2. Cleaning the Table after Courses Meeting 10 Subject: V0032 - Restaurant English Year: 2009 - 2010

3. Bina Nusantara University 3 Brainstorming 1.As a waiter, when do you take food order? 2.Whay do you say? 3.What are the orders of meal from the start to the end? 4.How well do you describe food the guests like to order? What do you say if you don’t know the answer?

4. The steps in clearing the table 1.Ask if you could clear the table 2.Put an empty tray on the tray-stand 3.Remove the cutlery to the left of his dinner plate 4.Pick up the plate 5.Grip the cutlery firmly under your left thumb 6.Pick up the side plate and unused cutlery 7.Take all item to the tray on the tray stand 8.Clear the empty wine glasses from the place setting 9.Leave the water glasses and any filled wine glasses on the table Bina Nusantara University 4

5. The steps in clearing the table 10. Scrap food left on the plates onto one plate before stacking up the dishes on the tray 11.When the tray is full, take it to the clearing station 12.Bring an empty tray back to continue with the clearing 13.Remove bread basket, butter dish, salt and pepper shaer 14.Give the dessert menu to the guests 15.Leave the table so that guests can read the menu Bina Nusantara University 5

6. Remarks Scrap off food from plates as quietly as possible Stack dishes with the larget and heaviest on the bottom Some restaurant have a separate menu for dessert. In others, desserts are included in the a la carte menu Bina Nusantara University 6

7. Important phrases Clear the table = remove all the dirty and used dishes and cutlery from the table Clearing station = dirty dishe are taken from tables and left in this area of the restaurant. From her, stewards take the dishes away to be washed..not directly within the guests’ view..= not be in a position where guests can see clearly what the waiter is doing Bina Nusantara University 7

8. Find the word pairs that are the opposites Heaviest TopBottomFirstly DirtyUnusedOverFinally UnderUnderSmallestLeave LightestArriveLargestSatisfied Example: firstly >< finally Bina Nusantara University 8

9. Find the synonym of the following phrases: Took away all the dirty dishes from Ones that weigh the most Keep a strong hold of Push bits of food from Placed on top of one another Go through all the items on Special area in the restaurant After everything was cleared Biggest sized Changed the position of Bina Nusantara University 9

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