A menu card for lunch at Trinity College Cambridge, 30 January 1899, which I have vicariously enjoyed despite the years that have passed since its creation. The autumn of the same year saw the arrival of many of the students who were to form the Bloomsbury group: Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Thoby Stephens and others. Judging by the image of the exploding champagne bottle at the top, it looks as if it may have been a riotous affair.
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Potages
Consomme Jardiniere
Bonne Femme
Poisson
Filets de soles, sauce Tartare
Entree
Caneton aux olives
Releve
Selle de Mouton
Croquettes de pommes
Choux de mer
Roti
Faisons
Salade
Entrement
Pudding au Caramel
Becasse Ecossaise
Dessert
In April 1921, the Royal College of Art Student Common Room offered a dinner at the Boulogne Restaurant in Gerard Street, with the French theme continued with an illustration of a buxom looking jolie femme by the sea side:
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Hors d'Oeuvre varies
Creme Milanaise
Filet de Hallibut Robert
Pomme nature
Quartier de mouton demi-glace
Choux fleur - Pomme au Four
Poulet au jus
Salade
Glace Melba a la Student
a dish we all like to feed upon
fromage - radis
cafe noir
On Christmas Day 1950, the Cumberland Hotel offered its young diners a special menu, where the usual traditional fare was gratuitously linked with various nursery rhyme characters, all presented in the teeth of a friendly-looking giraffe:
CHILDREN'S GALA LUNCHEON
Creme Miss Muffett
Veloute Three Blind Mice
Turkey Jack and Jill
Brussel Sprout Little Bo Peep
Potatoes Peter Pan
Pudding Tommy Tucker
Mince Pie Humpty-Dumpty
Yule Tide Log Queen of Hearts
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