Beef Wellington back on menu

[Rjbobalou]

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[39august]

What ship, please?

[Pinboy]

It was available every night in the Normandie dining room on the Edge this past March.

One serving is excellent-- two even better !!

Preceded by 2 shrimp cocktails--- followed by creme Brulé for desert--- 

and, to enjoy the rest of the evening----bypass the Casino !!! 

[cruisinsusin]

It was available as a "chef special " in the MDR on one night on recent Solstice cruise.

Edited November 16, 2023 by cruisinsusin
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[May B]

45 minutes ago, cruisinsusin said:

It was available as a "chef special " in the MDR on one night on recent Solstice cruise.

And was it great?

[the penguins]

1 hour ago, cruisinsusin said:

It was available as a "chef special " in the MDR on one night on recent Solstice cruise.

Also on Reflection on the same night as the Lobster.

[keesar]

I had it on Beyond and was not impressed.   However, tastes are subjective.

[cruisinsusin]

48 minutes ago, May B said:

And was it great?

It was excellent

[Wineaux007]

4 hours ago, cruisinsusin said:

It was available as a "chef special " in the MDR on one night on recent Solstice cruise.

It wasn't on the menu.  Our waiter told us they had a "special" that evening, Beef Wellington.  It certainly wasn't filet in that pastry dough.  I could barely cut it.

[Jim_Iain]

11 hours ago, Pinboy said:

It was available every night in the Normandie dining room on the Edge this past March.

One serving is excellent-- two even better !!

Preceded by 2 shrimp cocktails--- followed by creme Brulé for desert--- 

and, to enjoy the rest of the evening----bypass the Casino !!! 

 

Fine point -- they call it Beef Sirloin En Croute  the French version of Beef Wellington,even though it is probably the same thing.    They sure look the same. 

 

The good thing is you can order any of the 4 restaurants themed items in any of the 4 MDR's.  

[royal3]

It was on the Eclipse last week on the same menu as lobster during the 2nd chic night. 

[jelayne]

16 hours ago, Pinboy said:

It was available every night in the Normandie dining room on the Edge this past March.

One serving is excellent-- two even better !!

Preceded by 2 shrimp cocktails--- followed by creme Brulé for desert--- 

and, to enjoy the rest of the evening----bypass the Casino !!! 

On the Edge now and the Beef Wellington is now Beef Sirloin En Croute.  It is similar but lower cut of beef and not a good. 

[Cotonmom55]

That’s disappointing!  We were on the Apex last year in Nov and was tenderloin, not sirloin.  The Normandie specialty was better than the steak in Fine Cuts or Le Petite.  We Saul on Beyond in 4 days! I noticed Beef Wellington on the regular menu for chic night - hope that one is better!. 

[terrydtx]

6 hours ago, jelayne said:

On the Edge now and the Beef Wellington is now Beef Sirloin En Croute.  It is similar but lower cut of beef and not a good. 

Interesting, is this part of Celebrity's returning to the old menus? Can't Imagin a sirloin cut being any good in this dish. We will be on the Edge in January for 22 days and I have also seen in the app that Prime Rib is back in Normandie one night too.  We all know it will not be a "prime" grade and should be called what it is "Rib Roast". We were so very disappointed with the quality of beef on the Apex in September. Celebrity needs to provide sharper steak knives if they continue to buy the same quality of beef, LOL

Edited November 17, 2023 by terrydtx

[Pinboy]

8 hours ago, jelayne said:

On the Edge now and the Beef Wellington is now Beef Sirloin En Croute.  It is similar but lower cut of beef and not a good. 

Absolutely correct -- A Texan can tell a good cut of meat anytime.

No comparison to the Beef Tenderloin I ate " almost " every night on the Edge until " you know who " etc etc ---- How was I to know that eating tooooo much red meat is not good for me ?

What the hell--- If it tastes good, it's good for me !!

 

 

[Pinboy]

13 hours ago, Jim_Iain said:

Fine point -- they call it Beef Sirloin En Croute  the French version of Beef Wellington,even though it is probably the same thing.    They sure look the same. 

