Service and Cooking

523. Mr. Pilot/Custom officer/agent/immigration officer/quarantine officer/harbor master/harbor officer, would you like to have something to drink?

524. Tea, coffee or other soft drink.

525. I prefer tea/coffee/beer/orange juice.

526. Black tea or green tea?

527. Black tea, please! I prefer black tea to green tea.

528. Coffee, please!

529. Black or white?

530. Black, without sugar.

531. Tea, please!

532. With lemon, sugar or just tea?

533. With lemon only.

534. Would you like to drink something before the dinner?

535. Yes, a cup of gin-tonic, please.

536. Dry white wine goes well with seafood.

537. Here is the ashtray.

538. Do you like Chinese food?

539. I like Chinese food best!

540. Help yourself to the sweet and sour fish.

541. Please make yourself at home.

542. Cheers!

543. To your health!

544. The dinner is ready, please take your seat.

545. Do you need fork and knife?

546. Shall I bring the breakfast to the bridge?

547. Change the table cloth, please!

548. Which do you prefer, Chinese food or Western food?

549. Do you like Peking roast duck?

550. When would you like to have the breakfast?

551. How would you like your egg to be done? Fried, scrambled, poached or boiled?

552. I like fried egg and baked potatoes.

553. Could you please pass me the salt/pepper shaker?

554. I want my steak well done/tender.

555. Here is the menu! Are you ready to order, sir?

556. Would you like oatmeal or cereal?

557. Waiter, give me two slices of toast and some butter/cheese/mixed jam, please!

558. Waiter! Napkins, please!

559. What kind of soup do you like?

560. I like to have some roast mutton, deep fried fish, cauliflower, carrot and green salad.

561.Pass the olive oil/salad oil/vinegar/pepper/sauce/salt/curry/sesame oil to me, please.

562. May I have some Chinese noodles?

563. I hope the dishes are to your taste.

564. I am full.

565. Thank you for your great hospitality.

566. Please tell the chief steward to send a cup of tea and some sandwiches to the pilot's cabin at half past nine tonight.

567. Captain! As you wish, the noodle is ready!

568. Captain! Would you like to have your dinner on the bridge or in the mess room?

569. Tell the chief steward to prepare the blanket, bed sheet, pillow, towel, toilet soap and the thermos for the pilot's cabin.

570. Chief Officer, after berthing, we need to be supplied with 300 kg rice, 200 kg noodle, 50 kg beef, 50 kg fish, 200 kg vegetables, and 50 kg peanut oil.

571. Mr. Fang, please ask the chief cook to my cabin.

572. Chief cook, tomorrow afternoon, the Chinese ambassador/consul/consul-general/commercial counselor will visit our ship. Please prepare for it.

573. Captain, this is the menu of the dinner. The menu includes the Hunan styled chicken, fried shrimps, shrimps with garlic sauce, double-sauced pork, diced pork with cashew nuts, Peking roast duck, mixed vegetables, bean curd of Sichuan flavor, Yangzhou fried rice, Shanghai spring roll, fried dumplings, baby shrimp with spinach soup and fresh fruits.

574. Please prepare a few bottles of Chinese wine.

575. Captain, we need to buy some fresh fruit and vegetables.

576. How do you think of the Shanghai spring roll and fried dumplings?

577. It's delicious.

578. I prefer the boiled dumplings to the fried ones.

579. Chief cook, could you please cook a bowl of noodle with brown meat sauce for me?

580. The vegetable is too salty/sweet.

581. Can you use the chopsticks?

582. No, I can’t, give me the fork and knife, please!

583. Please pass me the toothpick.