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The Ambassador

Date
1933-07-04
Restaurant
The Ambassador
Physical description
28x17.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

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Tomato Juice Cocktail
Clam Juice Cocktail
Jellied Essence of Beef
Jellied Essence of Tomato
Jellied Essence of Okra
Green olives
Ripe Olives
Vanilla ice cream
Coffee Ice Cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Crabflakes au Gratin, Virginia, Choice of Vegetable and Potatoes or Salad$1.50
Glaced Wiltshire Ham, Pineapple SauceChoice of Vegetable and Potatoes or Salad$1.50
Kernel of Lamb RochambeauChoice of Vegetable and Potatoes or Salad$1.50
Long Island Duckling Roti, Spiced Apples$1.50
Vegetable Dinner with Poached EggChoice of Vegetable and Potatoes or Salad$1.50
COLD Loin of Veal en Gelee EcarloteChoice of Vegetable and Potatoes or Salad$1.50
Charlotte Russe
Boston Cream Pie
RELISHES
Soup
Hors d'oeuvres varies
Coupe of Fruit Americaine
Heart of Celery
Crabflakes au Gratin Virginia$2.00
Garniture of Potato Salad with Cold Meats, extra$0.25
Garniture of Beet Salad with Cold Meats, Extra$0.25
Vanilla ice cream
Coffee Ice Cream
Chocolate Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Orange ice
Pineapple Ice
Raspberry Ice
Sherbet a la Menthe
AMERICAN CHEESE
Swiss cheese
Cream Cheese
Veloute of Chicken Delaware
Consomme Double National
Broiled Squab Chicken Picadilly$2.00
Noisettes of Lamb Rochambeau$2.00
Long Island Duckling Poele Washington$2.00
COLD Chaud Froid of Chicken Renaissance$2.00
Broccoli Milanaise
Fresh Spinach Veloute
Potatoes Parisienne
Potatoes au Gratin
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Vanilla Ice Cream Montmorency
Charlotte Russe
Boston Cream Pie
Apple
Orange
Watermelon
Cherries
Cooked Oregon Plums
Baked Apple
Assorted Compote
Raspberry Water Ice
Orange Water Ice
PINEAPPLE WATER ICE
Assorted cheese
Fruit in Season
Demi Tasse
Mints
Pear
Fresh Pineapple
Iced tea
Iced coffee
Chocolate or Strawberry Ice Cream
Demi Tasse
Chicken salad$1.75
Assorted Cold Cuts$1.25
Creme Bourbonnaise$0.45
halibut parisienne$1.00
Lobster salad$1.75
Crabflakes Ravigote$0.85
Prager ham$1.00
Pickled Lamb Tongue$0.75
Beef$0.30
Chicken$0.35
Okra$0.40
Madrilene$0.40
Consomme (Liquide or Jelly)
Galantine of Capon Truffled$1.25
Long Island Duckling (1/2)$1.75
Pate de Foie gras de Strasbourg$1.50
Supreme of Chicken Jeannette$1.50
Sliced Chicken$1.25
Assorted Cold Cuts with Chicken$1.50
Home Made Ham and Veal Pie$1.00
Roast beef$1.00
Spring Lamb$1.10
Fresh Shrimp Salad$1.00
Virginia Han$1.00
Virginia Han$1.00
Crabflakes Salad$1.00
Baby Lobster$1.40
Lobster Mayonaise (1/2)$1.40
Kennebec Salmon, Sauce Verte$1.10
Bortschock$0.40
Apple

