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Maison Prunier

Date
1939-03-01
Restaurant
Maison Prunier
Physical description
37x25cm folded; 37x50cm open

Pages

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  5. Page 5

Dishes

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potted shrimp
Crevettes Cocktail
Crabe Cocktail
Langoustines cocktail
Oyster cocktail
Huitres frites au gratin
Huitres en brochette
Huitres a l'Americaine
Pilaff aux Huitres, Variété Prunier
Palourdes à la Vapeur
Clams à la Vapeur
BLUE POINTS
Brittany petites
Brittany grosses
Natives petites
Natives grosses
Crevettes grises
PILAFF DE LANGOUSTINES VALENCIENNE
Pilaff de Moules au Curry
Pilaff de Crabe Americaine
Pilaff de crevettes Newburg
Homard a la Nage
1/2 Homard Thermidor
Homard grillé
HOMARD A LA BORDELAISE
Homard Américaine
Homard Newburg
Mousse glacée au Rhum avec gaufrettes Bretonnes
Mousse glacée Chocolat avec gaufrettes Bretonnes
Glace Vanille avec gaufrettes Bretonnes
Glace Fraise avec gaufrettes Bretonnes
Crabe dressé mayonnaise
Petit Homard rémoulade
1/2 Langouste Mayonnaise
Petite coquille salade de Crab
Petite coquille moules au curry
Haricots Verts au Beurre
Petits Pois à la française
Artichaut, Sce. Mousseline
Green Corn on Cob
Champignons grillés sur toast
Courgettes Meunière
Asperges, Sce. Hollandaise
Salade de saison: Laitue Chicoree, Scarole
Salade Panachee
Salade de Legumes
Cheddar
Cheshire
Roquefort
Gruyère
Petit Suisse
Stilton
Camembert
Pont l'Evêque
Brie
Barbet a L'Orientale
Ecrevisses au Fumet la piece
Coquille de Moules Remoulade
Crabe à la Mexicaine
Steak de Turbot Parisienne
St. Jacques Bordelaise
St. Jacques Prunier
St. Jacques Marinière
Petit Pot de Creme Vanille
Petit Pot de Crème Chocolat
Consommé Celestine
Crême de Mais
Soupe aux moules
Bisque de Homard
Soupe à l'oignon gratinée
Clam Chowder
Potage de Fruits de Mer
Potage aux huitres
Coupe Jack
Ananas Frais au Kirsch
Fruits rafraichis au Marasquin
Soufflé Rothschild
Crêpes à l'Orange
Pêche flambee
Le Poisson du Chef
Saumon Frais Poche, Sauce Hollandaise
Grillade au Fenouil
Grenouilles Bordelaise la douz
Truite Meuniere
Turbot Dieppoise
Filets de Sole Prunier
Caviar de Saumon la cuiller
Caviar Presse la cuiller
Caviar Russe Sevruga
Caviar Russe Oscietre
Bigorneaux
Oursins
Moules parquées
Palourdes
Little Neck Clams petits
Little Neck Clams gros
L'Assiette de Fruits de Mer
Huitres Portugaises
Belon petites
Belon Supérieures
Armoricaines Extra
Marennes vertes petites
Marennes vertes Supérieures
Marennes vertes Extra
L'Assiette Saintongaise
Truite fumée
Saumon fumé - Balik
Oeuf en Gelée
Oeuf Lucullus
Omelette au Caviar
Le Plat du Gourmet See "To-day"
Rouennais a la Presse (3 to 4 pers), pommes batailles
Côtes d'Agneau, pommes batailles
Rognons grillés Vert Pré, pommes batailles
Entrecôte Minute, pommes batailles
Tournedos au Beurre d'Anchois, pommes batailles
Pilaff de Volaille au Curry
Pieds de mouton poulette
Filet Boston (6 Huitres)
1/2 Poularde au riz suprême (2 pers.)
