travel world cruising grand princess dining at sea main courses
EXECUTIVE CHEF: JOEL DIRECTO
"Main" course selections from the Princess Menu change dayly and usually include, at least, one meat dish, one fish dish, and one vegetarian dish.
Aside from these selections that change every night, Princess offers one or two "Favorites" that are always available.
While the quality of the selections vary from day to day and ship to ship, evening dining can, almost always, be counted on to be a special meal.
On this particular voyage we were treated to an excellent service staff, but, surprisingly, an in contrast to other Princess voyages, we had four separate main courses that were not edible.
Three of these bad main courses were due to the quality of the tough grisly steak served, the forth was "mushy" fillet of sole.
For some inexplicable reason, Princess seems to prepare excellent prime rib, short ribs, and beef Wellington, but is consistently poor in its quality of steak served.
In this case, the steaks served were the reason for the lowered over-all rating below. Most of the other foods were very good to excellent.
TRAVEL: January 27 - February 12, 2019
This cruise has earned an over-all 3.5 star (good+) rating from
Travel Fanatics Unlimited
***1/2
Unless noted otherwise, all photos are copyright, d. holmes chamberlin jr, architect llc
Food descriptions in quotes are directly from the menu... other descriptions are from memory.
MAIN DINNER COURSES
"Kalua Duck with Plum Wine Sauce, steamed bok choy and wild rice."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
This night, they were also serving Broiled Lobster Tail as a main course and I asked to add a tail to my duck plate (visible on the back of the plate).
****1/2
"Beef 'Stroganoff' with Buttered Egg Noodles, sauteed beef strips with egg noodles, paprika demi-glace, kosher pickles mushrooms, sour cream."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****1/2
"Broiled New York Cut Strip Steak with Green Peppercorn Sauce, tomato Provencale, sauteed zucchini and lyonnaise potatoes."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
*
Broiled steak with Onion straws, carrots, roasted potatoes.
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
**
"Linguine alle Vongole, noodles with littleneck clams in cream sauce and parsley."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****
"Crispy Southern Fried Chicken, coleslaw and French fries."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****
"Grilled Seafood Skewer with Mango and Lime Salsa, salmon, red snapper, shrimp and sea scallops, bok choy, jasmine rice."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****
"Indonesian Grilled Lamb Chops, ginger cream, asperagus tips, roasted potatoes."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****
"Slow-Roasted Prime Rib, Rosemary Jus and Horseradish Cream. Corn-on-the-cob, char-grilled tomato, baked Idaho potato."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****1/2
"Pan-seared Red Snapper with Chili, Cilantro and Lime Butter Sauce, bok choy, rice pilaf."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***1/2
"Petto di Pollo Ripieno con Crema di Radicchio, breaded chicken breast stuffed with fontina cheese, spinach and mushrooms, radicchio cream, grilled asparagus, roasted potatoes."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***1/2
Roast meat and potatoes.
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***1/2
"Sauteed Lemon Sole Filets "Colbert" wilted spinach, steamed potatoes, parsley and tarragon butter."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
* inedible
Mussels and Clams and Seafood.
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****
"Seared Diver Scallops, Apple-Ginger Chutney, crispy pork belly, green bean and potato hash, pea puree."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****
"Scaloppine di Virello al Marsala, vedal scallopini, marsals wine sauce, green bedans , cherry tomatoes, creamy mashed potatoes."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***1/2
"Seafood Stew with Chilean Sea Bass, Black Mussels and Clams, cream, fennel, toasted baguette."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
****
"Spaghetti con Polpette in Salsa di Pomodoro Fresco, spaghetti with meatballs, fresh tomato sauce."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***
"Mariner-Style Black Mussels in White Wine Cream Sauce, home-style garlic bread, French fries."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***1/2
"Surf and Turf, petite filet mignon, large prawns, bearnaise sauce, pencil asparagus."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***
"Trenette ai Frutti di Mare con Pomodoro e Basilico, flat noodles with seafood, tomato and basil."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
***1/2
MAIN LUNCH COURSES
Liver and Onions."
Dining at Sea, Grand Princess, 2019.
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