Six Popular Dishes You Might be Pronouncing Wrong
Save Yourself From the Embarrassment When Going Out for a Fancy Dinner
Have you ever been to an eatery and opened a menu card with weird names scrawled on it? And you are wondering how we even pronounce this word! You pretty much resemble this meme for a moment.
We all go through this since these dishes are entirely different for us.
New cuisines and dishes provide a pleasurable experience because taste buds get introduced to various flavor profiles.
Trying out famous succulent dishes brimming with flavor and possessing a unique texture is something all you need to enjoy the weekend.
However, dining out at a restaurant that offers various exciting food choices usually has gibberish names that are written and pronounced differently.
What irks me the most is that I find myself uncomfortable whenever I encounter a new item on the menu, and I am unsure how to say it to the server. I always end up pointing to the option to spare myself from embarrassment. Do you go through this too?
This lingering fear of embarrassment of pronouncing it completely wrong is pretty normal. Therefore, we are not going to offend these dishes anymore, and we are going to learn to pronounce them right!
1. Pide
After seeing this word, you would have probably read it like how you pronounce “ride.” Truth be told, it does not rhyme with the ride. This pizza-like Turkish flat-bread is pronounced as PEE-DAY.
2. Caprese Salad
CUH-PRAY-ZAY is an Italian dish consisting of fresh tomatoes, mozzarella slices, basil leaves drizzled with Italian dressing or olive oil.
3. Gyro
You probably have heard many people pronouncing it as guy-ro or gee-ro; however, the “G” in the gyro is silent. Instead, it is spelled as YEE-ROH.
4. Chicken Ciabatta
This sandwich is made from Italian white bread called CHA-BA-TA. Cia in ciabatta will be pronounced with the “ch” sound.
5. Edamame
AY-DUH-MA-MAY are immature, or baby soybeans commonly served as appetizers.
6. Quinoa
This whole grain rich in plant protein and fiber is pronounced as KEEN-WAH. So now you know how to say the name of your favorite grain!
So what other dishes are you guilty of mispronouncing?
