domingo, 20 de mayo de 2012

ESSAY – Compare Two Restaurants



          A meal is something that represents not only food but also it is a time to rest and enjoy what ever you are going to eat. For these occasion people have restaurants that mix delicious dishes in a beautiful place. In Lima there are 2 famous restaurants. One is “La Gloria” and the other is “La Mar”, both of them are very different from each other.

          “La Gloria” is a restaurant that has a combination between typical dishes of Peru and a huge elegant space. The dishes offered are very delicious. Many people choose this restaurant because it offers not only good food but also has a wine cellar that match with the entire entering menu. What makes it special from other restaurants is the raising of their own lambs that they offer in the menu as well as the spices that are also used to prepare the dishes. “La Gloria Restaurant” is very influential in Lima because many of their dishes have been copy to other restaurants.

          Another well-known restaurant is “Astrid & Gastón”. This one is different to the other one because they always reinvent the menu with many kind of dishes every week. The offered dishes are prepared with species and ingredients that had not been used before. Also they have a very beautiful space. It is not as exclusive as the other one but it has more options of unique and exotic dishes. The owners of “Astrid & Gastón Restaurant” see their establishment as a laboratory in which they can invent different plates with ancestral techniques.

          In Lima and in the entire world people have many alternatives to eat different dishes in many kind of restaurants. We can try any of them until find one that really make us feel more that good. To conclude, always there will be a restaurant that fits with your expectations.

EMAIL REPLY – English Speaking Friend (Page 79)



To: Paula Ingland
From: Karla Palomino Rondon
Subject: I’m travelling next month

Dear Paula,

I’m so glad to hear that you finally decided to visit me. It will be very exiting to know each other face to face for the first time.  

To get to my home you can get a taxi inside the airport. It is safety but a little expensive. Tell to the taxi driver that you want to go to Fiori. It is located at the beginning of the Tomas Valle Avenue. That avenue is in front of the airport and it has 42 blocks. After go along the avenue until block 3 turn to the right go straight 2 more block and turn to the left. My house has 2 floors and it color red.

I would suggest you many places depending on what you want to do. Near to Lima city there is Lurin. In this place you can enjoy not only the beach or practice some extreme sports as sand board or motorcycle but you also can visit the Pachacamac Sanctuary in which you find temples of ancients Peruvians. Unfortunately, I won’t have time on this week because I will be on exams.

I’m sorry, there are not museums near my house but in the center of Lima there is a big museum call Mali. You can find lots of famous paintings. Also there give courses about painting. It is easy to get there. If you need any other information, please let me know.

Love

Karla

MOVIE REVIEW: “There’s Something About Mary”


This movie was directed by the Farrelly brothers in 1998. Cameron Diaz starts Mary, a girl who lived with her mother and her step-father and had a brother who had hearing problem. In high-school she met Ted, which is starts by Ben Stiller, who fell in love with her but nothing happened between them for some funny problems at the prom. 13 years after he could not forget Mary and he hired a detective to find her. The detective’s name is Pat, which is starts by Mat Dillon, who after found Mary also fell in love her. Both guys tried to have the attention of her so she fell in love with one of them but to made it possible they went trough many situations that involved hilarious moments and new characters. 

I personally love this movie because it is so funny and make you laugh from the beginning to the end. It has not only great actors and actresses but also the plot is very real because the main theme talks about young people who fall in love in high-school and even if the time past you can forget that special love. I love the theme, the cats and the stage. The entire movie has a very funny dialogue and it is well directed.