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The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.

Date
1918-01-22
Restaurant
The Mouquin Restaurant and Wine Co.
Physical description
35.5x19.5cm folded; 35.5x39cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 1

Phila. squab$0.90
Half chicken with salad in season$0.85
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 and figs$0.25
Assorted cakes$0.25
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
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
Grape fruit 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
Escarole Salad$0.25
Endive with egg salad$0.50
Chicory Salad$0.25
Chicken with mayonnaise salad$0.75
Gruyere cheese, domestic$0.25
Potato salad$0.25
BEET SALAD$0.25
Crab flakes en coquille$0.90
Vegetable Salad$0.50
Salade Mouquin$0.40
Frozen coupe, Mouquin$0.35
Celery Salad$0.35
Young American cheese$0.15
Camembert cheese, domestic$0.20
Fresh shrimp salad, mayonnaise$0.90
Hearts of lettuce salad$0.35
Munster cheese$0.20
Brie$0.20
Mayonnaise, extra$0.15
Egg, extra$0.10
Fine herbs, extra$0.05
Port du Salut cheese$0.25
Isigny cheese$0.20
ROQUEFORT CHEESE$0.25
Gervais cheese$0.15
Tomato Salad$0.40
Watercress Salad$0.15
Meli-Melo salad$0.35
Cucumber salad$0.30
Romaine Salad$0.25
Lettuce Salad$0.30
Biscuit, Tortoni$0.30
Glass of milk$0.10
French coffee, demi-tasse$0.10
Bavaroise$0.20
Chocolate, cup$0.15
Special coffee, to order, per cup$0.20
Crab flake salad, mayonnaise$1.25
Cafe frappe au kirsch$0.35
Cocoa, per cup$0.15
Cafe diabolique, per person$0.40
Punch cardinal$0.20
Lalla Rookh punch$0.25
Plombiere$0.30
Meringue glacee$0.30
Roman Punch$0.20
Nesselrode Pudding$0.30
Strawberry ice cream in glass$0.25
Pistache ice cream in glass$0.25
Chocolate ice cream in glass$0.25
French vanilla ice cream in glass$0.25
Lemon Ice$0.20
Cafe Parfait$0.30
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$5.00
Phila. jumbo squab on toast$1.00
Crab flakes a la Newburg in chafing dish$1.50
Vol-au-vent of chicken, reine$0.75
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 with smothered onions$0.75
Small beefsteak with fried potatoes$0.70
Small beefsteak with mushrooms$0.90
Sirloin Steak$1.25
Sirloin Steak$1.25
Sirloin steak with smothered onions$1.40
Sirloin Steak with Mushrooms$2.50
Double Sirloin$2.25
Double sirloin with mushrooms$2.60
Chicken Livers en Brochette$0.50
Double sirloin planked, bourgeoise$3.10
Double sirloin marchand de vin$3.10
Tenderloin Steak$1.35
Tenderloin steak with peas$1.45
Ham and eggs$0.50
Tenderloin Steak with Mushrooms$1.60
Chateaubriant$2.60
Chateaubriant with mushrooms$3.10
Yorkshire Buck$0.50
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
Omelet, plain$0.40
English mutton chop$0.90
Mutton chops (2)$0.75
English mutton chop combination$1.10
Sauce bordelaise a la moelle with steaks$0.25
Sauce bearnaise or Bercy, extra$0.20
Stewed kidney, marchand de vin$0.50

