Let me add here that I tend to note menus in French without translation  The reason is simple.  We "English" are notorious for our bad eating habits.  I sometimes say we define ourselves by what we will not taste (ask any second-grader).  The French palate is open to discovery, even if it might kill them.  The French paradox, of course, is that their life expectancy is quite a bit longer than ours.  To make this short, we would never eat a "cow".  We would eat "beef", however.  You may well know that "cow" is the English word and "beef/boeuf" is the French.  Today our salad, vegetable and fresh fish, is simply delicious -- and I judge by the taste.  It's also a light fare fresh from the market.  This is the stuff of a long and healthy life....