For one of our Each One Teach One meeting, I met with Laura and Christoph for dinner at an all-you-can-eat Sushi restaurant in Tampere in Hervanta. We thought it would be fun to combine language learning with something that everyone enjoys — eating.
The place had a huge selection of dishes — sushi, beef curry, chicken curry, and spring rolls. Everything looked fresh and colourful, and we were excited to try different things.
While eating, we mixed Czech and German vocabulary. I learned that Essstäbchen means hůlky (chopsticks) and Reis means rýže (rice), while Christoph and Laura learned omáčka (Soße), účet (Rechnung), and rýže (Reis). We practiced simple sentences like Ich mag gern Sushi and Mám ráda sushi, which made the learning feel more natural.
Our conversation moved from food to culture. I told them that sushi has become very popular in the Czech Republic in recent years, especially in Prague or Brno, where people often go out for sushi as a social activity. They said it’s quite similar in Germany — sushi is seen as light, healthy food that everyone likes occasionally.
The food was delicious — my favourite was the sushi with a fried, crispy surface and tuna inside. We finished the meal with a bit of chocolate and a short conversation about traditional dishes from our countries. It wasn’t a complicated meeting, and that’s exactly what I liked about it. To be honest, we didn’t talk that much — the food was simply too good, so we were all busy enjoying it. But sometimes, it’s also nice to learn how to be in comfortable silence.
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