Fast food

In fact, fast food is bad for our health, not only here but also in my country. I don’t really like eating food. But sometimes I need fast food, example on a busy day. In Korea, there are a lot of shops where you can get fast food like McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King, etc. What is different between Korean fast food and American fast food is the amount of oil. There is too much oil in fast foods. When I eat chicken, oil always drops from the food. In Korea it is not common; sometimes I see oil drops like that. By the way I don’t know why the taste is better here for me. If you really want to keep good health, you need to stop eating fast food first.

VADA PAV

There are many differences between fast food in the U.S. and fast food from in my country. There are spicy and more oil based or fried food fast food in my country. Here I could not find spicy, salty and more fried fast food. There are many types of fast food in India. I am from the west part of India and there is more oil based and spicy fast food. We have many types of fast food in my city like dal vada, vada pav, batata vada, pani puri, dabeli, spicy sandwiches of different kind, bhel puri and many more. All are spicy and delicious, but my favorite is Vada pav. I always love it when I am hungry. It looks like a burger but does not taste like one. Vada pav is made of two Vada and Pav. Pav is just like a burger’s bread. Vada is made with Bengal gram flour, potatoes, green chili, garlic paste and ginger paste. Vada will go in between pav and is served with green chili paste and tomato ketchup. It is famous in my city as well as in all the western part of India. You can get it very easily in my city because in every street you can find a Vada pav shop. Oh! My mouth is watering!

Fast Food in Thailand

It is totally different between fast food in Thailand and America. In America, you can see fast food such as McDonald’s, KFC, Subway and Pizza Hut. The main part of all food is bread. In Thailand, we do not usually eat bread. We eat rice almost every meal. Fast food that is a franchise from other countries is popular only for teenagers because they think they will be cool people when they eat foreign food. Moreover, we also eat noodles at restaurants, or cook them by ourselves. The price of noodles is pretty cheap and we can eat hot soup that makes us feel fresh. In particular, Thai people usually eat Thai food that they can find everywhere, even beside roads. The price of Thai food is much cheaper than foreign fast food in Thailand. Thai food is also healthier than foreign fast food. When I am hungry, I usually go buy some food and eat at the restaurant, or at home. But sometimes I have to eat foreign fast food, just in case I have no choice to eat.

Indian fast food

Indian fast food always makes me hungry. There is no comparison of any country’s fast food with Indian fast food. Indian fast food also has bread, but there is a totally different taste from American fast food. I can’t live without my hometown’s fast food. There are many kinds of fast food, such as Dabeli, Vada-Pav, Bhel puri, Pani puri, Dalvada, Bhajiya, Ganthiya, Fafda etc. I think a page of paper is not enough to name all Indian fast food, especially my hometown’s fast food. It is very famous in India. My city is famous for fast food. Mostly fast foods are spicy. This article makes my lips smacking. I personally don’t want to eat any American fast food because it is not spicy. Spices are in my blood and I was born and bought up with the spices, so American fast food disappointed me.

Food; fast food

Usually, I don't go to fast food in my country or America. I have already decided in my mind that fast food is not good and not healthy at all. In Japan, Japanese foods and restaurants are healthy and have good foods, but there are fast foods too. I will tell about similar and different points between Japan and America. First, there are some similar things; it is easy to find fast food. Especially, young people often get fast food. The price is very cheap. You can get foods soon. There are seats where you can eat inside, and also you can take it out. Next, differences are that I can tell the truth completely, but I think more Americans often go to fast food in their daily life. The size is totally different. The size in America is huge. I was very very surprised. How big large size is!!! The service and worker’s smile sometimes look and sound boring and lazy. I sometimes saw that worker saying lazily “May I help you?” and “What do you want?" I didn't feel good as a consumer. It is impossible in Japan. They are very friendly and give a perfect smile to each customer. They are nice workers even if it is very busy because of a lot of customers.

