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Chins

Date
1944-11-23
Restaurant
Chins
Physical description
28.5x18cm folded; 28.5x36cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 2

Fresh Fruit Champagne Cocktail$0.45
Chinese Roast Pork$0.50
Egg Roll$0.50
Yatka Mein$0.55
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
PINEAPPLE ICE CREAM
Watermelon
Rice Cakes
Almond Cakes
Fresh Apple Pie
Raisin Pie
Sherbet
Peach Pie
Jell-o
Peaches in cream
Lobster salad$1.35
Chicken salad$1.25
Boiled Lobster, hot$1.40
Broiled Sirloin Steak with French Fried Potatoes$1.45
Broiled (Half) Spring Chicken with Apple Fritters$1.25
Planked Steak (Individual)$1.45
Roast Maryland Turkey, Cranberry Sauce$1.35
Broiled Lamb Chops with Peas$1.35
Roast Long Island Duckling with Apple Sauce$1.25
Roast Milk Fed Chicken, Dressing, Giblet Sauce$1.25
Fresh Crab Meat Salad$1.20
FRESH FRUIT SALAD
Fresh Vegetable Dinner a la Chin's
Home Broiled Smoked Ham with Vegetable Salad
Fried Long Island Scallops, Tartar Sauce
Fresh Shrimp Chow Mein$1.20
Fresh Fancy Jumbo Shrimp Chop Sooy$1.20
Crab Meat Omelette$1.20
Fried Rice with Crab Meat$1.20
Chicken with Noodles Soup
Fresh vegetable soup
Fried Fresh Lobster, Chinese Style$1.60
Fresh Chicken Subgum Chow Mein$1.35
Fresh Shrimp Subgum Chow Mein$1.35
Chicken Chow Mein with Mushrooms$1.40
Fried Boneless Chicken (Oriental Style)$1.40
Pepper Steak$1.25
Chicken Chop Sooy, Chin's$1.30
Chinese Vegetables, Roast Pork$1.40
Tomato Juice
Cantaloupe
Barbecued Chinese Roast Pork Tow Foo with Oyster Sauce$1.20
Fresh Fruit Cocktail
Orange in Cup
Honey Dew Melon
Fresh Vegetable Chow Mein$1.20
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail
Apple Juice
Hearts of Celery
Fresh Vegetable Chop Sooy$1.20
Stuffed olives
Consomme Julienne
Special Chicken Chow Mein$1.20
Spare Ribs with Garlic and Bean Sauce$1.20
Guy Foo Yong (Chicken Omelette)$1.20
Spare Ribs, Pungent, Sweet and Sour$1.20
Chicken Fried Rice, Canton Style$1.20
Sirloin of Beef Chop Sooy with Tomatoes$1.20
Barbecued Chinese Roast Pork$1.20
Chin's Special Egg Roll (3 Rolls)$1.20
Boiled Lobster, cold$1.40

