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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

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  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
Petits fours secs$0.20
Eclair$0.10
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
Baba au rhum$0.25
New apple pie$0.15
Petits fours glaces$0.25
Assorted French pastry (1)$0.10
Macaroons or lady fingers$0.20
Custard caramel$0.15
French Pancakes$0.20
Mendiants (mendicants)$0.25
Omelette au kirsch, rum$0.60
Champagne wafers$0.20
Stewed prunes or apple sauce$0.15
Guava jully$0.25
Mixed nuts with raisins and figs$0.25
Bar-le-Duc jelly with Gervais cheese$0.40
Assorted cakes$0.25
Omelette, soufflee$0.90
Omelet confiture$0.50
Baked Apple with Cream$0.15
Bananas$0.15
Oranges$20.00
California pears$0.20
Sliced Bananas and Cream$0.15
Macedoine of fruits au marasquin$0.20
Assorted plate of fruit$0.25
Pineapple sliced au jus$0.15
California grapes$0.20
Salade de fruit glace$0.50
Table apples$0.20
Grape fruit$0.15 – $0.30
Crab flakes a la Newburg in chafing dish$1.50
Ice cream served with fruit, extra$0.10
Vol-au-vent of chicken, reine$0.75
Strawberry ice cream in glass$0.25
Pistache ice cream in glass$0.25
Chocolate ice cream in glass$0.25
French vanilla ice cream in glass$0.25
Lemon Ice$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.30
Escarole Salad$0.25
Endive with egg salad$0.50
Nesselrode Pudding$0.30
Tomato Salad$0.40
Meringue glacee$0.30
Lalla Rookh punch$0.25
Roman Punch$0.20
Punch cardinal$0.20
Frozen coupe, Mouquin$0.35
Biscuit, Tortoni$0.30
Plombiere$0.30
Chicory Salad$0.25
Romaine Salad$0.25
Salade Mouquin$0.40
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Meli-Melo salad$0.35
Watercress Salad$0.15
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.35
Vegetable Salad$0.50
Celery Salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.30
Gruyere cheese, domestic$0.25
Chicken with mayonnaise salad$0.75
BEET SALAD$0.25
Potato salad$0.25
Crab flakes en coquille salad$0.90
Gervais cheese$0.15
Crab flake salad, mayonnaise$1.25
Young American cheese$0.15
Mayonnaise, extra$0.15
Egg, extra$0.10
Fines herbs, extra$0.05
Fresh shrimp salad, mayonnaise$0.90
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Isigny cheese$0.20
Brie$0.20
Munster cheese$0.20
Camembert, domestic cheese$0.20
Port du Salut cheese$0.25
Glass of milk$0.10
Black tea, per cup$0.15
Cafe diabolique$0.40
Cafe frappe au kirsch$0.35
Special coffee, to order, per cup$0.20
Chocolate, cup$0.15
French coffee, demi-tasse$0.10
Bavaroise$0.20
Cocoa, cup$0.15
Mixed tea, per cup$0.15
Green tea, per cup$0.15
Dry Toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.25
Coffee with cream served in pot, per cup$0.10
Buttered toast$0.20
Mazagran plain$0.10
Double cream, extra$0.05
Phila. jumbo squab on toast$1.00
Whole Jersey squab-chicken$1.10
Broiled Half Spring Chicken$0.85
Whole Phila. spring chicken, en casserole$2.00
Small beefsteak$0.65
Small beefsteak with fried onions$0.70
Small beefsteak with smothered onions$0.75
Small beefsteak with fried potatoes$0.70
Small beefsteak with mushrooms$0.90
Sirloin Steak$1.25
Sirloin Steak with Onions$1.35
Sirloin steak with smothered onions$1.40
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.45
Double Sirloin$2.25
Double sirloin with mushrooms$2.60
Double sirloin planked, bourgeoise$3.10
Double sirloin marchand de vin$3.10
Tenderloin Steak$1.35
Tenderloin steak with peas$1.45
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.60
Chateaubriant$2.60
Chateaubriant with mushrooms$3.10
Porterhouse Steak$3.00
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$3.50
Porterhouse steak, double$4.50
Porterhouse steak, double, with mushrooms$5.00
Lamb chops (3)$0.75
English mutton chop$0.90
English mutton chop combination$1.10
Mutton chops (2)$0.75
Sauce bordelaise a la moelle with steaks$0.25
Sauce bearnaise, extra$0.20
Sauce Bercy, extra$0.20
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Stewed kidney, marchand de vin$0.50
Fried Country Sausages$0.45
Veal, cutlet, milanaise$0.70
Broiled Ham$0.50
Broiled Bacon$0.50
Fried Liver and Bacon$0.50
EGGS, boiled [3]$0.30
Eggs au beurre noir (2)$0.30
EGGS, fried [3]$0.35
EGGS, scrambled [3]$0.35
Eggs a la tripe$0.45
Eggs a la chipolata$0.45
Eggs poached on toast (2)$0.35
Eggs a la cocote$0.50
Omelet, plain$0.40
Omelet with fine herbs$0.40
Omelet with ham$0.50
Omelet with Chicken Livers$0.50
Omelet with kidneys$0.50
Omelet with Bacon$0.50
Omelet with mushrooms$0.60
Omelet Espagnole$0.50
Ham and eggs$0.50
Yorkshire Buck$0.50
Golden buck$0.40
Welsh rarebit$0.35
Cheese Sandwich$0.25
Ham Sandwich$0.20
Tongue Sandwich$0.20
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.60
Chicken Sandwich$0.30
Club sandwich$0.30
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.30
Bacon with orders, extra$0.15
Portion in chafing dish, extra$0.15

