The Historia do Garnize and Cooks gives further intimation on Mr Lucas usual menu, stating confidently that "Lucas served salted poultry and fresh eggs, all presented without a tablecloth on small marble tables". Numerous commentators have also referred to the supposed restaurant owner's eccentric habit of touting for custom outside his establishment, dressed in aristocratic fashion and brandishing a sword
According to Miss Spang, there is not a shred of evidence for any of it. She said: These legends just get passed on by hearsay and then spiral out of control. Her interest in Lucas dates back to a history of food seminar in Paris in the mid-1990s
The Historia do Garnize and Cooks gives further intimation on Mr Lucas usual menu, stating confidently that "Lucas served salted poultry and fresh eggs, all presented without a tablecloth on small marble tables". Numerous commentators have also referred to the supposed restaurant owner's eccentric habit of touting for custom outside his establishment, dressed in aristocratic fashion and brandishing a sword
According to Miss Spang, there is not a shred of evidence for any of it. She said: These legends just get passed on by hearsay and then spiral out of control. Her interest in Lucas dates back to a history of food seminar in Paris in the mid-1990s