A food Question

There was lobster tail as one of the selections one night. And the answer to the second question is yes and no...I do not know for sure but I believe breads and danishes are brought on the boat, but rolls, cakes and dessert pastries are made on board. If anybody knows for sure, please correct me...
I didn't have the lobster...call me a snob, but lobster isn't very steamboaty and what I had was only a small improvement. I'd rather have Jambalaya or ribs, or the wonderful stuffed pork chop that used to be on the old menu.

Thanks Bruno...Their has only been a handfull of times I've truly enjoyed a good Lobster on a Cruise...but their is something special about having Lobster on a cruise..
When cooking for 2000 passengers on a mega ship...Lobster is rarely the best you will get...but I though on a ship which would only be making 100 or so...The qualily should be better.
Now this has been about 10 years ago, but I was very good friends with the F&B manager on a RCCL ship...At the time he had a budget of 7.00 per day per passenger to feed the passengers...Its probally about the same now, as for better quality meals...you pay extra on the mega ships.
Sandy

Sandy, my pleasure. I just can't wait to see if you'll enjoy yourself on "my" boat (isn't it humorous how everybody that has cruised on the DQSC boats refer to them as "their boat"?). There is a poster on this board, good friend of mine, when we cruise together and she sees me starting to give my typical, predictable and rehearsed PR: "the DQ is magical, you gotta book again, come see my smaller/cheaper cabin that way you can book more cruises" sales pitch to all the first time cruisers, she reprimands me later..."Shut-up Bruno...More cabins available for us!" Anyways, I digress...

I gotta be honest, I am not very big on the DQ dinners, even a whole bunch less now that they replaced most of the steamboaty food with "restaurant" food. They were very good up to this year and are still OK it's just that about that time I'm still full from goodies and Sam Adams that I had up in the Texas and it seems like that is the time of the day I would like to be out on deck as the boat is moving. And steamboatin' is more important than my eating restaurant food. Unfortunately, Deb doesn't agree. I get dressed up for all dinners, shirt and tie, one of the few that do, and she loves to see me dressed up. Sooooo, we go to dinner.

But breakfasts, now that's a different story. In my humble opinion, the DQ breakfasts, both menu and buffet are truly one of the reasons I love the boat so...and MAL hasn't messed with the breakfasts or lunches for that matter. The picnic is such a wonderful piece of hard work, delicious!!! Thank God...

And she IS a magical boat...

Bruno...Thanks again...I am also looking forward to this picnic...Where is it held?
I am alittle concerned that they have taken some of the entertainment away...I love trivia...and I am bringing plenty of kites for the ones of us that want to fly them...I love scenery...and since I'm a smoker..I will be outside as much as possible...
I love talking to people...but on a vacation I do want to be entertained.

Sandy

ah, another smoker, there is strength in our numbers...

Picnic is at lunch in the Orleans, I think the fifth or sixth lunch? However, keep your fingers crossed, we were told that MAL was doing away with the picnic and ours in March was an exception...

We had the lobster, and mine was kinda tough. And I have had fantastic lobster in my life (my cousin was once engaged to a seafood restaurant supplier--oooh boy, did we eat good when she came to visit!) so I do know what good lobster is like.
And I'm with Bruno, I went to visit the south, and I expected to eat regional foods. The best bread pudding I had on our vacation was onboard the Natchez--also the best catfish. The food served at the picnic was good--I will be really disappointed if they've eliminated that event!
S'
David D.

I love ya Bruno, but I'd like you to be around longer, and dropping that habit would help! (sorry, I get on a soapbox on this, have lost three close people to the sad results of smoking). Plus, I get tired of kicking those "flying saucer" ashtrays on deck! 🙂
Egads, no picnic?? Say it ain't so!!!
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David
Less than a month to go!! (not counting again. . .) 🙂

There was a picnic on the trip we just took (April 12 -20) however, there was no music--not even a CD--and the servers were not dressed in western attire. But the food was GREAT and included three of my four basic food groups. . .catfish, sweetcorn and watermelon! I am not sure if the rest menu was exactly the same but it was close enough for us.