A Clear Order at the Sushi Counter
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A sushi order can include fish, egg, or a cucumber roll. Clear requests help the server understand your choices.
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Text to type: A sushi order can include fish, egg, or a cucumber roll. Clear requests help the server understand your choices. The restaurant situations here have simple menus and complete orders.
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Before you begin
Your choices
What food would you like in your sushi?
What do you ask when you do not know a dish?
What would you like to drink with your food?
Reading
Start with the available choices
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Text to type: At a sushi counter, Mira is the server. Her menu has salmon, tuna, shrimp, egg, and a cucumber roll. A customer wants lunch but has not chosen a dish. The customer first asks what is available. Mira says that every item on this menu is available today. The customer then asks about the cucumber roll. In this example, it has cucumber and rice inside seaweed, with no fish. That answer helps the customer choose food they want. The customer orders the roll instead of guessing from its name. A short question about a dish can make an order clear before the server starts preparing it.
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Choose with clear information
1. The customer wants a dish without fish. How does asking about the cucumber roll help?
Sample answer
The answer describes this restaurant's dish, so the customer does not need to guess.
Useful language
Ask before choosing
- What is available today?
- You ask which dishes you can order now.What is available today? I want something simple.
- What is in the cucumber roll?
- You ask what is inside one dish.What is in the cucumber roll? I want to know before I order.
- Does it have fish?
- You ask a more exact question about one dish.Does it have fish? I want a dish without fish.
- I'd like a cucumber roll, please.
- You give your choice after the server answers.I'd like a cucumber roll, please. For here.
Reading
Say the item and the amount
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Text to type: In another order, Ken is the sushi chef. His menu offers salmon, tuna, shrimp, and egg sushi by the piece. The cucumber roll comes as one whole roll, cut into smaller pieces. A customer asks for two pieces of salmon and one cucumber roll. Ken repeats both parts of the order. This matters because two pieces and two rolls are different amounts. The customer listens and confirms the order. Then the customer adds one piece of egg sushi. Ken repeats the complete order again before preparing it. Naming the food and the amount together helps both people understand exactly what the customer wants to eat.
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Make the amount clear
1. Why is “two pieces of salmon and one cucumber roll” clearer than “salmon and cucumber”?
Sample answer
An item name alone does not give the amount.
Useful language
Order and confirm
- Two pieces of salmon, please.
- You name the item and the amount.Two pieces of salmon, please.
- One cucumber roll, please.
- You order a roll instead of pieces.One cucumber roll, please.
- And one piece of egg sushi, please.
- You add another item.And one piece of egg sushi, please.
- Yes, that's right.
- You confirm the order.Yes, that's right.
- One roll, not two, please.
- You correct a mistake politely.One roll, not two, please.
Reading
Ask for extras and the bill
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Text to type: Back at Mira's counter, a customer has chosen shrimp sushi. This order comes with soy sauce, but no ginger or wasabi. The customer wants ginger and asks for it separately. Mira brings a small dish of ginger beside the sushi. The customer does not want wasabi, so Mira leaves it out. Tea is available in this situation, and the customer orders a cup. After eating, the customer asks for the bill. Mira brings a bill that lists the sushi and tea. The customer checks that both items match the order. In this example, card payment is accepted, and the customer pays by card before leaving.
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Complete the meal
1. How does the customer make sure the extras and the bill match what they want?
Sample answer
Clear requests settle the extras, and checking the bill settles the payment.
Useful language
Make a small request
- Could I have some ginger, please?
- You ask for an extra.Could I have some ginger, please?
- No wasabi, please.
- You say what you do not want.No wasabi, please.
- A cup of tea, please.
- You add a drink.A cup of tea, please.
- Could I have the bill, please?
- You start payment.Could I have the bill, please?
- Can I pay by card?
- You ask if card payment is accepted.Can I pay by card?
Choose your lunchScene
Choose your lunch
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Text to type: Ordering lunch: you are at a sushi counter with Mira, the server. Salmon, tuna, shrimp, egg, and cucumber rolls are available; this cucumber roll contains cucumber, rice, and seaweed, but no fish. Your goal is to ask about the cucumber roll and order one roll without fish.
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Ask and choose
You
Hello. What is available today?
Mira, server
We have salmon, tuna, shrimp, egg sushi, and cucumber rolls.
You
What is in the cucumber roll?
Mira, server
Cucumber and rice inside seaweed. There is no fish in it.
You
I'd like one cucumber roll, please.
Mira, server
One cucumber roll, with no fish. Is that right?
You
Yes, that's right. Thank you.
Mira, server
Thank you. Your order is one cucumber roll.
Build your orderScene
Build your order
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Text to type: Ordering several items: you are at a different counter with Ken, the sushi chef. Salmon and egg sushi are sold by the piece, while a cucumber roll is ordered as one whole roll cut into smaller pieces. Your goal is to order two pieces of salmon, one cucumber roll, and one piece of egg sushi, then confirm the complete order.
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State the amounts
You
Two pieces of salmon and one cucumber roll, please.
Ken, sushi chef
Two pieces of salmon and one whole cucumber roll. Is that right?
You
Yes. And one piece of egg sushi, please.
Ken, sushi chef
Of course. Your complete order is two pieces of salmon, one cucumber roll, and one piece of egg sushi.
You
Yes, that's right.
Ken, sushi chef
Here is your order: the salmon, the cut cucumber roll, and the egg sushi.
You
Thank you.
Finish your mealScene
Finish your meal
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Text to type: Ordering extras and paying: you are at a restaurant with Mira, the server, and your shrimp sushi is ready. Soy sauce comes with the order, ginger and wasabi are separate, tea is available, and this restaurant accepts card payment. Your goal is to get ginger and tea without wasabi, then check your bill and pay by card.
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Request and pay
Mira, server
Here is your shrimp sushi with soy sauce.
You
Could I have some ginger, please? No wasabi, please.
Mira, server
Of course. Here is the ginger in a separate dish, with no wasabi.
You
And a cup of tea, please.
Mira, server
Here is your tea. Enjoy your meal.
You
Thank you. I've finished now. Could I have the bill, please?
Mira, server
Here it is. It lists your shrimp sushi and tea.
You
Yes, that's right. Can I pay by card?
Mira, server
Yes. Please use the card reader here.
You
I've paid. Thank you.
Mira, server
Your payment is complete. Thank you.
Speak
Make your own complete order
What you can do now
Final Reflection
A clear sushi order names the food and the amount. Requests for extras and the bill help complete the meal. What would you say to order your food, ask for an extra, and finish paying?
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