Fast Food

Fast food is common in the world these days. Fast food has an advantage sometimes when someone does not have time to make food. In my country, Jordan, there is fast food like here, but the people there did not depend on it all the time. Also, there is another difference, which is that is in Jordan there is no service of delivery to one’s home. Fast food causes many troubles like fat and disease. Sometimes I see small kids have big weight due to fast food. As for me, I do not like to eat fast food. If I go outside on a trip, and I do not take food from my home, I may be eating fast food. If I go to any fast food restaurant, I prefer to take any meal that contains fish. In the US, I have been here for 9 months; I have eaten fast food only twice, one of them in Saint Louis.

BUYING ONLINE ( BY JULIO ROA)

BUYING ONLINE ( WRITING CLASS)

Using the internet for business purposes has become very popular among buyers. Today many people prefer buying or ordering online their products of interest. Buying or ordering on the net takes you little time and gives better prices sometimes. Nowadays, you do not need to go to the store to get what you want to buy, you just need to sit at the desk of your computer and order or buy your product of relevance. Using technology helps you save lots of money and time.

Nevertheless, there are many things you have to avoid doing when you are shopping online. For example, some people might ask you to give the pin number of your credit card. Then, you can also have problems with delivery or mystery charges on your credit card. I am not an expert on the business online, but you have to be careful when doing dealing on the internet. Make sure the company is safe and try to get information about it, above all.

FLUENCY EXERCISE # 3
JULIO ROA
INSTRUCTOR: MR. LEVERETT

Food

First of all, as we know many countries have many different kinds of food, and the food taste is different from place to place. However, today fast food like Mcdonalds, KFC and Burger King has become more and more popular around the countries. In my country, Saudi Arabia, people do not eat fast food very much, and that is because fast food is not healthy and it has more fat than home food cooking. Also, fast food restaurants in my country have different menus with different tastes because we cook the fast food in different ways, not like food in the USA or other countries. On the other hand, when I go to a fast food restaurant I do not usually eat meat or chicken; I always prefer to take snacks, ice cream or cookies. Finally, I always care about my health by eating healthy food and I do not prefer my family and I to eat fast food because it affect our body by giving us health problems.

Fast Food in America and in Japan

Fast food companies such as McDonalds, KFC, and Subway are famous in my country, Japan, too. Fast food in Japan is healthier than it is in America because they try to reduce the calories of foods. Japanese people care about the calories a lot, so they need to calculate their calories and show them on the menu. I was surprised by some facts when I went to McDonalds here. I expected too much of fast food here. I thought the foods in McDonalds would be more delicious and cheaper in America than in Japan. In fact, the foods are more delicious and cheaper in Japan. Also, we have more various foods on the menu such as Teriyaki Burger, Tsukimi Burger, Gratin-Croquette Sandwich, Bacon-Lettuce Burger, and so on. Teriyaki Burger is the most famous on the menu in McDonalds. Then, the service in McDonalds is very good in Japan. They are always smiling to the customers. I sometimes go to fast food restaurants when I do not have enough time to eat, when I have time to wait for my friends, or when I do not want to cook something in my home. I think that fast food restaurants are convenient and comfortable to kill time although it is not good for health.

Fast Food

My home, Japan, also has many fast food restaurants. In Japan, there are many fast food chains from America such as Mc Donald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Subway, and of course other chains that Japan created. As you know, Japanese like to eat healthy foods. Therefore, many fast food restaurants show the calories of each food on the menu. Besides, Japanese fast food restaurants usually have more kinds of foods than American fast foods restaurants have. That is to say, foods are more full. Customers who come to the restaurants are also different. In Japan, mainly, young people like to go there because foods are usually cheap and convenient. They usually come to eat foods or take a break for a short time. Families who have children also often come. However, most Japanese families do not love to go there, together. That is a big different thinking about fast food with American families.

