Mangled English

This list comes from a new acquaintance, Lisa Bourial. She's originally from Illinois, and now teaches at University here, preparing University Students to take the Concours for the Ecole Normale Superieure.

Two weeks ago, she took a trip with her Tunisian husband out to Hammamet, and these are some of the gems she found on the menus:

Les entrees ------ Entrances (this is not a joke - I have a picture)

Pates aux fruits de mer ------ paste with seafood

Salade nicoise ------- Nice salad

Spaghetti aux fruits de mer ------- Spaghetti seafruits

Friture de calamar ------- Fritters of Calamar

Steak aux poivre flambe ------- Steak to peppers flamed

Chateaubriand ------- Castlebriand and at another place Chateau Brillant

Roulade de boeuf ------- Cow-Beef Olive (this one totally confuses me - no clue where they got this one

Tournedos Cordon Bleu ------- Blue Tornados Cord

Soupe a l'onion ------ Soup to the onion

Here are a couple of my favorites -

Soupe pecheur ------ soup sinner

Salade pecheru ------ salad sinner

Filet mignon ------ cute filet (Really, the menu said this)

Les Pates ------ Doughs

a few others without the French - but you get the idea.....

Fisch to the sfaxienne

Fisch of golf

Lobster and Cicada

Lamb to the oven

Lamb to the Gargoulette

Ojja to the choice

Moss to the chocolate (mousse au chocolat if it wasn't obvious)

Ice to the choice