QG off menu dining question

[exlondoner]

59 minutes ago, Pushpit said:

It's just my reaction, I'm a never smoker so I'm more tolerant, I think, than an ex smoker, and as a clinician I'm supposed to support patients rather than stand in judgement. But smoking at breakfast has always been the most vile thing for me, not even the dawn air is sacrosanct. And yes, because people had just got up and were in the early stages of nicotine withdrawal, smokers did tend to light up at breakfast on QE2 and get through maybe 3 cigarettes to get their nico levels back up. You would see long-married couples who clearly had an unwritten contract - not a word to each other until the third fag.

 

Another piece of trivia for you: QA is the first Cunard ship to never allow smoking inside. Notably in the Golden Lion, where smoking was allowed in the other 3 ships until about 2012. Ditto the casino and G32/Yacht Club - this was 5 years after the UK indoor ban in 2007. 

QA does still have a cigar lounge.

[Covepointcruiser]

QM2 also has a smoking lounge.

[exlondoner]

9 hours ago, Covepointcruiser said:

QM2 also has a smoking lounge.

Rather than a cigar lounge? Where is that?

[TouchstoneFeste]

On 8/14/2024 at 2:25 AM, exlondoner said:

Rather than a cigar lounge? Where is that?

I think the reference was to QM2's Churchill Lounge. Mostly cigars, but pipes are also welcome (hence the identification as a "smoking" rather than "cigar" lounge). I've seen a post here mentioning a sneaky cigarette smoker getting in, but that's not the norm. 7

[Covepointcruiser]

It is by the Commodore Lounge

[roger3858]

Looking forward to my second time in QG- this time in QV. The previous was a transatlantic pre covid and we both enjoyed going off menu. I particularly enjoyed the crepes suzettes and cherries jubilee- I haven’t tried banana foster yet. Are there any other flambee desserts  you would recommend?

 

I’m interested in seeing what else they can do with Dover sole- sole bonne femme and sole Veronique seem to have come up in previous posts. 
 

On our crossing we got to try Osman’s table side spaghetti. Do you know if the current maitre ‘d on QV has any particular specialities?

 

My wife says I focus on the food far too much- she’s almost certainly right!

[BklynBoy8]

1 hour ago, roger3858 said:

Looking forward to my second time in QG- this time in QV. The previous was a transatlantic pre covid and we both enjoyed going off menu. I particularly enjoyed the crepes suzettes and cherries jubilee- I haven’t tried banana foster yet. Are there any other flambee desserts  you would recommend?

 

I’m interested in seeing what else they can do with Dover sole- sole bonne femme and sole Veronique seem to have come up in previous posts. 
 

On our crossing we got to try Osman’s table side spaghetti. Do you know if the current maitre ‘d on QV has any particular specialities?

 

My wife says I focus on the food far too much- she’s almost certainly right!

 

Peaches Flambe

Pear Flambe

 

Steak Diane

Pawn Scampi w Pernod

Lobster l'americaine