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Eating out in Moscow

Some years ago it was rather difficult to find a place for eating in Moscow. There were few canteens, cafes and restaurants where people could have lunch, dinner or a snack. But Moscow has changed. Nowadays there are a lot of different places here where we can eat decent food at reasonable price and take someone for lunch on business.

If you want to eat on the run, you should go to a fast-food restaurant: McDonalds, "Russian Bistro" or Pizza Hut. They are very popular now. The first Russian-Canadian restaurant McDonalds was opened in 1990. Nowadays there are a lot of them in our city and everyone has experienced the dishes there. The service is quick: you enter the restaurant, come up to the counter, make your choice, pay the money, take the tray with your dishes and occupy any vacant table. The menu card offers you single or double hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fillet of fish, fried crisp potatoes. For a drink, you can order cooling beverages — "Coca-Cola", "Fanta", "Sprite", tea or coffee.

If you are in a hurry, you can have a snack in a bar. There are many kinds of bars in Moscow: snack bars, express bars, milk bars, beer bars.

Besides, if you are hungry but have too little time for eating, you can take a quick bite in a cafe "Russian Bistro" or "Russian Bliny".

But if you seek the gastronomical experience of your life, you should go somewhere else. There are hundreds of restaurants in Moscow to satisfy everyone's taste — from traditional Russian food to the finest of French wines and delicacies of the Far East.

The Russian people have always been gourmets. Moscow famous restaurants were reborn in our time. One can again visit "Yar" or "Metropol". Many new restaurants keep the old traditions of the Russian cuisine and hospitality. Each restaurant has its specialties of the house.

In European, American and oriental restaurants of Moscow you can order international dishes although each restaurant as a rule specializes in one of the national cuisines.

The French cuisine has had the leading role in Moscow homes and restaurants since Peter the Great's times. In today's Moscow you can find a classical choice of French dishes at the art restaurant "Nostalgie". The restaurant has a vast wine list and a sommelier to help you make the right choice.

Ответьте письменно на вопросы:

1. What was the situation with eating out in Moscow some years ago?

2. Where can you eat on the run in Moscow?

3. When was the first McDonalds opened in Moscow?

4. Why are the restaurants of quick service so popular nowadays?

5. What does the menu card offer to the customers of McDonalds?

1. Some years ago it was rather difficult to find a place for eating in Moscow because there were only few canteens, cafes and restaurants where people could have lunch, dinner or a snack.

2. You can eat on the run in a fast-food restaurant: McDonalds, «Russian Bistro» or «Pizza Hut». Besides, you can take a quick bite in a cafe «Russian Bistro» or «Russian Bliny».

1. It is something you can drink from. It is made of glass and does not have a handle.

2. It is the liquid that comes from fruit when you squeeze it.

3. It is a very cold sweet-tasting creamy food.

4. It is used to flavour food. It is found in the earth and in the sea water.

5. It is something you can drink from. It is made of china or clay and has a handle.

6. It is food that people eat, usually at fixed times during the day.

7. It is food that is just enough for one person.

1. wineglass

2. fresh juice

1 onion, finely chopped;

bunch scallions with some of the green part, finely chopped;

¼ cup plus three tablespoons butter;

1 two-pound-thirteen-ounce can pumpkin puree;

8 cups chicken broth;

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste;

3 tablespoons flour;

2 cups light cream;

2 cups crisp croutons.

1. Saute the onion and scallions in one-quarter cup of the butter until tender but not browned.

2. Add the pumpkin puree and cook gently five minutes.

3. Stir in the broth and cook, stirring, ten minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Blend together the remaining butter and the flour and whisk into the simmering soup. Stir in the cream and reheat just before serving. Serve sprinkled with the croutons.

Yield: about eight to ten servings.

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2. That waitress … lay the table.

a) doesn’t b) don’t c) aren’t

3. We … a good dinner yesterday.

a) cook b) cooked c) are cooking

4. Many tourists stay … Austaria Hotel

a) in b) at c) by

5. You can reserve a table … telephone.

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1. does 

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- Добрый вечер, господа.

- Сколько вас?

- Вот свободный столик у окна.

- Могу порекомендовать Вам наше фирменное жаркое в горшочках.

- Не хотите ли заказать напитки?

- Очень хорошо.

- Я обслужу Вас быстро.