He was looking for the Advanced Mate menu. It was a fork of the mintMenu, removing the Mint specific parts. Here are some links. It's on github, and I think possible, but way beyond my skill level. It is still active as it is offered on my Sparky Mate installation.
Myself, I am retired. I don't HAVE a work flow Same here
The first time I used the gnome 2 ( now classic) menu I was hooked, have used nothing else since.
Same here