French Cuisine

Ordering food in England may not be a big deal since everything is written in English, but ordering from a French menu might be a bit trickier.

Try downloading this France Menu Decoder from Budget Travel. It provides you with the French and English names of popular dishes, staples, drinks and desserts, as well as some general terms that might come in handy in a restaurant.

I'll have le jambon et le sandwich de fromage avec l'eau embouteillée. (That would be a ham and cheese sandwich with bottled water!)

For fun, type in some menu items, restaurant terms, or something you might want to say to a vendor (How much is that?) into this free online translator. Type in the English and click translate. Then click on the speaker to the left of the French translation and it will take you to a Text-to-Speech Translator that will say the word in French! Practice, practice, practice!

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