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The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.

Date
1918-01-18
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

Smoked tongue with jelly$0.65
Assorted meats, potato salad$0.65
Roast beef, potato salad$0.65
Half chicken with salad in season$0.85
Phila. squab$0.90
Lamb with string bean salad$0.75
Smoked ham with jelly$0.60
Hot mince pie$0.15
Cold mince pie$0.15
Petits fours secs$0.20
Eclair$0.10
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
Baba au rhum (1)$0.05
Petits fours glaces$0.25
Macaroons$0.20
Lady fingers$0.20
Mendiants (mendicants)$0.25
New apple pie$0.15
Assorted French pastry (1)$0.10
Custard caramel$0.15
French Pancakes$0.20
Champagne wafers$0.20
Guava jelly$0.25
Bar-le-Duc jelly with Gervais cheese$0.40
Omelette, soufflee$0.90
Omelette Confiture$0.50
Omelette au Kirsch$0.60
Omelette au rhum$0.60
Stewed prunes$0.15
Apple Sauce$0.15
Mixed nuts with raisins and figs$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.25
Baked Apple with Cream$0.15
Bananas$0.15
California pears$0.20
Macedoine of fruits au marasquin$0.20
Assorted plate of fruit$0.25
California grapes$0.20
Grapefruit$0.30
Half Grapefruit$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

Page 3

Fried codfish steak, sauce tomate$0.50
Brook trout [1], saute meuniere, potatoes parisienne$0.65
Broiled shad roe on toast, hoteliere$0.75
Sea bass aux fines herbes$0.50
Broiled weakfish, maitre d'hotel$0.60
Fried Maine scallops, sauce tartare$0.75
Tranche de saumon froid [cold salmon], sauce ravigote$0.65
Ruby Champagne cocktail$0.50
Plat du dejeuner - Finnan haddie a la Dewey en cassolette$0.60
Pork chops saute, sauce piquante, rissolee potatoes$0.65
Chicken hash with green peppers and poached egg$0.75
Lamb trotters with rice a la creole$0.50
Vol-au-vent of oysters in cream$0.60
Grenouilles [frogs' legs] sautes a la provencale$0.90
Tete de veau [calf's head], vinaigrette$0.50
Choucroute garni, strasbourgeoise$0.50
Miroton of beef tongue, lyonnaise$0.50
Eggs a la tripe au gratin$0.50
Plum Pudding, Hard and Brandy Sauce$0.30
Home-made goose liver pate cold, potato salad$0.50
Cold head cheese, potato salad$0.50
Chicken and ham pate [cold] and jelly$0.60
Cold boned capon in jelly$0.60
Prime ribs of beef with fried egg plant$0.65
Spring lamb with buttered beets and mint sauce$0.75
Whole Phila. spring chicken en casserole, bourgeoise$2.00
Fresh pork tenderloin, charcutiere$0.65
Native bear chop [1], bigarade, fried sweet potatoes$0.90
Rib steak a la Mouquin, sauce bearnaise, julienne potatoes$2.25
Beefsteak, minute, potatoes Brabant$0.80
Imp. English plover sur canape$0.90
Whole spring turkey, broiled$4.00
Half spring turkey, broiled$2.00
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$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$1.75
Half spring guinea-hen broiled$0.90
Little Neck clams$0.15 – $0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Clam Chowder, Manhattan$0.25
Oyster Stew$0.35
Oysters a la bourguignonne$0.50
Broiled or fried oysters or clams$0.40
Consomme Julienne$0.20

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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