CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS Street Food in London WARM-UP Rispondete alle domande e fate una classifica dei piatti preferiti o più conosciuti. SPEAKING What s your favourite food? What ethnic food do you know of? 3 Do you like exotic food or walking with your friends while eating a hot-dog? London is the city for you: you can buy great food everywhere, and street stalls and takeaways are a real tradition there. International food International food is part of London and another thing that makes it unique. You can find food from many countries and feel in another part of the world as soon as you take the first bite ! Why don t you try some food from the Middle East ? In London there are stalls where you can buy felafel fried chickpea balls, and arayes meat wrapped in pitta, for about £4.00 and they are really delicious. And what about a bowl of spicy jollof rice from one of the colourful stands in London's parks? It s a Nigerian dish made of rice, tomatoes, onion and meat. 1 VOCABULARY GLOSSARY bite: morso chickpea: cecio cinnamon: cannella coleslaw: insalata di cavolo simile all insalata capricciosa to fill: riempire lack: mancanza healthy: sano hunger: fame Middle East: Medio Oriente overweight: sovrappeso stall: bancarella tuna: tonno vinegar: aceto to wrap: avvolgere Scrivi sotto a ogni immagine il cibo menzionato nel testo. GLOSSARY 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.