Not really the same thing.

Beef Wellington is made with tenderloin as opposed to sirloin that they are now serving. 

" En Croute " a French name meaning wrapped in a crust--- sounds more expensive adding a French name.

[Crown Vic]

Regular menu item on Ruby Princess. Plan to enjoy a portion this evening.
Looking forward to it on Celebrity next week…

[terrydtx]

I also looked at the Luminae menus for our January Edge cruise and found some nice changes over the ones we had on the Apex in September.

 

Here is a sample of what I see added for the 12 night cruise

 

Cold water Poached lobster-2 nights

Veal Chops

First night Fillet (not seen since our Equinox cruise in 2021)

Rack of Lamb-2 nights

Venison loin

Pork Tenderloin

and the above mentioned Beef Sirloin En Croute, not really beef Wellington.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by terrydtx

[Jim_Iain]

7 minutes ago, Pinboy said:

Not really the same thing.

Beef Wellington is made with tenderloin as opposed to sirloin that they are now serving. 

" En Croute " a French name meaning wrapped in a crust--- sounds more expensive adding a French name.

 

You of course are correct but - recently Celebrity has been packaging their En Croute as Wellington.  

 

Especially in Luminae they do that a lot.   Iain's pet peeve is the Guinea Hen -   It's a Cornish Hen -  anyone that has ever seen a guinea hen knows it not the same - also a Guinea Hen is the size of a Chicken.  Their meat is also slightly gamey like a pheasant.

 

 

 

[CruisinShips]

Please forgive me if this sounds too snarky, but it never ceases to amaze me to read the things people seem to care about when taking a cruise vacation.  

[terrydtx]

8 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

 

You of course are correct but - recently Celebrity has been packaging their En Croute as Wellington.  

 

Especially in Luminae they do that a lot.   Iain's pet peeve is the Guinea Hen -   It's a Cornish Hen -  anyone that has ever seen a guinea hen knows it not the same - also a Guinea Hen is the size of a Chicken.  Their meat is also slightly gamey like a pheasant.

 

 

 

I agree with Lain, the Guinea hen we had on the Apex was the size of a Cornish game hen. I was not impressed at all with the way is tasted.

[terrydtx]

12 minutes ago, CruisinShips said:

Please forgive me if this sounds too snarky, but it never ceases to amaze me to read the things people seem to care about when taking a cruise vacation.  

Food quality is probably the #1 thing most cruisers care about.

Edited November 17, 2023 by terrydtx

[CruisinShips]

21 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

Food quality is probably the #1 thing most cruisers care about.

Agree.  I was referring to absence of a specific menu item.  I am not begrudging anyone their own opinions as to what is important to them...I was just commenting that for me, it's not that important.  I wasn't seeking to offend anyone.

[Jim_Iain]

30 minutes ago, terrydtx said:

I agree with Lain, the Guinea hen we had on the Apex was the size of a Cornish game hen. I was not impressed at all with the way is tasted.

 

On Silhouette we had a terrible poultry chef.  Luckily he left after the second cruise.   I ordered the Cornish one night and it was the size of a quail.  On top of that it was like Texas Road Kill baked in the sun.   I told the maitre d' it was worse than a road runner hit by a truck.  When I ordered poultry he would go back and supervise the chef and at least I got poultry that was edible.

Luckily once he was replaced all the poultry were at cooked properly and back to the normal Luminae standards.

[terrydtx]

8 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

 

On Silhouette we had a terrible poultry chef.  Luckily he left after the second cruise.   I ordered the Cornish one night and it was the size of a quail.  On top of that it was like Texas Road Kill baked in the sun.   I told the maitre d' it was worse than a road runner hit by a truck.  When I ordered poultry he would go back and supervise the chef and at least I got poultry that was edible.

Luckily once he was replaced all the poultry were at cooked properly and back to the normal Luminae standards.

Now Jim, how do you know what a road runner hit by a truck or Texas road kill baked in the sun tastes like?  LOL 

Edited November 17, 2023 by terrydtx