Christmas Menu on the Silvers

[Meat Puppet]

Interesting menu option on Christmas

 

[Bob Dylan]

Probably tastes better because its served.in a Diner on a LD Train!

 

[CHamilton]

Here's what the turkey dinner looked like on the CS on Christmas night. It was very good; good enough that I had it again the next evening.

 

[amamba]

That does look nice!

 

[lionelhoguy]

They were still serving this on the Capital Limited on Friday December 27 and it was really good.

 

[NE933]

That does sound good! