TL-016 · Food
Ask a restaurant to leave out an ingredient — Korean
A restaurant conversation for asking to leave out an ingredient and handling the reply if the dish cannot be changed.
Quick answer
양파는 빼주세요.
Meaning Could you leave out the onions?
Yangpaneun ppaejuseyo.
When to use it
Use this before ordering when you want an ingredient such as onions or sauce left out of a dish.
Core phrases
양파는 빼주세요.
Yangpaneun ppaejuseyo.
Could you leave out the onions?
이 재료는 먹을 수 없어요.
I jaeryoneun meogeul su eobseoyo.
I can't eat this ingredient.
소스도 빼주세요.
Soseudo ppaejuseyo.
Please leave out the sauce too.
What you may hear
네, 빼드릴 수 있습니다.
Ne, ppaedeuril su itseumnida.
Yes, we can leave it out.
이미 들어가 있어서 빼기 어렵습니다.
Imi deureoga isseoseo ppaegi eoryeopseumnida.
It's already in the dish, so we can't remove it.
How to respond
그럼 다른 메뉴로 할게요.
Geureom dareun menyuro halgeyo.
Then I'll choose something else.
네, 빼주시면 됩니다.
Ne, ppaejusimyeon doemnida.
Okay, please leave it out.
Mini conversation
You
양파는 빼주세요.
Yangpaneun ppaejuseyo.
Could you leave out the onions?
Other person
네, 빼드릴 수 있습니다.
Ne, ppaedeuril su itseumnida.
Yes, we can leave it out.
You
그럼 다른 메뉴로 할게요.
Geureom dareun menyuro halgeyo.
Then I'll choose something else.
More natural
If the ingredient name is hard to say, point to it on the menu while making the request.
Good to know
If the reason is an allergy, state the allergy explicitly rather than relying only on a request to leave the ingredient out.
Related situations
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