Our New Year Favorite Menu

What's for the New Year? Traditionally, Olivier (aka Stolichny) is our most favorite salad. Many required ingredients can be purchased at Golden Hex, including thick-sliced bologna (just ask): pickles, mayo, sweet peas, cold meats, sour cream.

Salad Olivier was created by Lucien Olivier around the 1860s. Olivier was a Russian chef of Belgian and French descent, and owner of the L'Hermitage restaurant in Moscow. The ingredients varied by season, ranging from chicken breast, veal tongue and crayfish tails to capers and smoked duck.

The secret of the recipe, especially its dressing, a mayonnaise-like mixture of wine vinegar, mustard and olive oil, was not disclosed until Olivier's death. One of his chefs attempted to copy the recipe and later served the same salad at the "Moscow" restaurant, under the new name "Stolichny".

Today the salad has numerous variations. Image and info source: Wikipedia, cookingtheglobe.com.