Jul 20, 2012 00:37
11 yrs ago
French term

beurre indécis

French to English Other Cooking / Culinary Restaurant Menu
"Filet de poisson du jour à la plancha
Beurre indécis, citronnelle/citron vert
ou senteur d'été (huile d'olive, tomate, persil et citron"

Item on a Swiss restaurant menu. I can't make any sense whatsoever out of "beurre indécis". Well, the "beurre" is obviously butter (which is presumably spread on the fish or perhaps the fish is cooked in it), but indécis??? I mean, whoever heard of indecisive butter? Well, indécis can also mean indistinct or vague, but those don't make too much sense here either. From what I can see, this is not a standard culinary term at all. TIA for any light you can shed on this most bizarre expression.

Discussion

Rowan Morrell (asker) Jul 20, 2012:
Cyril and CC Yeah, I think you guys are right. I genuinely did not know who this was for, but if that's the name of the restaurant, then it all makes sense. Although I suppose I could also call it "house butter sauce" as cc suggested, or "our own butter sauce".

Proposed translations

+5
25 mins
Selected

indécis butter sauce

Or something along that line.
'indécis' is the name of the restaurant, it should be kept as is :)

http://indecis.vpweb.ch/Carte-du-soir.html
Peer comment(s):

neutral David Hollywood : do you really think so?
6 mins
Obviously, yes :)
agree cc in nyc : yes! (I was busy cutting-and-pasting, but you posted first
11 mins
Thank you cc
agree Rosa Paredes : yup...
20 mins
Thank you Rosa
agree Daniel Weston
4 hrs
Thank you Daniel
agree writeaway : nothing beats a bit of research. comes up immediately on the www http://www.mytable.com/Suisse/Lausanne/Restaurant/L-Indecis/...
8 hrs
Merci Write :)
agree Bertrand Leduc
9 hrs
Merci Bertrand
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This gets the points by dint of being submitted a bit faster, although the other answer was more thorough with the reference. Contrary to one peer grader's opinion, I DID do the research before coming here. I know what Google is and how to use it. It's my "second line" after dictionaries, and then KudoZ is my "last line" when all other options appear to have proved futile. Anyway, my search for "beurre indécis" did bring up a link to that restaurant, but for some reason I just didn't realise that was the restaurant's name. A case perhaps, as Sherlock Holmes once remarked to Dr Watson, of seeing but not observing. Or a blonde moment. Point is though, I DID do the research beforehand, and I rather resent the insinuation (snidely made by the same person for the second time in a week, and incorrect both times) that I didn't. Anyway, to those who both saw AND observed, many thanks. Probably best not to enter this in the glossary, as it would sort of be like advertising. But I appreciate everyone's help."
9 mins

choice of butter

Disappointingly boring, but don't they just mean that you can choose between the lemon grass one and the tomato one?
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+4
36 mins

"indécis" butter sauce

Or house butter sauce.

L'indécis is the name of the restaurant:
Bienvenue à l'indécis
Restaurant associé à "Lausanne, ville du Goût 2012"
L'indécis est un restaurant au coeur de la ville de Lausanne à deux pas de la gare, du pub "Les Gosses du Québec" et des cinémas pathé les Galeries et le Capitole.

http://indecis.vpweb.ch/

The special butter sauce varies from dish to dish. From the dinner menu:

Poissons
Filet de poisson du jour à la plancha 35
Beurre indécis, sauce citronnelle ou senteur d'été

Viandes
Entrecôte de bœuf suisse Beurre indécis, sauce au poivre ou au chocolat & Garanoir 35

Menus indécis 52.00
Notre entrecôte (Filet de boeuf/ sup. 8.00)
Beurre indécis, sauce marchand de vin ou au chocolat & Garanoir [...]
Ou
Filet de poisson du jour à la plancha
Beurre indécis, sauce grenobloise ou à l’absinthe


http://indecis.vpweb.ch/Carte-du-soir.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Rosa Paredes
7 mins
Thank you.
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : well spotted
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Daniel Weston
4 hrs
Thank you.
agree Colin Rowe
7 hrs
Thank you.
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