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CHAPTER XVI

GREECE

Grecian Dishes--Athens.

No one lives better than a well-to-do Greek outside his own country, and when he is in Greece his cook manages to do a great deal with comparatively slight material. A Greek cook can make a skewered pigeon quite palatable, and the number of ways he has of cooking quails, from the simple method of roasting them cased in bay leaves to all kinds of mysterious bakings after they have been soused in oil, are innumerable. There are _pillaus_ without number in the Greek cuisine, chiefly of lamb, and it is safe to take for granted that anything _à la Grec_ is likely to be something savoury, with a good deal of oil, a suspicion of onion, a flavour of parsley, and a good deal of rice with it. These, however, are some of the most distinctive dishes:--_Coucouretzi_, the entrails and liver of lamb, roasted on a spit; _Bligouri_, wheat coarsely ground, cooked in broth, and eaten with grated cheese; _Argokalamara_, a paste of flour and yolk of egg fried in butter with honey poured over it. All Greek cooking, as all Turkish is, should be done very slowly over a charcoal fire. A too great use of oil is the besetting sin of the indifferent Greek cook. The egg-plant is treated in half-a-dozen ways by the Greeks, stuffing them with some simple forced meat being the most common.

The food of the peasant is grain, rice, goat when he can get it, a skinny fowl as a great delicacy, milk, and strong cheese. A bunch of grapes and a piece of sour bread forms a feast for him.

The Grecian wines are not unpalatable but very light. They are mostly exported to Vienna, being fortified previous to their departure to enable them to stand the voyage, and again manipulated on their arrival, so that their original characteristics are considerably obliterated.

Athens

My trusted _collaborateur_ A.B. went on a yachting tour in Grecian waters last spring, having a special intention of studying Greek restaurants. He wrote to me as to Athens, and his report was short and to the point: "Outside the hotels there is but one café, Solon's, principally used as a political rendezvous. Its attractions are of the most meagre description." A most grave _littérateur_ to whom, as he had been lately travelling in Greece, and as I had not been there for ten years, I applied for supplementary information, applied the adjective "beastly" to all Greek restaurants, and added that the one great crying need of Greece and Athens is an American bar for the sale of cooling drinks in the Parthenon.

N.N.-D.

