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The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.

Date
1918-01-21
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$0.55
Phila. squab$0.90
Lamb with string bean salad$0.75
Hot or cold mince pie$0.15
Pumpkin Pie$0.15
New apple pie$0.15
Petits fours secs$0.20
Eclair$0.10
Baba au rhum (1)$0.15
Petits fours glaces$0.25
Macaroons or lady fingers$0.20
Assorted French pastry (1)$0.10
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 jelly$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
California pears$0.20
Oranges$0.20
Macedoine of fruits au marasquin$0.20
Sliced Bananas and Cream$0.15
Assorted plate of fruit$0.25
Pineapple sliced au jus$0.15
California grapes$0.20
Salade de fruit glace$0.50
Grape fruit$0.15 – $0.30
Table apples$0.20
Ice cream served with fruit$0.10
strawberry ice cream in a glass$0.25
Nesselrode Pudding$0.30
pistache ice cream in a glass$0.25
Meringue glacee$0.30
chocolate ice cream in a glass$0.25
Lalla Rookh punch$0.25
french vanilla in a glass$0.25
Roman Punch$0.20
Punch cardinal$0.20
Lemon Ice$0.20
frozen coupe, mouqin$0.35
Cafe Parfait$0.30
biscuit, tortini$0.30
Plombiere$0.30
Escarole$0.25
Endive with egg$0.50
Chicory$0.25
Romaine$0.25
Tomato$0.40
Chicken with mayonnaise$0.75
Lettuce$0.30
Salade Mouquin$0.40
Potato$0.25
Beet$0.25
Meli-Melo$0.35
Celery$0.35
Crab flakes en coquille$0.90
Watercress$0.15
Cucumber$0.30
Mayonnaise, extra$0.15
Egg, extra$0.10
Heart of Lettuce$0.35
Fines herbs, extra$0.05
Vegetable$0.50
Fresh shrimp salad, mayonnaise$0.90
Crab flake salad, mayonnaise$1.25
Gervais$0.15
Gruyere, domestic$0.25
Roquefort$0.25
Young American$0.15
Isigny$0.20
Camembert, domestic$0.20
Brie$0.20
Munster$0.20
Port du Saint$0.25
Special coffee, to order, per cup$0.20
Glass of milk$0.10
Chocolate, cup$0.15
Cocoa, cup$0.15
Black, mixed or green tea, per cup$0.15
French coffee, demi-tasse$0.10
Dry Toast$0.15
Milk toast$0.25
Bavaroise$0.20
cafe frappe au kirsche$0.35
cofee with cream served in pot, per cup$0.10
Cafe diabolique, per person$0.40
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
Whole Phila. spring chicken, casserole$2.00
Stewed kidney, marchand de vin$0.50
Small beefsteak$0.65
Fried Country Sausages$0.45
with fried onions$0.70
Veal, cutlet, milanaise$0.70
with smothered onions$0.75
Broiled Ham or Bacon$0.50
with fried potatoes$0.70
Fried Liver and Bacon$0.50
with mushrooms$0.90
EGGS, boiled [3]$0.30
Sirloin Steak$1.25
au beurre noir (2)$0.30
with onions$1.35
fried or scrambled [3]$0.35
with smothered onions$1.40
a la tripe or a la chipolata$0.45
with mushrooms$1.45
Poached on Toast (2)$0.35
a la cocote$0.50
Double Sirloin$2.25
with mushrooms$2.60
planked, bourgeoise$3.10
Marchand de Vin$3.10
Omelet, plain$0.40
With Fine Herbs$0.40
with ham or bacon$0.50
with chicken livers or kidneys$0.50
with mushrooms$0.60
Espagnole$0.50
Tenderloin Steak$1.35
with peas$1.45
with mushrooms$1.60
Chateaubriant$2.60
with mushrooms$3.10
Ham and eggs$0.50
Yorkshire Buck$0.50
Golden buck$0.40
Porterhouse Steak$3.00
Welsh rarebit$0.35
with mushrooms$3.50
double$4.50
with mushrooms$5.00
Cheese Sandwich$0.25
Ham Sandwich$0.20
Tongue Sandwich$0.20
Lamb chops (3)$0.75
Hot roast beef sandwich$0.60
English mutton chop$0.90
Combination$1.10
Chicken or club sandwich$0.30
Mutton chops (2)$0.75
Roast Beef Sandwich$0.30
Sauce bordelaise a la moelle with steaks$0.25
Bacon with orders, extra$0.15
Sauce bearnaise or Bercy, extra$0.20
Portion in chafing dish, extra$0.15

