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A full-course dinner is a meal with multiple courses, almost invariably enjoyed in the evening. Most Western-world multicourse meals follow a standard sequence, influenced by traditional French haute cuisine .
English French Description Restaurant: More than 5,000 in Paris alone, with varying levels of prices and menus. Open at certain times of the day, and normally closed one day of the week. Patrons select items from a printed menu. Some offer regional menus, while others offer a modern styled menu.
Gratin dauphinois (a traditional regional French dish based on potatoes and crème fraîche) Quenelle (flour, butter, eggs, milk and fish, traditionally pike , mixed and poached) Raclette (the cheese is melted and served with potatoes, ham and often dried beef)
An entrée (/ ˈ ɒ̃ t r eɪ /, US also / ɒ n ˈ t r eɪ /; French:), in modern French table service and that of much of the English-speaking world, is a dish served before the main course of a meal. Outside North America and parts of English-speaking Canada, it is generally synonymous with the terms hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, or starter. It ...
In practice, guests might not be aware of what all the many dishes on the table were, or be able to see or obtain them. The long account in a letter from a young American lady of a dinner for 18 people on New Year's Day 1852 at an aristocratic English country house, [a] includes "I cannot tell you how many kinds of soup there were. Suffice it ...
The interior of Le Vagenende on Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris A riverside brasserie in Leeds, England The terrace of a brasserie on Groenplaats, Antwerp, Belgium. In France, Flanders, and the Francophone world, a brasserie (pronounced [bʁas(ə)ʁi] ⓘ) is a type of French restaurant with a relaxed setting, which serves dishes and other meals.
An amuse-bouche (/ ə ˌ m uː z ˈ b uː ʃ /; French:) [1] or amuse-gueule (UK: / ə ˌ m uː z ˈ ɡ ɜː l /, US: /-ˈ ɡ ʌ l /; French: [a.myz.ɡœl]) is a single, bite-sized hors d'œuvre. [2] Amuse-bouches are different from appetizers in that they are not ordered from a menu by patrons but are served free and according to the chef's ...
The staging of an elaborate entremet at the banquet of Charles V in 1378; illumination from Grandes Chroniques, late 14th century.. The word entremets, as a culinary term, first appears in line 185 of Lanval, one of the 12th century Lais of Marie de France, and subsequently appears in La Vengeance Raguidel (early 13th century), line 315.