Vocab: Dining Out

• ❌ 배부르게 식당에 갔어요. → ✅ 배부르게 먹었어요. (배부르게 naturally describes eating, not going.) 😋

• 음식을 앞접시에 덜어 먹다 is the clean shared-food pattern.

• 🍽️ 앞접시 = small personal plate

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🎧 Iru Helper Note — Use

Korean Helper Widgets whenever you want to hear dining phrases aloud. Try 친구에게 맛집을 추천받았어요. (I got a good-restaurant recommendation from a friend.) and 찌개를 앞접시에 덜어 먹었어요. (I served some stew onto a small plate and ate it.)

• 💬 추천받다 = to receive a recommendation

• 🍜 맛집 = good/famous restaurant or food place

친구에게 식당을 추천받았어요. (I got a restaurant recommendation from a friend.)

• 현지인에게 메뉴를 추천받았어요. (I got a menu recommendation from a local.)

• 추천받은 식당에 가 봤어요. (I tried going to the recommended restaurant.)

• 추천받다 — to receive a recommendation

🍜 2. 맛집 — good/famous restaurant

• 숨은 맛집 = hidden gem restaurant

• 유명한 맛집 = famous good restaurant

• 맛집을 찾다 = to look for good restaurants

🍽️ 3. 앞접시 — small personal plate

1. 추천받다 — to receive a recommendation 🧭

• 앞접시 좀 주세요. (Please give us small plates.)

• 앞접시 하나 더 주실 수 있어요? (Could we have one more small plate?)

🥢 4. 덜어 먹다 — to take a portion and eat

• 찌개를 덜어 먹다 = to take some stew and eat it

• 숨은 맛집 — hidden gem restaurant

😋 5. 배부르게 — fully / satisfyingly

• 배부르게 먹다 = to eat until full

• 만원으로 배부르게 먹다 = to eat until full for ten thousand won

• 죄송하지만 앞접시 두 개만 더 주실 수 있을까요? — Excuse me, could we have just two more small plates?

4. 덜어 먹다 — to take a portion and eat 🥢

• 회사 동료에게 추천받은 맛집에 가 봤어요. (I tried going to a good restaurant recommended by a coworker.) 👔

Pattern 2 — shared-food etiquette

Pattern 3 — meal result

🧩 General Formation Rule

• 사람에게/한테 + N을/를 추천받다 — to receive N as a recommendation from someone
Example: 친구에게 맛집을 추천받았어요. (I got a good-restaurant recommendation from a friend.)

• 추천받은 + N — recommended N
Example: 추천받은 메뉴 (recommended menu item)

• N을/를 앞접시에 덜어 먹다 — to serve N onto a small plate and eat it
Example: 전골을 앞접시에 덜어 먹었어요. (I served hot pot onto my small plate and ate it.)

• 배부르게 먹다 — to eat until full / satisfyingly
Example: 학생 식당에서 배부르게 먹었어요. (I ate until full at the student cafeteria.)

📚 Cross-check note

🪞 Synonym Alert

• 추천하다 = recommend; the subject gives the recommendation.

• 맛집 = casual everyday word for a good/famous restaurant.

• 식당 = neutral restaurant.

• 맛집 — casual everyday word for a good/famous restaurant.

• 식당 — restaurant; neutral.

• 덜어 먹다 — take a portion and eat; often with shared food.

• 나눠 먹다 — share and eat; broader, not necessarily using a small plate.

• 배부르게 — until full / satisfyingly.

• 든든하게 — heartily / in a way that keeps you full and energized.

⚠️ Pitfalls to Dodge

• ❌ 제 친구 집은 맛집이에요. → ✅ 제 친구가 추천한 식당은 맛집이에요. (맛집 usually means a restaurant, not a friend’s home.) 🍜

• ❌ 앞접시를 먹었어요. → ✅ 앞접시에 음식을 덜어 먹었어요. (You eat the food, not the small plate.) 🍽️

• ❌ 찌개를 덜었어요. with no eating context → ✅ 찌개를 앞접시에 덜어 먹었어요. (Add where the food goes and what you do with it.) 🥘

• ❌ 찌개를 덜었어요 with no eating context. → ✅ 찌개를 앞접시에 덜어 먹었어요. (Add where the food goes and what you do with it.)

