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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
Half chicken with salad in season$0.85
Smoked tongue with jelly$0.65
Roast beef, potato salad$0.65
Assorted meats, potato salad$0.65
Lamb with string bean salad$0.75
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 or figs$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.25
Petits fours secs$0.20
Eclair$0.10
Baba au rhum (1)$0.50
Petits fours glaces$0.25
Macaroons or lady fingers$0.20
Mendiants (medicants)$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
Grape fruit half$0.15
Bananas$0.15
Oranges$0.20
Sliced bananas and cram$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 Salad$0.25
Endive salad with egg$0.50
Chicory Salad$0.25
Romaine Salad$0.25
Tomato Salad$0.40
Chicken Salad with Mayonnaise$0.75
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Salade Mouquin$0.40
Potato salad$0.25
BEET SALAD$0.25
Meli-Melo salad$0.35
Celery Salad$0.35
Crab flakes en coquille salad$0.90
Watercress Salad$0.15
Cucumber salad$0.30
Mayonnaise, extra$0.15
Egg, extra$0.10
Heart of Lettuce Salad$0.35
Fines herbs, extra$0.05
Vegetable Salad$0.50
Fresh shrimp salad, mayonnaise$0.90
Crab flake salad, mayonnaise$1.25
Gervais cheese$0.15
Gruyere, domestic cheese$0.25
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Young American cheese$0.15
Isigny cheese$0.20
Camembert, domestic cheese$0.20
Brie cheese$0.20
Munster cheese$0.20
Port du Salut cheese$0.25
Special coffee, to order, per cup$0.20
Chocolate, cup$0.15
French coffee, demi-tasse$0.10
Bavaroise$0.20
Cafe diabolique, per person$0.40
Glass of milk$0.10
Cocoa, cup$0.15
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
Cafe frappe au kirsch$0.35
Buttered toast$0.20
Mazagran plain$0.10
Double cream$0.05
Phila jumbo squab on toast$1.00
Crab flakes a la Newburg in chafing dish$1.50
Whole Jersey squab-chicken$1.10
Vol-au-vent of chicken, reine$0.75
Broiled Half Spring Chicken$0.85
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Whole Phila spring chicken casserole$2.00
Stewed kidney marchand de vin$0.50
Small beefsteak$0.65
Small beefsteak with fried onions$0.70
Small beefsteak with smothered onions$0.75

Page 3

Sea bass aux fines herbes$0.50
Ruby Champagne cocktail$0.50
Oysters a la bourguignonne$0.50
Carciofini$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Mutton broth with barley$0.25
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Oyster Stew$0.35
Stuffed olives$0.25
Beef consomme in cup$0.20
Paupiettes de veau [veal] with rice creole$0.65
Petite marmite, parisienne, to order$0.35
Consomme Brunoise$0.20
Beeftsteak a la bordelaise, julienne potatoes$0.85
Onion soup with cheese au gratin, to order$0.25
Pimentoes$0.20
Fried Maine scallops, sauce tartare$0.75
Pickled beets$0.10
Filets of Sole, Buena Vista$0.60
Broiled shade roe on toast, hoteliere$0.75
Broiled or fried oysters or clams$0.40
Oysters, St. Jacques$0.50
Caviar$0.75
Broiled Salmon, Anchovy Butter$0.65
Little-Neck clams$0.15 – $0.30
Smoked filet of herring in oil$0.25
Eperlans [smelts], sauce remoulade$0.60
Brook trout [1], saute meuniere, potatoes parisienne$0.65
Pickle$0.10
Cape Cods$0.20 – $0.40
Cherry Stone Clams$0.20 – $0.40
Sardines$0.20
Anti-pasti$0.30
Hot house cauliflower, hollandaise$0.40
Hot house cauliflower, au gratin or polonaise$0.50
Rib steak a la Mouquin, sauce bearnaise, jullienne potatoes$2.25
Prime ribs of beef with oyster plant in cream$0.65
Imp. English plover sur canape$0.90
Blue-Points$0.15 – $0.30
Whole Phila. spring chicken en casserole, bourgeoise$2.00
Cucumbers$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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