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Charlotte Russe$0.35
Strawberry tart$0.35
Boston Cream Pie$0.30
Green Apple Pie$0.30
GREEN APPLE PIE A la Mode$0.50
rice pudding$0.35
Pot Custard Varies$0.30
Hot House Chicken$2.50
Fresh Killed Milkfed Chicken$3.00
Fresh Squab Chicken$1.50
Guinea Hen$3.25
Chicken Reine$3.50
Royal Squab$1.50
Long Island Duckling$3.50
Filets of Sole Lafayette$1.00
Crab Flakes au Gratin Virginia$1.00
Filets of Sole Glaced Menagere$1.00
Broiled Halibut Mirabeau$1.00
Crabflakes au Gratin Jules$1.00
Soft Shell Crabs, Broiled (3)$1.10
Brook Trout Saute Vigneronne$1.00
Supreme of Bass Mourrier$1.00
Baked Lobster in Shell, Casino$1.40
Broiled Baby Lobster$1.40
Green Corn on Cob$0.35
Green Cornon Cob in Chafing Dish$0.60
Green Asparagus$0.85
Lima beans$0.55
Plain spinach$0.40
Creamed Spinach$0.50
Beets$0.40
Egg Plant au Gratin$0.45
Stuffed Tomato$0.40
Celery with marrow$0.60
Succotash$0.65
Cauliflower$0.60
Preserved French Peas$0.55
Preserved French Peas a l'Etuvee or Rodel$0.65
GREEN PEAS$0.50
Baby String Beans$0.55
Fresh Noodles$0.40
Spaghetti au Beurre$0.40
Spaghetti au Gratin$0.50
Wild Rice$0.45
French Pastry$0.25
Fresh Apple$0.25
Fresh Pear$0.25
Fresh Grapes$0.50
Fresh Cherries$0.50
Assorted Fresh Fruit$1.00
Figs (3)$0.40
Berries in Season
Cooked Fresh Pear$0.40
Cooked Plums$0.35
Cooked Rhubarb$0.40
Cooked Cherries$0.50
Cooked Compote Assorted$0.60
Demi Tasse$0.20
Coffee Filtre$0.30
Coffee Filtre with Cream$0.40
Coffee with Creom$0.35
Instant Postum$0.30
Sanka$0.30
Kaffee Hagg$0.30
Tea$0.25
Tea with Lemon$0.30
Tea with cream$0.35
Iced Coffe$0.35
Iced tea$0.30
Instant Postum with Cream$0.40
Sanka with Cream$0.40
Kaffee Hagg with Cream$0.40
Buttermilk (1/2) pt.$0.20
Bread and Butter$0.25
Acidophilus (Lederle)$0.35
Grade A Milk, Half Pint$0.20
Grade A Milk, Pint$0.30
Chocolat with Whipped Cream$0.35
Cocoa with Whipped Cream$0.35
Stuffed Pear Brillat Savarin$0.75
Coeur a la Creme$0.60
GLACED WILTSHIRE HAM, PINEAPPLE SAUCE, Green Peas au Beurre$1.10
BREAST OF CHICKEN VIRGINIA, FRIED BANANA, CORN FRITTER$1.75
BROILED CLUB LAMB CHOP ROCHAMBEAU$1.00
Long Island Duckling Poele Washington$1.25
Prime ribs of beef$1.00
PRIME RIBS OF BEEF with PARISIENNE POTATOES, Fresh Spinach Veloute$1.25
Vegetable Dinner$0.90
Vegetable Dinner with Poached Egg$1.00
Veloute of Chicken Delaware soup$0.35
Petite marmite soup$0.45
Consomme Double National soup$0.30
Germiny Soup$0.40
Okra Creole soup$0.40
Cream of tomato soup$0.40
Green Turtle Soup$0.65
Beef Broth$0.30
Chicken broth$0.35
Okra Broth$0.35
CLAM BROTH$0.40
Nicoise Broth$0.40
Little neck$0.40
Cherrystones$0.45
Cocktail Sauce$0.10
Mignonnette Sauce$0.10
Fresh Shrimp Cocktail$0.75
Crabflakes Cocktail$0.75
Lobster Cocktail$1.00
Tomato Juice$0.30
Clam juice$0.40
Sauerkraut Juice$0.30
Assorted Hors D'oeuvres$0.90
Assorted Hors d'Oeuvres (If Taken as a Course)$1.25
Green olives$0.30
Ripe Olives$0.35
Tomato Robespiere$0.65
Beluga Caviar$2.25
Watermelon$0.50
Supreme of Melon$0.75
Heart of Celery$0.40
Stuffed celery$0.60
Smoked Salmon$0.75
Westphalían Ham$0.85
Ambassador Appetizers$1.25
Orange Supreme$0.60
Grapefruit Supreme$0.60
Fruit Supreme$0.60
Grapefruit$0.45
Cantaloupe$0.50
Honey Dew Melon$0.65
Soft Shell Crabs, Fried (3)$1.10
Cream Cheese$0.35
Philadelphia Cream Cheese with Guava Jelly$0.60
Cheese, Assorted on Tray, Served with Saltines and Crackers$0.45
Cheese, Assorted on Tray, Served with Saltines and Crackers Individual Portion$0.40
Macaroni au beurre$0.40
Macaroni au gratin$0.50
Potatoes, boiled$0.25
Potatoes, Baked Idaho$0.30
Potatoes, French fried$0.30
Potatoes, mashed$0.35
Potatoes, Hashed in cream$0.35
Potatoes, Anna (for 2)$0.80
Potatoes, Hash Browned$0.35
Potatoes, lyonnaise$0.35
Potatoes, au gratin$0.40
Potatoes, Souffle$0.50
Sweet Potatoes, Fried$0.30
Sweet Potatoes, Grilled$0.35
Sweet Potatoes, Candied$0.40
Sweet Potatoes, Cubaine$0.50
Vienna Pastry$0.25
Salad, Chef's Special$0.50
Salad, Mixed Green a la Francaise$0.45
Salad, Chiffonade$0.60
Salad, Heart of Lettuce$0.40
Salad, Ambassador$0.60
Salad, Romaine$0.40
Salad, Lettuce and Tomato$0.50
Salad, Combination$0.55
Salad, Water Cress$0.40
Salad, Fruit$0.65
Salad, Cucumber$0.45
Salad, Tomato$0.45
Salad, Alligator Pear (1/2)$0.65
Ice Cream, Vanilla$0.40
Ice Cream, Chocolate$0.40
Ice Cream, Coffee$0.40
Ice Cream, Strawberry$0.40
Ice Cream, Mixed$0.45
Water Ice, Raspberry$0.35
Water Ice, Lemon$0.35
Water Ice, Orange$0.35
Water Ice, Apricot$0.35
Ice Cream, Pistachio$0.40
Water Ice, Pineapple$0.35
Sherbert a la Menthe$0.40
Ice Cream, Coupe Chestnuts$0.60
Ice Cream, Fresh Strawberries Melba$0.70

