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The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.

Date
1918-01-25
Restaurant
The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.
Physical description
35.5x19.5cm folded; 35.5x39cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 1

Cold Phila. squab$0.90
Cold smoked tongue with jelly$0.65
Cold assorted meats, potato salad$0.65
Cold half chicken with salad in season$0.85
Cold Roast Beef, Potato Salad$0.65
Cold lamb with string bean salad$0.75
Hot 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
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
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
half$0.15
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$0.10
Strawberry ice cream in glass$0.25
Pistache ice cream in glass$0.25
Chocolate ice cream in glass$0.25
French vanilla in glass$0.25
Lemon Ice$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.30
Nesselrode Pudding$0.30
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
Escarole$0.25
Romaine$0.25
Lettuce$0.30
Meli-Melo$0.35
Watercress$0.15
Heart of Lettuce$0.35
Vegetable$0.50
Endive with egg$0.50
Tomato$0.40
Salade Mouquin$0.40
Celery$0.35
Cucumber$0.30
Chicory$0.25
Chicken with mayonnaise$0.75
Potato$0.25
Beet$0.25
Crab flakes en coquilles$0.90
Mayonnaise, extra$0.15
Egg, extra$0.10
Fines herbs, extra$0.05
Fresh shrimp salad, mayonnaise$0.90
Crab flake salad, mayonnaise$1.25
Gervais$0.15
Roquefort$0.25
Isigny$0.20
Brie$0.20
Munster$0.20
Gruyere, domestic$0.25
Young American$0.15
Camembert, domestic$0.20
Port du Salut$0.25
Special coffee, to order, per cup$0.20
Chocolate, cup$0.15
Cocoa, cup$0.15
French coffee, demi-tasse$0.10
Bavaroise$0.20
Cafe frappe au kirsch$0.35
Cafe diabolique, per person$0.40
Glass of milk$0.10
Black, mixed or 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$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, casserole$2.00
Small beefsteak$0.65
Small beefsteak with fried onions$0.70
Small beefsteak wih 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
Combination$0.10
Mutton chops (2)$0.75
Sauce bordelaise a la moelle with steaks$0.25
Sauce bearnaise or Bercy, extra$0.20
Crab flakes a la Newburg in chafing dish$1.50
Vol-au-vent of chicken, reine$0.75
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Stewed kidney, marchand de vin$0.50
Fried Country Sausages$0.45
Cold mince pie$0.15

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Boiled Spanish onion, cream sauce$0.25
Sea bass aux fines herbes$0.50
Clam Chowder, Rhode Island Style$0.25
Prime ribs of beef with kohlrabi in cream$0.65
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Anti-pasti$0.30
Lima beans, beurre$0.25
Onion soup with cheese au gratin, to order$0.25
String beans, beurre$0.25
Oyster omelet, bechamel$0.50
Finnan haddie a la Dewey$0.60

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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