Looking piggish?

[CM Dad]

On our first cruise our oldest daughter, who is a vegetarian, found a small inch-worm in her salad. The chef came out and said he was making a note of it in his "Palm Pilot" (actually just one of those small paper notebooks with the spiral binding). There were 10 of us cruising to celebrate our 30th anniversary. The next time we ate in that restaurant everybody ordered their regular meal. When the server brought out our food, he said that the chef had prepared a surprise for us and also brought out a lobster dinner for everyone at our table. It wasn't on the menu that night. Seemed like an odd choice, since he know our daughter who had pointed out the worm to our server was vegetarian.

 

[Dug720]

On our first cruise our oldest daughter, who is a vegetarian, found a small inch-worm in her salad. The chef came out and said he was making a note of it in his "Palm Pilot" (actually just one of those small paper notebooks with the spiral binding). There were 10 of us cruising to celebrate our 30th anniversary. The next time we ate in that restaurant everybody ordered their regular meal. When the server brought out our food, he said that the chef had prepared a surprise for us and also brought out a lobster dinner for everyone at our table. It wasn't on the menu that night. Seemed like an odd choice, since he know our daughter who had pointed out the worm to our server was vegetarian.

Probably that a lot of vegetarians do eat fish - though they usually call themselves pescetarian.

If she eats no animal products, she is vegan.

But also, vegetarian is not usually noted like food allergies, so it's very possible if the chef did not speak to the wait staff he checked the allergies and seeing none went with the best he could provide. (Though as someone who doesn't eat anything that lived in water, it would be lost on me as it would be on a vegan.)

 

[Savikins]

Order as much as you want. The servers seem like they're happy when passengers take advantage of the abundance of food available. I once ordered 2 apps, 3 entrees, and 2 desserts and the servers didn't bat an eye.

 

[Steelers0854]

My cruise dinner order often goes like this: 1-2 appetizers, salad, maybe a soup, 1 entree (sometimes a second) and dessert. Thankfully the portion sizes on cruises are much smaller than what you get on land in the US. The food is one of the best parts of the cruise so if I see something I think I may like or something I haven't tried before I will go for it. You only live once!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I change the side dishes all the time. I never get the entire entree.

Me, too.

 

[firepuppy]

On one of our cruises my DS ordered double stake every night. I told him if he ordered it he had to eat it and he did. Thank God he did not get sick form eating so much at one time.

 

[Laundress]

We usually sail with at least 10 family members so we order a variety of items and split it all. I usually end up prefering one of the soups from the childrens menu. Bon Appetit

 

[LoverDisney]

The waiter encouraged me to order two appetizers when I couldn't decide, so I gladly did. Enjoy!

 

[Agent 86]

I order whatever I want, with sides or half-serves from all over the menu, including the kids menu.

And it's always been fine. Dessert is where I really shine, often ordering at least four of the options and a Mickey Bar to go!

 

[Jess_S]

Probably that a lot of vegetarians do eat fish - though they usually call themselves pescetarian.

If she eats no animal products, she is vegan.

But also, vegetarian is not usually noted like food allergies, so it's very possible if the chef did not speak to the wait staff he checked the allergies and seeing none went with the best he could provide. (Though as someone who doesn't eat anything that lived in water, it would be lost on me as it would be on a vegan.)

Just wanted to respond to this based upon my experience cruising as a vegetarian. You can note that you are vegetarian when booking and, if you do, it's treated like a food allergy. It's noted in the system for the dining staff and people will check with you about your needs. My servers would let me know if I accidentally ordered anything with hidden meat (such as chicken stock in a soup, etc.) Every server I interacted with understood that vegetarian meats no meat, including fish.

I won't speculate about what went wrong with the lobster dinner being served to a vegetarian. I just wanted to assure other veg people that DCL is very good at accommodating us. It is actually one of the key considerations for my booking DCL over other lines (where I felt like the attitude was, "Give the vegetarian any old slop. What does she expect since she is making our lives difficult.")

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Why would you be worried about how you look?

Your servers won't blink an eye. They want tips.

 

[Dug720]

Just wanted to respond to this based upon my experience cruising as a vegetarian. You can note that you are vegetarian when booking and, if you do, it's treated like a food allergy. It's noted in the system for the dining staff and people will check with you about your needs. My servers would let me know if I accidentally ordered anything with hidden meat (such as chicken stock in a soup, etc.) Every server I interacted with understood that vegetarian meats no meat, including fish.

