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Menage A Trois

Menage a Trois; 511 Lexington Avenue on 48th Street

Restaurant
Menage a Trois
Place
Menage a Trois; 511 Lexington Avenue on 48th Street
Venue
RESTAURANT
Physical description
Booklet; 8.25 x 11.75 inches
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Beluga Caviar with Blinis (per oz)$40.00
Oysters (as available)
Melon (as available)
Lobster Cocktail$12.50
Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon$9.50
Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon, Sour Cream, and Caviar$14.50
Crudites--Raw Seasonal Vegetables, Homemade Dips$6.75
Scottish Smoked Salmon$12.00
Gravadlax with Dill and Sweet Mustard Sauce$10.00
Oeufs on Cocotte with Wild Mushrooms$5.75
Fresh Asparagus, Hot or Cold
Avocado Vinaigrette$5.25
WHOLE TRUFFLE EN CROUTE - A Whole Truffle set on a Brioche Crouton, enclosed with a mousse of Spinach and Foie Gras, roasted in flaky Pastry and served with a Truffle sauce

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A Trio of Chilled Summer Soups - Tomato and Red Pepper Bisque - Lightly Jelly Sauted Chicken Consomme - Lobster Cream$6.00
Three Scallop Salads - Scallop Ceviche au Guacamole - Scallop and Salmon Tartare - Oriental Sesame Scallops$10.75
Chicken Combinations - Smoked Chicken in a Walnut Dressing - Marinaded Chicken on Wilted Spinache with a Sesame Dressing - Chicken Julienne on Pickled Cucumber with a Peanut Dressing$8.00
Hanbury Yolk - Poached Quail Eggs served on the Base of an Artichoke, topped with Smoked Salmon, Oyster, Scallop, Lobster and Russian Caviar on a Red Pepper Sauce$11.00
Josephine's Delight - Creamed Eggs with Sevruga Caviar - Smoked Salmon Mousse with Scottish Smoked Salmon - Scallop Mousse of Diced Scallop - served with Toasted Brioche Soldiers$11.50
Whole Lobster Tail with Black Truffle Slices served with a Truffle vinaigrette and a warm Wild Mushroom Salad$22.00
A Patchwork of Salmon and Tuna served with a julienne of Tomato and Basil and a Gazpacho Mousse$10.00
Carpaccio served with a Caviar Vinaigrette and Batons of marinaded Eggplant$16.00

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Nuggets of Salmon, Roasted Red Peppers, and Sun-dried Tomatoes topped with finely chopped crispy Bacon$8.50
Summer Vegetable Ragout, au Olive Oil Dressing and a Julienne of fresh Basil$7.50
Fresh Tuna, Nicoise Olives, french Beans, Tomatoes, Anchovies, Lemon Juice and Olive Oil$8.50
Wild Mushrooms, Truffle, and Duck foie Gras in a Truffle Sauce$12.50
Orgies of Salad Leaves served with one of the following:
Paysanne - Poached Quail Eggs with Avocado, Roquefort Lardous and Croutons$7.25
Vegan - Yound Vegetables, stir-fried with Soy, Ginger, Carlic and COriander, topped with Croutons$7.25
Mer - Salmon, Lobster, and Scallops with Garlic Confit and Wild Mushrooms with Lardous and Croutons$10.50
Sauvage - Saddle of Rabbit, Snails, Garlic Confit and Wild Mushrooms with Lardous and Croutons$10.50
Gascon - Escalopes of Duck Breast, Nuggets of fresh foie Gras on French Beans and Shallots$14.00

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Cheese - Camambert and Cranberry - Roquefort and Leek - Bourain and Spinach$5.50
Seafood - Lobster and Snowpeas - Turbot and Leek - Crab and Cucumber$9.00
Lobster and Scallop Tempura with Snowpeas and a Spicy Dipping Sauce$14.00
A Trio of Seafood Packages - Crab with Leek - Scallops in Cabbage - Lobster in Spinach - all served on an Oyster and Caviar Sauce$12.50
A Timbale of Scallop Mousse surrounded by grilled fish and Shellfish served with a Bouillabaisse Sauce$12.50
Whole Lobster stir-fried with Baby Vegetables and a Thai-inspired sauce$19.00
fillets of Turbot and Salmon, larded with Truffle, Anchovy, and french Beans served with Dill Butter Sauce$14.00
A fevillete of Wild Mushrooms and Garden Vegetables on a Wild Mushroom Sauce.$9.50

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A Menage of Baby Fillets - Lamb on a Tomato Pancasse with a Garlic and Rosemary Wafer - Beef on Curried Aubergiue - Veal with Wild Mushrooms$14.00
Boned Quail filled with a Game mousse and a dice of Duck foie Gras, wrapped in flaky Pastry, roasted and served with a Port and Orange Sauce$11.50
A Duck Combination - Grilled Duck foie Gras on Pickled Cucumber - Duck Confit on Braised Belfian chicory - a Feuillete of Marinaded Duck$14.00
Two Escalpes of Fresh Duck Foie Gras - one steamed and one grilled, served on a Potato cake with a Muscat Sauce$16.50
Medallions of Venison with Wild Mushrooms and Bone Marro Queuellees on a red Burgundy Sauce$16.00
Breast of Chicken filled with Lobster and Asparagus, wrapped in Spinach and served with a Lobster Cream$15.00
Ballotine of Baby Chicken filled with White Crabmeat and a dice of Arichoke on a Watercress sauce$14.00
Rendez-vous of Baby Stuffed Vegetables - Cabbage with Leek and Roquefort; Tomato with Pea and Milk; Onion and Gruyere; Artichoke with a Garlic Confit; courgette and Eggplant - served on a Tomato and Basil Sauce$8.50

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Hot Seasonal Berries served over Vanilla Ice Cream$4.50
Strawberry Fritters with an Orange and Grand Marnier Dip$5.00
An Iced Terrine of Dark Chocolate and Black Cherries served with hot Chocolate Sauce$5.50
Little Chocolate Mousses flavoured with Rum and served with a Banana Custard$4.50
Chocoholics Anonymous - A Chocolate Combination - Chocolate Terrine - Dark Chocolate Mousse - White Chocolate Mousse - Chocolate Truffle - Chocolate Ice Cream$7.50
Our Summer Pudding served traditionally with a fruit Coulis$6.00
Tartlets of Mango, Strawberry, Raspberry, Pear and Passion served with their own Sherbets and Fruit Coulis$6.00
A Menage of Creme Brulees with Orange and Grand Marnier, Mint and Creme de Menthe, Chocolate and Tia Maria$6.00
Menage a Trois - Three hot Pastry Parcels with a Praline Cream - Pear and Chocolate, Bananas and Rum, Apple and Raspberry$6.00

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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