Is ketchup usually used in French cuisine?

[TimeforMe]

DD19 and I recently returned from a week at Disney on the dining plan. This was our first time dining at Chefs de France and while it was very good, I found it odd that they actually used ketchup (and possibly mayo?) as a sauce for my appetizer. Here's the description taken from the allears website:

Tartare de saumon legerement fume, sauce moutarde - Tartare of raw salmon lightly smoked with cucumber dill and honey mustard sauce $10.50

There was no cucumber dill & hm sauce at all. Instead there were lines of what appeared to be ketchup and mayo. When I first tasted it, I thought I was wrong so dd tasted and thought the same. I actually asked the waiter again because it just seemed so odd that they would use ketchup. He confirmed that it was indeed ketchup.

Anyone else have this dish recently?

 

[bradk]

yes, but in france, it's known as le ketchup

 

[kathie859]

Tomato ketchup as a sauce to salmon strikes me a little odd. I wonder if the sauce was another fruit ketchup (not that it's much better)? I guess the big question is "How did it taste?" I've never had this dish--not a huge tartar fan of any type (beef, fish, whatever...)

I will say that I've had some very good meals at Chefs

 

[TimeforMe]

I guess the big question is "How did it taste?"

Like tomato ketchup.

 

[evenpar4me]

NOT! Not true French food.Chefsde France or Not!There are some "reddish sauces that branch off from the mother sauce,but not Ketchup!