Langue froide
Jambon d'York
Boeuf Mode en Gelée
Mayonnaise de Volaille St. James's
Poulet froid, la cuisse
Poulet froid l'Alle
Terrine de Gibier
Foie gras en gelée de Porto
cafe filtre
Grape fruit
Cafe Decafeine
Bouquet
Petit sandwich de Caviar de Saumon
Petite coquille, sauce verte
fine bouche de saumon fumé

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Pieds de Mouton Poulette: Sheep's feet, Mushroom sauce with yolk of Egg and Cream
Poularde au Riz Supreme: Boiled Chicken, its stock thickened with Cream, served with Rice
Tournedos au Beurre d'Anchois: Tournedos served with butter mixed with Anchovy Sauce
Filet Boston: Tournedos with Oysters and Hollandaise Sauce
Pilaff de Volaille au Curry: Rice Cake Stuffed with Chicken, Curry Sauce
Mayonnaise de Volaille St. James's: Sliced Chicken with Mayonnaise, Lettuce Salad, Tomatoes, Eggs and Olives
Rouennais a la Presse: First recipe in London from the famous Rouen and Duclerc country recipe, served with chipped potatoes and specially cooked apples prepared in front of the Customer
Consommé Celestine: Consommé served with chopped pancake
Soupe à l'Oignon gratinée: Onion soup with consommé, cheese on the top, browned in oven
Clam Chowder: Clams, Onions, Thyme, Leeks, Potatoes, Bacon, Pimentoes and Tomatoes
Bisque de Homard: Lobster Soup
Soupe aux Moules: Mussel soup
Potage aux Huitres: Oyster Soup
Potage de fruits de mer: Cream Soup with cooked Oysters, Clams, Mussels, altogether
Belon Petites or Supérieures: White Oysters very much like Natives, from the Belon River, Brittany
Marennes: Green Oysters from Marennes, a district on the River Seudre near Bordeaux
Assiette Saintongeaise: 6 small Belon served with hot sausage
Assiette de Fruits de Mer et le Sancerre: 1 Oursin, 1 Clam, 1 Palourde, 2 small Belon, 2 Small Marennes, 2 portugaises, Citron, Bread and Butter, 1 glass Sancerre
Crème de Maïs: Maize Cream
Crevettes Cocktail: Shrimps Cocktail
Crabe Cocktail: Crab Cocktail
Balik: Smoked Sturgeon
Saumon Fumé: Smoked Salmon
Truite Fumée: Smoked Trout
Crevettes Grises: Shrimps
Bouquet: Prawns
Bigorneaux: Winkles
Palourdes: Cockles
Oursins: Sea Urchins
Caviar de Saumon: Made with Salmon Roes
Caviar Russe Sevruga: Fresh Caviar but with smaller eggs than Oscietre
Caviar Russe Oscietre: Best quality
Oeuf en Gelee: Egg enrobed in Jelly
Oeuf Lucullus: Egg on Toast with Foie Gras and Jelly
Caviar pressé: pressed caviar
Omelette Caviar: Omelette with Caviar
Coquille de Moules Rémoulade: Mussels in a shell dressed with Mayonnaise seasoned with capers, parsley and chervil
Rouget Barbet Orientale: Red Mullet, Tomatoes Saffron, Olives
Crabe Mexicaine: Crab meat, Lettuce, served in crab shell
Crabé Dresse a la Mayonnaise: Dressed Crab
Grillade au Fenouil: Common fish grilled with fennel in front of client, as prepared in the South of France
Lotte a l'Americaine: Rock Salmon with American Sauce
Bouillabaisse: a variety of Fish with Tomatoes and Saffron Sauce
Raie au beurre noisette: Skate cooked in burnt butter
Merlan Crawford: Whiting fried in crumbs with Bearnaise Sauce
