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I bought a rice with two choices

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Xinfu
December 04, 2013, 04:11 AM
Situation:

In this part of the world I am living in, in restaurants we very often have something like this: you buy a ticket from the desk and proceed to a large counter. After scooping rice into a plate divided into several parts, the staff member would ask you which dish/choice etc. you would like to have, pointing to something like this


http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLwLihXADfiqVS-wJqfyJpn4_oYIVT6Hfxwy3CByHAlxsMNnfI5w

and you would get this as a result:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCCgejHJo6ZxH2g07XiOKjAwyuic_R2 kirOw2id8HawABGphv95w

so if a friend asks me what I bought, how should I phrase the answer? Could this do?:

-I bought a rice with two choices/dishes.

Rusty
December 04, 2013, 05:52 AM
No article is needed before 'rice'.
'With two entrées' would be used more than 'dishes' or 'choices'.

Rice is considered a side dish by most people in the U.S.

Xinfu
December 04, 2013, 08:17 AM
Thank you Rusty~