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Wheeler And Co.

Date
1972-05-10
Restaurant
Wheeler And Co.
Physical description
23.5x30.5cm folded; 23.5x61cm open
Currency
UK Pounds

Pages

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Dishes

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LIVE DUBLIN BAY PRAWNS When available
PRAWN THERMIDOR Prawns flared in brandy with shallots, fines herbes and white wine sauce, placed on a bed of rice, sprinkled with grated cheese and browned under the grill.£0.65
Cream of tomato£0.30
Cream of Mushroom£0.30
Bisque of Lobster£0.45
Cream of Crab£0.40
Scotch Lobsters (Half) Cold (from) 2.50£2.50
Foie Gras Strasbourg£1.85
Smoked Salmon£0.95
Asparagus Hot with Hollandaise Sauce or Cold with Vinaigrette (when in season)£1.25
Smoked eel£0.90
Quail Eggs£0.40
Smoked trout£0.70
Potted Shrimps£0.40
Wheeler's Seafood Platter£1.75
Oyster cocktail£0.70
Avocado Pear with Crab or Prawns£0.80
Mediterranean Prawns£0.90
Avocado Pear with Vinaigrette£0.35
Lobster Cocktail£1.15
Crab cocktail£0.80
Caviar Beluga£3.00
Whitebait (when available)£0.60
Prawn Cocktail£0.70
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Fried£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Cardinal Sliced, cooked in lobster sauce and brandy; returned into shell and gratine.£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Newburg Taknen from the shell, sliced, cooked in lobster stock, brandy and cream. Served with rice.£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Thermidor Taken from the shell, flared in brandy with shallot, fines herbes, and white wine sauce. Put back into shell, sprinkled with grated cheese and browned under grill.£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Grilled (from) Live Lobster cut in half down the centre and grilled on both sides 15 to 20 minutes.£2.50
Scotch Lobsters Normande (Half), Whole claw and back removed without breaking; steamed. Sauce of white wine, cream, lemon and butter, garnished with scampi and mushrooms£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Americaine, Taken from the shell, flared in brandy; garlic; lobster stock added. Served with rice.£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Au Gratin Taken from shell and cooked in cheese sauce with a little sherry; grated cheese.£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Curried, Taken from the shell; curry made with sticks of cinnamon, bay leaves, curry powder, a touch of brandy and cream. Served with separate dish of rice, chutney and Bombay duck.£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Florence Taken from shell, flared in Brandy, with touch of garlic, lobster stock, brandy and curry sauce. Served with rice separate.£2.50
SCOTCH LOBSTERS (Half) Mornay Taken from shell; steamed in white wine; cheese sauce.£2.50
MUSSELS Mariniere Steamed, juice from the mussels, white wine, fines herbes and cream served as a soup over them. Left in their shells and served in a large bowl.£0.60
MUSSELS Fried First steamed, then fried; served with lemon and Sauce Tartare.£0.60
Scallops: fried£1.35
Scallops Mornay Steamed; with cheese sauce.£1.35
Scallops Walewska Steamed; with slices of lobster, Sherry sauce, and grated cheese.£1.65
Scallops Meuniere Floured, sprinkled with fines herbes, and cooked in butter.£1.35
Turtle, with Sherry£0.45
Lobster salad£2.50
Crab Salad£1.55
Prawn Salad£1.25
SCOTCH SALMON When in season, Boiled£2.25
SCOTCH SALMON When in season, Meuniere£2.25
SCOTCH SALMON When in season, Cold£2.25
Salmon Trout, When in season, Boiled£2.25
Salmon Trout, When in season, Grilled£2.25
Salmon Trout, When in season, Meuniere£2.25
Salmon Trout, When in season, Cold£2.25
Wheelers Oysters£0.65 – £1.00
Colchester Oysters£1.25 – £1.50
Oysters, Fried (six)£0.85
Oysters, Mornay (six)£0.85
Oysters, au Gratin (six)£0.85
Oysters, Portuguese£0.50
Cardinal Crawfish£1.30
Thermidor crawfish£1.30
Augratin Crawfish£1.30
Mornay Crawfish£1.30
Cold Crawfish£1.30
Salmon Trout, When in season, Boiled£2.25

