Alltagsleben - Diner & Kitchen Lingo

Here you will find slang from diner and kitchen lingo, capturing terms used in restaurants, food prep, and the everyday language of cooks and servers.

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to 86 [Verb]

stornieren

Ex:

86 den Kaffee für Tisch fünf.

hockey puck [Nomen]

ein Stein

Ex: He burned his patty into a hockey puck .

Er verbrannte sein Patty zu einem Hockey-Puck.

greasy spoon [Nomen]

ein billiges Restaurant

Ex: That greasy spoon has the best pancakes in town .

Dieses billige Restaurant hat die besten Pfannkuchen in der Stadt.

quick-and-dirty [Nomen]

ein billiges und schnelles Lokal

Ex:

Dieser Quick-and-Dirty serviert großartige Burger.

bed and breakfast [Phrase]

a small hotel or guesthouse that provides the residents with a resting place and breakfast

Ex: They stayed in a cozy bed and breakfast near the beach .

in the weeds [Phrase]

overwhelmed by too many customer orders

Ex:

java [Nomen]

Kaffee

Ex:

Sie holte sich einen java vor der Arbeit.

to [put] wheels on it [Phrase]

to prepare a carry-out order

Ex:

sunny-side up [Adjektiv]

Spiegelei

Ex:

Spiegeleier sind perfekt mit Speck.

with the works [Phrase]

having all the standard toppings or extras, especially on a sandwich

Ex:

Taco Tuesday [Nomen]

a tradition of eating tacos on Tuesdays, sometimes promoted by restaurants

Ex:

Das Restaurant bietet Rabatte am Taco Tuesday.

dead [Adjektiv]

tot

Ex: It 's a dead season for tourists .

Es ist eine tote Saison für Touristen.

to burn [Verb]

gut durchgaren

Ex: Go ahead and burn it ; the edges taste amazing that way .

Mach weiter und brenne es; die Ränder schmecken auf diese Weise fantastisch.

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