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by Jean-Michel Rocard

A special menu (based on a real meal offered to my wife and me by ex-Prime Minister of France
Michel Rocard, January 1991)



Hôtel de Matignon (Prime Minister Residence)

Chef : Michel Rocard

Apéritif : un Rocard ... sinon rien !


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Filets de sole à la Cresson
Tournedos servis par des gorilles
Salade centriste
Plateau de bavardages
Soupe de fruits frais
et son sorbet .




Meursault Charmes 1986
Château Beychevelle 1983

Notes: Mrs Cresson: ex-Prime Minister;
Salade centriste: allusion to political parties from the center of political spectrum;
Apéritif: allusion to one "Ricard" or nothing! M. Rocard is a Socialist politician well known in France.