Fast Food

Fast food is very convenient for many people who do not have time to wait for the food. How is the fast food different between my country and here? I can tell that actually they are almost the same. The difference is we have a lot of vegetables inside a burger and we also have a rice burger that uses rice instead of bread. When I ordered a burger the first time in the US, the salesman asked me whether I wanted to add topping on it. I was confused about this question at that time. My friend explained to me that he asked whether I wanted to add vegetable or not. Of course I did. In the US, sometimes vegetables do not come together with burgers. We have to ask for them sometimes, because some Americans do not eat vegetables. But, in my country, vegetables always come with burgers; we do not have to ask for them. Another difference is rice burgers. We do sell rice burgers in our fast food restaurants. Because rice is our main food, fast food restaurants use rice instead of bread. Some people want to eat burgers but they also want to have rice. So they can order this kind of burger to satisfy their desire. What I like is that no matter what kind of foods, I just require that my burger must include vegetables.

Fast Food in My Country

Fast food in my country is a little bit different from here. I think it’s different in each country in the world, because they have different culture and taste. There are fast food restaurants, whose taste is similar with Korean food. And the most different thing is price. When I compare just price, it is not too much different from here. However, fast food restaurant’s price is almost the same as other ordinary restaurant’s price in my country. I think there is a difference in America, because Americans need to pay tax and tip. Moreover, ordinary restaurants are more expensive than fast food restaurants in America, basically. Because of this reason, I didn’t go to fast food restaurants in my country, but I often go to fast food restaurants in America.

Favorite breakfast

According to me breakfast is very important to have. If I can’t have breakfast in the morning, my morning won’t start. In my house, tea is part of breakfast and “Paratha” too. Extremely popular with North Indians, Paratha is my favorite breakfast. Paratha can be of many types. Paratha is made from flour. Potatoes, vegetables, could stuff Paratha. My favorite paratha is potato stuffed paratha. It is made with wheat flour. Put the flour, oil/ghee and water into a large mixing bowl, rub together to form a crumbly mix. Boil potatoes in other pot and put green chili paste, ginger paste, cumin seeds, coriander powder and oil. Take other pot and put oil in it and mix all above materials in it. Then make boll sized portion from above mixture. Very lightly flour a rolling board or clean counter surface and roll each ball into a 7-8" circle Heat a griddle and fry the parathas one at a time like this: Put a paratha on the griddle. The paratha is done when both sides are crispy and golden brown. Serve with chilled yogurt and your favourite pickle or chutney.

Food; breakfast

I miss Japanese food a lot. Honestly, I don’t think I will miss American foods when the day comes that I have to leave America. This time, I would like to tell how to cook my favorite beakfast that I have had since I was a kid. Every morning my mom used to make a good breakfast for 3 kids in my family. First, set to be ready to boil the rice in a rice-cooker before you go to bed and you can start to cook soon, because it takes about an hour including washing the rice. Usually, our family and people in Japan eat fish a lot. I used to eat fish at breakfast. My favorite fish that I used to eat were Saba-mackerel and Shake-salmon. Add a salt to the fish and grill it. While you are waiting for the fish, make a Japanese Miso Soup. Miso is soybean paste. Usually, I put soft seaweed, tofu, and mushroom-hackberry in Miso Soup. In my culture, rice is needed at home for every meal every day. Rice, Miso Soup that I explained, fish and Japanese food are very healthy and have nutrition. I want to show Japanese foods to my American friends here and I want them to know how delicious, good, and healthy Japanese food is for people.

My Favorite Breakfast

I like to eat sliced bread in the morning. When I was in Japan, I used to eat it because it was easy to prepare and I could choose many kinds of tastes. Of course, I like rice but it is hard for me to eat rice in the morning. I don’t know why it’s hard for me. I enjoyed deciding on a jam, which I stored in a refrigerator. I had strawberry, blueberry, apricot, pumpkin, and black sesame jams and butter. I changed the taste of bread every day. I also like eating fruits such an apple, orange, and berry. I sometimes cooked scrambled eggs and vegetable soup. Especially, my favorite soup was cabbage and mushroom soup, and I felt very happy to drink it on a winter morning. My favorite drink is vegetable juice and hot chocolate. I look forward to eating and drinking them after going back to Japan.