Page 3

Consomme Vermicelli$0.20
Beef consomme in cup$0.20
English Beef Broth with Barley$0.25
Oysters or clams with cocktail sauce, 10c extra
Plum Pudding, Hard and Brandy Sauce$0.30
Fres mushrooms broiled or saute$1.00
Cold head cheese, potato salad$0.50
Rice croquettes, vanilla sauce$0.20
Asparagus tips au beurre$0.30
Oyster Stew$0.35
Filet d'anchois, huile$0.25
Strained gumbo in cup, hot$0.35
Chicken and ham pate [cold] and jelly$0.60
Oysters a la bourguignonne$0.50
Oyster Bay asparagus, hollandaise or vinaigrette$0.40
Prime Ribs of Beef with Mashed Potatoes$0.65
Cherry Stone Clams$0.20 – $0.40
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Oysters, St. Jacques$0.50
Oysters, poulette$0.50
Onion with cheese au gratin soup$0.25
Little-Neck clams$0.15 – $0.30
Petite marmite, parisienne, soup, to order$0.35
Cape Cod Oysters$0.20 – $0.40
Blue-Point oysters$0.15 – $0.30
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Smoked filet of herring in oil$0.25
Broiled oysters$0.40
Fried oysters$0.40
Broiled Clams$0.40
Fried Clams$0.40
Clear green turtle, amomtillado, soup, cup$0.40
BROILED SEA BASS, MAITRE D'HOTEL$0.50
boiled salmon, sauce hollandaise$0.65
Ruby Champagne cocktail$0.50
Tranche de saumon froid [cold salmon], sauce Figaro$0.65
Saucisson d'Arles$0.20
Hot house cauliflower, hollandaise$0.40
Whole Phila. spring chicken en casserole, bourgeoise$2.00
Pickled beets$0.10
Ragout of beef, americaine$0.55
Grenadin of veal [veau] pique with puree chicory$0.65
Caviar$0.75
Fried halibut steak, sauce tartare$0.55
Files of sole, havraise$0.60
Broiled shad roe on toast, hoteliere$0.75
Sliced Tomatoes$0.35
Radishes$0.10
Green Onions$0.15
Ripe Olives$0.15
Anti-pasti$0.30
Pim-olas$0.20
Brook trout [1], saute meuniere, potatoes parisienne$0.65
Saucisson de Lyon$0.25
Dill Pickle$0.10
Pickle$0.10
Fried Maine scallops with bacon$0.75
Pimentoes$0.20
Olives$0.15
Sardines$0.20
Chicken a la King in chafing-dish$1.25
Cucumbers$0.30
Carciofini$0.30
Stuffed olives$0.25
Filet mignons [2], Clermont$1.25
Choucroute garni, strasbourgeoise$0.50
Chow-chow$0.10
Fresh pork tenderloin, charcutiere$0.65
Broiled saddle of rabbit, sauce poivrade, fried sweet potatoes$0.75
Table Celery$0.35
Home-made goose liver pate cold, potato salad$0.50
Hors d'oeuvres assorted a la Mouquin$0.75
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Rib steak a la Mouquin, sauce bernaise, julienne potatoes$2.25
Tete de veau [calf's head], vinaigrette$0.50
Broiled brace lamb chops, Vefour$0.75
Cepes and pimentoes, provencale$0.40
Cold boned capon in jelly$0.60
Asparagus tips au beurre$0.30
Lima beans, beurre$0.45
String beans, beurre$0.25
Spring lamb with peas and mint sauce$0.75
Asparagus Tips Hollandaise$0.40
Potatoes, Julienne, sautees or lyonnaise$0.15
Beefsteak, minute, potatoes, Brabant$0.80
Imp. English plover sur canape$0.90
Boiled Spanish onion, cream sauce$0.25
Crab flakes a la Dewey in chafing-dish$1.50
Whole spring turkey broiled$2.00 – $4.00
Whole native pheasant bread sauce, currant jelly$5.00
Maryland turkey stuffed, cranberry sauce$0.90
Grenoilles [frogs' legs] sautes a la poulette with mushrooms$0.90
Native bear chop [1], bigarade, fried sweet potatoes$0.90
Whole spring guinea-hen broiled$1.75 – $0.90
Whole Calilfornia artichoke, hollandaise or vinaigrette$0.40
Boiled onions in cream$0.20
Hot house cauliflower, au gratin or polonaise$0.50
Fried egg-plant$0.25
Spaghetti piemontaise$0.30
Spinach with egg$0.25
Macaroni au gratin$0.25
Spaghetti Italienne$0.25
Potatoes, Saratoga or parisienne$0.15
Hashed browned potatoes$0.15
Potatoes, fried or mashed$0.15
Potatoes, boiled$0.10
Potatoes, baked or rissolees$0.15
Potatoes, au gratin$0.25
Potatoes, stewed$0.15
Potatoes, Souffles$0.25
Boiled Sweet Potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Grilled sweet potatoes$0.30
Sweet potatoes, glace or Southern style$0.35

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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

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