• ❌ 배부르게 식당에 갔어요. → ✅ 배부르게 먹었어요. (배부르게 naturally describes eating.)

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🎯 Practice Hub — Vocab: Dining Out

 

Welcome to your dining-out drill set. 🍽️ You’ll practice getting recommendations, finding good restaurants, asking for small plates, sharing food politely, and describing a satisfying meal. Bring your appetite; the grammar portions are generous. 😋

 

🔊 Audio reminder: Use

Korean Helper Widgets whenever you want to hear a sentence.

 

📝 Instructions: Fill each blank with the most natural Korean word or phrase. Read the completed sentence aloud, then check the Answer key toggle for the whole set.

 

Exercise 1 — Recommendations and Good Restaurants 🧭

A. 호텔 직원에게 근처 맛집을 ＿＿＿＿.

I got a nearby restaurant recommendation from the hotel staff. 🏨

B. 시장 안에 오래된 ＿＿＿＿이 있다고 들었어요.

I heard there is an old famous food place inside the market. 🏬

C. 선배에게 추천받은 메뉴를 ＿＿＿＿.

I ordered the menu item recommended by a senior colleague. 🧾

D. 인터넷에서 본 곳보다 친구에게 ＿＿＿＿ 곳이 더 좋았어요.

The place recommended by my friend was better than the one I saw online. 💻

E. 그 식당은 줄이 길어서 정말 ＿＿＿＿ 같았어요.

That restaurant had a long line, so it really seemed like a good famous spot. 🚶

F. 서울에 처음 온 친구에게 제가 냉면집을 ＿＿＿＿.

I recommended a cold-noodle restaurant to a friend who came to Seoul for the first time. 🧊

G. 현지인에게 추천받은 맛집은 분위기도 ＿＿＿＿.

The local-recommended restaurant had a nice atmosphere too. 🕯️

H. 가족 모임 장소를 정하려고 식당을 여러 군데 ＿＿＿＿.

I looked up several restaurants to choose a family gathering place. 👨‍👩‍👧

I. 리뷰가 많은 맛집이라 예약을 ＿＿＿＿.

It was a restaurant with many reviews, so I made a reservation. 📱

J. 부산 여행 전에 밀면 맛집을 ＿＿＿＿ 싶어요.

Before my Busan trip, I want to get milmyeon restaurant recommendations. 🌊

Answer key

A 추천받았어요; B 맛집; C 주문했어요; D 추천받은; E 맛집; F 추천했어요; G 좋았어요; H 찾아봤어요; I 했어요; J 추천받고.

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Vocabulary Box

• 추천받다 → to receive a recommendation

• 추천하다 → to recommend

• 맛집 → good/famous restaurant

• 직원 → staff

• 근처 → nearby

• 시장 → market

• 선배 → senior colleague

• 메뉴 → menu item

• 주문하다 → to order

• 현지인 → local person

• 분위기 → atmosphere

• 예약하다 → to reserve

Tip 💡 Watch direction: 추천하다 gives the recommendation; 추천받다 receives it.

 

Exercise 2 — Small Plates and Sharing 🍽️

A. 샐러드를 각자 ＿＿＿＿에 조금씩 나눴어요.

We divided the salad little by little onto each person’s small plate. 🥗

B. 불고기가 한 접시에 나와서 조금씩 ＿＿＿＿ 먹었어요.

The bulgogi came on one plate, so we took portions and ate. 🥩

C. 직원에게 앞접시 세 개만 더 ＿＿＿＿.

I asked the staff for three more small plates. 🍽️

D. 국물이 뜨거우니까 그릇에 ＿＿＿＿ 먹으세요.

The soup is hot, so serve some into a bowl and eat. 🍲

E. 앞접시가 ＿＿＿＿ 직원에게 부탁했어요.

There were not enough small plates, so I asked the staff. 🙋

F. 공용 젓가락으로 반찬을 ＿＿＿＿ 앞접시에 놓았어요.

I took some side dish with shared chopsticks and put it on my small plate. 🥢

G. 피자는 큰 접시에 두고 각자 앞접시에 ＿＿＿＿ 먹었어요.

We left the pizza on the big plate and each took portions onto small plates to eat. 🍕

H. 아이에게 매운 반찬은 조금만 ＿＿＿＿ 줬어요.

I served only a little spicy side dish to the child. 🌶️

I. 앞접시를 바꾸고 싶어서 새 접시를 ＿＿＿＿.

I wanted to change my small plate, so I requested a new plate. 🍽️

J. 다 같이 먹는 요리는 먼저 앞접시에 ＿＿＿＿ 안전해요.

For a dish everyone shares, it is safer to serve it onto a small plate first. 🥘

Answer key

A 앞접시; B 덜어; C 달라고 했어요; D 덜어; E 부족해서; F 덜어; G 덜어; H 덜어; I 부탁했어요; J 덜면.

