Originally Posted by
DrivingRain
RC club level...room service caviar was free-flowing and of decent-enough quality. The rest of the food was hit or miss, but the misses were never revealing of deep flaws. The quality of the ingredients was strong; the problems that did occur were more about execution. The service was pleasantly personalized.
Originally Posted by
FlyingDoctorwu
food is good, but not as good as Seabourn, in my experience. Service is very solid.
We've done Seadream, Seabourn, and Regent. my favorite experiences have always been with Seadream
any specific hotel comparisons?
sounds like food is just least bad on seadream/seabourn, especially with declines.
but thats not necessarily all that different from luxury resorts discussed here.
europa has best small restaurant, but ususal limited avail >
Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
German chef Dieter Mueller is one of the many chefs on the high seas. The [MS] Europa ... is the home to the new Restaurant Dieter Muller. The 26-seat restaurant will serve Muller's blend of French cuisine influenced by his Baden homeland and Asian and Mediterranean styles. More than just putting his name on it, Muller is on board for 70 days of the year.
Muller became the first award winning chef to open his own gourmet restaurant on board the Europa. After a redesign, while docked in a Hamburg shipyard, the former euro-asian Oriental Restaurant was transformed into the "Restaurant Dieter Mueller...
Muller is one of the most successful German chefs and made gourmet history for 18-years at the luxury hotel and restaurant Schlosshotel Lerbach which has three Michelin stars. He was voted "Chef of the Year" more than 4 times, by the French restaurant guide "Gault Millau" and the German magazine "Der Feinschmecker. Sample menu items include young venison saddle with filled polenta roulade and cardamom sauce; Tandoori pumpkin soup; white tomato jelly, seafood and vegetable; and Burnt Mascarpone cream, berry fruit salad and tonka bean ice cream.
there is also another smaller restaurant called "venezia" which is italian