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[Jessica]

Word bank:
lo mismo
especialidad de la casa
pediste
a la carta

1. --¿Qué pediste en el restaurante mexicano?
--Pues, pedí tacos de pollo a la carta.

2. --Yo también pedí lo mismo. Creo que son la especialidad de la casa.


Translations

1. What did you order at the Mexican restaurant?
Well, I ordered chicken tacos a la cart. I think Sra. said that there wasn't really a meaning, and that it's this. I'm not sure...

2. I also ordered the same thing. I think they're the House Special (???).

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by jchen

1. --¿Qué pediste en el restaurante mexicano?
--Pues, pedí tacos de pollo a la carta.
2. --Yo también pedí lo mismo. Creo que son la especialidad de la casa.
Translations
1. What did you order at the Mexican restaurant?
Well, I ordered chicken tacos a la cart.
2. I also ordered the same thing. I think they're the House Special.

Look up especialidad. Special is close, but you need to translate especialidad.

A la carta has the same meaning as à la carte, which is French for 'according to the menu'. In English, we borrowed the phrase without modification, though sometimes you'll see it without the accent over the a.

[Jessica]

specialty.

[Rusty]

Good Job!

[Jessica]

Well, I ordered chicken tacos a la cart.
So should this be:
"Well, I ordered chicken tacos according to the menu"?

[Rusty]

No, use à la carte. This is English and is perfectly understood. It means you ordered individual items of food rather than an entrée (another English word we borrowed from French).

[Jessica]

ok. thanks :-)