OK, I get it. Classic dining car service may not be financially sustainable under the current political and budget constraints. After reading the trip reports, it does seem like the service itself isn't that bad, especially for a short overnight trip. You can still eat in the diner with fellow pax, and now, no rezzies needed. Plus, it's a nice lounge.
The problem seems to be in the limited selection. Seems like that could be addressed by having tray service, bot boxed meals, modularized to allow some limited choice of sides and desert, just like there's a choice of beverage. Hot entrees could be retort packed sous-vide stuff that can be stored without refrigeration. 4 lunch dinner choices - beef, chicken, fish, vegan. 4 breakfast choices - egg, pancakes, french toast and Continental. Keep dishes simple to avoid extraneous allernigenic ingredients. Ride the suppliers to keep a lid on salt and sugar levels.
Or even better, just serve self-heating MREs, dress the LSA on camo combat fatigues and have everyone call him or her "Sarge."
Any better or more detailed menu ideas?
The problem seems to be in the limited selection. Seems like that could be addressed by having tray service, bot boxed meals, modularized to allow some limited choice of sides and desert, just like there's a choice of beverage. Hot entrees could be retort packed sous-vide stuff that can be stored without refrigeration. 4 lunch dinner choices - beef, chicken, fish, vegan. 4 breakfast choices - egg, pancakes, french toast and Continental. Keep dishes simple to avoid extraneous allernigenic ingredients. Ride the suppliers to keep a lid on salt and sugar levels.
Or even better, just serve self-heating MREs, dress the LSA on camo combat fatigues and have everyone call him or her "Sarge."
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Any better or more detailed menu ideas?
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