A restaurant kitchen in Cádiz (A1)
Lucía fries fish in a Cádiz kitchen. She keeps it in the fridge until the written order, turns it when it is golden, and sends the plate out while it is still hot.
La cocina del restaurante
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What you'll learn
Present tense in a kitchen: the cold station, the hot station, and verbs for frying, turning and sending a plate.
Lucía is a cook in a restaurant in Cádiz. A table wants fried fish now, and she wants that fish still hot when it reaches the customer. She keeps the fish in the fridge, in the cold station, until a waiter brings the written order. An assistant cuts lemon on a steel table with a different knife. On the gas burner she fries the fish in hot oil, and the extractor hood takes the smoke. She adds a little salt at the end, turns the fish with a spatula when one side is golden, and takes it out when the other side is golden too. She does not promise a minute. She drains the oil, adds lemon, and at the kitchen door the rim of the plate is still hot.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
La cocina es el corazón de todo restaurante
newThe kitchen is the heart of every restaurant
A memorable metaphor. Use it to describe the importance of any department.
Useful for describing important things in business.
Ella absorbe el humo y los olores de la cocina
newIt absorbs the smoke and smells from the kitchen
Verb absorber is useful for technical descriptions.
Learn absorber for describing equipment.
La comida caliente debe llegar caliente a la mesa
newHot food must arrive hot at the table
Important restaurant service rule.
Useful for understanding service standards.
El chef jefe organiza el trabajo y da instrucciones
newThe head chef organizes the work and gives instructions
Describing a leader role in the kitchen.
Useful for talking about leadership and management.
Los cocineros deben escuchar y seguir sus instrucciones
newCooks must listen and follow his instructions
Important team work rule.
Learn debe + infinitive structure for obligations.
Una cocina feliz hace platos con amor y dedicación
newA happy kitchen makes dishes with love and dedication
Beautiful phrase about professional ethics.
Learn it to describe attitude to work.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Stoves
fogones
fogones — burners, stovves
Gas stove with powerful flame. Plural form.
Essential kitchen equipment.
Extractor hood
campana extractora
campana extractora — extractor hood
Device that removes smoke and smells. Compound word.
Important word for professional kitchen.
Disinfectant
desinfectante
desinfectante — disinfectant
Substance for washing surfaces.
Key word for hygiene.
Utensils
utensilios
utensilios — utensils, tools
General name for knives, spoons, spatulas etc. Plural.
Basic word for describing equipment.
Supplier
proveedor
proveedor — supplier
Person or company that supplies goods.
Important for business vocabulary.
Health inspector
inspector de sanidad
inspector de sanidad — health inspector
Official who checks hygiene. Compound term.
Useful for understanding safety rules.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense: regular
Los cocineros preparan platos deliciosos para los clientes
los cocineros preparan
Verb preparar in present: preparo, preparas, prepara, preparamos, preparáis, preparan. AR ending.
Regular present tense verbs are the foundation of Spanish.
Ser for state
La temperatura debe ser muy baja para conservar todo bien
La temperatura debe ser muy baja
Ser is used for permanent properties and states. Here — air temperature.
Ser for describing states and properties.
Ser vs estar contrast
Ella absorbe el humo y los olores de la cocina
Ella absorbe el humo
The text shows contrast: zona fría (state) vs guarda (action).
Ser for state, estar for action.
Describing place: donde
La zona fría es donde guardan los ingredientes frescos
La zona fría es donde guardan los ingredientes frescos
La zona fría es donde... — descriptive clause with donde.
Learn descriptive clauses with donde.
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