VERY FEW RESTAURANTS SERVE ______ FOOD ALL DAY, BUT MOST OF ______...

10. Very few restaurants serve ______ food all day, but most of ______ cafes in the town centre do.

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Vocabulary

III. Choose the correct words to complete the text.

I took my girlfriend out for dinner the other day to an expensive restaurant. I was a little worried

things might go a little (

1

pie-/ pear-) shaped because I hadn't booked a table, but luckily

everything went fine. We ordered a (

2

creamy/ greasy) mushroom soup as a starter, which was rich

in flavors and had a beautifully (

3

crumbly/ smooth) texture. We're not too keen on (

4

stodgy/

mild) food – we prefer light dishes – so we ordered the fresh fish with steamed vegetables. When

the main course arrived, it looked absolutely (

5

tasteless/ mouth-watering) we couldn't wait to eat

it! The food was fantastic. The fish was cooked to perfection, with lovely (

6

chewy/ crunchy)

vegetables on the side, and it came with a slightly (

7

spicy/ bland) sauce, which probably had some

chilli in it. We had a wonderful dessert too: it was a (

8

sweet/ stale) rice pudding with slices of

perfectly (

9

ripe / sticky) mango. All the dishes we had were really (

10

tasty/ bitter), and several of

them were exceptional, so we're thinking of going there again soon.

Mark _____/10

IV. Complete the sentences with appropriate food words.