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4 eggs three-course lunch. Starters include 402 castersugar } , _ , , . , . .. . iot asparagus spears with Sozplaintlour h H, d, .1, d ‘h. ,k‘ , d 1ozcocoa o an aise an L ic en an Zozunsaned Dune, mushroom crepezamongst the half ’chphonc: 031 220 0550 . . . dozenmaindishes are grilled pork Forthetilling. ‘ I) . “Ind . , ._ ,ld 1pimwhipping cream cut et inca ya os grayyvi h ‘ , b lar “in black cherries(smned) mushroomtartlets served on a bedof ‘ e ‘ afe a r kirgch celeriac straws. and roast quailwith t h a t ’s d i s t i n c t [y c 0 n t i n c n t a I
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