All dishes:

Cheeses

Torta del Casar

Spain. Extremadura.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle with a medium to very creamy texture and a semi-hard rind between yellow and ocher in color.

Game birds

Quail in parchment

Poultry

Fattened chicken with black truffle

Others

Grilled cheese

Hot sandwich on white bread with butter and cheese.

Sea fish

Provençal-style tuna

Provençal style : accompanied by sautéed tomatoes with parsley, garlic-infused olive oil, and bread.

Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with basil

Desserts

Napoléon cake

Russia.
Variety of mille-feuille.

Cold starters

Confit tomatoes

French cooking technique where tomatoes are slow-cooked at low temperature in olive oil with herbs (often garlic, thyme, and sometimes sugar) to concentrate the flavors.
Used as a garnish in Mediterranean cuisine.

Warm starters

Provençal goat cheese puff pastry

Sea fish

Poached darne of salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

Main meals

Fondue bourguignonne

Dish of beef fried in oil, served with various sauces (ketchup, mayonnaise, béarnaise sauce, tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, etc.).

Poultry

Squab with morels

Appetizers

Antipasti

« before the meal »

Desserts

Fruitcake

Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with chanterelles

Main meals

Scallop curry

Others

Chow mein

Chow mein : shrimp, fish, or meats (beef, pork, or chicken) cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, mung bean sprouts), all bound in a starch-thickened sauce.Serve with stir-fried noodles (Yakisoba).

Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated scallops with lime

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

Cheeses

Le Gruyère

Switzerland. Bern. Fribourg. Jura. Neuchâtel. Vaud.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with few or no holes.
Ripening : 6 to 9 months.

Beef

Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

Eggs

Black truffle omelette

Cooked meats

Pork liver pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices, etc cooked in a terracotta container.
Served cold or at room temperature.

Pork

Braised pork leg slice with potatoes

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

Desserts

Cherry merveilleux

Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.