Dear Friends,
As promised here is my post about the food on the Queen Mary 2 on our crossing of the Atlantic from New York to Southampton. Our group booked together for the Queen's Grill level. Consequently we could eat all our meals together in the Queen's Grill.
We had a designated table that only we could use. We could go to a meal anytime during the meal service. We also had the same group of servers.
The menus changed daily. Copies of the next day's menus were put in our cabins the night before. Here is a sampling of the menus.
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Gala Evening Dinner
There was also an à la carte menu for dinner, but you had to order those items by lunch of the day you wanted them.
Fortunately for us the portion sizes were generally smaller than one might expect which meant that we did not gorge ourselves as much as we might have. Here are some samples of the various dishes.
I was delighted that I could have fresh berries for breakfast every day. The waiters got used to bringing me two helpings.
The avocado toast with poached eggs was a real favorite.
Of course dinners were the highlight of the food extravaganza. There were beautiful little starters.
At many dinners the maitre d' would offer a special pasta to add to the regular menu.
There were plenty of delicious fish dishes.
Unfortunately, on this sole meunière I took the picture before the waiter had added the spinach. So do not blame the Queen Mary 2 for the appearance of the plate.
There was also far more meat than our doctors would have recommended, but it was very good. We also could not resist the flaming dishes.
Rack of Dorset Lamb
Beef Wellington
Chateaubriand of Beef
The normal desserts were really good.
But the flaming desserts were always special.
Baked Alaska
Cherries Jubilee
One night we experienced a fun soufflé.
Of course tea time on a British ship is very important and very good.
And just in case we were hungry, a small appetizer was delivered to our room between tea and dinner.
On the last night the waiters found out that Jane and I would celebrate our 57th anniversary in a few days so they prepared a special dessert for us.
And serenaded us with "Let Me Call You Sweetheart".
What a wonderful experience it was! If we can, we will do it again, but next time we will go from Southampton to New York so we can see the Statue of Liberty as we enter New York harbor.
Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal
