Fill in the Blanks Eat out 2Online version Eat out 2 by Kaung Htike Thu 1 Menus and courses A is a list of the food and drinks that guests can order . Menus are sometimes written on large boards for everyone to see , and sometimes they're printed on paper and handed to each guest . A simple menu like a breakfast menu or a children's menu might list just a few dishes and drinks , but lunch and dinner menus usually list many dishes . They can be à la carte dishes ordered individually , or dishes grouped together in a . In European or Western - style menus , dishes are listed in a series of . The first course is called , or hors d ? oeuvres , and can be a bowl of soup , a small serving of pasta , a salad or one of many savoury starters . Next is the or entrée , and this is usually fish , meat or poultry served with vegetables or salad or other . In many restaurants vegetarian entrées are also available these days .