Fish is
the one excellent thing that Biarritz itself contributes to all the
menus, and the _Friture du Pays_ is always excellent. Here is a menu of
a little dinner for three at the Ritz. The _Minestrone_ is an excellent
Italian soup (which, by the way, Oddenino of the Imperial in London
makes better than I have tasted it anywhere else out of Italy); the
veal, I fancy, came from Paris, the _ortolans_ from the far south:--
Melon.
Minestron Milanaise.
Friture du Pays.
Carre de Veau braise aux Cepes.
Ortolans a la broche.
Salade de Romaine.
Coupes d'Entigny.
I have not kept any bill for this, but I know that I regarded the total
as moderate in a town where all things in September are at gambler's
prices. The Royalty, in the main street at Biarritz, is the afternoon
gathering place for the young bloods, who there drink cooling liquids
through straws out of long tumblers, while the ladies hold their
parliament at tea-time in Miremont the confectioner's.
Marseilles
Once more I step down from the platform to give place to my colleague
A.B.
Two of the best hotels in Marseilles, with restaurants attached to them,
are the Noailles and the Hotel du Louvre; the latter is owned and
supervised by Mons.
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