My favorite breakfast

I don’t usually have time to have breakfast, because I always oversleep. I used to have breakfast every morning when I was younger. I ate rice with some small dishes, but actually I don’t remember whether I liked that. Sometimes I ate bread for breakfast but I didn’t like it. What I really want for breakfast is something like a British breakfast. I want to eat eggs, bacon, beans and bread with strawberry jam. And I want to drink orange juice or English breakfast tea, which is what I like the most. I can make them for breakfast every morning, but it is annoying. I am so tired these days, so I can't get up early. So I can’t even eat anything before coming to school. But I will try cook this weekend, because this Fluency exercise reminded me that this is my favorite breakfast.

PEOPLE AND FOOD( BY JULIO ROA)

PEOPLE AND FOOD

People have different taste when talking about food. Regularly food type changes among cultures and countries. In my country people usually eat a lot of at breakfast. A regular breakfast is composed of two tortillas, rice and beans, and coffee as a drink. Other people prefer eating fried eggs with rice and beans. In my case, i can start my breakfast with coffee and bread.

In my country, lunch is considered a very important meal. People usually eat enough in order to have a lot of energy to face the long boring afternoon. Lunch is usually composed of beans and rice, beef and tortillas. The drink is usually made home juice because people do not like to depend on Coca Cola or other famous drinks.

At dinner, people usually like eating rice and beans, avocado, fried eggs, and coffee. Many people in my country do not like eating a lot at dinner because most of them go to bed early. Rice and beans are both part of everyday meals in my country. People can not live without eating them. Beside that, tortillas are very important because they are always accompanying the different meals during the day. Tortillas are made of corn.

I like to eat different food fortunately and the US food is not a problem for me. I feel that i can get accustomed to eating food from other countries. For example, i like to eat Mexican tacos, which i considered very delicious.

Talking about food is funny because people very in food taste. Some people like Chinese food and some others like Japanese food. The other funny thing is that some people might laught at your food and see it as ugly food, but the good point is you are enjoying what you are eating.

STUDENT: JULIO ROA ( NICARAGUA)

Eggs

The breakfast I like most is eggs. Most Saudi people eat eggs in the morning, because we believe that eggs give us power that we want. There are many ways to cook eggs. My favorite eggs, which i cook, have to contain many things together. First, I put a pan on the stove and i put a little olive oil on it. Then, i add some small pieces of onions and tomatoes. After a while, I put tow eggs in the pan. Next, I mix all that is in the pan together. Next, I add a little salt and black pepper. After that, I mix them again. Finally, I put my meal in the plate; and I eat it that with white bread.

Favorite Food

My favorite food at breakfast is beans. Beans are very important in human health. I prepare this kind of food in many ways; first I put the can of beans in a pan or pot over the fire for about three minutes or I put it inside the microwave. Second, I put a little lemon squeeze on it. Third, I put a little olive oil in it. Finally, I put one clove of garlic ground up in it. After that I will eat it with some slices of tomatoes and olives. The food, which I need in my home, is rice, meat, flour, and corn. In my country, Jordan, people must keep this kind of food in the home, and I do too. Because I have a family, I usually buy beans.

My Favorite Breakfast

I almost every day eat breakfast. When I wake up, I feel hungry, soon. If I do not have breakfast, I cannot concentrate on classes in the morning. So, I am healthy and I cannot believe people who do not have breakfast. However, in the morning, nobody has enough time. I do not always enough time to eat beakfast, either. That is why I usually eat a granola bar. Specially now, classes start at a very early time and my room does not have a kitchen, so I cannnot cook breakfast. Howeve, when I was in japan, I usually ate rice, miso soup, nattou, and sunny-side up egg for breakfast. These foods are very east to prepare, healthy, and good tasting. Miso soup is a soup that dissolves miso in hot water, and you put in a tofu and vegetable such as onion slice and cut carrot. Nattou is a kind of bean. We can eat it with rice after just mixing. Besides, sunny-side up egg is egg food. In a frying pan, break eggs and this food is complete. Although these foods are very easy to cook, these are very good as breakfast for me.

