Rare POA1 Posted June 27 #1 Share Posted June 27 For anyone currently in Club Orange on a Pinnacle Class ship: Are they still offering the Beechers Mac and Cheese, Seared Tuna Shaved Asparagus Salad and the extra salmon dish in the CO dining room? It's no longer on the Nieuw Statendam CO menu in the Navigator app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted June 27 #2 Share Posted June 27 I hope so! Was on the NS for two weeks in March. We frequently ordered the Beecher's Mac and Cheese as a side dish and I thought Seared Tuna Shaved Asparagus salad was so good I ordered it 3 times. I am looking forward to having it again on the Rotterdam in August even though it is not currently list on the CO menu I see on the app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted June 27 Author #3 Share Posted June 27 I hope so, too. Fortunately for me, you'll be doing advance reconnaissance for me before we sail on the Rotterdam in March. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingnut Posted June 28 #4 Share Posted June 28 Unfortunately, the Beechers Mac & Cheese is nothing like it was pre Covid. It's really gone downhill. I can't comment on if it's available at dinner in CO though as we only go there for breakfast. Linda R. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roz Posted June 28 #5 Share Posted June 28 If it's the same mac 'n' cheese that's on the MDR lunch menu, it's not very good. I was disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erdufylla Posted June 28 #6 Share Posted June 28 I was on NS June 1-15. I don’t think I saw the mac & cheese listed every day on the CO menu except for maybe once or twice (when it may also have been listed on the MDR menu), but I know I saw it at least occasionally. I don’t recall seeing the tuna and asparagus salad, but I also wasn’t specifically looking for it, and I recall one waiter saying at one point (in response to a different question) that they only had the white asparagus on board at the time, so maybe that’ll be different on a different itinerary? I know the extra salmon dish was there every night, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted June 28 #7 Share Posted June 28 The Mac & cheese we were served in CO on the NS was completely different than what was served in the Lido. (I’ve never had it in MDR.) The CO Mac. & cheese was baked in a ramekin, came out bubbling with a nice crispier topping, it was cheesier, less liquidy. YMMV 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted June 28 Author #8 Share Posted June 28 7 hours ago, erdufylla said: I was on NS June 1-15. I don’t think I saw the mac & cheese listed every day on the CO menu except for maybe once or twice (when it may also have been listed on the MDR menu), but I know I saw it at least occasionally. I don’t recall seeing the tuna and asparagus salad, but I also wasn’t specifically looking for it, and I recall one waiter saying at one point (in response to a different question) that they only had the white asparagus on board at the time, so maybe that’ll be different on a different itinerary? I know the extra salmon dish was there every night, though. Thanks for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in AZ Posted June 29 #9 Share Posted June 29 I noticed that on the current Zuiderdam MDR lunch menu that the macaroni and cheese is no longer listed as Beechers. I’m not sure if it’s itinerary related or if they no longer have the Beechers cheese fleet wide. I’ll find out in August while on the Zuiderdam and report back. I enjoyed it many times at lunch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in AZ Posted June 29 #10 Share Posted June 29 This is today’s lunch menu from the Zuiderdam. Note the macaroni and cheese, no mention that it’s Beechers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swin26 Posted June 29 #11 Share Posted June 29 I recently got off the Rotterdam and don’t recall seeing either on the club orange menu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Crew News Posted June 29 #12 Share Posted June 29 (edited) On 6/27/2024 at 3:50 PM, POA1 said: I hope so, too. Fortunately for me, you'll be doing advance reconnaissance for me before we sail on the Rotterdam in March. I will be aboard the Rotterdam for both 9 and 12-days in mid-November and will add mac & cheese to my list of investigation items. Stay tuned until November for the Rotterdam Caribbean season daily programs. Edited June 29 by Crew News 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singleflyer Posted June 30 #13 Share Posted June 30 If you want true Beecher's Mac & Cheese, you can get it in Seattle at either Seatac or Paine Field airports. Also their headquarters at Pike Place Market. The stuff they serve(d) on Holland America is horrible in comparison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infi Posted June 30 #14 Share Posted June 30 When the MDR had the same daily lunch menu, the mac and cheese was "Beecher's" (on the menu, anyway). Since the shift to different daily MDR lunch menus, HAL no longer claims the mac and cheese is Beecher's. IME, the mac and cheese quality is largely dependent on the chefs' onboard execution of standardized HAL menus, rather than the name. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 0106 Posted June 30 #15 Share Posted June 30 I believe that quality cheese is the key to a good Mac & cheese. Perhaps HAL no longer uses Beechers cheese. Here is the recipe if you would like to make it at home. Beechers Worlds Best Mac & Cheese 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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