The first week's menu, for instance, consisted of chanterelle soup with a delice of goose liver; pepper-encrusted sea bass drizzled with lobster juice; lamb medallions with pearl barley and fresh basil cream sauce; and fresh figs flavored with Bordeaux wine and served on a nest of Belgian chocolate.
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Recipes involving meat appear with nos . 138 and 139, with " To make Christal Jelly " using knuckle of veal and calves feet, and " To make China-Broth " using " china ", hartshorn, a " Red Cock cut in pieces and bruised ", raisins and pearl barley.
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The latter accusation was a misunderstanding in that one of Ma's favorite foods ( which he considered capable of warding off plague ) was Job's Tears ( Chinese pearl barley ), produced in southern China and northern Vietnam, which Ma had transported in large quantities back to the capital Luoyang.
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His recommendations are his tuna toro carpaccio appetizer served with tabbouleh and caviar ( $ 17.50 ); his thick soup creation called black mushroom tea ( $ 8.50 ), made of an intensely flavored mushroom reduction with pearl barley risotto; and his potato-crusted seabass tournedos ( $ 30 ) with a sea urchin ragout and a California meritage red wine sauce.
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The meal also featured cubes of duck and vegetables la glee, a petite salad, a portion of liver terrine, lobster cubes in a pearl barley soup, roast lamb with wild mushrooms, Muenster-cheese potatoes and a black-olive sauce, an assortment of French cheeses, then a spiced charlotte with fresh fruits and a rich sabayon sauce, followed by coffee and assorted petit fours.
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His recommendations are his tuna toro carpaccio appetizer served with tabbouleh and caviar ( $ 17 . 50 ); his thick soup creation called black mushroom tea ( $ 8 . 50 ), made of an intensely flavored mushroom reduction with pearl barley risotto; and his potato-crusted seabass tournedos ( $ 30 ) with a sea urchin ragout and a California meritage red wine sauce.
