I am in Acela First right now and the menu is different. I was thinking about the Shrimp Crab cake offering, but chose the Chicken Biryani instead. It was both spicy and delicious.

My train was fully sold out between NYP and PHL, but it's only about half full now for the rest of the way.

I got the last seat and it was at a 4 seat table. The four of us ended up having a great conversation which made the trip go by very fast. But they got off at PHL and WIL so I'm alone now with my Old Fashioned.