Pilaff: Rice cake stuffed with Crab, Shrimps or Mussels or Dublin Prawns, and served with American, Newburg, Valenciennes or Curry Sauce
St. Jacques au Whisky: Scollops with Cream Sauce flavoured with Whisky
St. Jacques Prunier: Scollops served in shell with Cream Sauce
St. Jacques Bordelaise: Scollops with Cream Sauce made with white wine, brandy, tomatoes
St. Jacques Rochelaise: Scollops served with a sauce made from the ingredients as the butter for Escargots de Bourgogne
St. Jacques Mariniere: Scollops cooked in a similar manner to Moules Mariniere
St. Jacques Americaine: Scollops with American Sause
Variété Prunier: A selection of Oysters cooked in six different ways served in shells
Filet de Turbot ou Barbue Dieppoise: Fillet of Turbot or Brill with White Wine and Cream Sauce, Shrimps and Mussels
Filets de Sole Prunier: Sole, Poached Oysters, Truffles, Sauce with White Wine and Cream
Sole Grillée: Grilled Sole with melted butter
Homard Nage: Lobster served in hot Court-bouillon
Homard Thermidor: Lobster Meat, Truffles, Mushroom Sauce on half Lobster shell
Homard Newburg: Lobster with Cream Sauce with Sherry Truffles
Homard grille: Broiled Lobster
Homard Bordelaise: Lobster meat, Brunoise of Vegetables, Mushrooms, White Wine, Schallots Sauce
Grenouilles Bordelaise ou Saintongeaise: Frogs Legs fried in butter with shallot or garlic
Haricots verts: French Beans
Champignons: Mushrooms
Salade Panachee: a variety of salad or Lettuce with Eggs and Tomatoes
Petits Pois: Peas
Artichaut: Artichoke
Courgettes: Baby Marrows
Laitue: Lettuce
Scarole: Endive
Chicoree: Curly Chicory
Crepes a l'Orange: Pancakes similar to Crepe Suzette cooked with butter and orange, a drop of Triple Sec Liqueur
Souffle Rothschild: Souffle stuffed with Fruits and Kirsch
Pêche Flambée au Kirsch: Peach singed with Kirsch
Ecrevisses au Fumet: Cray Fish in Court-bouillon

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"Clubland White" port
Fonseca Rare Old port, delicate and delicious
Fonseca Fellowship Port
Fonseca Toastmaster Port
Prunier Special cocktail
Bronx Cocktail
Manhattan cocktail, Dry
Martini Cocktail, Dry
Rob Roy Cocktail
Orange Blossom Cocktail
Leave It to Me cocktail
Monkey Gland Cocktail
Clover Club Cocktail
Bacardi Cocktail
Between the Sheets cocktail
Hercules cocktail
SIDE CAR COCKTAIL
The Monk cocktail
White Lady cocktail
Pink Lady Cocktail
Champagne Cocktail
Coolers
Sours
Fizzes
Flips
Chablis
Chablis 1929
Chablis Lys 1929
Chablis Clos 1926
Chablis Vauxdesir 1926
Pouilly 1929
Pouilly 1928
Meursault Genevrières 1933
Montrachet 1933
Hermitage la Tour Blanche 1928
Sancerre Sauvignon 1934
Sancerre Rosé 1937
Mesnil Nature 1937
Ch. La Ville Haut Brion 1934
Dopff Cotes Sylvaner
Dopff Réserve Riesling
Traminer (Hugel) 1934
Zeltinger Berg 1929
Berncasteler Graben 1931
Wawerner Herrenberger 1934
Rudesheimer Riesling 1929
Oppenheimer Schloss 1933
Johannisberg Riesling 1934
Mettenheimer Michelsberg Riesling 1931
Liebfraumilch 1929
Marcobrunner Auslese Naturgewachs 1934
Durkheimer Steinböhl Traminer Spätlese 1935
