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Answer : MENU
menu, carte, menus – n
a list of the dishes available in a restaurant
In a restaurant, the menu is a list of food and beverages offered to customers and the prices. A menu may be à la carte – which presents a list of options from which customers choose – or table d’hôte, in which case a pre-established sequence of courses is offered. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to the diners, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or put on a digital screen. Since the late 1990s, some restaurants have put their menus online
Menus are also often a feature of very formal meals other than in restaurants, for example at weddings. In the 19th and 20th centuries printed menus were often used for society dinner-parties in homes; indeed this was their original use in Europe.
Menus, as lists of prepared foods, have been discovered dating back to the Song dynasty in China. In the larger cities of the time, merchants found a way to cater to busy customers who had little time or energy to prepare an evening meal. The variation in Chinese cuisine from different regions led caterers to create a list or menu for their patrons.
The word “menu”, like much of the terminology of cuisine, is French in origin. It ultimately derives from Latin “minutus”, something made small; in French, it came to be applied to a detailed list or résumé of any kind. The original menus that offered consumers choices were prepared on a small chalkboard, in French a carte; so foods chosen from a bill of fare are described as “à la carte”, “according to the board.”
The earliest European menus, several of which survive from 1751 onwards, appear to have been for the relatively intimate and informal soupers intimes (“intimate suppers”) given by King Louis XV of France at the Château de Choisy for between 31 and 36 guests. Several seem to have been placed on the table, listing four courses, each with several dishes, plus dessert.
During the second half of the 18th century, and especially after the French Revolution in 1789, they spread to restaurants. Before then, eating establishments or tables d’hôte served dishes chosen by the chef or proprietors. Customers ate what the house was serving that day, as in contemporary banquets or buffets, and meals were served from a common table. The establishment of restaurants and restaurant menus allowed customers to choose from a list of unseen dishes, which were produced to order according to the customer’s selection. A table d’hôte establishment charged its customers a fixed price; the menu allowed customers to spend as much or as little money as they chose.
More Clues
- OLIOS Savoury dishes of different kinds of meat and vegetables
- ETHNOSCIENCE Study of the world views of different cultures
- OLIO A dish of different kinds of stewed meat
- A T MS Places to find jack in a box?
- SPAS Places to find sweaters?
- SETS Places to find directors
- ZOOS Only places to find anteaters in the U. S.
- BINS Places to find bargains
- H M O S Places to find drs.
- PIES Baked dishes of fruit or meat with a pastry topping
- NEW YEAR A time of renewal celebrated at different times in different cultures
- BIOLOGY LAB Where to learn about different cultures?
- MELTING POT Mix of many different cultures
- SET MENUS Lists of dishes of a prescribed number of courses at a fixed price, typically limited to a few options
- COSMOPOLITAN At ease in many different cultures
- ETHNIC RELATIONS Ways in which different cultures interact
- AORTAS Places to find outpourings of the heart
- VENDING MACHINES Places to find answers to starred clues
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