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  • Dating back to the late 19th century, the restaurant is known for its lobster-salad smørrebrød.

    The Danish Sandwich, Reloaded J. S. Marcus 2011

  • This was no dainty lady's dinner of toast and lobster-salad; a savory and hearty platter of rare roast beef, new potatoes, and mixed grilled vegetables awaited her appetite, with caramel flan and a good red wine as accompaniments.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • We all know that sort of transaction: the squabbling, and gobbling, and popping of champagne; the smell of musk and lobster-salad; the dowagers chumping away at plates of raised pie; the young lassies nibbling at little titbits, which the dexterous young gentlemen procure.

    Mrs. Perkins's Ball 2006

  • She is nearly six feet high; she loves waltzing beyond even poesy; and I think lobster-salad as much as either.

    Mrs. Perkins's Ball 2006

  • There are but two points in which you can defer to him, -- punch and lobster-salad.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various

  • "If she doesn't, I shall be smothered in lobster-salad!"

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890 Various

  • She always manages to have something for the entertainment of her friends, so that they are not reduced to the simple alternatives of gaping at each other's dresses and eating lobster-salad and ice-cream.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various

  • There I quaff the elixir and sweet essence of mundane triumph, eating truffles to the sound of trumpets, and feasting at sunrise on lobster-salad and champagne.

    More Trivia Logan Pearsall Smith 1907

  • (Mrs Quantock had been the first to guess Beethoven's little toe on his right foot, which made Lucia wince) and there were not enough men and maids to wait, and so people foraged for themselves, and Olga paraded up and down the room with a bottle of champagne in one hand, and a dish of lobster-salad in the other.

    Queen Lucia 1903

  • Mr. Lamb oddly walked all round the table, looking closely at any dish that struck his fancy before he would decide where to sit, telling Mr.. Hood that he should by that means know how to select some dish that was difficult to carve, and take the trouble off her hands; accordingly, having jested in this manner, he placed himself with great deliberation before a lobster-salad, observing _that_ was the thing.

    The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

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