Handy Portuguese Words For Restaurants When Ordering

Problem
How to order?

ORDERING
Do you have a menu?
We’d like some drinks.
We’d like some food.
I am ready to order.
Is it fresh? It is fresh fruit?

Do you have fresh fruit?
Do you have freshly squeezed juice?
I am allergic to shellfish.
Do you have sugar-free - somebody is diabetic
Can you ask, please?

No, thank you.
May we pay?
How much is the bill?
Do you have an address card?
The food was terrific.

Yes, please.
I’ll have this.
for my wife, husband, //friend, guest,// the lady, the gentleman - the child, the boss
Do you take credit cards?
Is service included?

Keep the change.
Are you open for lunch /dinner?

ENCOMENDA
Você tem um menu?
Nós gostaríamos de algumas bebidas.
Gostaríamos de algum alimento.
Estou pronto para encomendar.
Está fresco? É fruta fresca?

Você tem frutas frescas?
Você tem suco recém-espremido?
Eu sou alérgico ao marisco.
Você não tem açúcar - alguém é diabético
Você pode perguntar, por favor?

Não, obrigado.
Podemos pagar?
Quanto é a conta?
Você tem um cartão de endereço?
A comida foi fantástica.

Sim, por favor. (Sim, like si, means yes.)
Vou querer isto.
para minha esposa, marido, // amigo, convidado, // a senhora, o cavalheiro - a criança, o chefe
Vocês aceitam cartões de crédito?
O serviço está incluído?

Fique com o troco.
Você está aberto para almoço / jantar?

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Want a pick-me-up snack whilst shopping? Yogurt, fat free, sugar free, gluten free, at Watford and elsewhere

Walking uphill from Watford High Street station, you cross on the triple crossing towards the shops. Take a detour into Boots and try to avoid buying. (I ended up with three nail varnishes, which I wanted, at least I wanted one or two but the offer was three for two.) The Boots entrance brings you out at the lower level passing the toilets, baby change area with the drinking water fountain. As you pass towards the escalators on your left is the Yogurt kiosk. They often have a free taster of their yogurt or you can ask for one.

If you like the yogurts, take a card which gives you a free topping after five separate purchases, and a free yogurt after ten.

I tried the yogurt with the granola and blueberry topping. De-lish.

Want Calcium?
I'd previously avoided the kiosk and went to a coffee shop because I'm wary of sugar in smoothies. However, I love yogurt, and think I need calcium more than caffeine, calcium to build nails, teeth and bones - if you've ever had a cracked nail, broken tooth, or broken bone or backache you may share my concern.

How Much Sugar?
So reading the literature and claims on the signboard about the sugar and fat and gluten content, I was reassured I was getting calcium, without too much sugar. However, do read all the literature and check for yourself that what you are choosing, whether in a coffee shop or kiosk suits your needs in general or on that occasion. If you bought a low calorie coffee from a coffee shop, but added sugar, obviously you end up with more calories and more sugar. So if you buy yogurt, then add honey, you have to take into account what is added.

Onwards and Upwards at Intu, Watford
If you are aiming for a second storey shop, you are right by the escalator. If you want to sit in the shopping mall, Intu has lots of seats. You can eat the yogurt and read the literature.

Location, location, location
As Hilton used to say about a successful hotel, Location, location, location. Where can you find Yog yogurts?
Their website lists outlets in: Intu, Watford; Brent Cross; London - several including Greenwich; Brighton and more. You can also buy their products from Tesco.

More details and locations from:

yogyogurt.co.uk

ANGELA LANSBURY AUTHOR is a travel writer, speaker and English tutor and speech coach.
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