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The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.

Date
1918-01-29
Restaurant
The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.
Physical description
35.5x19.5cm folded; 35.5x39cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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

Dishes

Page 1

Phila. squab$0.90
Half chicken with salad in season$0.85
Hot or cold mince pie$0.15
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
New apple pie$0.15
Assorted French pastry (1)$0.10
Custard caramel$0.15
French Pancakes$0.20
Omelette au kirsch, rum$0.60
Stewed prunes or apple sauce$0.15
Mixed nuts with raisins and figs$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.25
Baked Apple with Cream$0.15
California pears$0.20
Macedoine of fruits au marasquin$0.20
Assorted plate of fruit$0.25
California grapes$0.20
Grape fruit$0.30
Grape Fruit, Half$0.15
Petits fours secs$0.20
Eclair$0.10
Baba au rhum (1)$0.05
Petits fours glaces$0.25
Macaroons or lady fingers$0.20
Mendiants (mendicants)$0.25
Champagne wafers$0.20
Guava jelly$0.25
Bar-le-Duc jelly with Gervais cheese$0.40
Omelette, soufflee$0.90
Omelet confiture$0.50
Bananas$0.15
Oranges$0.20
Sliced Bananas and Cream$0.15
Pineapple sliced au jus$0.15
Salade de fruit glace$0.50
Table apples$0.20
Ice cream served with fruit (extra)$0.10

Page 3

Raie [skate wings], beurre noir, boiled potatoes$0.50
Broiled shad, hoteliere$0.60
Fried Maine scallops, sauce ravigote$0.75
Eperlans [smelts], sauce tartare$0.60
Brook trout [1], saute meuniere, potatoes parisienne$0.65
Broiled shad roe on toast, matire d'hotel$0.75
Filets of sole, Joinville$0.60
Boiled Sea Bass, Sauce Hollandaise$0.50
Baked weakfish a la d'Uxelles$0.60
Anguilles [eels] fried, sauce remoulade$0.50
Halibut steak broiled, sauce Colbert$0.55
Picked-up codfish au gratin, home style$0.50
Tranche de saumon froid [cold salmon], sauce Figaro$0.65
Ruby Champagne cocktail$0.50
Civet of wild rabbit, bonne femme$0.50
Emince of chicken a la king en cassolette$0.75
Grenouilles [frogs' legs] au vin blanc$0.90
Eggs a la tripe gratine$0.50
Half squab chicken fried, corn fritter$0.75
Crab flakes with pimentoes au gratin$0.90
Omelet with tomatoes a la provencale$0.50
Poached eggs, Gounod$0.50
Whole Philadelphia spring chicken en casserole, bourgeoise$2.00
Cabinet pudding, fruit sauce$0.20
Home-made goose liver pate cold, potato salad$0.50
Cold boned capon in jelly$0.60
Roulade of bear, Chevreuse fried sweet potatoes$0.75
Long Island spring duckling stuffed, apple sauce$0.85
Maryland turkey stuffed, cranberry sauce$0.90
Native bear steak a la bigarade, fried sweet potatoes$1.25
Native bear chop [1], bigarade, fried sweet potatoes$0.90
Whole native pheasant bread sauce, currant jelly$5.00
Fresh native mallard duck, currant jelly, fried hominy$4.00
Chicken a la King in chafing dish$1.25
Fresh mushrooms broiled or saute$1.00
Fresh mushrooms broiled or saute sous cloche$1.25
Crab flakes a la Dewey in chafing dish$1.50
Whole spring guinea-hen broiled$2.00
Half spring guinea-hen broiled$1.00

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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