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, maitre 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 an gratin, home style$0.50
Tranche de saumon froid [cold salmon], sauce Figaro$0.65
Ruby Champagne cocktail$0.50
Plat du Jour - 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 sqab chicken fried, corn fritter$0.75
Crab flakes with pimentoes au gratin$0.90
Omelet with tomataes a la provencale$0.50
Poached eggs, Gounod$0.50
Whole Phila. 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
L. I. 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, current jelly, fried hominy$4.00
Chicken a la King in chafing-dish$1.25
Fresh Mushrooms Broiled$1.00
Fresh Mushrooms Saute$1.00
Fresh mushrooms 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
Cape Cod oysters, doz.$0.40
Cape Cod oysters, half doz.$0.20
Blue Point oysters, doz.$0.30
Blue Point oysters, half doz.$0.15
Oysters, St. Jacques$0.50
Oysters, poulette$0.50
Cherry Stone clams, doz.$0.40
Cherry Stone clams, half doz.$0.20
Oyster Stew$0.35
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Oysters a la bourguignonne$0.50
Broiled oysters$0.40
Broiled Clams$0.40
Fried oysters$0.40
Fried Clams$0.40
Little-Neck clams, doz.$0.30
Little-Neck clams, half doz.$0.15
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Oysters with cocktail sauce, extra$0.10
Clams with cocktail sauce, extra$0.10
Chicken okra soup, piemontaise$0.25
Codfish chowder, New England style$0.25
Onion soup with cheese au gratin$0.25
Cold essence of chicken soup in cup$0.20
Clear green turtle soup, amontillado, cup$0.40
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Strained gumbo in cup, hot$0.25
Smoked filet of herring in oil$0.25
Saucisson d'Arles$0.20
Caviar$0.75
Pim-olas$0.20
Saucisson de Lyon$0.25
Dill Pickle$0.10
Cucumbers$0.30
Sliced Tomatoes$0.35
Pickle$0.10
Olives$0.15
Carciofini$0.30
Table Celery$0.35
Radishes$0.10
Ripe Olives$0.15
Anti-pasti$0.30
Pimentoes$0.20
Sardines$0.20
Chow-chow$0.10
Pickled beets$0.10
Filet d'anchois, huile$0.25
Green Onions$0.15
Stuffed olives$0.25
SPECIAL - Assorted hors d'oeuvre a la Mouquin$0.75
Boiled Spanish onion, cream sauce$0.25
Cepes and pimentoes, provencale$0.40
Asparagus tips au beurre$0.30
Hot house cauliflower, hollandaise$0.40
Oyster Bay Asparagus, Hollandaise$0.60
Oyster Bay asparagus, vinaigrette$0.60
Whole California artichoke, hollandaise$0.40
Whole California artichoke, vinaigrette$0.40
Boiled onion in cream$0.20
Spinach with egg$0.25
Macaroni au gratin$0.25
Spaghettis italienne$0.25
Spaghetti piemontaise$0.30
Fried egg-plant$0.25
Lima beans, beurre$0.25
String beans, beurre$0.25
Asparagus tips, hollandaise$0.40
Asparagus tips au gratin$0.40
Hot house cauliflower au gratin$0.50
Hot house cauliflower, polonaise$0.50
Julienne potatoes$0.15
Sautee potatoes$0.15
Lyonnaise Potatoes$0.15
Saratoga Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes Parisienne$0.15
Fried Potatoes$0.15
Mashed potatoes$0.15
Boiled potatoes$0.10
Baked Potatoes$0.15
Rissolee Potatoes$0.15
Hashed browned potatoes$0.15
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
Stewed potatoes$0.15
Souffle Potatoes$0.25
Boiled Sweet Potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Grilled sweet potatoes$0.30
Glace sweet potatoes$0.25
Southern Style Sweet Potatoes$0.25

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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