Holiday inn restaurant vocabulary

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Restaurant Vocabulary
Appetizer: Caesar Salad
Romaine Anchovies Parmesan Basil Crispy Grilled Prawns
Lettuce Cheese Biscotti Bacon Chicken
Croutons Caesar Salad
Caesar Salad is made with romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, olive oil, eggs,
lemon juice and croutons.

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Appetizer: Mediterranean Seared Tuna Salad
Potato Egg Tomato Green Bean Capsicum Olives Capers
Seared Tuna
Seared tuna is fish that has been cooked in a very hot pan.
Capers are small flower buds
Capsicum are often called sweet peppers or bell peppers

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Appetizer: Traditional Greek Salad
Feta Cucumber Tomato Onions Olive Oil Olives Lemon
Cheese Dressing
Traditional Greek Salad
Feta cheese is Greek cheese made from goat’s milk.

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Appetizer: Norwegian Smoked Salmon Rolls and Mizuna Salad
Smoked Salmon Smoked Salmon Rolls Mizuna Salad
Mizuna is a Japanese vegetable that has a ‘slight peppery flavour’
Salmon is a very tasty pink fish

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Appetizer: Avacado, Mango, Crab Meat Tower with Pomelo Segments
Avacado Mango Crab Meat Pomelo Segment

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Soup: Traditional French Gratinated Onion Soup
French Onion Soup is made from a beef broth boiled with onions.
To make it ‘gratinated’, croutons (fried bread) and cheese are baked on top of the
soup.

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Soup: Potato and Leek Soup
Puree machine Potato and Leek Soup Potato, Leek
Potato Leek Soup is made from boiling potatoes and leeks (and onion?), then
liquidized, pureed and mixed with milk and cream

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Soup: Pumpkin and Ginger Cream Soup
Pumpkin Pumpkin and Ginger Ginger
Cream Soup
Pumpkin and Ginger Cream Soup is made from boiling pumpkins and ginger then
liquidized, pureed and mixed with milk and cream

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Soup: Arabic Style Red Lentil Soup with Pita Bread
Red Garlic Arabic Style Onion Pita
Lentils Red Lentil Soup Bread
Arabic Style Red Lentil Soup is made from boiling red lentils, garlic, onions, herbs
and spices in chicken stock, then liquidized, pureed and mixed with milk and
cream.
Pita bread comes from countries around the Mediterranean Sea and is oftn called
a ‘flatbread’.

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Pasta: Spaghetti, Penne, and Bolognese, Pesto, Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti Penne Bolognese Pesto Tomato
Sauce Sauce Sauce
Bolognese Sauce: bacon, onion, garlic, beef, pork, mushrooms, carrots, celery.
tomatoes, tomato sauce, wine, stock, basil, oregano, salt and pepper.
Pesto Sauce: garlic, basil, pine nuts, olive oil, Parmesan cheese and Fiore
Sardo (cheese made from sheep's milk).
Tomato Sauce: tomatoes, olive oil, salt with wine, onion, garlic, basil.

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Pasta: Lasagna al Forno
Lasagna Minced Bechamel Mozzarella Tomato
Beef Sauce Cheese Sauce
Bechamel Sauce is a French white sauce made of butter, milk and flour

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Sandwiches and Burgers: French Fries, Potato Chips, Green Salad
French Fries Chips (UK) Green Chips (USA)
Beef Salad Crisps (UK)
French Fries are long, thin and come from America
Chips are short, thick and come from the United Kingdom
Green Salad or Chef’s Salad or Garden Salad, or Tossed Salad or … usually has
lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber and anything else the chef wants.

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Sandwiches, Burgers: Beef Burger, Cheddar Cheese Burger, Sesame Seed Bun
Beef Burger Cheeseburger Cheddar Cheese Sesame Seed Bun
Hamburger
Hamburgers are often called beefburgers.
They are made with beef NOT ham.
Cheddar Cheese is liked by many people.
Sesame seed buns are buns with sesame seeds sprinkled on them.

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Sandwiches, Burgers: Avacado Beef Burger, Black Poppy Seed Bun,
Caramelized Onions
Beef Burger Black Poppy Seed Caramelized Onions
with Avacado Bun
The beefburger has avocado, tomatoes and cheese.
Some people think that poppy seeds are healthy.
To caramelize is to cook with sugar. Cook onions with olive oil and the sugar in the
onions comes out and browns the onions.

