Favorite Foods?

[efoote01]

What are your favorite foods on Holland America? Trying to plan my eating :)

[luvteaching]

For me - the bread pudding - just a small portion daily and then a good brisk walk on the promenade deck! For DH - any of the cold soups at dinner.

[LADYLAYLA]

Bread Pudding!

[kazu]

escargots, crabs legs & prime rib:)

[Typhoon1]

Escargot, Prime Rib, Lobster and Baked Alaska.

[jbhcw]

Any of the lamb dishes...and the Osso Bucco this past cruise on the NA was pretty good...food I don't usually cook at home. Their Caesar Salad with anchovies is also something I look forward to eating!

[NelleS]

On the Zuiderdam for Thanksgiving, I had which the pumpkin soup, which was very good. For my entree, I had pumpkin ravioli, which was OUTSTANDING!!!!

[cruz chic]

I find pretty much all the soup on HAL to be very good, however, I've never tried the cold soups. To me, that's like having dessert before the meal and more calories than I want to consume. I do ok in the dept. already:D.

[JennyandJoeS]

Definitely the cold soups.:)

[Mary Ellen1]

I was going to post a question just like this, because I'm going on HAL (Zuiderdam) for the first time in 12 days. :D Keep it coming, please! What other don't-miss foods and HAL specialties do you recommend?

[IRL_Joanie]

Lobster Mac & Cheese

Chocolate Purse,

Volcano Cake,

Escargot,

Chateaubriand,

Caesar Salad,

 

Joanie

[cmdchiefthom]

Just about everything in the Pinnacle Grill, escargot, prime rib, and the soups in the MDR, and the burgers by the pool!:eek:

[bet410]

Oh, my! Another food thread to whet my appetite for my upcoming cruise!

 

I'm so looking forward to the waffles and chocolate croissants at breakfast, bread pudding at lunch, and cold soups at dinner. However, I don't try to do them all in one day! :eek:

[1025cruise]

One thing I liked that we got on the Veendam (after the first 48 hours) was the help yourself taco/nacho bar.

[jaspersmycat]

I am especially fond of the Dutch Breakfast in the MDR.

[CowPrincess]

Baked brie in the MDR

Thai basil chicken in the Lido when it is offered

The Eggs Benedict that is made with smoked salmon instead of back bacon.

The flourless chocolate cake

[shandryl]

thinly slice smoked salmon with purple onions with capers on rye bread with cream cheese. :) Are one of many of my favorite foods on the ship.

[Duck Duck Cruise]

When we sailed on Ms.Z a couple years ago, I found the Cinnamon Ice Cream on my last day on board! I have been looking forward to see if the Ms.O has it when we go to Hawaii in Feb 2012.

[innlady1]

Reading this thread has me thinking I should try to lose a few lbs. before our upcoming cruise!

 

Let's see: If I had to name one favorite thing, something I look forward to each and every cruise, it is the escargot! YUMMY!

 

Many other things are the croissants; bread pudding in the Lido; the baked brie, lamb chops, and creme brulee in the MDR, anything in the Pinnacle Grill, and, I, too, have had the cinnamon ice cream in the Lido...another favorite!

 

The cold soups are good...but sort of remind me of melted ice cream. So I restrain, in favor of other things.

[JR767]

Soups in the MDR are consistently excellent and sometimes amazing.

 

If you like beef you should try the Pinnacle at least once - I've read mixed reviews but after eating there multiple times on multiple ships it's been consistently outstanding IMO.

 

Tamarind is very good, and the dim sum lunch there is free.

[2ptu/000]

I like the swiss musuli at breakfast.

[jkrislc]

The cold fruit soups are very good and I agree with others about them being somewhat dessert-like and likely calorie laden. I was also found of the escargot, which is the best I've had, as well as the bone-in rib eye in the Pinnacle Grill.

 

My DS (4) was quite fond of the "watermelon pie" which was a type of ice cream/sorbet creation that looked like a slice of watermelon with chocolate seeds. That's the thing he is most looking forward to in the DR this month.

[nana51]

I had gastric bypass surgery about 3 and a half months ago. I'm doing well, and have lost 40 pounds, 15 more to go (I lost 35 before the surgery). I can only eat small bits of food as my stomach is the size of an egg:eek: However I am so looking forward to my cruise at the end of January. I will be close to 6 months by then and will be able to try most foods. My husband is quite happy because he will be finishing all my meals.:) I don't plan to sabatoge myself by going crazy, but I don't make too many "real" meals anymore as it is mostly my husband who eats it. Making a roast for one person, even using the leftovers, isn't too practical. So this will be fun. He will follow behind me and finish up my food, kinda like a dog. Hope he doesn't read this.

[wldflr]

DH would say bread pudding. I enjoyed our meal in the pinnacle grill. Loved it so much, we went back a second time and I did the same entire meal again.

[oofroggie]

The chocolate bread pudding is my favorite