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The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.

Date
1918-01-26
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
Smoked tongue with jelly$0.65
Assorted meats, potato salad$0.65
Half chicken with salad in season$0.85
Roast beef, potato salad$0.65
Lamb with string beans salad$0.75
Hot or cold mince pie$0.15
Petits Fours Sec$0.20
Eclair$0.10
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
New apple pie$0.15
Assorted French pastry$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
Baba au rhum$0.15
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$0.15 – $0.30
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 wtih fruit - extra$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
Endive with egg$0.50
Tomato$0.40
Romaine$0.25
Lettuce$0.30
Meli-Melo$0.35
Watercress$0.15
Heart of Lettuce$0.35
Vegetable$0.50
Salade Mouquin$0.40
Celery$0.35
Cucumber$0.30
Chicory$0.25
Chicken with mayonnaise salad$0.75
Potato salad$0.25
BEET SALAD$0.25
Crab flakes in coquille$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
Munester$0.20
Gruyere, domestic$0.25
Young American cheese$0.15
Camembert, domestic$0.20
Port du Saint$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
Crab flakes a la Newburg in chafing dish$1.50
EGGS, boiled [3]$0.30
Vol-au-vent of chicken, reine$0.75
Glass of milk$0.10
Black, mixed or green tea, per cup$0.15
Phila. jumbo squab on toast$1.00
Double Sirloin$0.20
Tenderloin Steak$1.35
Whole Jersey squab-chicken$1.10
Cafe diabolique$0.40
Broiled half spring chickekn$0.85
Whole Phila. spring chicken, casserole$2.00
Chateaubriant$2.60
Double sirloin with mushrooms$3.10
Small beefsteak$0.65
Sirloin steak with peas$1.45
Dry Toast$0.15
Omelet, plain$0.40
Ham and eggs$0.50
Omelet with fine herbs$0.40
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Milk toast$0.25
Eggs au beurre noir (2)$0.30
Stewed kidney, marchand de vin$0.50
Chateaubriant with mushrooms$3.10
Yorkshire Buck$0.50
Golden buck$0.40
Porterhouse Steak$3.00
Fried Country Sausages$0.45
Eggs, fried or scrambled [3]$0.35
Coffee with cream served in pot, per cup$0.10
Buttered toast$0.20
Small beefsteak with fried onions$0.70
Cheese Sandwich$0.25
Small beefsteak with smothered onions$0.75
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$3.50
Porterhouse steak, double$4.50
Eggs a la trip or a la chipolata$0.45
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.60
Ham Sandwich$0.20
Double cream$0.05
Mazagran plain$0.10
Chicken or club sandwich$0.30
Small beefsteak with fried potatoes$0.70
Porterhouse steak with mushrooms$5.00
Small beefsteak with mushrooms$0.90
Omelet with ham or bacon$0.50
Double sirloin, planked, bourgeoise$3.10
Tongue Sandwich$0.20
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.30
Sirloin Steak$1.24
Sirloin Steak with Onions$0.10
Sirloin steak with smothered onions$0.10
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.60
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.45
Double sirloin, marchand de vin$3.10
Eggs, poached on toast (2)$0.35
Lamb chops (3)$0.75
Omelet with chicken lives or kidneys$0.50
Omelet with mushroomos$0.60
Bacon with orders, extra$0.15
Omelet Espagnole$0.50
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 or Bercy, extra$0.20
Portion in chafing dish, extra$0.15
Veal cutlet, Milanaise$0.70
Broiled Ham or Bacon$0.50
Eggs a la cocote$0.50
Fried Liver and Bacon$0.50

Page 3

Oysters a la bourguignonne$0.50
Broiled or fried lobsters or clams$0.40
Oysters or clams with cocktail sauce$0.10
Dill Pickle$0.10
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Oysters Stew$0.35
English plum pudding, hard and brandy sauce$0.30
Cape Cods$0.20 – $0.40
Little-Neck clams$0.15 – $0.30
Blue-Points$0.15 – $0.30
Oysters, St. Jacques$0.50
Cherry Stone Clams$0.20 – $0.40
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Oysters, poulette$0.50
Green turtle a l'anglaise soup$0.30
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Mutton broth with barley$0.25
Consomme Brunoise$0.20
Petite marmite soup. parisienne, to order$0.35
Beef consomme in cup$0.20
Onion soup with cheese au gratin, to order$0.25
Strained gumbo in cup, hot$0.25
Green Onions$0.15
Chicken croquettes with peas and cream sauce$0.65
Rib steak a la Mouquin, sauce bearnaise, julienne potatoes$2.25
Home-made goose liver pate cold, potato salad$0.50
Tranche de saumon froid [cold salmon], sauce Figaro$0.65
Ruby Champagne cocktail$0.50
Sea bass aux fines herbes$0.50

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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