How the language of menus matters ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Restaurants have often used French terms to make food sound more exciting, but could this be going out of fashion? Find out more with Beth and Neil and learn some useful vocabulary. ????????????

❓❓❓ What is the name of the most famous cooking school teaching French haute cuisine?

a) Le Cordon Bleu
b) Le Cordon Rouge
c) Le Cordon Noir

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Vocabulary:
✔️gourmet food - high-quality food which is more unusual or sophisticated than ordinary food, and is often more expensive
✔️fancy - special, unusual, and decorative
✔️pretentious - trying to appear more important or clever than it really is
✔️turn (someone) off - cause someone to stop feeling interested or excited
✔️sarcastic - mocking and insulting by saying the opposite of what you really mean
✔️posh - fashionable, smart, expensive and exclusive

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