INDEX

Aachen, 135

Abbaye de Thélème Restaurant, 33

_Acqua Litiosa di S. Marco_, 171

_Agnolotti_, 158

Aix-la-Chapelle, 135

Aix-les-Bains, 74

Albergo Giappone, Leghorn, 170

Algeciras, 192

Allemania, Frankfurt, 128

Alster Café, Hamburg, 143

Ambassadeurs Restaurant, 27

Ambleteuse, 37

Amsterdam, 109

Anglais, Café, 5, 6, 8

_Anguille di Comacchio_, 166

Antwerp, 83

_Ardei Ungelute_, 207

_Argokalamara_, 230

Arles, 73

_Arselle alla Marinara_, 171

Artichokes, 48, 173

Asparagus, 3

Athens, 231

Aubanel, M., 29

_Aubergines_, 227

_Bacalas_, 179

_Bacchio e Capretto alla Cacciatora_, 174

Bachelier, 65

_Baclava_, 207

Bad Gastein, 204

Baden, 198

Baden-Baden, 134

_Barbue Paillard_, 13 _Durand_, 17 _à la Russe_, 18

Barcelona, 180

_Baron d'agneau Henri IV._, 12

Bars, 31

Basle, 153

Bauernschänke, Berlin, 150

Bauer's Café, Berlin, 149

Bayonne Restaurant, 50, 51

Beaufils, 38

Beaulieu, 60

Beauvillier's Café, 4

_Bécasse Flambée_, 18 _au Fumet_, 12

Beer, 103, 117, 120, 121, 128, 129, 138, 196 cellars, 114

Belgium, 79

Belvedere Restaurant, Dresden, 118

Béquet, 42

Berk, 37

Berlin, 144

Bern, 154

Bertrand's Restaurant, 84

Biarritz, 52

Bignon's Café, 4

Birds, 3, 82, 98

_Biscuit Foyot_, 25

Blanche Restaurant, 33

_Bligouri_, 230

Bobadilla, 190

_Boeuf, Côte de, braisé Empire_, 12

Boeuf à la mode Restaurant, 21

Bologna, 166

Borchard's Restaurant, Berlin, 146

Bordeaux, 50 Café de, 50, 51

Borel, 4

_Bouillabaisse_, 41, 54, 55, 73, 76

Bouillon Riche Restaurant, 27

_Bouillons_, 34

Boulogne, 36

Bouzoum, Madame, 71

_Brandade_, 55

Bratwurstglöcklein, 123

Brest, 49

Breton menu, 48

Brill, 2

Bristol Restaurant, Berlin, 145

Broccoli, 174

Broche à Rotir, 42

Bruges, 88

Brun, Hôtel (Bologna), 166

Brussels, restaurants at, 93, 103

Bucarest, 208

Budapesth, 204

Buerose Restaurant, Frankfurt, 128

Burdel, M., 8

Burgos, 187

Burgundy, 80, 88, 94, 100, 109

_Busecca_, 160

Cabois, 38

Cabourg, 43

Cadiz and Jerez, 191

Caen, 44

Caesario, 18

Café de Paris, 30 Américain, 30 de la Cascade, 29 de la Paix, 30

_Caille à la Souvaroff_, 18

Calais, 35

_Caldo_, 179

_Canapé Clarence Mackay_, 23

_Canard Pompéienne_, 26 _à la Presse_, 3, 17

Cancale, 47

_Caneton de Rouen au Sang_, 18

_Caneton Rouennaise_, 42

Cannes, 56

_Capeletti_, 158

_Carbonades Flamandes_, 81

_Cardons_, 160

Carlsbad, 199

_Carpe à la Gelée_, 5

Casimir, 4

Casino, Hôtel du, Cherbourg, 46 Municipal, Biarritz, 52

_Castagnacci alla Pisana_, 169

Caviar, 143, 207, 208, 212

Cellars, 7, 10, 25

_Cèpes à la Bordelaise_, 51

Chabas, M. Paul, 73

Champagne, 99, 100, 116, 148

Champeaux Restaurant, 22

Chapon Fin, 50, 51

_Charcutiers_, 44

"Charles," 11

Château de Madrid, 28 Laroque, 89

Chateaubriand, 22

Cherbourg, 46

_Cheslas_, 208

Cheval Blanc Restaurant, 43

Chevillard's Restaurant, 28

_Choesels à la Bruxelloise_, 81

_Choux Farcies_, 43

Cider, 43, 45

_Cinghiale in agro dolce_, 174

_Ciulama_, 207

Claret, 50

Clermont-Ferrand, 78

Club restaurant, 31

_Codeghino_, 167

Coffee, 93, 136

Cologne, 129

Colon Restaurant, Barcelona, 181

_Confit d'Oie_, 69

_Consommé Fortunato_, 15 _Baigneuse_, 17

Constantinople, 226

Cost of dinners, 8, 14, 17, 29, 34, 39, 40, 48, 65, 80, 84, 88, 89, 229

_Côte de Boeuf à la Russe_, 107

_Cotelette alla Marsigliese_, 162 _à la Milanese_, 162

_Cotelettes d'Izard mariné_, 69

_Coucouretzi_, 230

_Crème de Langoustines_, 65 _Germiny_, 13

_Crêpes des Gourmets_, 15 _Suzette_, 18

Criterium Restaurant, Antwerp, 84

_Croûtes au Champignons_, 39

D'Hortesio's Café, 4

Denmark, 215

_Désir, Le, de Roi_, 11

Dieppe, 37

Dinard, 47

Dîner Français Restaurant, 34

Dresden, 114, 121

Dressel Restaurant, Berlin, 147

Drouet, Henri, 14

Ducordet, M., 38

Dugleré, 2, 8

Durand's Restaurant, 14, 16, 30

Düsseldorf, 128

Echénard, M., 54

_Ecrevisses Bordelaises_, 39, 76 _Régina_, 96

Eggs, 48

Elysée Palace Hotel, 18

Ems, 135

Ermitage Restaurant, 219

Estoril, 195

Etaples, 37

_Faina_, 163

_Faisan à la Financière_, 3

_Fegatini di pollo_, 169

_Fegato alla Veneziana_, 166

Ferme St-Siméon, 43

Fiësoli, 169

Figs, 163, 169

_Filet de Lièvre Arnold White_, 23 _Paillard_, 12 _Selle Czarine_, 12

_Filet de Sole_, 12 _Cardinal_, 23 _Gibbs_, 23 _Martin_, 184 _Mornay_, 8 _Noël_, 21 _La Peyrouse_, 25

