Vegetarian menu

[LouisV]

I read somewhere that there is a dedicated vegetarian menu in the MDR. We are sailing on the Equinox in November. Does anyone have any photos of it that they can post?

 

Thanks

Mo

[beebell]

This has some info on vegetarian menu.

 

http://media.celebritycruises.com/celebrity/content/pdf/faq/celebrity_vegetarian_menu.pdf

[cruiserone]

I do not eat meat but am a pescatarian. I had no problem getting a vegetable meal, non dairy or meatless meal at any location on the ship. They are very accommodating .

[LouisV]

I do not eat meat but am a pescatarian. I had no problem getting a vegetable meal, non dairy or meatless meal at any location on the ship. They are very accommodating .

 

My mom is a pescatarian as well and I don't think she'll have a problem either!

[casper106]

No problems getting vegetarian food. As for photos,perhaps someone will post but then who knows if the choices will be the same on your cruise.

 

Just curious about why people want photos of food?

[Brangwen]

Try here for examples of menus: http://www.beyondships2.com/celebrity-equinox-menus.html

 

There are always plenty of fish and veg options on the MDR menu as well as in the buffet. I didn't care for the "top chef" menu as the fish was all coated in some sort of "sauce"... but that's just me. :cool:

[scubamommy!]

There are plenty of veg options on all the buffets and each standard menu in the dining room has at least one veg option every night, but if you ask your server they have an entire Vegetarian menu they will bring you each night. I also found that if we ate in a specialty restaurant one night ( which also all have several veg options) and I missed something that looked good on the previous nights veg menu I could request it for that night. They usually brought me the next nights menu at the dinner table because I always liked to look at it to know what I should be getting my taste buds worked up for.

[Tyler80]

My wife and I are vegetarians and found no problems with options on the menu.

[AlanAllyn]

This is a list I compiled a couple of years ago. On some menus one of the items overlapped what was on the regular menu. I will find out how current it is in December.

 

Menu 1

Appetizers: Blue Cheese Souffle; Mille Feuille of wild mushrooms

Soup: vegetarian tomato; Japanese vegetable consommé

Salad: Baby spinach; mixed lettuce Daikon radish

Entrée: Orrechiette pasta, porcini mushrooms; vegetable korma

 

Menu 2

Appetizers: wild mushroom napolean; ambrosia of fresh fruit cocktail

Soup: Cream of asparagus; vegetable consommé with root vegetables

Salad: Jicama (cucumbers, watermelon & mint); seasonal greens

Entrée:Fried marsala potatoes; grilled vegetable tart

 

Menu 3

Appetizers: heirloom tomato stuffed endives; grenadine scented pineapple

Soup: tomato and cucumber gazpacho; vegetable consomme

Salad: shaved pear salad breakfast radish; crisp romaine lettuce

Entrée: vegetable paella; Imam Bayadi (eggplant stuffed with ratatouille)

 

Menu 4

Appetizers: marinated grilled eggplant; citrus delight

Soup: Cream of mushroom; vegetable broth

Salad: green leaf and iceberg lettuce; radicchio and watercress

Entrée: toasted Israeli couscous cake; vegetable prima vera lasagna

 

Menu 5

Appetizers: vegetabler summer rolls; fety and fresh fruit

Soup: cream of broccoli; watercress and orange

Salad: Boston lettuce and gorgonzola; market fresh

Entrée: spinach and ricotta ravioli; vegetable cassoulet

 

Menu 6

Appetizers: Supreme of chilled melon Midori; spinach turnover

Soup: market vegetable minestrome; roasted plantain and corn

Salad: sliced tomato and red onion; green leaf and radicchio lettuce

Entrée: Asian tofu stir fry; vegetable spaghetti with marinara sauce

 

Menu 7

Appetizers: marinated bell peppers and Portobello mushroom terrine; fresh papaya. mango and kiwi cocktail

Soup: oven roasted tomato and garlic; creamy chilled Haas avacado

Salad: Asian; crisp garden green

Entrée: stuffed Portobello mushroom; vegetable turnover

[kevinyork]

Be aware that any cheese included in the dishes marked as suitable for vegetarians contains animal rennet (from the lining of a calves stomach) and isn't vegetarian cheese. We found this out last month on the Eclipse and it was confirmed by the head chef. All cheese in the buffet including on the vegetarian pizzas also contains animal rennet. Probably around 75% of the dishes on their menus marked as suitable for vegetarians contain cheese.

 

 

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[casper106]

Be aware that any cheese included in the dishes marked as suitable for vegetarians contains animal rennet (from the lining of a calves stomach) and isn't vegetarian cheese. We found this out last month on the Eclipse and it was confirmed by the head chef. All cheese in the buffet including on the vegetarian pizzas also contains animal rennet. Probably around 75% of the dishes on their menus marked as suitable for vegetarians contain cheese.

 

 

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The OP stated she is a vegetarian not a vegan. A true vegan will not eat regular cheese and knows this whereas any vegetarian who still eats real cheese follows one of the many variations of a vegetarian diet.

[kevinyork]

The OP stated she is a vegetarian not a vegan. A true vegan will not eat regular cheese and knows this whereas any vegetarian who still eats real cheese follows one of the many variations of a vegetarian diet.

