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u There are no restaurants, in the true sense of the
word, in Cherbourg.
“The leading hotel, where most of the people go,
and which is the largest, with the best cuisine and
service, is the Hotel du Casino. This Hotel du Casino,
hotel is managed by Monsieur Marius, La Pla&e
and though partially shut during the winter season,
travellers can always get a good plain dinner there.
During the summer season, that is from May till
October, the hotel is fully open, and has a petits
chevaux room, entry free of course, and also good
military music in the gardens, twice a week. The
gardens are also very prettily illuminated very often,
whilst from time to time firework displays help to
pass away the evenings. The dining-hall faces the
only nice portion of beach in the town, and being
entirely covered in with glass, is warm in winter and
cool in summer, when it can all be open. The meals
are usually table d'hote , but it is possible also to order
a dinner a la carte if one prefers to do so. Here
also the traveller will find a little English spoken
among the waiters and maitres dhotel. The wines are
pretty good, but there is no very special brand for
which the place is known ; nor does the hotel boast
of any special plat.
“The Hotel de France, another fair-sized hotel, is
the one patronised mostly by the naval and military
authorities of the town, but is not so Hotel de France,
amusing a place for the traveller to Rue du Bassin
stay at or dine at ; though I understand that the
dinner to be obtained there is in every way satisfactory.
“ Finally, I might mention two other hotels at
which one can dine comfortably ; these are the
Hotel d’Amiraute and the Hotel d’Angleterre, at
both of which a good plain dinner is served.
“ The chief joint obtainable here to be recom-
mended is of course the mutton, as Cherbourg is
88 tfhe Gourmet's Guide to Europe
noted for its pre-sale all over France ; but beyond
this the food is of the usual ordinary kind to be
obtained in most French towns of this size.”
Granville
On the west coast of Normandy, Granville is the
first town of any great importance. Its hotels still
Casino adhere to the Norman custom of placing
all the guests at one table, unless an extra
50 centimes a head is paid. A 4-franc dinner
with a pint of wine included is served at the Casino
Restaurant.
M. Roche, who made a fortune in London in
Old Compton Street, has taken a little hotel near
Granville, and as he learned cooking under Frederic
of the Tour d’ Argent, he may be depended upon for
an excellent meal.
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'French Provincial Towns 87
u There are no restaurants, in the true sense of the word, in Cherbourg.
“The leading hotel, where most of the people go, and which is the largest, with the best cuisine and service, is the Hotel du Casino. This Hotel du Casino is managed by Monsieur Marius, La Place and though partially shut during the winter season, travellers can always get a good plain dinner there. During the summer season, that is from May till October, the hotel is fully open, and has a petits chevaux room, entry free of course, and also good military music in the gardens, twice a week. The gardens are also very prettily illuminated very often, whilst from time to time firework displays help to pass away the evenings. The dining-hall faces the only nice portion of beach in the town, and being entirely covered in with glass, is warm in winter and cool in summer, when it can all be open. The meals are usually table d'hote , but it is possible also to order a dinner a la carte if one prefers to do so. Here also the traveller will find a little English spoken among the waiters and maîtres d'hôtel. The wines are pretty good, but there is no very special brand for which the place is known ; nor does the hotel boast of any special plat.
“The Hotel de France, another fair-sized hotel, is the one patronised mostly by the naval and military authorities of the town, but is not so Hotel de France, amusing a place for the traveller to Rue du Bassin stay at or dine at ; though I understand that the dinner to be obtained there is in every way satisfactory.
“ Finally, I might mention two other hotels at which one can dine comfortably ; these are the Hotel d’Amiraute and the Hotel d’Angleterre, at both of which a good plain dinner is served.
“ The chief joint obtainable here to be recommended is of course the mutton, as Cherbourg is
88 tfhe Gourmet's Guide to Europe
noted for its pre-sale all over France ; but beyond this the food is of the usual ordinary kind to be obtained in most French towns of this size.”
Granville
On the west coast of Normandy, Granville is the first town of any great importance. Its hotels still Casino adhere to the Norman custom of placing
all the guests at one table, unless an extra 50 centimes a head is paid. A 4-franc dinner with a pint of wine included is served at the Casino Restaurant.
M. Roche, who made a fortune in London in Old Compton Street, has taken a little hotel near Granville, and as he learned cooking under Frederic of the Tour d’ Argent, he may be depended upon for an excellent meal.
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