Page 3

Bacardi Cocktail$0.45
Coffee cocktail$0.45
Daiquiri$0.45
Dubonnet Cocktail$0.45
Bamboo Cocktail$0.35
Champagne Cocktail$0.45
Rum Collins$0.50
Cuba Libre$0.50
Bacardi Rum (White)$0.50
Bacardi Rum (Gold)$0.50
Carioca Rum$0.40
Jamaica Rum Myer$0.50
New Orleans Fizz$0.55
F. Chauvenet Red Cap, sparkling burgundy$3.50 – $6.50
Piper Heidsieck Champagne$4.00 – $7.25
Great Western Champagne$2.50 – $4.75
Gold Seal$2.50 – $4.75
Cribari's San Benito Brand Champagne, Vintage 1930$1.60 – $3.00
DOMESTIC PORT$0.25 – $1.40
DOMESTIC BURGUNDY$0.25 – $1.40
GIN BUCK$0.40
Gin Daisy$0.45
Gin Rickey$0.40
HORSE'S NECK$0.50
Mint Julep$0.60
Tom Collins$0.45
John Collins$0.50
Brandy Punch$0.60
Plain Whiskey Toddy$0.45
Singapore Sling$0.50
Ward Eight$0.50
Planter's Punch$0.60
Brandy Flip$0.50
BRANDY FLOAT$0.50
Alexander$0.45
BLUE MOON$0.50
Brandy$0.50
Bronx$0.35
Clover Club$0.45
Jack Rose$0.45
Rum Manhattan$0.40
Millionaire$0.50
MARTINI, dry$0.35
Paradise$0.45
Pink Lady$0.45
President$0.45
Chin's Special$0.45
Old Fashioned$0.45
Orange Blossom$0.35
American Beauty$0.50
Cherry Blossom$0.40
Side Car$0.50
Stinger$0.50
White Lady$0.45
Suisses$0.50
Royal Fizz$0.45
Silver Fizz$0.45
Gin Fizz$0.40
Golden Fizz$0.45
Sloe Gin Fizz$0.45
Brandy Smash$0.50
Sherry and Egg$0.50
Sherry Flip$0.50
Sherry Sangeree$0.45
claret cobbler$0.45
Claret Punch$0.45
Port Flip$0.50
Italian Vermouth with Seltzer$0.35
Sauterne Punch$0.50
Egg Nogg$0.50
Milk Punch$0.50
Cafe Royal$0.50
TOM & JERRY$0.60
Whiskey Sour$0.45
Mamie Taylor$0.50
Absinthe Frappe$0.60
Anisette$0.30 – $0.50
Angel's Kiss$0.45
Apricot Brandy$0.30 – $0.50
Benedictine$0.30 – $0.50
Blackberry Cordial$0.30 – $0.50
Triple Sec$0.30 – $0.50
Benedictine and Brandy$0.40 – $0.50
Cherry Brandy$0.30 – $0.50
Cointreau$0.30 – $0.50
Creme de Cacao$0.30 – $0.50
Creme de Menthe, Green$0.30 – $0.50
Creme de Menthe, White$0.30 – $0.50
Creme de Violette$0.30 – $0.50
Curacao$0.30 – $0.50
Kummel$0.30 – $0.50
Maraschino Cordial$0.30 – $0.50
Peach Brandy$0.30 – $0.50
Chartreuse, green$0.30 – $0.50
Chartreuse, Yellow$0.30 – $0.50
Pousse Cafe$0.50 – $0.70
White Horse$0.50
Old Grand-Dad$0.50
Old Schenley$0.50
Seagram's "V. O."$0.50
Old Overholt$0.50
Canadian Club$0.50
Mount Vernon$0.50
Old Taylor$0.50
Pepsi Cola
Coca Cola
7 up
Ginger Ale
Wilson$0.40
Calvert Special$0.40
Imperial$0.40
Bourbon Highball: Choice of Seltzer or Ginger Ale$0.40
Rye Highball: Choice of Seltzer or Ginger Ale$0.40
Seagram's$0.40
SCHENLEY$0.40
Golden Wedding$0.40
Four Roses$0.45
Calvert Reserve$0.50
Hunter$0.45
Three Feathers$0.40
Paul Jones$0.45
Carstairs$0.45
Black & White$0.50
Scotch$0.40
Scotch Highball$0.40
Martin's V. V. O.$0.50
House of Lords$0.50
Cutty Sark$0.50
Vat 69$0.50
Teacher's Highland$0.50
Haig & Haig, Pinch$0.55
Ballantine's$0.50
John Jameson$0.50
Old Bushmill's$0.50
Dewar's White Label$0.50
Johnnie Walker, Black$0.55
Cognac, Remy Martin$0.45 – $0.70
Russian Vodka$0.45
Chinese - Ngar Pay$0.50
Mui Kwe LU$0.50
Bourbon de Luxe (18 years old)$0.75
Cognac, Hennessy 3-Star$0.45 – $0.70
Applejack Hildick's$0.45
Applejack Laird's$0.45
Rock & Rye$0.40
Rock & Sloe Gin$0.40
Dry Gin, Fleischmann's$0.35
Sherry$0.25 – $1.40
Tokay$0.25 – $1.40
Muscatel$0.25 – $1.40
Sauterne$0.25 – $1.40
Riesling$0.25 – $1.40
Claret$0.25 – $1.40
Duff Gordon Sherry$0.40 – $3.00
Sauterne (B. & G.)$0.40 – $3.50
Italian Vermouth$0.25
French Vermouth$0.25
Schlitz (Bottle)$0.35
Ballantine Ale (bottle)$0.30
Rheingold Beer (bot.)$0.35
Loewer's Beer on Draught$0.15 – $0.95
Beer on Draught$0.20 – $1.25
Pepsi Cola$0.20
Coca Cola$0.20
7 up$0.20
Cream Soda$0.20
Grape Juice$0.15
Ginger Ale$0.40 – $0.75
Club Soda$0.20 – $0.75
Orangeade$0.25
Lemonade$0.25
Fruit Orangeade$0.35
White Rock Orangeade$0.35
Seltzer Orangeade$0.30
Claret Orangeade$0.35
Claret Orangeade$0.35
Limeade$0.30
Merito, No. 120 (Extra Dry), Sherry or Port$0.40 – $3.00

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