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Food

A low-pressure cafe topic built around preferences, opinions, and reasons.

Topic Pack

Food works well because almost everyone can answer quickly, even on their first night.

Patterns Used Today

Preference [Subject] thích [A] hơn [B] [Subject] likes [A] more than [B] Opinions Theo [Person], [Statement] According to [Person], [Statement] Cause and Result [Situation] nên [Result] [Situation], so [Result]

Example Prompts

  • Bạn thích món Việt nào nhất? Which Vietnamese dish do you like most?
  • Bạn thích phở hay bún bò hơn? Do you prefer pho or bun bo?
  • Theo bạn, quán ăn nào ngon ở Đà Nẵng? In your opinion, which restaurant is good in Da Nang?
  • Nếu bạn đói ban đêm, bạn ăn gì? If you get hungry at night, what do you eat?

Vocabulary

phở pho bún bò bun bo noodle soup cơm rice or a rice meal quán ăn local eatery chợ market ngon delicious rẻ cheap đắt expensive

Meetup Flow

  • Preference
  • Opinions
  • Cause and Result

Rotate groups every 20 minutes. Run one Vietnamese-only round and one English-only round.

Host Prompts

  • Tại sao? Why?
  • Bạn nghĩ sao? What do you think?
  • Ví dụ? For example?
Pro tip

Bring a small notebook

  1. Read the topic page before the meetup.
  2. Copy the patterns into your notebook.
  3. Write three example sentences before you arrive.

You will speak more confidently during the exchange.