Fishes, 2, 21, 53, 64

Florence, 168

_Fonduta_, 160

Fowls, 2

Foyot's Restaurant, 11, 22, 25

Français Restaurant, Nice, 58 Restaurant, 42

France, Hôtel de, Cherbourg, 47

Frankfurt-am-Main, 126

Frankfurter Hof, 126

Frascati's Restaurant, 39

"Frederic," 11, 23

_Fritto Misto_, 158, 171 _di Calamaretti_, 174 _Picatto_, 162

_Friture du Pays_, 53

Gaillon Restaurant, 11, 14

Game, 3, 116, 219

Garbure soup, 69

Garnier, Restaurant, 36

_Gazpaco_, 179

Geneva, 154, 155

Genoa, 163

German restaurant, 31 cooking, 110

_Germiny, Crème_, 13

Ghent, 80

_Ghiveci_, 208

_Gianduiotti_, 160

Gieshübl, 202

_Gigot de sept heures_, 9

_Glace Gismonda_, 18

_Gnocchi di Patele_, 174

Gothenburg, 213

_Goulache_, 204

Graff, M. Paul, 38

Grand Hôtel de l'Europe, Spa, 87

Grand Port, 76 Revard, 76

Grand Seize, 5, 7, 8

Greece, 230

Grenada, 191

_Grissini_, 160

_Grives à la Namuroise_, 82

Grouse, 83

Gudgeon, 2

Guépet, 4

Guichard, 71, 72

Guillemin, 27

Hague, 105

Hamburg, 138

Hanover, 124

Hardi, Café, 4

_Hareng Lucas_, 22

Hartmann's Restaurant, 197

Hasselbacken Restaurant, 210

Havre, 38

Helder Restaurant, 66, 92

Henrion's Grand Hotel, Aachen, 135

Henri's Restaurant, Gaillon, 14

Heyste, 89

_Hochepot Gantois_, 81

Hofbrauhaus, Munich, 121

Holland, 105

_Homard Cardinal_, 12, 197 _à l'Américaine_, 41, 45, 107 _Foyot_, 25 _chaud a beurre truffé_, 148

Homburg, 131

Honfleur, 43

_Huitres Titania_, 197

Irish stew, 96

Isnard's Restaurant, 56

Italian cookery, 157 restaurants, 31

"Joseph," 11, 23

Julia, Mlle., 49

Julien's Café, 30

Justin's Restaurant, Barcelona, 180

Kaiserkeller, Berlin, 150

_Kastanato_, 227

_Kebap_, 227

_Keinfté_, 227

Kempinsky's Restaurant, Berlin, 147

Kiel, 137

Kneist, Dresden, 120

Lafosse's Restaurant, 37

Laiterie, Brussels, 152

Lampreys, 2, 51

La Peyrouse Restaurant, 22, 25

La Rue's Restaurant, 16, 30

Laurent's Restaurant, 26

Ledoyen's Restaurant, 27

L'Etoile, Brussels, 100

Lefebvre, 38

Leghorn, 170

Leipzig, 125

Le Navigateur, 25

Lennertz's Restaurant, Aachen, 136

Liqueurs, 22

Lisbon, 180, 192

Lobsters, 45, 48

London House, Nice, 58

Lucas's Restaurant, 21, 32

Lucerne, 153

_Maccheroni_, 158

Madrid, 187

Madrid, Restaurant de, 44

Maire's Restaurant, 20, 26, 30

Maison Dorée, Barcelona, 184

Maison Grossetête, 14 d'Or Café, 4, 6, 8

Malmö, 213

_Mamaliguzza_, 208

Marguery's Restaurant, 21

Marienbad, 203

Marivaux Café, 11

Marseilles, 54

Martigues, 73

Maxim's Restaurant, 30

Médoc, 96, 97

_Meizanne_, 163

Mentone, 68

Menus, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 28, 48, 53, 58, 59, 63, 64, 66, 67, 80, 87, 97, 107, 108, 132, 140, 141, 144, 146, 148, 156, 164, 181, 182, 183, 185, 188, 192, 193, 206, 208, 211, 214, 220, 228

