Sentence examples for instead of being served from inspiring English sources

Instead of being served in traditional gold-trimmed clear glasses, the tea arrives in an elegant white mug, a Europeanized presentation of North Africa's age-old beverage.

In keeping with current American restaurant service, the food is arranged on individual plates instead of being served banquet style from large platters.

Before long, they say, chicken wings were on the dinner menu instead of being served gratis at the bar — and were beginning to nudge aside the Italian food that had always been the Anchor Bar's specialty.

Before long, they say, chicken wings were on the dinner menu instead of being served gratis at the bar and were beginning to nudge aside the Italian food that had always been the Anchor Bar's specialty.

And mine, instead of being served with pita on the side, was actually a pita sandwich, filled with herbed omelet, topped with a pan-Middle Eastern chopped salad and a creamy yogurt tahini sauce.

Instead of being served as soon as it is cooked, Napolitan spaghetti is allowed to sit, then reheated and stir-fried with vegetables; it was the only pasta known to most Japanese until a couple of decades ago, when ketchup was still widely considered an Italian sauce.

A delicious fish amok — a kind of Cambodian curry that is steamed instead of boiled — is served in a banana leaf.

Instead of recommissioning Are You Being Served? and Porridge, they should have remade the notorious 70s sitcom Love Thy Neighbour.

It does not matter that muralists such as the Brazilian street artist Paulo Ito are painting such jaundiced images as that of an emaciated child howling at a dinner table where instead of food, he is being served a football on a golden platter.

Instead of worrying about their customers being served by aesthetically pleasing people, these restaurateurs should focus on making sure that their food is legit and the service staff is competent. .

This crowd was, instead, fully appreciative of the musical bounty being served, filling themselves as if to honor their server.