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Vocabulary Box

• 앞접시 → small personal plate

• 덜다 → to serve/take a portion

• 덜어 먹다 → to take a portion and eat

• 각자 → each person

• 샐러드 → salad

• 나누다 → to divide/share

• 불고기 → bulgogi

• 한 접시 → one plate

• 국물 → soup/broth

• 부족하다 → to be insufficient

• 공용 젓가락 → shared chopsticks

• 부탁하다 → to request

Tip 💡 앞접시 is the plate; 덜다 is the action of moving a portion.

 

Exercise 3 — Full and Satisfied 😋

A. 이 국밥집은 만 원으로도 ＿＿＿＿ 먹을 수 있어요.

At this gukbap place, you can eat until full even with 10,000 won. 🍲

B. 양이 많아서 세 명이서도 충분히 ＿＿＿＿ 먹었어요.

The portions were large, so even three people ate plenty and felt full. 👥

C. 점심을 너무 ＿＿＿＿ 먹어서 저녁 생각이 없어요.

I ate so much for lunch that I do not feel like dinner. 🍱

D. 저렴한 가격으로 ＿＿＿＿ 먹을 수 있는 식당을 찾았어요.

I found a restaurant where you can eat satisfyingly for an affordable price. 💸

E. 반찬이 계속 나와서 예상보다 ＿＿＿＿ 먹었어요.

Side dishes kept coming, so I ate more satisfyingly than expected. 🥢

F. 아침을 걸러서 점심을 ＿＿＿＿ 먹고 싶었어요.

I skipped breakfast, so I wanted to eat lunch until full. 🥣

G. 코스 요리는 조금씩 나오지만 마지막에는 꽤 ＿＿＿＿.

The course meal comes little by little, but by the end you are quite full. 🍽️

H. 학생 식당은 싸고 ＿＿＿＿ 먹기 좋아요.

The student cafeteria is cheap and good for eating until full. 🎓

I. 라면 하나로는 ＿＿＿＿ 먹기 어려워요.

It is hard to eat until full with just one ramyeon. 🍜

J. 오늘은 맛있게보다 ＿＿＿＿ 먹는 게 목표였어요.

Today the goal was eating until full rather than eating deliciously. 🎯

Answer key

A 배부르게; B 배부르게; C 배부르게; D 배부르게; E 배부르게; F 배부르게; G 배불러요; H 배부르게; I 배부르게; J 배부르게.

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Vocabulary Box

• 배부르게 → until full/satisfyingly

• 배부르다 → to be full

• 국밥집 → gukbap restaurant

• 만 원 → 10,000 won

• 양 → portion/amount

• 충분히 → sufficiently

• 점심 → lunch

• 저녁 → dinner

• 저렴하다 → to be affordable

• 가격 → price

• 예상보다 → more than expected

• 거르다 → to skip

Tip 💡 배부르게 usually works with eating verbs, especially 먹다.

 

Exercise 4 — Restaurant Flow 🍜

A. 먼저 맛집을 ＿＿＿＿ 다음에 예약했어요.

First I found a good restaurant, then I made a reservation. 📱

B. 추천받은 식당에 도착해서 대표 메뉴를 ＿＿＿＿.

After arriving at the recommended restaurant, I ordered the signature menu item. 🧾

