You are learning confident ordering with opinions: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (我要 + [item] + 因为我觉得 + [reason]), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.
Lost Heaven (花马天堂), a Yunnan-Shanghainese fusion restaurant on the Bund. You know what you want. You order with conviction. Opinions meet action.
Lost Heaven sits on the Bund with views of the Pudong skyline. The menu blends Yunnan minority cuisine with Shanghai refinement — wild mushrooms, Dai-style grilled fish, Bai cheese. It demands confident ordering.
She opened the menu. 「你推荐什么?」 What do you recommend? The waiter pointed: 「最有名的是云南野生菌。」 The most famous is the Yunnan wild mushrooms.
「好,我要野生菌,因为我觉得菌类最好吃。」 Good, I'll have the wild mushrooms, because I think mushrooms are the most delicious. 「还要一条鱼。我更喜欢清淡的做法。」 Also a fish. I prefer the lighter preparation.
Her friend ordered: 「我要红烧肉,还要两碗米饭。」 I'll have braised pork, and two bowls of rice. 「先来一瓶啤酒。」 Beer first. The waiter nodded. 「够了吗?」 Enough? 「够了。」 Enough. Confident, clear, complete.