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Sandwiches, Burgers: Tamarind Glazed Thai Chicken Burger on a Chilli Bun
Chicken Burger Chicken Glazed Tamarind
with Tamarind
Tamarind Glaze: Chili peppers, tamarind , brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce,
lemon juice, orange juice and garlic. Puree to make a paste and brush on to the
burger to make a glaze.
Chilli Bun is a bun spiced with chili peppers.

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Sandwiches, Burgers: Classic Club Sandwich with Chicken, Lettuce, Tomato,
Bacon and Fried Egg
Classic Club Sandwich Fried Egg
A club sandwich has 3 slices of bread, with bacon, chicken, lettuce, tomato, and
mayonnaise.
It is cut into 4 pieces and each piece is held together with a toothpick.

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Main Course: Beef Rib Eye Steak, Merlot Sauce, Home Made Fries
Rib Eye Steak Merlot Sauce Home Fries Home Made Fries
Merlot Sauce is a sauce/gravy that is made using Merlot wine.
Home fries are boiled, cut into pieces and fried.
Home made fries are often baked in the oven.

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Main Course: Australian Beef Tenderloin with Mustard Grain Sauce and Baked
Potato
Mustard Grain Sauce Beef Tenderloin Baked Potato
Australia is famous for very high quality beef.
Mustard Grain Sauce is made from chicken stock, white wine, cream and whole
grain mustard which gives the sauce its flavour.
A baked potato is cooked slowly with low heat in the oven

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Main Course: New Zealand Lamb Chops, Sauteed Potatoes, Ratatouille,
Rosemary Sauce
Lamb Chops Sauteed Potatoes Ratatouille Rosemary Sauce
New Zealand is famous for very high quality lamb. Lamb is a young sheep.
Sauteed potatoes are fried, often with onions.
Ratatouille is a tomato based stew with many other vegetables, herbs and spices.
Rosemary Sauce is a sauce with a flavour from the herb rosemary.

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Main Course: Grilled Salmon Steak, Green Asparagus, Boiled Potatoes, Olive Oil
and Lemon Sauce
Salmon Steak Asparagus Boiled Potatoes Olive Oil
in Lemon Sauce

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Main Course: Shish Taouk – Chicken Kebab, Oriental Rice
Shish Taouk Kebab Oriental Rice
Shish Taouk is chicken on a skewer with some vegetables (kebab).
Oriental is a word that Westerners use to mean Asian.
The rice is flavoured with Asian herbs and spices.

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Sashimi, Nigiri Sushi, Sushi Rolls
Sashimi is thinly sliced raw meat—usually fish, such as salmon or tuna—that
is served without rice.
Sushi is not raw fish, but rather vinegared rice that is mixed with other
ingredients, which may or may not include raw fish.

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Chuka Wakame, Chuka Idako
Chuka Wakame Chuka Idako
Green Seaweed Salad Octopus Salad

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Nem Cuon Song
Vietnamese Spring Rolls
The Vietnamese Spring Rolls are made with very thin rice paper.
They usually have shrimp, pork and vegetables in them.

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Thai Beef Salad with Cucumber, Lime and Chili
Lime Thai Beef Salad Cucumber

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Spicy Kale salad with Prawns
Kale Prawns
Kale is a green leafy vegetable.

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Larb Kai
Roasted Chicken Esarn Style Salad
Esarn Style Salad is also called Papaya Salad or Som Tam.

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Deep Fried Marinated Chicken wrapped in Pandan
Leaves
Marinating Chicken Deep Fried Chicken Pandan Leaves
To marinate is to leave the food in liquid to make it tender or to give it flavour.
To deep fry is to cook in oil where the oil covers all the food.

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Asian Salads and Appetizers: Thai Deep Fried Fish Cake with Cucumber, Peanut,
Chili Sauce
Peanuts Deep Fried Fish Cake Chili Sauce

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Asian and Thai Specialities Salads and Appetizers
Siamese Satays – Chicken, Pork, Beef Skewers with Peanut Sauce
Pork Satay Chicken Satay Beef Satay
The ‘skewer’ is the wooden stick that the meat is cooked on.

