quote:Originally posted by JONATHON: Whats with Amtrak's dinning car menu? breakfast is the only thing that taste good on there. Why?
I've only been on one train trip thus far (eastbound CA Zephyr in Oct), but I thought the food was pretty darned good. Breakfast was good, the burgers at lunch were yummy, and the dinner was good, too. We had the turkey medallions and the portions were so huge we could have split one dinner between the two of us. In fact, we were so tired of being fed that we skipped dinner the second night.
Sort of reminds me of a cruise ship, or being at Gramma's! (eat, eat, eat!)
[This message has been edited by blancoj (edited 12-01-2003).]
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Most meals I have had in Amtrak dining cars have been from good to great.I have rarly had a bad meal in a dining car.Food in the lounge,however,I find hardly edible.
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In my humble opinion, I think that it would be true to say "The hungrier you are, the better the menu looks". If you are hungry, the food on the train will be great.
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The Chocolate Bombe Dessert is "Da Bombe"! Absolutely delicious! As far as other good stuff on the menu, the old Spicy Pork dish they had last winter was great but that has since been removed from the menu. The Meat Loaf I had on the Lake Shore once was pretty good, the steaks are generally always good and I had the absolute best pancakes I've ever had on Amtrak last September on the Capitol Limited going to DC!
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quote:Originally posted by JONATHON: Burgers? I've never seen any bugers on the Starlight's menus
I know they served burgers for lunch on the Starlight in 2002, because I distinctly remember having one while going through Santa Barbara. (They served burgers for lunch on every train then, because of the single national menu.)
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The burger everyone is talking about was on the single national dining car menu that Amtrak instituted in mid-2002. It was a grilled Steak Burger served with Chips and a pickle, I think it sold for like $8.00 or something. I had one on the Lake Shore Limited, the roll was good and crusty. The burger wasn't bad. I think they got rid of that burger when they updated the dining car menus again and now its a Black Angus Steak Burger which is also good.
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