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Hawaiian Room

Date
1940-09-01
Restaurant
Hawaiian Room
Physical description
28.5x23cm folded; 28.5x45.5cm open
Currency
Dollars

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Dishes

Planked Steak Dinner - Our regular Club Dinner with a 12 ounce choice sirloin steak planked with fresh vegetables (Per Person)$3.50
Whole Baby Flounder Saute with Grapes$1.75
Whole Baby Flounder Saute with Grapes$1.75
Whole Baby Flounder Saute with Grapes$1.75
Assorted Meat with Chicken, Vegetable Salad$1.30
Home Cured Corned Beef with Potato Salad$1.10
Galantine of Capon with Pistachio, Russian Salad$1.40
Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Tomato Surprise$1.35
Sugar-cured Ham with Potato Salad, Orange Marmalade$1.00
Alligator Pear Stuffed with Crab Meat Salad, Asparagus Tips$1.20
Lima beans$0.35
Buttered Young Beets$0.25
Broiled Bluefish, Butter Hoteliere, Baked Tomato$1.20
Fresh Mountain Brook Trout Saute Belle Meuniere, Cucumber Vernon$1.25
Broiled Baby Turkey (Half For Two Persons), Canadian Bacon, Cranberry Jelly$3.50
Broiled Lake Erie Whitefish, Escoffier Butter$1.90
Roast Quarter of Spring Lamb, Pan Gravy$1.80
Hawaiian Dish: Moa Oma Me Leko Me Palaoa, Rice$2.50
Paprika Veal Schnitzel, Hungarian Style$2.10
Hearts of Celery
CONSOMME ROYAL PRINTANIERE
The Lexington Chef's Salad Bowl with Toasted Cheese Rolls$0.60
Garniture of Anchovies, Shrimp or Sardine$0.75
Chilled Jumbo Fresh Fruit Place, Sherbet Center, Honey Dressing$0.75
H-A-L-A COCKTAIL$0.60
Okolehao Punch$0.60
COCOANUT SLING$0.60
Imported Champagne Cocktail$1.35
Jacques Bonet Champagne (1928)
HELLZAPOPPIN COCKTAIL$0.60
ROYAL HAWAIIAN COCKTAIL$0.45
HAWAIIAN PARADISE COCKTAIL$0.50
SWEET LEILANI COCKTAIL$0.60
Cold Tomato Stuffed with Crab Meat Salad, Saratoga Chips$1.20
Omelette with Swiss Cheese and Onions, Fried Potatoes$1.10
Deep-dish Blueberry Pie$0.25
Cup Custard$0.25
Cocoanut Rum Ice Cream$0.30
Shrimp Salad$0.90
Lobster salad$1.50
Chicken salad$1.25
Chicken Salad, all White Meat$1.60
Crab Meat salad$1.25
Celery Clam Stew$0.60
Lobster Cocktail$0.80
Clams Casino$0.70
Mignon of Sirloin Steak Bouquetiere$2.50
Kupa-Moa-Royal Hawaiian (Breast of Chicken Saute, Cream Sauce, Cocoanut Milk, Green Leafs, Fried Banana)$1.85
Broiled Baby Duckling (Half), Irish Bacon, Sauce Chantilly$1.70
Escallopines of Veal Saute au Marsala, Garden Spinach$1.30
Freshly Cooked Garden Vegetable Plate, Poached Egg, Hollandaise$1.10
POTATO DU JOUR
Peach Layer Chantilly$0.25
Chocolate eclair$0.25
Assorted Cookies$0.25
orange sherbet$0.25
Vanilla ice cream$0.30
Chocolate Ice Cream$0.30
rice pudding$0.25
Coffee Ice Cream$0.25
Fresh Peach Ice Cream$0.30
Chocolate Parfait$0.40
Marron Sundae$0.40
Pineapple Ice$0.25
Assorted stewed Fruit$0.40
Kona- Famous Hawaiian Coffee Freshly Brewed in Electric Percolator, for Two Persons$0.50
Peas$0.35
Spinach$0.30
Spinach with egg$0.35
Eggplant$0.30
Fresh Artichokes$0.50
Baked Potato$0.30
Cauliflower$0.40
Hubbard Squash$0.30