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Ruam Chiang Mai – Sour Pork Sausage, Steamed Pork Roll, Pork Skin, Vegetable
and Chili Dip
Sour Pork Steamed Sour Pork Sausage Pork Pork Skin
Sausage Pork Roll Skin, Vegetables, Chili Dip

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Shrimp Spring Rolls with Sweet Chili Sauce

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Khao Tung Na Tung
Crispy Rice Crackers Chicken Coconut Milk Relish

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Moo Prik Khing
Stir Fry Stir Fried Pork Tenderloin
with Long Beans
Stir fry is to fry a mix of foods in a pan and stir them while they cook.
Long beans are sometimes called ‘yardlong beans’.

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Yum Nuar
Sear Seared Beef Sirloin Salad
Sear is to cook with very hot high heat.

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Soups: Tom Yum Goong
Galangal Kaffir Lime Tom Yum Goong Lemongrass

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Soups: Tom Kha Gai
Galangal Tom Kha Gai Kaffir Lime Leaf

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Soups: Prawns Won Ton Soup
Prawns Prawns Won Ton Soup Won Tons

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Asian Main Courses: Deep Fried Seabass with Sweet Chili Sauce
Asian Seabass Deep Fried Seabass Sweet Chili Sauce
The Asian Sea Bass is sometimes called Baramundi

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Asian Main Courses: Green Chicken Curry with Eggplant
Eggplant Green Chicken Curry with Eggplant
Eggplant is sometimes called Aubergine

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Asian Main Courses: Roasted Duck, Cherry Tomatoes, Thai Basil,
Red Curry Sauce
Cherry Tomatoes Roast Duck Thai Basil Red Curry Sauce

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Asian Main Courses: Braised Prawns in Red Curry and Kaffir Lime Sauce
Braised Prawns Braised Prawns in Red Curry
and Kaffir Lime Sauce (with Pumpkin)
Braising is often done with (cheap) meat that is difficult to cut or eat.
The meat is first cooked at a very high heat (seared).
Then it is put into liquid and cooked slowly at a low heat for a long time.

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Asian Main Courses: Steamed Ruby Fish with Lime, White Lettuce, Thai Celery
Ruby Fish Steamed Ruby Fish Thai Celery Lime
When water is very hot, steam will come up from the water.
Food that is steamed is cooked in the steam, not the water.

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Asian Main Courses: Lamb Masala – hot curry served with Roti
Lamb Masala Roti
Lamb Masala is Indian food.
The lamb is cooked in a spicy sauce that has a lot of yogurt in it.
Roti is an Indian bread.
In Northern India people eat Masala with roti bread, not rice.

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Asian Main Courses: Chicken Tikka – Spiced Chicken Curry with Yoghurt Sauce
Chicken Tikka Chicken Tikka Yogurt Sauce
with Yogurt Sauce
Chicken Tikka is Indian food.
The chicken is marinated in hot spices before being baked in a Tandoori oven
The yogurt sauce makes the spicy food easier to eat.

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Asian Main Courses: Salmon Teriyaki with Garlic Fried Rice
Salmon Teriyaki Garlic Fried Rice
The salmon is cooked in a teriyaki sauce.
Teriyaki sauce has – ginger, sesame seeds, garlic, mustard, soya sauce,
lemon juice and more.
Garlic Fried Rice is rice fried with garlic.

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Pad Thai with Tiger Prawns, Chicken, Bean
Sprouts, Ground Peanuts
Tiger Prawns Pad Thai with Bean Sprouts Ground Peanuts
Chicken and Prawns
Tiger Prawns are big shrimp.
Bean sprouts are usually mung beans and are baby plants.
The peanuts have been made smaller.

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Nasi Goreng
Indonesian Fred Rice, Fried Egg, Chicken Satay, Shrimp Crackers, Peanut Sauce
Indonesian peanut sauce is more spicy than Thai peanut sauce.

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Pad Krapao
Stir Fried Minced Pork, Hot Basil and Chili, Steamed Rice, Fried Egg
Stir fried minced pork, hot basil and Stir fried minced pork, hot basil and chili
chili, steamed rice and fried egg. steamed rice and fried egg. Served with
fermented fish sauce and cucumbers.

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Kao Pad
Fried Rice with Vegetables, Tiger Prawns or Chicken
Pad Thai with Tiger Prawns Pad Thai with Chicken

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Pad See-iew
Stirfried Noodles with Beef, Chicken, Pork or Seafood
Pad See-iew Pad See-iew Pad See-iew Pad See-iew
With Beef With Chicken With Pork With Seafood

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Kao Soi
Lanna Style Noodles with Chicken or Beef
Kao Soi Kao Soi
With Beef With Chicken

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Kai Sen Udon
Stir Fried Seafood with Oyster sauce and Udon Noodles
Udon Noodles Kai Sen Udon Oysters
Udon noodles are wheat noodles from Japan.