Chinese food
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PETER

MY FAVORITE FOOD

My hometown is Hangzhou China.There are so many kinds of food in China.Different places have different food.North China is famous for spicy food.People in the south always cook food not greasy or strongly flavored. My hometown is in south China,so I don’t like too spicy food.Sometimes a cook will add a lot of sauce and oil so it is sweet-smelling,but a few people can not adapt to this kind of food.Chinese people not only eat rice but also eat noodle,especially for in north China.Further more,people in the north plant wheat, but people in the south plant paddy.I want to try different kinds of food in the world.

My Favorite Dinner

I like Japanese food for several reasons. First, Japanese food is very healthy. Japanese people use a lot of vegetables and some fish for traditional Japanese food. Japanese do not eat meat every day and do not use a lot of oil. Japanese food is good for everyone. Second, Japanese food is lower in calories. Even if people eat a lot of traditional Japanese food, they cannot take more than 1800 calories a day. When I was in Japan, I was thin, probably because of Japanese food. I rarely went to a fast food restaurant in Japan. However, I gained weight after I came to the U.S. Japanese food has lower calories. Therefore, I want to have Japanese food for dinner.

My favorite food

My favorite dinner is Kabsa, which is my country’s traditional food. The Kabsa is made of rice and chicken. There are many ways to make Kabsa. My favorite way to make it is with rice and chicken. The first step to making Kabsa is putting some onion into the oil and when the onion changes its color to brown, then put the chicken with it, then add some water and leave the chicken for 30 minutes to make the chicken soft. When you see that the chicken is soft and it is ready to eat, you have to move it and put the rice in the same water. After that, you have to wait five minutes to be sure that the rice is ready to eat. Then you can enjoy yourself eating that food. You can drink coke or water with it but many Saudi people like to drink yoghurt with it. When you eat this kind of food and drink yoghurt with it, then you have to take a nap because when you do not take a nap you will feel idleness.

My favorite food

My favorite dinner is food that I cook. I lived in Osaka by myself for two years so I used to cook almost every day. In my dinner, there are rice, miso-soup, fish, and vegetables. I like rice with mushroom, chicken, carrots, soy source, cooking alcohol, and some flavor. It’s Japanese traditional food and very delicious. I usually put to-fu, seaweed, and onion in miso-soup and I also can put many vegetables such as potato, carrot, and cabbage in it. Japanese people have a lot of ways to cook fish, and my favorite way is to simmer it. I make a special sauce with water, sugar, sweet sake, soy sauce, and salt, and I simmer the fish with the sauce. A combination of rice and the fish is very good and healthy. I like salad and my favorite dressing is ginger flavored. My mother taught me how to cook them, so I took over my mother’s taste.

Dinner

My favorite dinner is meat with rice and yoghurt. I like Arabian food. I have liked this kind of food for many years because I have lived in Arab countries for 40 years. This kind of food gives me those proteins and carbohydrates that I need to stay alive. My favorite dinner name in my country, Jordan, is al mansef, an Arabic word. I prefer this food and I eat it with my hand, not with a spoon. In Jordan, this kind of food is the popular food. In any big party, especially in a marriage celebration, the people eat al mansef. Here in the USA, we can make this kind of food as much as we have time to make it. This kind of food requires at least two or three hours to be ready. If anyone asked, what is the most popular food in Jordan, the answer is easy, al mansef.

Are you looking for a delicious South Indian dish?

Mouth watering? Cooking and eating are one of my favorite hobbies. I would like to eat with my family members while chatting with each other. We take our meal very traditionally. We don’t have a dining table at our home, so we sit together on the floor. It’s very traditional Indian style to have lunch or dinner. Indians believe that having meals with all family members together will make our relations much stronger. My family members can share bad or good experiences with each other, which they had during the day.

My favorite dinner is a South Indian dinner with my family members. It includes so many dishes such as sambhar, masala dosa, coconut chutney, garlic chutney, and curd. Sambhar is one kind of curry, which is made from beans. Masala Dosa is one kind of fried bread, which is made from rice flour. Coconut chutney is sweet in taste and garlic chutney is very spicy in taste. It is very healthy food, which is very delicious and spicy. I know how to cook this dish, so sometimes I make this dish for my family, and it is very good to cook sometimes. It makes me very happy while my family members are eating food which I made for them.

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