Vouvray 1933
Vouvray 1924
Anjou 1924
Anjou Rablay 1921
Anjou Rablay 1928
Ackerman Laurance, Dry Royal
Graves
Haut Loupiac
Barsac
Fleurie (to be decanted)
Mercurey (Clos l'Eveque) 1923
Moulin-a-Vent 1923
SAINT-ESTèPHE
Ch. La Mission Haut Brion (Pessac) 1926
Ch. Carbonnieux 1928
CRU DE CHEVALIER 1921
CRU DE CHEVALIER (Leognan) 1920
Ch. Branaire Ducru (St. Julien) 1924
Ch. Pichon Longueville 1918
Ch. Latour (Pauillac) 1919
Ch. Margaux 1919
Ch. La Mission Haut Brion (Pessac) 1921
Ch. Rauzan Gassies (margaux) 1906
Ch. Durfort vivens (Margaux) 1904
Ch. Haut Bailly (Leognan) 1904
Ch. Brane-Cantenac (Cantenac) 1906
Ch. Brane-Cantenac (Cantenac) 1899
Ch. Margaux (Margaux) 1906
Ch. Haut Brion (Pessac) 1906
Ch. Haut Brion (Pessac) 1904
Ch. Palmer (Margaux) 1890
Pommard 1929
Mazoyères Chambertin (Belorgey) 1919
Bonnes Mares (Belorgey) 1919
Beaune Cent-Vignes 1919
Echezeaux 1920
Nuits Boudots (Camuzet) 1920
Chateauneuf du Pape 1933
Saint-Emilion
POMEROL
Ch. Le Lyonnat (Lussac St. Emilion) 1920
Ch. Gazin (Pomerol) 1924
Ch. Cheval Blanc 1919
Ch. Petrus (Pomerol) 1924
Ch. Cheval Blanc (St-Emilion) 1906
Ch. Ricaud (Haut-Loupiac) 1921, Vin
Ch. Guitteronde (Haut Barsac) 1923, Vin
Ch. St-Aman (Sauternes) 1921, Vin
Ch. St-Aman 1923, Vin
Ch. Myrat (Barsac) 1914, Vin
Ch. Coutet (Barsac) 1916, Vin
Ch. Lafaurie Peyraguey Imprime en France (Sauternes) 1920, Vin
Ch. La Tour Blanche (Bommes) 1921, Vin
Ch. Suduiraut (Preignac) 1900, Vin
Fine Old Amontillado Sherry (Williams & Humbert)
Superior Vino de Pasto (Gonzalez Byass) Sherry
Carmyn Fino Dry Sherry
Dry Sack Sherry (Williams & Humbert)
Tio Pepe (Gonzalez Byass) Sherry
Calvados
Kirsch
Calvados 1906
Calvados 1893
Vieux Marc de Champagne 1906
Vieux Marc Clos Vougeot 1906
Vieux Kirsch 1914
Armagnac Kressmann
Armagnac 1865
Rouyer Guillet***
Fine Charente Prunier
Fine Normandin 1884
Otard Dupuy V.S.O.P.
Fine Courvoisier, V.S.O.P.
Fine Croizet V.S.O.
Fine Monnet (40 years old)
Grande Fine Champagne (Berry Bros.) 1904
Fine Martell Cordon Bleu
Fine Normandin Extra 1875
Otard Dupuy 1848
Bisquit Dubouché 1858
Fine Champagne 1865
Les Liqueurs Francaises
Bénédictine
Cointreau
Peach Brandy
Cordial Médoc
Chartreuse Verte
Cherry Rocher
GRAND MARNIER, Cordon rouge
Vielle Cure, Marie Brizard
Kummel Wolfschmidt
Kummel Bols (Dutch)
Kummel Eckau (Cte. de Pahlen)
Seagram Bourbon
John Haig, Gold Label
John Walker, Red Label
John Dewar, White Label
J. Buchanan, Black and White
Canadian Club Whisky
Ballantines' Pure Scotch Liqueur Whisky, 10 years old
White Horse Scotch Whisky
John Haig, Dimple Scot
John Walker, Black Label
King George IV
John Jameson***
Vat 250 Very Old Scotch Whisky
Liqueurs Memoirs
Booth's Finest Old Matured Dry gin
Gordon's Gin
Seager Gin
White Satin Gin
Bols gin
Champagne St. James's
Champagne Reserve Prunier (Tarin) Ex. Dry 1928
Ayala, Ex. Quality Ex. Dry 1928, Champagne
Ayala, Ex. Quality, Ex. Dry 1926, Champagne
Ayala, Brut, Champagne
Bollinger, Ex. quality, Ex. Dry 1919, Champagne
Bollinger, Ex. Quality, Ex. Dry 1828, Champagne
Bollinger, Ex. Quality 1918, Champagne