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Kid’s Menu: Tomato Soup, Chicken Nuggets, French Fries, Ham and Cheese
Sandwich
Tomato Soup Chicken Nuggets French Fries Ham and Cheese
Sandwich
Tomato soup is made from pureed tomatoes, milk and herbs and spices.
Chicken Nuggets are pieces of chicken, covered in batter and deep fried.
French Fries are long thin pieces of potato that are deep fried.
A ham and cheese sandwich is bread, slice of ham, slice of cheese, bread.

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Kid’s Menu: Spiderman Spaghetti, Captain Neptune’s Fish Fingers and French
Fries, Jurassic Burger Mini Beef Burger with Cheese and French Fries
Spaghetti, Tomato Fish Fingers French Fries Mini Burger
Sauce, Grated Cheese with Cheese
Mini means small

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Kid’s Menu: Dino’s Hot Dog, BBQ Sauce, French Fries, Thai Chicken Fried Rice,
Fresh Fruit Salad, Orange Juice
Hot Dog Barbecue Thai Chicken French Fries Fruit Salad Orange
Sauce Fried Rice Juice
Fruit salad is a mix of different fruit pieces

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Side Dishes: Baked Potato, Sauteed Baby Potatoes with Rosemary, Pumpkin and
Mashed Potatoes
Baked Sauteed Pumpkin and Mashing
Potato Potatoes Mashed Potatoes Potatoes
A baked potato is cooked slowly with low heat in the oven
Sauteed potatoes are fried, often with onions.
Pumpkin is an orange coloured vegetable.
Potatoes can be boiled to make them soft, then mashed, then a little butter and
milk added.

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Side Dishes: French Fries, Honey Glazed Carrots, Green Bean Medley, Stewed
Ratatouille Provencale
French Fries Honey Glazed Carrots Green Bean Medley Ratatouille
Honey glazed carrots are coated with honey and then cooked.
Medley means mixture. A medley of green beans means different types of green
beans.
Ratatouille is a tomato based stew with many other vegetables, herbs and spices.

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Side Dishes: Mixed Baby Greens with Aged Balsamic Vinegar, Beef Tomato and
Red Onion Salad
Mixed Baby Greens Balsamic Vinegar Beef, Tomato and Red
Onion Salad
Mixed baby greens is a mixture of young green leafed vegetables.
Balsamic vinegar is made from the juice of white grapes. It is used a lot in Italian
cooking.

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Salads and Appetizers: Mixed Green Salad with Bell Peppers, Cucumbers
Bell Peppers Mixed Green Salad Cucumbers
Bell Peppers are also called Capsicum and Sweet Peppers
A mixed green salad is made of different vegetables with green leaves.

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Salads and Appetizers: Salad Dressings
Vinaigrette Thousand Island Balsamic Lemon Olive Oil French Dressing
Vinaigrette: made with (olive) oil, vinegar, black pepper, salt
Thousand Island: made from ketchup, mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, onion, pickle,
salt, pepper
Balsamic: balsamic vinegar, (soya) oil, sugar, salt, garlic
Lemon Olive Oil: olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, parmesan cheese
French Dressing: made from (wine)vinegar, (ground nut) oil, mustard, garlic

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Salads and Appetizers: Assorted Mezzeh
Hummus Babaganoush Pita Bread
Hummus is a food dip made from chickpeas, sesame seeds, olive oil,lemon juice,
salt and garlic.
Babaganoush is made from eggplant, onions olive oil, herbs and spices.
Pita Bread is a flatbread from the countries around the Mediterranean Sea.

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Salads and Appetizers: Gyosa
Japanese Dumpling with Sake and Sesame Dressing
Gyosa is a Japanese dumpling with meat (pork) inside. It has a garlic flavour
The sauce (dressing) is sake, (rice wine) and sesame seed oil.

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Salads and Appetizers: Vegetable Samosas with Mango Chutney
A Samosa is a 3 sided pastry dish that comes from India.
In India, Samosas are usually filled with vegetables.
Chutney is an Indian sauce with many different fruits and spices in them.
Chutney can be very sweet and it can be very spicy.

