreign languages, restaurants, food, drink and destinations. Please share links to your favourite posts.
What are the dishes at my nearby Italian restaurants?
Answer
FOOD MENU
Italian - English
affumicata - smoked
aglio - garlic
agnello - lamb
Antipasti - starters
bistecca - beefsteak
bufalo - buffalo
burro - butter
Carne - meat (as in English words carnivore noun meaning meat eater, carnivorous, adjective)
(della) casa - (literally of the house) house style / home made / house speciality
con - with
di - of or from
e - and
Fiorentina - Florentine (style of Italian city of Florence) with spinach
fritti - deep fried
funghi - mushrooms
giorno - day (as in soup of the day and good day)
griglia - grill
Insalata - salad
limone - lemon
marinate - marinated
Milanese - style served in Italian city of Milan
Mozzarella - Mozzarella cheese
olio - oil
pane - breads
Pasta all 'Italiana - Pasta Italian Style
pescatora - with seafood
Pesce - fish
pollo - chicken
ricotta - a type of cheese, the word literally means recooked
risotto - rice dish, usually made with sticky rice which sticks together rather than long grain Basmati rice used in Indian restaurants
rosmarino - rosemary (herb)
rugatta - from Latin meaning wrinkle
salvia - sage
scaloppa - escalope (French) or slide ; plural escallopine
Scozzese - Scottish style - (menu says Scotch - does this mean Scottish style or with whiskey?)
smoked - affumicata
spinaci - spinach
steak - bistecca (not necessarily beef - check with staff)
tonno - tuna
tradizionale - traditional style
tricolore - triple colour (the three colours of the Italian flag: red, white, green, usually white cheese, red tomato and a green vegetable)
vitello - veal
zucchini - courgette
Zuppa - soup
English - Italian
and - e
(beef) steak - bistecca
buffalo - bufalo
butter - burro
chicken - pollo
courgette - zucchini
day - giorno
escalope (slice) - scaloppa
fegato - calves' liver
fish - pesce
(Deep) fried - fritti
garlic - aglio
grill - griglia
lamb - agnello
lemon - limone
liver (calves' liver) fegato
marinated - marinate
meat - carne
Milan style - Milanese
mushrooms - f u n g h i
oil - olio
rosemary (herb) - rosmarino
sage - salvia
salad - insalata
soup - zuppa
three colour - tricolore
traditional / classic - tradizionale
tuna - tonno
veal - vitello
with - con
DRINKS
Italian wines you may wish to order
Asti
chianti
doppio - double - as in double espresso
Prosecco - the area and the grape
Lambrusco
spumante - sparkling
rosso - red
CONVERSATION
Italian greetings
English - Italian
hello / good day - bon giorno
goodbye - arrivaderci
thank you - g r a z i e
not at all - p r e g o
please - per favore
'bye / so long - ciao
WORDS YOU MAY HEAR OR SEE
(la) tavola - (the) table
Tips
duo lingo
google translate
https://dreamdiscoveritalia.com/2015/06/23/italian-101-how-to-ask-where-is-the-toilet/
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Teacher of English and foreign languages. I have several more posts on foreign languages, restaurants, food, drink and destinations. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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