 

 

 

I never responded in the understanding the OP was a vegan. Vegans differ from vegetarians. A vegan won't eat cheese as it contains dairy products and vegans don't eat dairy. However a vegetarian will eat cheese, as long as the cheese doesn't contain meat derivatives. A vegetarian doesn't eat meat or meat derivatives, full stop. There is no variant of a vegetarian. If someone who claims to be vegetarian knowingly eats cheese that's made using extract of a calves stomach lining then they are not a vegetarian, they are just liberally adopting that description. For X to state a dish is vegetarian when it contains an ingredient made with extract of a calves stomach lining then that's misleading and could make people who choose through dietary requirement, religious adherence or moral choice unwittingly eat meat because they relied on X to get their food labelling right. I'm guessing you are not a vegetarian?

 

 

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[LouisV]

This is a list I compiled a couple of years ago. On some menus one of the items overlapped what was on the regular menu. I will find out how current it is in December.

 

Menu 1

Appetizers: Blue Cheese Souffle; Mille Feuille of wild mushrooms

Soup: vegetarian tomato; Japanese vegetable consommé

Salad: Baby spinach; mixed lettuce Daikon radish

Entrée: Orrechiette pasta, porcini mushrooms; vegetable korma

 

Menu 2

Appetizers: wild mushroom napolean; ambrosia of fresh fruit cocktail

Soup: Cream of asparagus; vegetable consommé with root vegetables

Salad: Jicama (cucumbers, watermelon & mint); seasonal greens

Entrée:Fried marsala potatoes; grilled vegetable tart

 

Menu 3

Appetizers: heirloom tomato stuffed endives; grenadine scented pineapple

Soup: tomato and cucumber gazpacho; vegetable consomme

Salad: shaved pear salad breakfast radish; crisp romaine lettuce

Entrée: vegetable paella; Imam Bayadi (eggplant stuffed with ratatouille)

 

Menu 4

Appetizers: marinated grilled eggplant; citrus delight

Soup: Cream of mushroom; vegetable broth

Salad: green leaf and iceberg lettuce; radicchio and watercress

Entrée: toasted Israeli couscous cake; vegetable prima vera lasagna

 

Menu 5

Appetizers: vegetabler summer rolls; fety and fresh fruit

Soup: cream of broccoli; watercress and orange

Salad: Boston lettuce and gorgonzola; market fresh

Entrée: spinach and ricotta ravioli; vegetable cassoulet

 

Menu 6

Appetizers: Supreme of chilled melon Midori; spinach turnover

Soup: market vegetable minestrome; roasted plantain and corn

Salad: sliced tomato and red onion; green leaf and radicchio lettuce

Entrée: Asian tofu stir fry; vegetable spaghetti with marinara sauce

 

Menu 7

Appetizers: marinated bell peppers and Portobello mushroom terrine; fresh papaya. mango and kiwi cocktail

Soup: oven roasted tomato and garlic; creamy chilled Haas avacado

Salad: Asian; crisp garden green

Entrée: stuffed Portobello mushroom; vegetable turnover

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to post this! My mom will find this interesting.

 

Mo

[LouisV]

Be aware that any cheese included in the dishes marked as suitable for vegetarians contains animal rennet (from the lining of a calves stomach) and isn't vegetarian cheese. We found this out last month on the Eclipse and it was confirmed by the head chef. All cheese in the buffet including on the vegetarian pizzas also contains animal rennet. Probably around 75% of the dishes on their menus marked as suitable for vegetarians contain cheese.

 

 

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I never knew this fact before. I wonder how much cheese that is produced contains animal rennet?? I don't think my mom knows this either as she loves cheese.

 

Mo

[carolslc]

I thought animal rennet was only used in Parmesan. Is it all cheeses?

[CruisinNewb]

My recollection was that my first Celebrity cruise in 2008 they had a varied vegetarian menu. Soon thereafter they stopped and it was just one or sometimes two items on the main menu designated as vegetarian.

 

I am very cited about this! When did the separate vegetarian menu return?

[casper106]

I never knew this fact before. I wonder how much cheese that is produced contains animal rennet?? I don't think my mom knows this either as she loves cheese."

 

 

Here's a good source.

 

 

http://cheese.joyousliving.com/

[kevinyork]

I never knew this fact before. I wonder how much cheese that is produced contains animal rennet?? I don't think my mom knows this either as she loves cheese."

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a good source.

 

 

 

 

 

http://cheese.joyousliving.com/

 

 

 

Thanks for posting that list. That only goes to show that there are many truly vegetarian cheeses out there and with the buying power that X/RCI have they only needed to state to their produce buyer that the cheeses must be vegetarian and it would happen, for no extra cost.

 

In an email response from the MD of Celebrity UK she also stated she didn't realise cheese might not be vegetarian.

 

 

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[AlanAllyn]

My recollection was that my first Celebrity cruise in 2008 they had a varied vegetarian menu. Soon thereafter they stopped and it was just one or sometimes two items on the main menu designated as vegetarian.

 

I am very cited about this! When did the separate vegetarian menu return?

 

My list was from a late 2012 cruise.