the Whiteboard: Eat cheap in Auckland

Task

Go out somewhere for dinner or lunch, takes some photos if possible of the restaurant and the food you're served. Write a review!

Practice here

Notes

Name of cafe/restaurant:

Location:

Type of food:

Price range: expensive / average / budget

Style of service: relaxed / formal

Specialty dishes:

Business: Crowded / average / quiet

Service: friendly / okay / unfreindly / happy staff / not so happy staff

prompt / average / slow

Ambience: calm / noisy / fun / other

Environment: good lighting / nice tables / nice chairs / nice plates and bowls

Music playing:

Your food: tasty / not so tasty /

generous / not so generous

well presented / not so well presented

interesting / boring

fresh / not so fresh

hot / not hot enough

satisfying / not satisfying

Your experience: enjoyable / not so enjoyable - reason:________

Any other points?

Correct the mistakes

1. Why you choose this restaurant?

2. Where it is?

3. What kind restaurant it is?

4. What was in the menu and what have you chosen?

5. What was the atmosphere in the restaurant ?

4. How was service?

5. How has the food?

6. Do you think you get value for money? Why / why not?

7. Have you recommend this restaurant?

8. How many star of five?

1. Why did you choose this restaurant?

2. Where is it?

3. What kind of restaurant is it?

4. What was on the menu and what did you choose?

5. What was the atmosphere in the restaurant like?

4. How was the service?

5. How was the food?

6. Do you think you got value for money? Why / why not?

7. Would you recommend this restaurant?

8. How many stars of five?

A structure to follow

1. Why did you choose this restaurant?

2. What was on the menu and what did you choose?

3. What was the atmosphere in the restaurant like? Lighting, music, decor, staff, other diners, etc?

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4. How was the service?

5. How was the food?

6. Do you think you got value for money? Why / why not?

7. Would you recommend this restaurant?

8. How many stars out of five?

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9. Think of a title that sums up your experience.

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Focus on VIVIDNESS and developing from the topic sentence. Give lots of examples and detail. Make the reader feel like they're IN the restaurant.

You might even mention some smells and tastes!

Restaurant review

Title: _______________________________

I/we chose this restaurant because ________________________________________________

On the menu they had_____________________________________________________________

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The atmosphere of the restaurant is________________________________________________

The service was__________________________________________________________________

The food was_____________________________________________________________________

I think I/we got / didn’t get value for money because_________________________________

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I’d / wouldn’t recommend this restaurant if you______________________________________

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Stars out of 5:_______

Speaking in pairs

What are your expectations for this place?

The type of food

The quality of food

The variety of food

The type of service

The quality of service

The type of customers (patrons)

The atmosphere

The music

The standard of hygiene

casual dining

generous portions

laid back atmosphere

noisy

family friendly

quick and easy

no nonsense

friendly and approachable

snappy service

wide selection

fresh ingredients

exotic flavours

discerning clientele

Look at each photo of an Auckland restaurant.

Ponsonby Road

Ponsonby Food Court (recommended: Mekong Vietnamese, Kuta Bali, Kam Pung Malaysian)

Crepes A Go Go (Ponsonby Central - $6-18 for any kind of crepe you can imagine)

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Lorne Street

Faro (Korean, generous portions, extremely yummy, fun BBQ-it-yourself)

Vulcan lane

Belgian Beer Bar (good value - shared mussel pot, Belgian fries, and quality beer, beautiful character pub)

Image result for Vulcan lane Belgian Beer Bar

High street

Mezze Bar (actually in Durham lane, a place dear to the hearts of many Central Aucklanders)

K road

Coco's Cantina (claims itself to be a simple, homestyle, Italian inspired restaurant, but it's really the place to hangout and be seen in Auckland. Super fun, and friendly staff as well - go there for dessert)

Sri Pinang (Malaysian - an Auckland institution. These guys go waaay back, but they do it well.)

Mt Albert

Chinoiserie (Asian fusion, hip, healthy and delicious, not so expensive, always fun)

Dominion road

Shaolin Kung Fu Noodle (busy and constantly combusting, slightly scuzzy - in a good, homely way - open late - the lamb noodle soup is famous, the real deal)

Image result for Kung fu noodle dominion road

Udon Works (Dominion Road - a hospitable, family run business, high standards, excellent value for money)

Image result for udon works dominion road

Kiss Kiss (Dominion road area, Thai fusion, long wait for a table, the most popular restaurant in Auckland, a non-stop party, not expensive, great service)