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Salads and Appetizers: Vegetarian Spring Rolls with Sweet Chili Sauce
Spring Rolls are pastry dishes.
They are filled with different vegetables and then fried.
Sweet Chili sauce is a sweet spicy Thai sauce.

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Main Courses: Vegetable Cutlets with Stewed Baby Tomatoes, Shallots, Garden
Vegetables and Yellow Curry Sauce
Vegetable Stewed Shallots Thai Yellow
Cutlets Tomatoes Curry Sauce

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Main Courses: Braised Tofu with Mixed Vegetables
Braised Tofu Mixed Vegetables
Tofu is made from Soya Beans.

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Main Courses: Black Dal Curry –Black Lentil Curry, Indian Style
Black Dal Curry is an Indian dish.
Black Dal Curry is made from black lentil beans, tomatoes, onions, garlic,
ginger, heavy cream, sunflower oil.

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Main Courses: Palak Paneer
Indian Cheese and Spinach Curry
Palak Paneer is an Indian dish.
Spinach is boiled and pureed to make a paste.
The paste is given flavour with a lot of garlic and many hot spices.
Cheese is put on top.

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Green Curry with Vegetables and Mushrooms
Thailand has many different
types of mushrooms.

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Noodles, Rice and Vegetables: Sauteed Mixed Vegetables with Soya Sauce

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Sandwiches and Burgers: Mediterranean Bagel with Artichoke Heart, Antipasto
Vegetables, Olives
Bagel Artichoke Artichoke Antipasto Olives
Hearts Vegetables

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Sandwiches and Burgers: Vegetarian Burger on Sundried Tomato Bun,
Mango Chutney
Vegetarian Sun Dried Sun Dried Mango Chutney
Burger Tomato Bun Tomatoes
If it is vegetarian, it has no meat.
A sun dried tomato bun is a bun baked with small pieces of sun dried tomatoes.
Sun dried tomatoes have been left out to dry in the sun.
Chutney is an Indian dish which may be sweet or spicy.

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Desserts: European and Tasmanian Cheese Platter with Crackers
Europe is a continent, Tasmania is an island near Australia.
Cheeses are made from milk.

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Desserts: Exotic Fruit Platter
English comes from England.
‘Exotic’ is a word that describes something far from England and not seen in
England very often.
Most of the fruit is Asian and/or tropical

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Desserts: Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake

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Desserts: Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee
This is a custard made with vanilla beans, sugar, egg yolks, milk and cream.

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Desserts: Banana Cheesecake with Butterscotch Sauce
Banana Cheesecake has a lot of cream cheese and bananas.
Butterscotch sauce has a lot of butter, cream, sugar, vanilla.

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Desserts: Low Calorie Panna Cotta with Vanilla and Berry Compote
Vanilla Panna Cotta is an Italian dish made from cream, egg whites, honey and
vanilla,
Berry Compote is some fruit berries warmed together with sugar and lemon juice

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Desserts: Kao Neow Mamuang
Sweet Sticky Rice with Rip Thai Mango and Coconut Sauce

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Desserts: Mango Trilogy
Mango Crème Brulee, Mango Sorbet, Mango Sticky Rice
Ice Cream is made with milk and cream.
Sorbet is made with water.

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Desserts: Home Made Ice Cream and Sorbet
Selection of Ice Cream Selection of Dairy Free Sorbet
Home Made means it was not bought in a shop.
Some people cannot eat, drink milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese.

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Desserts: Trilogy of Thai Desserts
Pumpkin Custard Thai Sweets Banana Coconut Milk

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Desserts: Raspberry Meringue Pie with Coconut Macaroon Pastry
Raspberries are a small red fruit.
Meringue is made from the whites of eggs and sugar.
Macaroon is made from whites of eggs, sugar and ground up coconut, almonds
and other nuts.

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Desserts: 1 Spiced Pumpkin and Chocolate Muffin
2. Cranberry and Vanilla Shortbread
3. Dean’s Festive Fruit and Nut Bara Brith Cake
1. 2. 3.
Cranberry is a small red fruit, usually eaten with turkey
Bara Brith? The cake comes from Wales.

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Desserts: 1. Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Vanilla Bean and Boysenberry Cream
2. Farmhouse Carrot Cake – with Cream Cheese Icing
1. 2.

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