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[QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [QB] Hello from Emeryville on board the Starlight! Just a super quickie report: I am happy to say that we are having a wonderful trip. All equipment is cleaan and in very good working order. Both sleepers are Superliner I with the complter refurb. This one must have been done very recently as it has that "new car smell" to it. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but the food has been outstanding. I have NEVER--ever---had "great" food on Amtrak. The last time I rode in 2008, the food vendor was Gate Gourmet and I have no problem saying that the food was awful. But it is not like that any more. The new vendor is producing some really great food. For lunch, I had a ham and pepperjack sandwich on pretzel roll bread and it came with chips and fresh strawberries. The berries were large, fresh, and very sweet and juicy. For dinner, I had the beef selection but I can't remember what they call it. It's a very tender beef selection that almost has the consistency that you would find in beef stew. It came with rice pilaf and fresh vegetables. My dessert at lunch was chocolate mousse cake, and for dinner I had a VERY delicious chocolate-peanut butter ice cream scoop. I now have absolutely no problem recommnding the food on Amtrak to people. The difference between now and 3 years ago can't even be compared---they are world's apart. The PPC is actually using the movie theater, and the movie at 3PM was some kids thing (Smurfs). The 8PM movie was Cowboys and Aliens. I give Amtrak two big thumbs up so far. I don't have a single complaint. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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