Milan, 161

_Militei_, 207

Milk, 28, 37

_Minestrone_, 53, 158, 161, 163

Monte Carlo, 61

_Mortadella_, 167

_Moscardini_, 163

Moscow, 218

Mottez's Restaurant, 81

_Moules à la marinière_, 99

Mourier, M., 30

_Moussaka_, 227

_Mozzarelle in carozza_, 176

Munich, 121

Mushrooms, 20

Mutton, 47

Naples, 174

Nassauer Hof, Wiesbaden, 133

_Nässelkalsoppa_, 211

National Hotel, Lucerne, 153

Neues Palais de Saxe, Dresden, 119

Nice, 58

Nîmes, 74

Noailles Hotel, Marseilles, 54

Noel Peter's Restaurant, 21

_Noisettes de Veau Port Mahon_, 15

Normandie, Hôtel de, 40

Norway, 214

Notta, 11

Nuremberg, 122 hotels, 124

Odessa, 224

_Oeufs Claude Lowther_, 23

_Omelette Sibérienne_, 107 _Soufflés_, 136

_Oranges à l'Infante_, 197

_Ortolans en surprise_, 13

_Ossobuco_, 162

Ostend, 89

Oysters, 32, 45, 47, 49, 52, 60, 136, 147 cellars, 142

Paillard's Restaurant, 11, 26, 30

Palast Hotel, Furstenhof, 127 Berlin, 147

Palermo, 177

Palmen Garten, Frankfurt, 127

_Panettone_, 162

_Paprika_, 204

_Paprikahuhn_, 204

Paris and cookery, 1 Café de, 4 Plage, 37 Restaurant de, 42

Park Hotel, Düsseldorf, 128

Partridges, 3, 83, 201

_Paste asciutte_, 158

_Pasticcio di Maccheroni_, 174

_Pasqualina_, 163

_Pattona alla Pisana_, 169

Pau, 71

Pavillion d'Armenonville, 28 Bleu, 34 Henri IV., 34

_Pêches Flambées_, 18

Pepin Restaurant, 44

_Pepperoni_, 160

_Perdreau et Caille Paillard_, 13

_Perdrix au choux_, 3, 107

_Perpadelle_, 158 _col Ragout_, 167

Perrier's Restaurant, 41

Peyrafitte, Joseph, 72

Pforte's Restaurant, Hamburg, 138

Phillipe's Café, 4, 34

Pisa, 169

_Pizzaiola, Steak alla_, 176 _Pizza alla_, 176

_Plattär_, 214

_Poire Wannamaker_, 23 _Alaska_, 107

_Pollo en padella_, 174

_Polpette à la Milanese_, 162

_Polpi alla Luciana_, 176

_Pomme Otero_, 12 _Georgette_, 12 _Macaire_, 12

Port Bou, 184

_Potage Henri IV._, 17 _Foyot_, 25 _Germiny_, 8 _Reine_, 18

Potatoes, 48

Poulard Aîné, Mont St-Michel, 48

_Poularde Maison d'Or_, 5 _Archiduc_, 12 _à la Derby_, 12 _à la Parisienne_, 107 _Réservé en Cocotte Raviolis_, 55 _à la Santos Dumont_, 65 _Wladimir_, 12, 197

_Poule au pot Henri IV._, 107

_Poulet Sauté Grand Duc_, 17 _Maire_, 21 _Sauté petits diables_, 17

Pourville, 38

Prague, 204

Prawns, 17, 43, 48

_Presciutto con fichi_, 169

Prices charged at restaurants, 8, 14, 17, 29, 34, 39, 40, 43, 45, 50, 52, 57, 58, 61, 63, 66, 75, 88, 96, 97, 105, 115, 119, 128, 134, 136, 144, 147, 148, 155, 164, 166, 181, 183, 201, 209, 210, 212, 219, 221, 223

Prinz Wilhelm Café, Berlin, 149

Provence, 73

Prunier's restaurant, 32

_Pucca baruca_, 166

_Puchero_, 179

Puloski's Restaurant, 32

Puys, 38

Pyrenees, the, 69

Quadri, Restaurant, Venice, 164

Rat Mort Restaurant, 33

Rathskeller, 113 Hamburg, 143 Wiesbaden, 134

_Ravioli_, 158

Regence, restaurant, Nice, 59

Reichshof, Berlin, 149

Remoulins, 74

Reserve, café, Marseilles, 54 Cannes, 56 Restaurant de la (Beaulieu), 60

Restaurant, good cheap, 33

Restaurant Ré, 66 des Fleurs, 31 Summer, 26

Riche, Café, 4

_Risotto_, 158, 171 _Certosino_, 162 _Milanese_, 162

Ritz, Hôtel, 14, 18

Ritz, M., 153

_Riz de Veau Foyot_, 25

Rocher de Cancale, restaurant, 4, 84

Roches Noire, 43

_Rognone Trifolato_, 160

Rome, 172

_Rôti Kouzoum_, 227

Rotterdam, 109

Rouen, 42

_Rouennais Paillard_, 12 _à la Presse_, 12

Roumania, 207

Rudesheimer restaurant, 149

Rumpelmayer, 71, 76

Russian restaurant, 31 dishes, 217

Sacher's Restaurant, Vienna, 197

_Salade Gauloise_, 18 _Georgette_, 17 _Idéale_, 12 _de Princesses Liégeoises_, 81 _Russe_, 39

