Customer: I didn't order that.
Ordering in a German Restaurant - Im Restaurant bestellen
Customer: Hmm. I am hungry.
Ok, Google. What is there to eat nearby?
I don’t want McDonald’s. I always have to go to the bathroom really bad after that.
I could go to a Chinese restaurant…
no, not today.
I want something truly German today.
Ooh. There is a restaurant called “Grandma’s Kitchen”.
I can surely find something good there.
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Customer: (In front of the restaurant) I should take a quick look at the menu.
Hmm. Dumplings, Swabian noodles, meatballs, Swabian pockets.
Everything at a good price?
That is exactly what I am looking for.
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Waiter: Hello. Welcome to the restaurant “Grandma’s Kitchen”.
Every day we prepare specialties from the kitchen of my grandma here.
They are exactly the same recipes that my grandma wrote three hundred years ago.
Customer: Your grandmother is three hundred years old?
Waiter: Of course not.
She was already one hundred years old before she wrote these recipes.
Grandma is now four hundred years old.
Her Swabian pockets can heal cancer.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
but a piece of apple strudel cake from my grandma keeps the grim reaper away.
Customer: I have to try that,
but first I have to eat something for dinner.
What do you recommend?
Waiter: You really can’t go wrong, but in my opinion
the meatballs with Swabian noodles are simply superb.
Customer: That sounds good. I’ll take that and also a salad as an appetizer.
Waiter: Something to drink?
Customer: A Fanta, please.
Waiter: Unfortunately we don’t have Fanta.
Customer: Then I will simply take a cola.
Waiter: The cola is all gone today.
Customer: What do you still have to drink?
Waiter: Beer, wine, mineral water, milk.
Customer: A beer, please.
Waiter: Lager, dark, pilsner, wheat beer…
Customer: A pilsner, please.
Waiter: Rothaus Tannenzäpfle, Krombacher, Warsteiner…
Customer: Surprise me.
I just want something to eat and a beer.
Waiter: Understood. Coming right up.
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Waiter: Your beer, here you go.
Customer: Thank you.
Waiter: Your salad will be right up.
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Waiter: Here is the salad for you. Do you need anything else?
Customer: A fork.
Waiter: Here is the silverware.
Customer: Thank you.
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Waiter: Enjoy your meal.
Customer: I didn’t order that.
Waiter: Oh. really? What did you order?
Customer: Meatballs with Swabian noodles.
Waiter: Oh, right. The soup was for the man over there.
I’m sorry.
The meatballs and Swabian noodles are coming right up.
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Stranger: Is this seat available?
Customer: Yes, please. (Customer points to the open chair.)
Stranger: Thank you.
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Waiter: Meatballs and Swabian noodles. Enjoy your meal.
Customer: Thank you.
Waiter: You’re welcome. (The waiter looks at the stranger.)
And what can I bring you?
Stranger: A Bit (Bitburger), please.
I don’t know what I want to eat yet.
I am reading the menu for a bit longer.
Waiter: I’ll come back soon with your beer.
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Waiter: Have you decided?
Stranger: Yes. I would like what he has.
Waiter: Meatballs with Swabian noodles.
Stranger: Yes, exactly. That looks delicious.
Customer: It is, too.
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Waiter: Your bill. Fifteen Euros eighty. (The waiter gives the customer the bill.)
Customer: Eighteen Euros. Keep the change.
Waiter: Thank you. Have a nice rest of your day.
Customer: Good-bye. (The customer gets up and goes away.)