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RESTAURANTS
Eating out in the UK
is an international adventure – you can find restaurants serving
almost any kind of food you would like to try, especially in the
cities and larger towns. Popular options include Chinese,
Indian, Italian, Greek and Thai food. Traditional British food
is also available, of course, and different regions have their
own specialities.
With all this
choice, the hardest thing about eating out in the UK is deciding
whereto go. Here are three ways to find a restaurant:
• ask friends or
colleagues to recommend one
• look in a
national or local restaurant guide (available from bookstores,
newsagents and at libraries)
• look in the local Yellow Pages telephone directory under
‘restaurants’.
Most restaurants
display their menu outside so that you can check what they have
to offer – and their prices – before you go in. Prices vary
widely from one restaurant to another, so do look first.
Opening hours
vary:
• Some restaurants are open from about 11.00 or 11.30 a.m. (for
lunch) through to about midnight.
• Some may open for a couple of hours for lunch, then close for
a while and reopen at about 6.00 or 7.00 p.m. for dinner.
• Some may open for dinner only.
• On Sundays, some restaurants may close early, and smaller ones
may not open at all.
Takeaway food
'Takeaway’ food
is cooked food that you buy from the restaurant and take away to
eat somewhere else. The most popular kinds include hamburgers,
pizzas, kebabs (grilled meat), Indian meals, Chinese meals, and
fish and chips. Takeaway food is sometimes cheaper than eating
the same food in the restaurant.
If you do not
want to go out to pick up your takeaway, you can let your
takeaway come to you: many restaurants offer a delivery service.
You telephone in your order from home, and the restaurant
delivers the food to your door. Some restaurants charge extra
for delivery – check when you place your order. |