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Italian Vermouth$0.35
French Vermouth$0.35
Angostura Bitters$0.40
Ambassador Cup$1.75 – $3.00
Champblanc Cup$2.00 – $4.00
Loganberry Cup$1.50 – $2.50
California Cup$1.50 – $3.00
Florida Cup$1.50 – $3.00
Champblanc$1.75 – $3.50
Mott's Golden Russet$1.25 – $2.50
Duffy's Apple Juice$1.00 – $2.00
Canada Dry$0.45
Fernet Branca$0.40
Bromo Seltzer$0.35
Milk Shake$0.40
Soda Bi Carbonate$0.25
Lemon and Seltzer$0.30
Egg Nog$0.50
Grenadine$0.35
Hot Lemonade$0.60
Coco Cola$0.25
Egg Lemonade$0.60
Horse Neck$0.50
Loganberry Punch$0.50
Limeade Plain$0.40
Limeade Plain with Fruit$0.50
Orangeade Plain$0.40
Orangeade Plain with Fruit$0.50
Lemonade Plain$0.40
Lemonade Plain with Fruit$0.50
Apereints, Pluto$0.30
Apereints, Red Raven$0.30
Apereints, Apenta Imperial$0.90
Mineral Water, Saratoga Vichy$0.45
Mineral Water, Neuenahr$0.75
Loewer's Gambrinus, Light$0.25
R.A.H. Wurzburger$0.25
Trommer's, White$0.30
Schaefer's Brew, Light$0.30
Budweiser$0.40
Shlitz's Brau$0.40
Pabst's Blue Ribbon$0.40
Pickwick Ale$0.45
Frontenac Ale$0.55
Munchner Hofbrau$0.70
Tucher's Brau, Light$0.60 – $0.90
Mineral Water, White Rock$0.40 – $0.60
Mineral Water, Perrier$0.40 – $0.60
Mineral Water, Appolinaris$0.50 – $0.75
Mineral Water, Poland$0.35 – $0.80
Mineral Water, Kalak$0.75
Mineral Water, Celestine Vichy$0.50 – $0.90
C. & C. Ginger Ale, Imperial Dry$0.45
C. & C. Imported$0.50
Schwepp's Imported$0.50
Schwepp's Ginger Beer - Imported$0.50
Schwepp's Sarsaprilla$0.50
Schultz Sarsaparilla$0.50
Schultz Lemon Soda$0.50
Schwepp's Club Soda$0.50
Schultz Club Soda$0.25
Lime Dry Soda$0.40
Salutaris (Scotch Soda)$0.45
Loewer's Gambrinus, Dark$0.25
R.A.H. Pilsner$0.25
Trommer's, Dark Label$0.30
Schaefer's Brew, Dark$0.30
Tucher's Brau, Dark (Imported)$0.60 – $0.90

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