Mashed potatoes$0.25
String Beans$0.30
Creamed Potatoes$0.35
Boiled potato$0.25
Fruit Cocktail Supreme$0.50
Sauerkraut Juice$0.25 – $0.40
Cape Cod Farms-Cape Celery and Tomato Cocktail Served in Bottle$0.30
Grapes$0.30
Fruit Compote$0.40
Young Onions
Cream of Celery with Tapioca
Mixed Olives
Cold Vichyssoise Soup
Honey Dew Melon
Chilled Tomato or Pineapple Juice
California Fruit Cup
Canape a la Russe
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
Iced Cantaloupe
Spanish Cranshaw Melon$0.55
Little Neck clams
Prune Juice
Hearts of Celery$0.30
Queen olives$0.25
Little Neck clams$0.40
crab meat cocktail$0.70
CONSOMME ROYAL PRINTANIERE$0.20 – $0.30
Chicken broth$0.30
Cream of tomato$0.30
Beef bouillon$0.30
Vegetable$0.30
Cream of Celery with Tapioca$0.15 – $0.25
Lettuce Salad$0.40
Preserved Cherries
Tricolor Parfait Brandy Liquer$0.25
Meringue Glace au Kirsch$0.25
Crepes Suzette$0.50
Breaded Calves Sweetbread, Sauce Poulette, Sting Beans, French Fried Potatoes$1.50
Apple Pie
Acidophilus Milk$0.30
Assorted Hors D'oeuvres$0.80
Fresh Gulf Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail$0.60
Antipasto Lexington$0.60
French Sardines$0.35
Ripe Olives$0.30
Russian caviar$2.00
Orange Juice$0.25 – $0.40
Clam juice$0.25 – $0.40
Cherrystone Clams$0.40
Cherries Flambee$0.50
Pears Flambee$0.50
Peaches Flambee$0.50
Coupe Ka Moi$0.25
Cafe Diable$0.50
Kona Hawaiian Coffee
Coffee
Milk
Tea
Deep-dish Blueberry Pie
Coffee Ice Cream
Fresh Peach Ice Cream
Fresh Peach Ice Cream
Peach Layer Chantilly
Peach Layer Chantilly
Vanilla Ice Cream, Melba Sauce
Chocolate Ice Cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream
Watermelon
Choice of Cheese
Choice of Cheese
Chocolate eclair
Pineapple Ice
Cocoanut Rum Ice Cream
Butter pecan ice cream
Mixed Garden Greens with Chef's Dressing
Creamed Kernal Corn and Peas
Mashed Potatoe
Braised celery
Boiled potatoes
Buttered string beans
O'Brien Potatoes
A Fresh Vegetable Dinner with Poached Egg$1.80
Cold Supreme of Chicken Jeanette$2.20
Breast of Guinea Hen, Under Bell Eugenie$2.50
Filet Mignon en Casserole Rossini$2.75
ROAST PRIME RIBS OF BEEF, Natural Gravy$2.50
COMBINATION SALAD$0.40
Alligator Pear Salad$0.40
Coronation Salad (Diced Chicken, Celery, Carrots, Peas)$0.75
Julienne of Chicken, Ham, Tongue, New String Beans$1.00
Fresh Fruit in Season with Cream$0.40
Creamed Cottage Cheese$0.25
CAMEMBERT CHEESE$0.30
Stilton Cheese$0.30
AMERICAN CHEESE$0.25
Genuine Switzerland Swiss Cheese$0.25
Cream Cheese$0.25
Liederkranz Cheese$0.30
Honey Dew Melon$0.50
Fresh Pear$0.25
Edam Cheese$0.35
Port du Salut cheese$0.35
Fresh Pineapple$0.35
Iced Watermelon$0.40
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.30
Gouda Cheese$0.30
Bel Paese Cheese$0.35
India Tea (pot)$0.25
Coffee (pot)$0.25
Grade "A" Milk (bottle)$0.20
Tea (Pot)$0.25
Buttermilk$0.20
Kaffee Hag$0.35
Cocoa$0.30
Chocolate$0.30
Demi-tasse$0.15
Postum$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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