A: So where is this mystery restaurant that we are going to?
那个我们要去的神秘的餐厅在哪儿？

B: It' s an Indian restaurant! I know you have never had Indian food, so I thought you might want to try.
那是个印第餐馆！我知道你没有吃过印度的食物，所以我想也许你会想尝试一下。

A: That sounds great! I am craving some type of beef dish.
听起来不错！我想吃牛肉菜。

B: Well, Indian cuisine actually doesn' t serve beef. You see, cows are a sacred animal, a very important element in the Hindu religion, so beef is not eaten.
嗯，事实上印度菜谱里没有牛肉。你知道的，奶牛是一种很神圣的动物，在印度教里是很重要的东西，因此牛肉是不能吃的。

A: I see, so what are we having? Chicken?
我知道了，所以我们可以吃什么呢？鸡肉吗？

B: There are many amazing dishes to choose from. We can have some chicken tikka masala which is an amazing curry. It' s a bit spicy, but I think you can handle it.
这里有很多美味可以选择。我们有鸡肉味的小块香料做成的很棒的咖喱。有点辛辣，不过我觉得你能吃的。

A: Sounds good! I have always heard that Indian spices give a rich flavor to food.
很好！我听说印度的香料让食物味道变得很丰富。

B: Yeah. Also, we can have some Naan bread which is baked in a tandoori oven. Since you don' t use any utensils to eat, you can use this bread to scoop up the curry or rice.
是的。我们还有些在泥炉炭火锅里制作的印度薄饼。你可以用面包来盛咖喱粉和米饭而省去了器皿。

A: What about veggies?
那素食者呢？

B: They have a good variety of vegetable-based dishes like palak paneer, vegetable samosas or daal.
他们有各种各样的以蔬菜为主的菜肴，比如菠菜芝士，蔬菜三角包。

A: It all sounds exquisite! I can' t wait!
听上去它们都很美味啊！我等不及想去了！

crave 恳求渴望
Worse yet, eating salt makes you crave more salt! 更糟的是，吃得愈咸会使你想吃更多盐！

cuisine n. 烹饪，烹调法

cow n. 奶牛，母牛；母兽 vt. 威胁，恐吓

sacred adj. 神的；神圣的；宗教的；庄严的

Hindu n. 印度人；印度教教徒 adj. 印度教的；印度的

tikka n. 碎块 vt. 切成小块 masala n. 马沙拉（一种香料）

spice n. 香料；情趣；调味品；少许 vt. 加香料于…；使…增添趣味
His jokes always give spice to his conversation. 他讲的笑话常常给他的谈话增添风趣。

naan n. 奶奶（小孩儿语）印度烤饼 印度薄饼 印度饼

Tandoori n. 唐杜里烹饪法；泥炉炭火烹饪法 adj. 用唐杜里烹饪法烧的；泥炉炭火烹饪法的

utensil n. 用具，器皿

scoop up 用铲子取；兜接，舀上来

veggie n. 素食者

palak 菠菜泥 paneer n. 印度奶酪 Palak Paneer 菠菜芝士

samosa 炸三角包

exquisite n. 服饰过于讲究的男子 adj. 精致的；细腻的；优美的，高雅的；异常的；剧烈的