C. 음식이 나오자마자 앞접시를 ＿＿＿＿.

As soon as the food came out, we received small plates. 🍽️

D. 큰 전골은 각자 앞접시에 ＿＿＿＿ 먹었어요.

We served the large hot pot into each person’s small plate and ate. 🍲

E. 마지막에는 모두 ＿＿＿＿ 웃으면서 나왔어요.

At the end, everyone came out smiling and full. 😊

F. 매운 음식은 조금만 ＿＿＿＿ 먹고 물을 마셨어요.

I served only a little spicy food and ate it, then drank water. 🌶️

G. 사장님에게 오늘의 메뉴를 ＿＿＿＿.

I got the day’s menu recommendation from the owner. 👨‍🍳

H. 맛집이라 사람이 많아서 조금 ＿＿＿＿.

It was a popular restaurant, so there were many people and we waited a little. 🚶

I. 앞접시에 덜어 먹으니까 음식이 빨리 ＿＿＿＿ 않았어요.

Because we served portions onto small plates, the food did not disappear quickly. 🥄

J. 계산 후에도 그 맛집 이야기를 계속 ＿＿＿＿.

Even after paying, we kept talking about that great restaurant. 💬

Answer key

A 찾은; B 주문했어요; C 받았어요; D 덜어; E 배불러서; F 덜어; G 추천받았어요; H 기다렸어요; I 사라지지; J 했어요.

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Vocabulary Box

• 맛집 → good/famous restaurant

• 추천받은 식당 → recommended restaurant

• 앞접시 → small personal plate

• 덜어 먹다 → to take a portion and eat

• 배부르다 → to be full

• 예약하다 → to reserve

• 대표 메뉴 → signature menu item

• 전골 → hot pot

• 사장님 → owner

• 계산 → payment/check

Tip 💡 A full dining story can move from recommendation → restaurant → shared dish → full result.

 

Exercise 5 — Mixed Mastery + Pitfall Patrol 🛡️

A. 제가 정보를 받은 경우에는 추천하다보다 ＿＿＿＿가 맞아요.

When I received the information, “receive a recommendation” is correct, not “recommend.” 🧭

B. 친구의 집보다 음식이 유명한 식당을 ＿＿＿＿이라고 해요.

A restaurant famous for food, not a friend’s house, is called a good restaurant. 🍜

C. 먹는 것은 접시가 아니라 앞접시에 담은 ＿＿＿＿이에요.

What you eat is not the plate, but the food placed on the small plate. 🍽️

D. 찌개를 공유할 때는 앞접시에 ＿＿＿＿ 먹으면 좋아요.

When sharing stew, it is good to serve some onto a small plate and eat. 🥘

E. 배부르게는 식당에 가다보다 ＿＿＿＿와 잘 어울려요.

“Until full” goes better with “eat” than “go to a restaurant.” 😋

F. 추천받은 메뉴가 너무 맵다면 조금만 ＿＿＿＿ 먹어도 돼요.

If the recommended menu item is too spicy, you can take only a little and eat it. 🌶️

G. 유명한 맛집이라도 앞접시가 부족하면 직원에게 ＿＿＿＿.

Even at a famous restaurant, if small plates are lacking, ask the staff. 🙋

H. 친구가 저에게 식당을 ＿＿＿＿ 저는 그 식당에 갔어요.

My friend recommended a restaurant to me, and I went to that restaurant. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

I. 양이 적으면 배부르게 먹기 ＿＿＿＿.

If the portion is small, it is hard to eat until full. 🍚

J. 현지인에게 추천받은 맛집에서 찌개를 앞접시에 덜어 먹고 ＿＿＿＿ 먹었어요.

At the local-recommended restaurant, we served stew onto small plates and ate until full. 🍲

Answer key

A 추천받다; B 맛집; C 음식; D 덜어; E 먹다; F 덜어; G 부탁하세요; H 추천해서; I 어려워요; J 배부르게.

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Vocabulary Box

• 추천받다 → to receive a recommendation

• 추천하다 → to recommend

• 맛집 → good/famous restaurant

• 앞접시 → small personal plate

• 음식 → food

• 덜어 먹다 → to take a portion and eat

• 배부르게 → until full/satisfyingly

• 찌개 → stew

• 공유하다 → to share

• 메뉴 → menu item

• 맵다 → to be spicy

• 부족하다 → to be insufficient

• 양 → portion/amount

Tip 💡 Pitfall patrol: watch recommendation direction, eat food rather than plates, and use 배부르게 with eating.

 

🎉 Great work — you can now talk about restaurant recommendations, hidden gems, shared plates, portioning food, and eating until full. Your Korean is ready for the table. 🍽️✨