Salamanca, 5

San Sebastian, 184

Santander, 187

Sardines, 2, 48

_Sarmalute_, 207

Sauerkraut, 111

Scheveningen, 109

_Schiacciata_, 169

Schweitzerhof, Lucerne, 153

_Scordolea_, 207

_Selianka_, 218

Seville, 189

Shrimps, 37, 43

_Smörgasbord_, 212, 214

Snails, 32

_Sole au vin Rouge_, 5 _Marguery_, 21 _Normande_, 36, 42, 107 _Paillard_, 12 _Waleska_, 65

_Sole, filet de, à la Russe_, 12 _Egyptiennes_, 65 _Kotchoubey_, 12

Soles, 2

_Sopa de Camarao_, 194

Sou Fassu, 73

_Soufflé Palmyre_, 107

_Soufflé Pôle Nord_, 17 _King Edward VII._, 197

Spa, 85

_Spagetti_, 158, 177

_Spagetti alle Vongole_, 176

_Spaghetti a sugo di carne_, 171

Spanish restaurants, 31 cookery, 178

Spezzia, 167

_Spigola_, 176

_Srazis_, 218

St-Cloud, 34

St-Germain, 34

St-Malo, 47

St-Petersburg, 222

St-Remy, 74

Stadt Gotha Restaurant, Dresden, 119

Stephan Keller, 197

_Stocafisso alla Genovese_, 163

Stockholm, 210

Storvik, 213

_Stracotto_, 169

_Suprême de Volaille Grand Duc_, 12

Switzerland, 151

Sylvain's Restaurant, 22, 30

Tarascon, 73

_Tavernes_, 30, 32, 34

_Terrine de Fois Gras à la gelée au Porto_, 13

_Tettachine_, 158

Thurion's Restaurant, 33

Thürnagel Restaurant, Düsseldorf, 128

Tiedemann and Grahl's Restaurant, 119

_Timbale de queues d'Ecrevisses, Mantua_, 12

Tirlemont, 79

Tomatoes, 176

Topper's Café, Berlin, 149

Tortoni's Restaurant, 38 brasserie, 39

Tour d'Argent, 11, 22

_Tournedos à la Rossini_, 18

Tréteau de Tabarin Restaurant, 32

_Triglie alla Livornese_, 171

_Trinetti_, 158

_Tripes à la mode de Caen_, 44

Trois Frères Provençeaux Café, 4

Trout, 2, 28, 77, 116, 154, 197, 201

Trouville Deauville, 43

Truffles, 160

Turin, 159

Turkey, 220

Turkeys, Norfolk, 3

Tuscan dinner, 170

_Uova di Bufola_, 174

Van der Pyl's Restaurant, 105

Veal, 2

_Veau à la Casserole_, 4

Vegetable dishes, 3

Venice, 164

Veron, Café, 4

Very, Café, 4

Vichy, 77

Vienna, 196 wines, 196

Viennese restaurants, 31

Vieux Calvados, 45

Villa Julia, La, at Pont Avin, 48

Villefranche, 61

_Vitello Uccelletto_, 163

Voisin's Café, 6, 9

Walnuts, 177

Warsaw, 225

_Waterzoei de Poulet_, 81

Wiesbaden, 133

Wine cellars, 198

Wines, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34, 38, 41, 45, 50, 61, 70, 87, 88, 116, 150, 155, 159, 160, 162, 164, 174, 177, 180, 193, 196, 198, 201, 205 Amarena di Siracusa, 177 Bordeaux, 141 Chianti, 169 Diamante, 181 Dragasani, 208 Marsala, 177 Moscato di Siracusa, 177 Moselle, 128 Rhine, 129, 149 Rioja, 181 Valdepenàs, 180

Wimille, 37

Woodcocks, 82, 102 feast, 82

_Yachni_, 227

_Yalandji Dolmas_, 227

_Yaourt_, 227

Zabajone, 158, 165

Zaragoza, 187

_Zucchini Ripieni_, 160

Zum Weissen Rössl, Berlin, 150

_Zuppa di Vongole_, 176 _Inglese_, 174 _Datteri_, 167 _Peoci_, 165 _Pesce_, 173

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Transcriber's Notes

Page 20, Is is corrected to It is

Page 150, Räuberhotle corrected to Räuberhohle

Page 150, Zunweissen corrected to Zum Weissen (also in Index)

Page 158, paste corrected to pasta, "another pasta dish"

In the Index, added reference to Page 13 in the entry for Perdreau et Caille Paillard.

Some spellings and accents are used inconsistently throughout the text. They have been left as in the original since they are potentially intentional.

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