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Meuniere Cooked in butter; with fines herbes.£0.70
Grilled Dipped in plain flour, brushed in butter and grilled.£0.65
Poche Soaked in vinegar; steamed; served with outside skin removed (but not the head, because the brain is a delicacy), melted butter, and boiled new potatoes.£0.90
Grenobloise Meuniere; served with capers and strips of smoked salmon.£0.95
PLAICE Grilled Filleted or on the bone and grilled£0.95
PLAICE Fried Filleted or on the bone; breadcrumbed, then fried, served with lemon and sauce Tartare.£0.95
FINE DOVER SOLES Grilled£1.40
FINE DOVER SOLES Meuniere Floured, sprinkled with fines herbes, and cooked in butter.£1.40
FINE DOVER SOLES Mornay Steamed in white wine; with cheese sauce.£1.40
FINE DOVER SOLES Portugaise Steamed; fresh tomato pulp; shallots; white wine.£1.40
FINE DOVER SOLES Colbert Fried, with the back opened up, and frozen Maitre d'Hotel butter.£1.40
FINE DOVER SOLES Bonne Femme Steamed; with sliced mushrooms, fine herbes and white wine.£1.55
FINE DOVER SOLES Florentine Steamed; lying on leaf spinach, with cheese sauce covering.£1.55
FINE DOVER SOLES Maison Steamed; with mushrooms, fiens herbes, shallots, and fresh tomato.£1.65
FINE DOVER SOLES Pommery As Meuniere, with apple.£1.55
FINE DOVER SOLES St. Germain Grilled, with covering of bread crumbs, Beurre Maitre d'Hotel.£1.40
FINE DOVER SOLES Veronique Steamed; served with muscat grapes, Sauterne sauce.£1.55
FINE DOVER SOLES Margurey Steamed, white wine sauce, with shrimps, oysters, mussels and mushrooms.£1.90
FINE DOVER SOLES Palace Steamed; sliced mushrooms, fines herbes, tomato, asparagus, and white wine sauce.£1.65
FINE DOVER SOLES Francaise Steamed, white wine sauce, asparagus£1.55
FINE DOVER SOLES Dubarry Steamed, with two separate sauces, white wine sauce and Americaine sauce.£1.55
FINE DOVER SOLES Maryland Steamed; white wine sauce, with tomato, asparagus and truffle.£1.55
FINE DOVER SOLES Egyptienne Poached in fish stock, mushrooms and truffle, chopped fine on sliced Aubergine, white wine, shallots, chopped parsley sauce and Americaine sauce.£1.65
FINE DOVER SOLES Normande Steamed; sauce is white wine, cream, butter and garnished with fried scampi, button mushrooms, and lobster claw.£1.90
FINE DOVER SOLES Walewska Steamed; with slices of lobster, wine sauce and grated cheese.£1.90
FINE DOVER SOLES Cubat Steamed; mushrooms and truffle chopped fine, flared in brandy; Sherry sauce; grated cheese.£1.65
FINE DOVER SOLES Cardinal Steamed; claw of lobster; button mushrooms; lobster sauce with brandy.£1.90
FINE DOVER SOLES Capri As Meuniere; with sliced bananas and chutney sauce.£1.65
FINE DOVER SOLES Gondu Steamed; white wine sauce; grated cheese; asparagus tips.£1.65
SCAMPI Fried Floured, dipped in egg and milk, then bread-crumbs; fried in deep oil.£1.35
SCAMPI Mornay Steamed with cheese sauce.£1.35
SCAMPI Meuniere Floured; sprinkled with fines herbes and cooked in butter.£1.35
SCAMPI Walewska Steamed; with slices of lobster, Sherry sauce, and grated cheese.£1.65
SCAMPI Provencale Cooked in butter, covered with garlic flavoured tomato.£1.35
TURBOT Troncon Song Poached, boiled potatoes, served with Hollandaise and American sauces.£1.60
FINE DOVER SOLES Fried£1.40
FINE DOVER SOLES Goujon£1.40
Fruits in Season
Potatoes Boiled£0.20
Potatoes Fried£0.20
GUERNSEY CREAM£0.10
Salad (various)£0.30
Fine Cheeses£0.30
Celery£0.10
Coffee£0.15
Meuniere Floured, sprinkled with fines herbes, and cooked in butter.£0.95

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