Page 3

Cape Cod Oysters$0.20 – $0.40
Oysters a la bourguignonne$0.50
Raie [skate wings], beurre noir, boiled potatoes$0.50
Broiled shad, hoteliere$0.60
Boiled Spanish onion, cream sauce$0.25
Cepes and pimentoes, provencale$0.40
Leeks and potatoes, brunoise soup$0.25
Asparagus tips au beurre$0.30
Hot house cauliflower, hollandaise$0.40
Broiled salmon steak, anchovy butter$0.65
Chicken brunoise soup$0.25
Green Onions$0.15
Ruby Champagne cocktail$0.50
Dill Pickle$0.10
Poached eggs, Bonvalet$0.50
Spaghetti plemontaise$0.30
Crab Flake Cocktail$0.50
Spanish mackeral pochee, cubainaise$0.60
Anguilles [eels] au vin blanc$0.50
Tranche de saumon froid [cold salmon], sauce Figaro$0.65
Oyster Bay asparagus, hollandaisse or vinaigrette$0.60
Whole Phila. spring chicken en casserole, bourgeoise$2.00
Shirred eggs, creole$0.50
Onion with cheese au gratin soup, to order$0.25
Bisque of oysters bostonienne soup$0.25
Omelet with Fresh Mushrooms$0.60
Pineapple fritters glaces au rhum$0.20
Chicken a la King in chafing-dish$1.25
Crab flakes a la Dewey in chafing-dish$1.50
Plat du Jour--Civet of wild rabbit, fried sweet potatoes$0.50
Crab flakes with green peppers a la Mornay$0.75
Oyster Stew$0.35
Whole California artichoke, hollandaise or vinaigrette$0.40
Boiled onions in cream$0.20
Spinach with egg$0.25
Cold essence of chicken soup in cup$0.20
Strained gumbo in cup, hot$0.25
Anti-pasti$0.30
Caviar$0.75
Lima beans, beurre$0.25
String beans, beurre$0.25
Pimentoes$0.20
Fried Maine scallops, sauce remoulade$0.75
Smoked filet of herring in oil$0.25
Live codfish saute, beurre noisette$0.50
Maryland turkey stuffed, cranberry sauce$0.90
Macaroni au gratin$0.25
Spaghetti Italienne$0.25
Whole spring guinea-hen broiled$1.75
Fresh mushrooms broiled or saute$1.00
Half squab chicken fried, cream sauce, corn fritters$0.65
L.I. spring duckling braise, turnips glace$0.85
Half spring guinea-hen broiled$0.90
Boiled Halibut, Shrimp Sauce$0.55
Oysters, St. Jacques$0.50
Blue Points oysters$0.20 – $0.40
Little-Neck clams$0.15 – $0.30
Cherry Stone Clams$0.20 – $0.40
Oysters, poulette$0.50
Broiled oysters$0.40
Fried oysters$0.40
Fried Clams$0.40
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Oysters or clams with cocktail sauce, 10c extra
Saucisson d'Arles$0.20
Pim-olas$0.20
Asparagus tips, hollandaise$0.40
Whole native pheasant bread sauce, currant jelly$5.00
Pickle$0.10
Eperlans [smelts] sauce tartare$0.60
Sea bass aux fines herbes$0.50
Saucisson de Lyon$0.25
Brook trout [1], saute meuniere, potatoes parisienne$0.65
Broiled shad roe on toast, maitre d'hotel$0.75
Filets of sole, Joinville$0.60
Whole spring turkey broiled$4.00
Half spring turkey broiled$2.00
Hot house cauliflower, au gratin$0.50
Hot house cauliflower polonaise$0.50
Cucumbers$0.30
Clam Broth in cup$0.20
Asparagus tips au gratin$0.40
Fried egg-plant$0.25
Sliced Tomatoes$0.35
Fresh mushrooms sous cloche$1.25
Boiled potatoes$0.10
Table Celery$0.35
Hashed browned potatoes$0.15
Home-made goose liver pate, potato salad$0.50
Boiled Sweet Potatoes$0.20
fried Sweet Potatoes$0.25
Grilled sweet potatoes$0.30
Sweet Potatoes Glace$0.35
Sweet Potatoes Southern Style$0.35
Ripe Olives$0.15
Stuffed olives$0.25
Olives$0.15
Carciofini$0.30
Chow-chow$0.10
Pickled beets$0.10
Filet d'anchois, huile$0.25
Special--Assorted a la Mouquin hors d'ouevre$0.75
Clear green turtle, amomtillado, soup, cup$0.40
Cold boned capon in jelly$0.60
Potatoes au Gratin$0.25
Native bear chop [1], sauce poivrade, puree Savary$0.90
Grenouilles [frogs' legs] sautes a la provencale$0.90
Stewed potatoes$0.15
Julienne potatoes$0.15
Potatoes sautees$0.15
Potatoes Lyonnaise$0.15
Saratoga Potatoes$0.15
Potatoes Parisienne$0.15
Baked Potato$0.15
Potato Rissolees$0.15
Potatoes Souffles$0.25
Fried Potatoes$0.15
Mashed potatoes$0.15

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

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