9 night Explorer menus

Here are the menus. Apparently, since they are tied to the ports somehow, you may experience these in a different order. Also, there was a Thanksgiving menu in addition to what would have normally been on the menu for that evening.

 

Again, YMMV, but at least you can get an idea about the dinners!

 

DAY ONE MENU-Dinner

Appetizers:

Smoked fish tapenade

Vidalia onion Tart (I live for this! And I make it at home too!)

Strawberry/Kiwi/Pineapple medley

Tortilla Soup (this was a tomato based soup, teeny bit spicy-very good)

Hot & Sour Shrimp Soup

Chilled Watermelon gazpacho

Cesar Salad

Spinach Salad

Entrees:

Shrimp Ravioli

Pan Fried Pork Medallions (tender)

Prime Rib

Grilled Mediterranean Quesadilla

Aloo Gobi Methi

Alternate entrees-available daily

Atlantic salmon

Atlantic Cod

Chicken breast with Seasonal herbs

Black Angus top sirloin

Linguini with Marinara Sauce

Dessert:

Strawberry Pavlova (excellent)

Chocolate Cherry Cake (sounds better than it was)

Savarin

Low Fat Blueberry/Peach Cobbler

Sugar Free Chocolate Pot de Crème

NIGHT 2-Formal Night

Appetizers

Orange Carpaccio

Chilled Golden Pear Soup (love the chilled soups)

Oxtail Broth

Escargot

Lobster Bisque

Caesar Salad

Shrimp Cocktail

Entrees

Eggplant Mozzarella Tower

Sea Bass

Roast Duck

Wild Mushroom Linguini Alfredo

Filet of Beef (slices of tenderloin, nice dish)

Potato Curry

Desserts

Double Strawberry Cheesecake

Grand Marnier Soufflé (best dessert ever)

Cherries Jubilee (second best)

Low fat strawberry cheesecake

Sugar free coconut vanilla cake

NIGHT 3

Appetizers

Onion Focaccia with cream cheese spread

Shrimp Ceviche

Vegetable Samosa (little fried pillows with veggies, a little spicy)

Cream of Cauliflower Soup

Beef Consommé Royale

Chilled Blueberry/Yogurt Soup

Caesar salad

Boston lettuce salad

Entrees

Pappardelle with fresh peas

Thai-style shrimp

Buttermilk fried chicken (on the bone) with chicken gravy

Black Angus Sirloin Oscar (topped with crabmeat and béarnaise sauce)

Vegetable Pad Thai

Vegetable Madras

Desserts

Cappuccino Layer Cake

Passion fruit Meringue Tart (YUMM!-3rd best dessert ever!)

Coconut parfait

Low fat summer berry pudding with fresh berries

Sugar Free guava napoleon

NIGHT 4

Appetizers

Papaya, Lychee and Water Chestnut Salad with Kaffir lime syrup

Smoked Salmon Carpaccio

Breaded Mushrooms (would have been great if they were hot)

Mulligatawny Soup

Shellfish Saffron Consommé

Chilled Orange and Banana Soup (very tasty)

Caesar Salad

Tomato Salad

Entrees

Baked Cheese Cannelloni

Pan Seared Tilapia with potato leek gratin, corn niblets, snow peas and saffron beurre blanc

Asian Duck with orange hoisin sauce, stir fried Chinese cabbage and rice

Pan fried pork medallions with sour cream mashed and caramelized shallots (excellent-different than the pork served earlier)

Wild mushroom and goat cheese pizza

Moglai Cauliflower

Desserts

Pear Tart Bourdalou-rich almond crust with pears

Chocolate banana strudel (not very good-the cake is very dry and the banana was very hard-most people who ordered this didn’t actually finish it)

White chocolate cheesecake

Low fat mango mousse

Sugar free orange yogurt pudding

NIGHT 5

Appetizers

Exotic fruits with mojito jelly (nice fruit plate)

Crab & Shrimp Salad

Beef & Veal tortellacci

Jalapeno and potato soup

Chicken consommé (VERY salty!)

Chilled cranberry/mango soup

Caesar Salad

Seasonal Salad

Entrees

Penne tarantina-with shrimp, mussels & scallops

Cornmeal dusted tilapia

Parmesan crusted turkey tenderloin

Slow roasted beef shoulder filet (delicious)

Asparagus & Brie tart

Gobi Ki Sabzi

Desserts

Choca-Chino Trilogy (grand Marnier white chocolate mousse, chocolate/kahlua cheesecake and mud cake)

BBB Brulee-banana/Bailey’s crème brulee (excellent)

Magic mango parfait

Low fat pineapple coconut cake (tasty, comes with ice cream too!)

Sugar free steamed vanilla berry custard

NIGHT 6

Appetizers

Caprese Salad

Antipasto

Scallop risotto

Garlic Soup (always tasty)

Minestrone

Strawberry bisque (very good-like a smoothie)

Caesar salad

Insalata mista

Entrees

Rigatoni with Chorizo, bell peppers, olive oil and basil

Garlic tiger shrimp (great)

Chicken Marsala (also tasty)

Lamb shank

Vegetarian Chili

Kaju paneer dhansak

Desserts

Warm chocolate cake (wonderful)

Raspberry panna cotta

Tiramisu (pretty good!)