I won't speculate about what went wrong with the lobster dinner being served to a vegetarian. I just wanted to assure other veg people that DCL is very good at accommodating us. It is actually one of the key considerations for my booking DCL over other lines (where I felt like the attitude was, "Give the vegetarian any old slop. What does she expect since she is making our lives difficult.")

Good point - any kind of food need should be noted on your reservation. My guess is that the lobster thing might have happened because the request was not noted on the reservation.

 

[RedSox68]

So I noticed a thread about food on the ship. Of course I had to then Google menus of the restaurants on board. Being a simple country girl, some of the items seem somewhat exotic. I am wondering if it is commonplace to order more than one entree or appetizer for yourself just because you want to try it? Am I going to get eyerolls if I do this? Will I appear piggish?

Do it all the time. And if you want two entrees, you can always ask that one of them not come with the sides (unless you want to try them and aren't a repeat). I've ordered two appetizers, salads, soup, even desserts, too. A lot of times I split with my husband so we can taste a couple of different things from the menu - but it is allowed and not piggish at all!

 

[jrabbit]

Recently, my son order EVERY appitizer on one nights menu, two items from the soup/salad section and only one entree, and maybe two deserts.

He's about 6'5 and weights only about 170!!! I gained even more weight just watching him eat.

and YES, a Cruise is a GREAT Place to TRY NEW THINGS. If you don't like something, send it back and they will bring you something else to takes is place if you want.

I usually only eat one entree per night, but there are times that I will get the "side dish / veggies" that come with a different entree. I'm a meat eater, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying their vegetarian offerings as well.

 

[RedSox68]

Recently, my son order EVERY appitizer on one nights menu, two items from the soup/salad section and only one entree, and maybe two deserts.

He's about 6'5 and weights only about 170!!! I gained even more weight just watching him eat.

and YES, a Cruise is a GREAT Place to TRY NEW THINGS. If you don't like something, send it back and they will bring you something else to takes is place if you want.

I usually only eat one entree per night, but there are times that I will get the "side dish / veggies" that come with a different entree. I'm a meat eater, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying their vegetarian offerings as well.

I agree -- try new things. One of the cruises I tried sea bass for the first time and loved it.

 

[The Sasquatch]

dont worry, whatever you think may be piggy will be so blown away by what you will see. Enjoy yourself and ask for whatever you want! There are plenty of not so "exotic" options on deck and in the buffets

 

[RedSox68]

On our first Disney cruise on the Wonder, there was a family in our dining area and the gentleman ordered two from every category for himself -- AND one from every category for the table to try. I've never seen so much food coming out LOL, but it looks like they had a good time trying it all.

 

[Dug720]

I agree -- try new things. One of the cruises I tried sea bass for the first time and loved it.

I tried lobster on a cruise because I'd wanted to try it, but never wanted to order it in a land restaurant in case I didn't like it because it's so expensive.

I'm glad I tried it when it was included...I totally didn't see what the big deal is. Just reaffirmed my "nothing that lives most/all its life in the water" rule.

 

[dclpluto]

Recently, my son order EVERY appitizer on one nights menu, two items from the soup/salad section and only one entree, and maybe two deserts.

He's about 6'5 and weights only about 170!!! I gained even more weight just watching him eat.

and YES, a Cruise is a GREAT Place to TRY NEW THINGS. If you don't like something, send it back and they will bring you something else to takes is place if you want.

I usually only eat one entree per night, but there are times that I will get the "side dish / veggies" that come with a different entree. I'm a meat eater, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying their vegetarian offerings as well.

Actually that's a healthy bmi. He's in the normal range. He probably looks skinny because most people are overweight including myself.

 

[Footnotegirl]

On our very first cruise, my husband and my best friends husband both ordered the Surf and Turf on formal night... and the waiter flat out refused, and instead brought each of them the full order of lobster and the full order of steak.
Cruises are like that.
I speak as someone who is something of a picky eater, and used to be a VERY picky eater. A cruise is a wonderful place to try new things, because you can order something you want to take a chance on AND something you know you'll like, and that way you don't ahve to fear that you are going to be either stuck with something you don't want or else pay extra.
Also a good idea if you have a number of people in your party is to just order one of everything so that everyone can try a bit of every dish. We do this a lot with the desserts.