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Classic French dishes Carême pioneered included vol-au-vent, filling a puff pastry with savory foods, and tournedos Rossini, a French steak topped with foie gras.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Family-friendly Offerings Although there isn't a kids' club, the hotel caters to families with quite a few connecting rooms and amenities like mini bathrobes and slippers, kids-sized pajamas, small umbrellas, Stokke high chairs, and a kids' menu with dishes like pork curry vol-au-vent.
—Amber Gibson, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s a buzzy Monday night vibe and an open kitchen dishing up a menu of Belgian classics such as vol-au-vents and steak au poivre.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2025
Priced at $75 for adults and $35 for children, the menu offerings include pumpkin soup, fall salad or baked brie to start; turkey plate, prime ribeye roast or vegetarian vol-au-vent for the main course and pecan pie, pumpkin layered cake or chocolate brownie with butterscotch ice cream.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 1 Nov. 2024
Recent menus included lunches of free-range guinea fowl with corn polenta and marinated carrots and dinners of lobster vol-au-vent with white pudding and spinach.
—Marianna Cerini, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023
Henri loudly praised my mother’s vol-au-vents, my father’s wine selection, the house, the furniture, our car, and the Japanese maple out front; Marie-Céleste nodded and smiled.
—Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
At Camp, dinner might include a seafood tostada with a tomatillo vinaigrette, a mushroom vol-au-vent with sherry-sorghum cream sauce, or a lamb T-bone flavored with tikka masala.
—Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
Coronation chicken vol-au-vents were also served at the party.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Family-friendly Offerings Although there isn't a kids' club, the hotel caters to families with quite a few connecting rooms and amenities like mini bathrobes and slippers, kids-sized pajamas, small umbrellas, Stokke high chairs, and a kids' menu with dishes like pork curry vol-au-vent.
—Amber Gibson, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s a buzzy Monday night vibe and an open kitchen dishing up a menu of Belgian classics such as vol-au-vents and steak au poivre.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2025
Priced at $75 for adults and $35 for children, the menu offerings include pumpkin soup, fall salad or baked brie to start; turkey plate, prime ribeye roast or vegetarian vol-au-vent for the main course and pecan pie, pumpkin layered cake or chocolate brownie with butterscotch ice cream.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 1 Nov. 2024
Recent menus included lunches of free-range guinea fowl with corn polenta and marinated carrots and dinners of lobster vol-au-vent with white pudding and spinach.
—Marianna Cerini, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023
Henri loudly praised my mother’s vol-au-vents, my father’s wine selection, the house, the furniture, our car, and the Japanese maple out front; Marie-Céleste nodded and smiled.
—Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
At Camp, dinner might include a seafood tostada with a tomatillo vinaigrette, a mushroom vol-au-vent with sherry-sorghum cream sauce, or a lamb T-bone flavored with tikka masala.
—Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
Coronation chicken vol-au-vents were also served at the party.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
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“Vol-au-vent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vol-au-vent. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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