FOOD is absolutely one of the best things about travelling — and Australians are known to be pretty adventurous when it comes to unique travel experiences, including dining out.
What is holding us back, however, is pronouncing the names of the culinary options we are keen to taste test.
So to avoid sounding like an idiot abroad, language learning app Babbel has compiled a list of the five most frequently mispronounced menu items and the correct way to say them.
Gnocchi-t out of the park
Sometimes there is nothing better for the soul than a hearty Italian meal — and gnocchi and bruschetta are some of our favourite dishes.
Most people probably know bruschetta is a crispy grilled bread rubbed with garlic and drizzled with olive oil, usually served with fresh savoury toppings, but what they didn’t know is that it is pronounced brew-SKEH-tah.
And gnocchi, soft dough dumplings which taste quite like pasta and is often served with tomato sauce is pronounced NYOH-kee.
One Caipirinha please
This tongue-twister is not just a popular alcohol beverage but the national cocktail of Brazil.
While the refreshing drink is now popularly customised to your taste by adding
the liquor of your choice, the original mix consists of cachaça (a distilled sugarcane spirit)
sugar and lime — and it pronounced kai-pee-REEN-ya.
Let’s taco ‘bout it
Fajitas and quesadillas are two delicious Mexican street food dishes likely to be well-known but highly mispronounced by Australians. Drop the “j” in Fajitas and replace it with an “h” to say fuh-HEE-tah and drop the double “l” in quesadilla to say kesa-DEE-ya.
Stop feeling Eiffel about mispronouncing Bouillabaisse
An enjoyable French dish that is both difficult to pronounce and prepare is Bouillabaisse. Despite its rumoured Greek and Roman origins, bouillabaisse, pronounced BOO-yeh-bays, became most popular in Marseilles in the 19th century. While essentially a fish stew, this dish promises to be different from any other because of the unique way it’s prepared and served.
Açai what you did there
One of 2017’s biggest wholefoods trends is the açai bowl but have you ever heard anyone say the name of this berry out loud? This nutritious meal, pronounced aa-sah-EE, hit it off as a breakfast trend here in Australia because of the açai berry’s aesthetic appearance, stand out taste and smell. However, the superfood has Portuguese and Brazilian origins and has been around long before it went viral on social media.
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