和食
Japanese food, Japanese cuisine
→ I often eat Japanese food in Liberdade, São Paulo.
洋食
Western food, Western cuisine
→ In Brazil, it is very common to eat Western food.
ステーキ
steak
→ I ate a delicious steak at the churrascaria.
ハンバーグ
hamburger patty, Salisbury steak
→ Japanese hamburger patties are eaten together with rice.
サラダ
salad
→ I eat salad together with churrasco.
ケーキ
cake
→ I baked a brigadeiro cake for the birthday.
メニュー
menu
→ Pay-by-weight restaurants do not have menus.
食べ放題
all-you-can-eat, buffet
→ Let's go to an all-you-can-eat pizza (rodízio) this weekend.
注文する
order (to order food/goods)
→ I ordered a hamburger through the app.
ごちそうする
to treat someone to a meal
→ Today is my birthday, so I'll treat everyone.
アルコール
alcohol, alcoholic drink
→ Because I drive a car, I do not drink alcohol.
乾杯する
toast (to make a toast, cheers)
→ Let's toast with caipirinha!
酔う
to get drunk, to become intoxicated
→ I drank a lot of beer and got drunk.
しょうゆ
soy sauce
→ Brazilians sometimes pour soy sauce over pastel.
ソース
sauce
→ I put spicy sauce (pimenta) on the coxinha.
(しょうゆを)つける
to dip (in soy sauce)
→ I eat sushi by dipping it a little in soy sauce.
味
flavor, taste
→ This feijoada has a very good flavor.
(味が)薄い
(flavor is) bland, weak, mild
→ This bean soup has a slightly weak flavor.
(味が)濃い
(flavor is) strong, rich, thick
→ Brazilian sweets have a stronger (sweeter) flavor than Japanese ones.
苦い
bitter
→ Chimarrão (mate tea) is a little bitter, but it's delicious.
匂い
smell, scent, odor
→ A good smell of churrasco is coming from the kitchen.
噛む
to chew, to bite
→ Please chew the meat well before eating.
量
quantity, amount, portion
→ At a pay-by-weight restaurant, you can decide the portion size yourself.
残す
to leave (uneaten), to save
→ If it is too much and you can't eat it, you may leave it.
残る
to remain, to be left over
→ Many pastels were left over from the party.
チャレンジする
challenge (to challenge, try new things)
→ I challenged myself to eat natto in Japan.