Bollinger, Ex. Quality 1915, Champagne
Bollinger, Ex. Quality 1911, Champagne
Moët et Chandon, Dry Imperial 1928, Champagne
Moët et Chandon, Dry Impérial 1926, Champagne
Moët et Chandon, Brut Impérial 1914, Champagne
Moët et Chandon, Brut Impérial 1911, Champagne
Moët et Chandon, Brut Impérial 1906, champagne
Louis Roederer, Ex. Dry 1928, Champagne
Louis Roederer, Ex. Dry 1926, Champagne
Louis Roederer, Brut 1915, Champagne
Louis Roederer, Brut 1914, Champagne
Louis Roederer, Brut 1906, Champagne
Ernest Irroy, Ex. Quality, Carte d'Or 1928, Champagne
Ernest Irroy, Carte d'Or Ex. Sec. 1920, Champagne
Ernest Irroy, Brut 1914, Champagne
Ernest Irroy, Brut 1911, Champagne
Ernest Irroy, Brut 1906, Champagne
Delbeck, Brut Helios 1919, Champagne
Delbeck, Brut Helios 1911, Champagne
Giesler, Brut 1911, Champagne
Georges Goulet 1926, Champagne
Georges Goulet, Brut 1919, Champagne
Georges Goulet, Brut 1915, Champagne
Charles Heidsieck, Ex. Dry 1928, Champagne
Charles Heidsieck, Brut 1921, Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole Dry 1929, Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole, Dry 1928, Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole, Brut 1911, Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole, Dry 1906, Champagne
Lanson, Ex. Quality, Ex. Dry 1928, Champagne
Lanson, Brut 1921, Champagne
Lanson, Brut 1918, Champagne
Lanson, Brut 1915, Champagne
Lanson, Brut 1906, Champagne
Krug, Private Cuvée, Ex. Sec. 1929, Champagne
Krug, Private Cuvée, Ex. Sec. 1928, Champagne
Montebello, Brut 1919, Champagne
Piper Heidsieck, Brut 1921, Champagne
Piper Heidsieck, Brut 1919, Champagne
Piper Heidsieck, Brut 1915, Champagne
Perrier Jouët, Réserve Cuvée 1928, Champagne
Perrier Jouët 1926, Champagne
Perrier Jouët, Brut 1921, Champagne
Perrier Jouët, Brut 1919, Champagne
Perrier Jouët, Brut 1906, Champagne
Pol Roger 1928, Champagne
Pol Roger, Ex. Dry 1926, Champagne
Pol Roger, Brut 1919, Champagne
Pol Roger, Brut 1915, Champagne
Pol Roger, Brut 1906, Champagne
Pommery Nature 1929, Champagne
Pommery Rose 1929, Champagne
Pommery Rose 1928, Champagne
Pommery Nature 1928, Champagne
Pommery Nature 1915, Champagne
Pommery Nature 1911, Champagne
Pommery Nature 1906, Champagne
Vve. Clicquot, Dry 1929, Champagne
Vve Clicquot, Dry, England 1928, Champagne
Vve. Clicquot, Dry 1919, Champagne
G. H. Mumm, Cordon Rouge, Champagne
G. H. Mumm, Cordon Rouge 1919, Champagne
G. H. Mumm, Cordon Rouge 1921, Champagne
G. H. Mumm, Cordon Rouge 1920, Champagne
St-Marceaux, Ex. Dry 1928, Champagne
St-Marceaux, Ex. Dry 1923, Champagne
St-Marceaux, Brut 1919, Champagne
St-Marceaux, Brut 1914, Champagne
St-Marceaux, Brut 1911, Champagne
Salon, Brut 1928, Champagne
Bass Pale Ale
Guinness's Stout
Worthington Beer
Barclay's London Lager
Carlsberg Lager, Light
Tuborg Lager
Pilsner Van den Heuvel Ale
Pilsner Urquell Ale
Apollinaris Eaux Minerales
Toutes les Eaux Francaises Eaux Minerales
Soda
Manhattan cocktail, Sweet
Martini Cocktail, Sweet
Marc
Mirabelle
Quetsch

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