Mauretania Restaurant Menus 1995

[June Ingram]

George C. Griffiths is generously sending to me a set of menus from The Mauretania Restaurant.

We are putting together a table. I believe it will be the Chief Engineer's Table.

Who would like to join us and be ready to order our gastronomic delights once the menus arrive.

Maurice and Wilder are ready !   

[Lynda Bradford]

Thanks June, I would be pleased to join the table and hope we have some new dinner companions as well as a return of our previous dinner guests.

[cunardqueen]

On the Final westbound on the Chief Engineers table  we had the lovely Randy serving us, you can imagine the fun l had with his name and his colleague, both lovely guys who had us pretty sized up from day one. The photo of the other guy also includes Basil from The Captains Table , on the days Basil was serving in the pub at lunch, it was affectionally known as Basils Bistro
 
A couple of pics from the homeward crossing on the same table , and a different waiter and some of our attentive hosts,The banter was great on that crossing and  it was a lively table , The Cocktail party we were relegated to the Pavilion, but the young hosts did take time to look after us oldies, Chris (easyjet cabin crew) and myself were chuffed to be bought drinks by the  very young hosts in the Pub after dinner. we had originally thought it might be nice to return the favor and buy them some drinks, but they were having none of that and bought all the drinks.  l think everyone's memories that night are pretty vague, but after my "discussions" with the host , l got my Cunard boilersuit later on and that topic is really best left here.   When you get the chance to dine with the crew its a most marvelous fun interesting experience. But boy can those guys drink.       

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Thank you for the invitation, June. I shall be very happy to join the table, and I hope to be in good company. Looking forward to more people joining us, so that we can set off on our voyage!

[June Ingram]

I am very glad to see that we are gathering up a table. It can be a very large table, so I hope others will join us.

Our menus are from 1995, and we will be able to see some of the wine prices from that time. It also seems that in some instances, there are more selections from which to choose for each course.

There are also some very delicious sounding vegetarian dishes !

And when we start on our voyage, I will share photos of some of the goodies which George sent to me in the package of menus.

Anyone hungry yet ? 

[June Ingram]

Watch this space. We are boarding this weekend, and our voyage will begin on Monday ! 

[June Ingram]

Here we are - 10 May 1995 - In the Port of Southampton.

 We have posted our QE2 letters and postcards.

Then we have The Mauretania Restaurant Menu Cover and our menu for today 

[Lynda Bradford]

Looking forward to our dining experience:

Tonight I will have:
Lemon Mayonnaise apple salad
Tomato Soup with Basil Cream
Mediterranean vegetables
Chilled exotic fruit basket with sorbet
Coffee and chocolates

[cunardqueen]

Tonight l would start with
Lemon Mayonnaise Apple salad and toasted Black Bread, now what is that ?
Chilled Blueberry soup
Chicken Elizabeth
And Dessert The Exotic fruit salad
By my thinking that's a lot of fruit so we are off to a healthy start
Tomorrow will be what it is as they say .

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Hello, and good to be back dining together again! There are more chairs waiting, so do join us if you feel a bit (or a lot) peckish .

Lovely menu cover, and lots of great choices.

I shall go for...

the fresh tomato soup (always a favourite)
poached seafood florentine
crême brûlée topped with a cassonnade

I seem to have gone for the rich food... .

Black bread is presumably Pumpernickel...

[June Ingram]

I will have, please -

Lemon Mayonaise, Crisp Apple Salad, Toasted Black Bread
Fresh Tomato Soup topped with Basil Cream and a warm Roll and Butter
Poached Seafood Florentine
Chilled Exotic Fruit Basket with a Trio of Sorbets (one of them being the Green Apple)
Espresso 

[June Ingram]

11 May 1995

Our table has been invited to an after concert cocktail party, the concert given by Anda Anastasescu. So after a delicious dinner, a wonderful concert and party will follow ! 

Tonight is The International Dinner.

[Lynda Bradford]

Looking forward to the concert - just right for relaxing after dinner.

Tonight I will have

Fresh fruit cocktail with contreau
Cream of mushroom soup
Vegetarian entree ratatouille with no rice but served with a side of salad

Crepe suzettes with a scope of vanilla ice cream

Coffee and chocolates if available.

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

What a lovely evening we have awaiting us!

Very much looking forward to the dinner, the concert and the relaxed cocktails afterwards. Your contacts, June, are serving us well, and we are in for a treat.

For sinner, I would like please :

the cream of mushroom soup
the ratatouille niçoise with mushroom rice
and the crêpe Suzette

With some fresh bread rolls and salted butter for the soup, and the delicious chocolates to round off the meal.

[cunardqueen]

Tonight l will go with the Chefs suggested menu but rather than have the trout l will have the fresh fruit, Im not really big on fish of any kind .
But the Turkey will as always be delicious, and l rarely could turn it down
and the Flambe ,well if the ladies are having it, then perhaps there might be one left over , Rather like Baked Alaska it never really counted as dessert and l always managed to get the table to have a proper dessert.