2 A favourite restaurant

Before you watch

1 Read the restaurant review and answer the questions (ad).
a) What is the influence behind Med Bar? c) What is a hen night?
b) What is a tomato and brie stack? d) What do chill out and get merry mean?

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Med Bar
Med Bar is situated in central Liverpool. As the name suggests, it
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has a Mediterranean theme, decorated in terracotta reds and
Ratings deep blues. Likewise, the menu is based on southern European
cuisine with food like a tomato and brie stack (layered roast
Contact us tomato and soft French cheese), risottos and mouth-watering
French desserts. It attracts people wanting to chill out after work
Links and, later on, city centre socialites who come to get merry over
a bottle of wine. The atmosphere is suitable for everyone, from
girls out on a hen night to couples celebrating an anniversary.
Med Bar has a good selection of wines and continental beers and
opens from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m.

2 You are going to watch Ronald and Claire talking about their favourite restaurants.
Work with a partner, look at their photographs and answer the questions.

Who do you think prefers

Ronald Claire
a) an informal atmosphere?
b) a formal atmosphere?
c) modern European food?
d) traditional English food?
e) meat dishes?
f) vegetable dishes?
g) white wine?
h) red wine?

While you watch
Part 1 (00:00:0000:02:46)
3 Watch Part1 and tick the questions Ronald answers.
a) Can you describe your favourite
restaurant?
b) How expensive is it?
c) When was the first time you came?
d) When was the last time you came?
Ronald Claire
e) When are you coming next?
f) Whats your favourite dish?
g) What do you order at other times?
h) What is the chefs speciality?
i) What do you enjoy most about it?
j) Would you recommend it?

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 4 Work with your partner. How many of Ronalds After you watch
answers can you remember?
9 Describe the two restaurants using appropriate
5 Watch Part 1 again and complete the extracts (af). words from the box.
a) This is my favourite restaurant. Were right
_________ _________ _________ _________ the urban traditional intimate spacious
country here old-fashioned modern countrified
b) a lovely meal and, _________ _________ fancy classy well-designed stuffy
_________ _________ , at the end of the meal informal formal sophisticated busy
c) it was particularly romantic. I _________ down-to-earth comfortable trendy
_________ _________ _________ .
d) then to finish off, a lovely _________ , sweet
English cooked pudding.
e) this place has its own particular personal
history for me and theres _________
_________ _________ _________ it.
f) Oh, I _________ _________ this restaurant to
my friends like that.

Part 2 (00:02:4700:04:34)
6 Watch Part2 and decide whether these
statements (af) are true or false.
True False
The Mill
a) Claires favourite restaurant is
the Slug and Lettuce.
b) The first time she went was with
her boyfriend.
c) There is a wide choice of
vegetarian dishes.
d) Claire will have a mushroom,
roast tomato and brie stack later.
e) The restaurant gets busy on a
Friday night.
f) Claire is at the restaurant for a
hen night.

7 Correct the statements in Exercise 6 which are The Slug and Lettuce
false.
10 Work in groups and discuss these questions.
8 Watch Part 2 again and complete the extracts (af).
a) Would you prefer to eat at the Mill or the Slug
a) I first _________ _________ _________ and Lettuce? Why?
itthrough my friend
b) Is eating out expensive in your country?
b) we had lots of wine and _________
c) How often do you go out to eat? Do you
_________ _________ .
usually only eat out on special occasions?
c) theyve got a really good choice of food,
d) Are any foreign cuisines popular in your
although _________ _________ _________
country? Which do you prefer? Why?
Idprefer
e) Have you got any interesting anecdotes to tell
d) some really good sofas to _________
about a time you ate out? A strange meal? An
_________ on, which I like to do with my
occasion when something went wrong?
friends.
e) its my best friends _________ _________ .
f) and then _________ _________ _________
asalsa club

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