Low fat angel food cake

Sugar free chocolate mint cake

NIGHT 7 – Special Thanksgiving menu

Cream of roasted butternut squash and apple soup (somehow, we forgot to order this, darn!)

Roast turkey with all the trimmings (stuffing, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, sweet potato, cranberry sauce-very nice!)

Warm pumpkin pecan pudding (YUM! 4th best dessert ever, but not really pudding….kind of like bread pudding)

Other Items:

Pineapple cocktail (fruit salad)

Green peppercorn pate

Seafood pot pie

Chicken consommé

Chilled cherry and banana soup

Forest Mushroom farfalle

Southern honey glazed ham (very tasty)

Autumn vegetable turnover

Apple pie ala mode

Sugar free berry melba

NIGHT 8 – second formal

Appetizers

Sun ripened pineapple

Citrus cured salmon

Creamed wild mushrooms in puff pastry (tasty!)

Cream of asparagus soup

Double Duck consommé

Roasted peach soup (what’s not to love!)

Caesar salad

House salad

Fisherman’s plate (lobster tail and shrimp-yes I was offered seconds!)

Thai BBQ chicken (not very good this time!)

New England Bay scallops and ziti

Prime Rib

Asian fried tofu

Kabuli Chana

 

Desserts

Dessert sampler-three mini desserts: savarin, warm chocolate cake & cheesecake

Low fat berry mousse

Sugar free berry tart

NIGHT 9-Final Dinner

Fresh Fruits

House Terrine

Crab Cake (WAY too much filler, fishy taste, not very not)

New England clam chowder

Asian Style Chicken Soup

Chilled Golden Delicious Apple Soup (like thin apple sauce, but good!)

Caesar Salad

Focaccia and tomato salad

Cheese Tortelloni

Panko crusted catch of the day

Slow roasted double cut pork loin steak (like an inch thick, center cut boneless pork chop. Excellent, one of the best entrees!)

Lamb t-bone osso buco style

Pan Fried Cauliflower cake

Vegetable vindaloo

Ivory chocolate fondue (more like white chocolate mousse….can’t figure this out!)

Apple pie ala mode

Dulce de leche cheesecake (NOT very good-not a cheesecake consistency)

Low fat caramelized pina colada tart (this was very good!)

Sugar free fruit pillow

Thank you so much. These are a bit different from what I had collected previously from people on other ships, so it is really nice to have the Explorer ones, even though the order may change and even the menus may change.

 

Thanks again for all your help. :)

Thanks for adding your comments.

sure!!! my pleasure! i thought the menus were the same fleet wide, but knowing RC, anything can happen.!!:rolleyes:

 

some was great, some sounded great and some was icky....so i tried to point that out!:D

thanks soooooooooo much for posting this. i will be on the explorer next friday! i can't wait! this will be my 3rd time on her. :p

thanks soooooooooo much for posting this. i will be on the explorer next friday! i can't wait! this will be my 3rd time on her. :p

 

have fun....don't break anything....only 60-ish more days!

sure!!! my pleasure! i thought the menus were the same fleet wide, but knowing RC, anything can happen.!!:rolleyes:

 

some was great, some sounded great and some was icky....so i tried to point that out!:D

 

I think the menus are close to the same fleet wide, but I have been trying to collect menus since they changed and I found Alaska cruises had some Alaskan seafood offerings that were slightly different than the other ships people had been on. I also had someone send me menus from a med cruise and there were some differences there as well.

 

I think so they can buy in bulk, most things are standard, but there are some areas where regional tastes and/or prices call for changes. I know the med cruises do not have the lobster on their seafood platter since lobster there is not common or something.

OMG!!! I am not cruising until October (10 night) and I still enjoyed planning out all of my meals from the menus you gave us!!! What fun reading! Thanks for posting!

have fun....don't break anything....only 60-ish more days!

 

60ish days? I'm going on the Explorer next Friday :p 11 more days to go for me .. I am uber excited. :D

Meg thank you for the menus. My DD has rencently been diagnosed with a medical problem that requires a very special diet. This will help us figure out ahead of time what she can and cant eat in the DR.

60ish days? I'm going on the Explorer next Friday :p 11 more days to go for me .. I am uber excited. :D

 

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Here are the menus.

 

Do you have a email address so I can order all my meals before I board?

Do you have a email address so I can order all my meals before I board?

 

as in you want me to cook them for you?????:D or as in call RC and tell them what you want/???;)

 

derf, i am not quite sure what you mean??!! my email is cruisermeg at verizon dot net.

 

as for RC....theres probably one on their webiste....

Wondering if anyone has recently returned from 5 nt Bermuda and can post any of menus from MDR? Is there lobster any of the nights? Have read mixed reviews on that........and wasn't sure if it was even offered on 5-night?

 

Can anyone post a recent cruise compass for EOS - Bermuda? Particularily interested in "sea day" activities.

 

Thanks so much!!!