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Sat 07 Jul 2007Ask the expertIt doesn't get more French than French onion soup and in Chez Max, a small French bistro on Palace Street beside Dublin Castle, they serve this as part of the early bird menu, where two courses cost €19 a head. It is perfect food for cooler evenings like the ones we have been getting this summer. Chef Terence Chodaton says this quantity will make enough soup for 10 people.SOUPE A L'OIGNON