Unit 9. At the Bar (C) Flash on English for Cooking, Catering and Reception

 

Flash on English for Cooking, Catering and Reception Unit 9. At the Bar (C)

 

8 Match the words and the photos of things you can find in a bar. champagne flute cocktail glass cocktail shaker goblet highball glass long bar spoon old-fashioned glass paring knife waiter’s friend ice bucket     9 Read the text about essential bar equipment and check your answers. What would you expect to find in a well-stocked bar? Certainly you would hope to find a waiter's friend. This is a gadget with a bottle opener to open bottled beers and soft drinks, a corkscrew to remove corks from bottles of wine, as well as a foil cutter to remove the foil on top of bottles. Then you might hope to find an ice bucket to keep white wine and champagne chilled and a paring knife for slicing lemons and other fruit to garnish drinks. Not to mention a long bar spoon for stirring drinks. Most good bars these days have a cocktail shaker to mix cocktails and the classic shaped cocktail glasses to pour them into. These should have a sol id stem so you do not warm the drink when you are holding it. Other essential glasses include champagne flutes, with very long stems, highball glasses for soft drinks and long cocktails, and wine glasses or goblets. Finally, there should be an old-fashioned glass, which is short with a thick bottom, used for serving spirits such as whisky, and a good selection of other glassware.   10 Read the text again and complete the sentences with the following words and expressions. bottle opener chilled cork gadget garnish stem   1 Go and get another bottle of white wine from the fridge. This one isn't ___chilled ­­­­ enough 2 Can I borrow your waiter 's friend? The _________ is broken on this one and I need to open this beer. 3 Oh no! The _________ in this bottle is rotten! The wine smells like vinegar! 4 We've got a new _________ for crushing plastic for recycling. 5 The long _________ on this champagne flute is so elegant! 6 You should _________ a Pina Colada cocktail with a slice of pineapple.

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