When I first moved to Montreal, my mailbox was frequently filled with flyers for various restaurants and delivery options. I felt like I got quite a few more of these living in Montreal than I had previously gotten living elsewhere. But in those early days I was genuinely afraid to call those places because there was no guarantee the person on the phone would speak English, and I had no idea how to phrase my delivery requests in French. Over time of course this changed and I learned to order food in French, with a stutter and eventually fluent speech I figured it out. Below is my guide on how to order food in French with ease. Bon Appetite!

Orders by phone:

“Hello I want to order delivery” = Hello, I would like to order delivery.

“I want to have a pizza all dressed in coke, please.” – I want to order a whole pizza with coke please.

“What are your specials?” – What are your specials?

Words to use:

delivery = delivery

I want to drinke= I want to drink

I do not want = I don’t want

with = with

When ordering use the phrases above and then read the menu to fill in the blanks. so when you say “I want to drink” add an item on the menu to complete the prize. so: “Yes, ma’am, I want to have + a salad with smoked salmon, please.” If you don’t know how to say something and want help, say: “How do you say it in French.” = How do you say ______________ in French?

Some common fast food terms:

Pizza = pizza

all dressed up = all dressed up

a point = a slice

eat chinese = eat Chinese

japanese = Japanese

Asian = Asian

Italian =italian

Greek = Greek

Lebanese = lebanese

American = american

Skewer= shish kebab

Thai= thai

A little more vocabulary for French food:

hot drinks- hot drinks

• hot chocolate- hot chocolate

• a coffee (cream, milk, with sugar) – coffee (cream, with milk, with sugar)

• a tea with milk) – milk tea

Refreshing drinks- Refreshing drinks

• a lemonade – lemonade

• an orange juice – Orange juice

• mineral water – mineral water

• ice -ice

• sugar – sugar

• a squeezed lemon – pressed lemon

• A coke- Coke

• milk -Milk

Fast food:

• a pizza has pizza

• chips- potato chips

• a lettuce – a salad

• a ham sandwich – Ham sandwich

• an ice cream – frozen

Alcoholic drinks – Alcoholic drinks

• wine (red, white) – wine (red, white)

• a beer – beer

Other food:

• a croissant – growing

• Butter- butter

• bread – bread

• jam- jam

• slices – toast

• cereals – cereal

• bacon- bacon

• of salt – Salt

• Pepper – Pepper

• a fried egg – an egg on the plate

• potatoes (sautéed)– potatoes (sautéed)

• an apple pie – Apple pie

• cheese – cheese

• green beans – green beans

• chicken -chicken

• a decanter – half liter

• a bottle of red wine) – a bottle (of red wine)

• an Apple – an Apple

• a pear – a pear

• fruits – fruits

• a yogurt- yogurt

• a banana – a banana

• biscuits – Cookies

• rice – rice

• some asparagus – asparagus

• fish – fish

• of oil – oil

• vinegar – Vinegar

• mustard – mustard

• pasta – pasta

Delicatessen / Fishmonger – The charcuterie

• pate – mass

• tuna – you do not have

• a roast pork roasted pork

• a shrimp – shrimp

• Salmon – Salmon

• steak/ground beef – Ground beef

• grilled meat – grilled meat

• a lamb chop mutton chop

From the bakery – the bakery

• a baguette – with baguette

• country bread – country bread

• a bakery – a cake

• A cake – A cake

• bread – bread

• a little of bread – mini bread

• a cake – walking

Fruit store – Produce

• a carrot – a carrot

• a tomato – tomatoes

• a cucumber – a cucumber

• a peach – peach

• an onion – an onion

• of reason – grapes

• a strawberry – a strawberry

• a mushroom – a mushroom

• green peas – green peas

• a melon – has melon