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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Fried squid

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Condiments

Curry

Spicy preparation of yellow or orange color, very fragrant, ranging from very mild to very spicy.

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Appetizers

Summer roll

Vietnam.
Shrimp, vegetables, beef meat or pork meat wrapped in rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.

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Warm starters

Cheese soufflé

Served hot.

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Consommé and Soup

Frog legs veloute

Velouté  : soup with cream and egg yolk added.

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Desserts

Fraisier cake

Cake based on strawberry with sponge cake and cream generally topped with a layer of marzipan.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with black truffle

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Poultry

Orange chick

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Beef

Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos: slice cut from the end portion of tenderloin.
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Main meals

Champagne style potée

Mixture of pork meat with cabbage and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : chicken or veal velouté reduced before adding the cream.

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Salads

Nicoise salad

Raw vegetable salad with anchovy filets or tuna, boiled eggs and olive oil.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Fennel tart

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Sea fish

Turbot with orange sauce

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Freshwater fish

Eel stew with red wine

Eel cut into pieces and cooked in red wine.

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