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à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu"; In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes "à la carte" rather than a fixed-price meal "menu".
The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power. Sometimes ...
In Australia, french fries (which Australians call "chips" or "hot chips") are common in fast food shops, cafes, casual dining and pubs.In fast food shops, fries may be sold by dollar amount, customers may order for instance "$10 worth of chips" or "the minimum chips" which is the smallest amount of chips the shop will fry at once, differing per shop.
Waffle fries may be a polarizing cut, but we can all admit that Chick-fil-A does them well. There's plenty of surface area for maximum crispiness and for dunking in their wide variety of sauces.
French fries [a] (or simply fries, also known as chips [b] among other names [c]) are batonnet or julienne-cut [3] deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium or France.They are prepared by cutting potatoes into even strips, drying them, and frying them, usually in a deep fryer.
(The reason I feel moved to do this is a West African colleague of mine -- after being surprised by how many words in French he asked for translations for could still be said in French while "speaking" English -- asked if I knew of a list of French expressions commonly used in English, so he can immediately augment his so-so English vocabulary.
Hot, golden french fries right out of the deep fryer might be our favorite food. Plus, they come in so many different varieties. (Curly! Waffle! Shoestring! Don’t make us choose!) Yep, fries are ...
Chips refers to what in American English is called French Fries. However, fries is commonly used as well. Form is used instead of the American high school grade. (7th Grade-1st Form; 11th Grade-5th Form) Patty for flaky folded pastry, unlike the American patty, meaning hamburger patty; Mongrel is used instead of the US mutt.