bluemarble Posted May 4 #1 Share Posted May 4 I've seen yesterday's Britannia dinner menu for Queen Anne posted elsewhere. I'll transcribe it here. Dinner Appetisers Terrine of Marbled Game Golden raisins, capers and thyme crackers Risotto of Wild Mushroom Pancetta bacon Crab and Shrimp Skagen Papaya and sourdough crisps Toasted Heirloom Carrots Ginger and lime Salad Green Salad Dijon mustard vinaigrette Soups Potato, Truffle and Goat's Cheese Soup Chervil Billi Bi Soup (Saffron Mussel) Entrées Paillard of Beef Stilton tarte Tatin, port wine glaze, cherry tomato and broccoli Medallions of Pork Fillet Wrapped in bacon, sautéed wild mushrooms, pommes dauphinoise, green beans, pearl onions and Sherry mustard sauce Broiled Cod and Cherry Tomato Orzo Pasta Celeriac purée and lemon butter sauce Potato Gnocchi Basil, roasted aubergine, courgette and sun-blushed tomato sauce Pithivier of Spiced Cauliflower Wilted spinach, coconut curry cream and parsnip purée Desserts Warm Cherry Clafoutis Tart Raspberry sauce and vanilla ice cream Chocolate Marquise Brown butter powder and orange gel Vanilla Cheesecake Strawberry and vanilla salsa Choice of Ice Cream: Coconut, mint chocolate chip, mango sorbet, with cherry sauce Selection of Cheese and Biscuits Coffee and Petit Fours 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted May 5 Author #2 Share Posted May 5 (edited) Here's what I've seen posted for yesterday's Gala Evening menu in Britannia on Queen Anne. Perhaps a few items I don't recall seeing on a Britannia menu before. In celebration of Queen Anne Appetisers Duck Liver and Madeira Parfait with Smoked Duck Sultana and raisin brioche toast with onion and mandarin marmalade Cold Smoked ChalkStream Trout Fennel and apple remoulade and burnt apple purée Lyburn Old Winchester Cheese and Saffron Arancini Crispy chili and sofrito Mushroom Pâté and Wild Mushroom Artisan bread and mustard seeds Soups Lobster Bisque with Aged Cognac Butternut Squash and Lentil Velouté Turmeric, coconut, pumpkin seed and pistachio granola Salads Heirloom Tomatoes Bocconcini, basil jelly and balsamic dressing Celeriac and Apple Salad Frisée, red radish, pickled walnuts and grain mustard dressing Entrées Duo of Beef Glazed Rioja short rib, peppered chateaubriand, forest mushrooms, truffle Dauphinoise, asparagus and sauce Béarnaise Grilled South Coast Lemon Sole Fillets Baltic shrimps, samphire, capers, creamed leeks, crushed Jersey potatoes and sauce Nantua Roasted Rack of 'Red Gum Creek' Lamb Braised shoulder, potato purée, cos lettuce and bacon Pithivier of Spiced Cauliflower with Wilted Spinach Coconut curry cream and parsnip purée Braised Miso Asparagus Spelt, mushrooms, grilled gem, tofu dressing and pumpkin seed pesto Desserts Pistachio Soufflé Served with cherry ice cream Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Crémeux Passion fruit, espresso sponge and salted caramel parfait Vanilla Cheesecake Strawberry and vanilla salsa Choice of Ice Creams: White chocolate, cherry and Madagascan vanilla ice creams, pineapple sorbet and praline chocolate sauce Selection of British Cheese and Biscuits Cunard 'Stowaway' ewe's milk cheese, Smoked Blyton and Stilton with multigrain-crusted rye bread, quince jelly, fig and fennel chutney and biscuits Coffee and Petit Fours Edited May 5 by bluemarble 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted May 5 #3 Share Posted May 5 I've moved the menus to a new thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted May 5 #4 Share Posted May 5 No apparent effort to force the unwilling into the extra tariff restaurants that I can see. Looks good. Thanks for posting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winifred 22 Posted May 5 #5 Share Posted May 5 Definitely some new items there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Amo Posted May 5 #6 Share Posted May 5 Pithivier of spiced cauliflower clearly gave leftovers for the following night... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickb Posted May 5 #7 Share Posted May 5 Can anyone post PG menu please? Hope are all enjoy the Maiden Voyage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted May 6 #8 Share Posted May 6 I’d be very interested to see the a’la carte additions for Britannia Club and whether they remain the same for the entire cruise (as they did when we tried PG on QM2) or vary by day. If the food is as good in the standard Britannia restaurant as it sounds on the menus then we have a lot to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted May 9 Author #9 Share Posted May 9 Here's a transcription of a menu for the second Gala Evening on Queen Anne's maiden voyage. I believe this is from the Princess Grill which would explain some of the details such as caviar and flambé. I have been able to verify several of the entrées and desserts were also on the Britannia menu. Gala Dinner Appetisers Slow Cooked Pork Belly with Crayfish Candied apple and purée Scottish Smoked Salmon Served with classical garnish and brown bread Sweet Onion and Goat's Cheese Tart Piperade of vegetables Roasted Peppers Sumac yoghurt, charred courgette and toasted almond Salads Pea, Broad Bean Salad Pickled Vegetable Quinoa Salad Radish and coriander Soups Roasted Cauliflower Soup Lyburn cheese croûte Chicken Consommé Poached chicken and vegetables Entrées Fillet of Beef Wellington Roast potatoes, asparagus and glazed vegetables with sauce Perigourdine Duck à l'Orange Hazelnut croquette potatoes and garden vegetables Sea-Bass Fillet Buttered and roasted leeks, Lyonnaise potato, shellfish bisque with caviar Roasted Tomatoes Filled with Couscous Wild mushrooms and pine nuts with a goat's cheese soufflé and balsamic Miso Grilled Aubergines Sticky rice and pickled cucumber kimchi Desserts Baked Alaska Morello cherries flambé Carrot Cake Cheesecake Toffee sauce Dark Chocolate Mousse Mango, coconut and coriander Prune and Armagnac Sticky Toffee Pudding Caramelised apple purée and Earl Grey cream Choice of Ice Creams: Turkish delight and strawberry ice creams with mango sorbet and kiwi sauce Selection of Cheese and Biscuits Coffee and Petit Fours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rakkor Posted May 9 #10 Share Posted May 9 Looking at that menu and reading some of the recent QM2 reviews, I struggle to see how people find the food boring and tasteless on board - I know food is subjective, but I'd happily order everything one that menu except goats cheese tart, since that is the work of the Devil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 9 #11 Share Posted May 9 55 minutes ago, rakkor said: Looking at that menu and reading some of the recent QM2 reviews, I struggle to see how people find the food boring and tasteless on board - I know food is subjective, but I'd happily order everything one that menu except goats cheese tart, since that is the work of the Devil No, that is cauliflower - which seems to appear a lot. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare elmsliebev Posted May 9 #12 Share Posted May 9 1 hour ago, exlondoner said: No, that is cauliflower - which seems to appear a lot. 😀 no - green beans are the work of the (squeaky) devil! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted May 9 #13 Share Posted May 9 I thought green beans were the curse of P and O cruises, did not realise it was infectious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted May 9 #14 Share Posted May 9 13 minutes ago, lincslady said: I thought green beans were the curse of P and O cruises, did not realise it was infectious. Perhaps Carnival own a bean field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 9 #15 Share Posted May 9 42 minutes ago, elmsliebev said: no - green beans are the work of the (squeaky) devil! I like green beans. But I also dislike spinach which seems to occur a lot. It is slimy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 9 #16 Share Posted May 9 I note 40% ie 2 out of 5 of the main courses are vegan or vegetarian. So for the 89% of the population who are not vegan/vegetarian (maybe a higher % in cruising age group) there is only a choice of 3 main courses. Hardly an extensive menu. But this is not unique to QA. PS I know everyone will say there is the a la carte but that doesn't change 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac1953 Posted May 9 #17 Share Posted May 9 4 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said: PS I know everyone will say there is the a la carte but that doesn't change In QG it changes every week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 9 #18 Share Posted May 9 39 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said: I note 40% ie 2 out of 5 of the main courses are vegan or vegetarian. So for the 89% of the population who are not vegan/vegetarian (maybe a higher % in cruising age group) there is only a choice of 3 main courses. Hardly an extensive menu. But this is not unique to QA. PS I know everyone will say there is the a la carte but that doesn't change Yes, I think it is extraordinarily disproportionate, considering that there is a separate veggie menu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 9 #19 Share Posted May 9 It must be a coincidence that vegetables are cheaper than meat or fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 9 #20 Share Posted May 9 15 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said: It must be a coincidence that vegetables are cheaper than meat or fish. Of course. 😀😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Amo Posted May 9 #21 Share Posted May 9 It seems somewhat obvious to state that vegetarian food is not just for vegetarians, but the wording of some of the posts above seem to suggest that these could never be an option for a meat eater. Yes, it generally is cheaper to produce than meat or fish dishes (although not always), but the change will also be driven by Cunard's (and Carnival's) sustainability targets. I think it's a good thing, as vegetarian options on cruise ships have been historically poor and very samey. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 9 #22 Share Posted May 9 7 minutes ago, King Amo said: It seems somewhat obvious to state that vegetarian food is not just for vegetarians, but the wording of some of the posts above seem to suggest that these could never be an option for a meat eater. Yes, it generally is cheaper to produce than meat or fish dishes (although not always), but the change will also be driven by Cunard's (and Carnival's) sustainability targets. I think it's a good thing, as vegetarian options on cruise ships have been historically poor and very samey. Of course non vegetarians choose the veggie options, just as a surprising number of so called vegetarians seem to think fish is a vegetable. But, and this is completely subjective, I really don’t think anywhere near 40% of the people around me at dinner choose the veggie dishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NE John Posted May 9 #23 Share Posted May 9 2 hours ago, BigMac1953 said: In QG it changes every week. And PG too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare D&N Posted May 9 #24 Share Posted May 9 I'd probably just have a main, a dessert and the Petit Fours from that menu, but if I had a starter it would probably be the Goats Cheese tart, which I would hope would be quite strongly flavoured. I'd take the salmon if it was Pacific. Scottish doesn't taste the same. I'd be disappointed with it. The two veggie mains look fine to me and if that was all there was I'd be happy to eat either, but with the choice of other three.... What I'd probably prefer would be one of the veggie dishes with a piece of Beef Wellington, Duck or Sea Bass plonked on top, and do without the boring potato accompaniments they offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alc13 Posted May 9 #25 Share Posted May 9 I wonder if the larger number of vegetarian items is meant for younger cruisers, who might be eating less meat for health and/or environmental reasons. PS I thought that cauliflower pithier sounded delicious, first or second night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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