Inspired by this thread over in the UA forum where a couple of posters thought "Duck a l'Orange" and "foie gras" would be pretentious on an American (or United Airlines) menu.

It never occurred to me that the French names of foods would be pretentious, when they are commonly used around the world, for particular dishes. I could understand maybe other non-common use of French to spice up a menu would be pretentious, but I don't see it in this case.

Curious what others think.