The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
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taking them tu dinner az this notable eating
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fntnity In the country
Cieofas Harvey, i6e laat proprietor Of
that maine and n memier NJ n family noted
for IL g~astrOnOfnid ablltty, personally
supervised the business 81 the restaurant.
ie was tho inventor OF discoverer ~ the
steamed oyster. IL was regarded a. m
honor 70 have Mr., Harvey prepare the
,errapin and duck and serve them for
privileged patrons. His lame ~ % cook
was already known 10 Americans In Paris
when he visited that city some years ego.
They made the boast that none of the Paris
chefa could prepare any palate tickling
dish ~ well as he, and the challenge wa
taken up, with the result that "a contest
was arranged.
II was decided that the test should be
the preparation Of q salad. with q silver
cup az the prize. The best known cooks
Of Paris competed and the judges were
famous epiCures Of the gay capital. When
Harvey's turn came to mix the ingredients
for the dressing he used oil, vinegar and
the usual condiments, and then O out
Of a vest pocket a small bottle from which
he poured into the dish a few drops OF a
c~olorless liquid.
After testing all the preparations the
judges declared that while there seemed
to be practically no difference between the
others there was an indefinable something
about the Americans salad that gave IL a
delicious flavor absent from the rest. They
awarded Harvey the cup, and that night
when he and his friends were celebrating
mis- victory somebody asked him what II
was hat he had poured from the little
bottle.
just plain water he said. Il knew
that would fool them"
Harvey's is at the southeast corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh street.
directly opposite the Post Office Depart
ment. Before the restaurant was erected
the building upon its site had been used as
a hospital for cholera patients in a terrible
epidemic Of that plague which visited the
capital in it's early days.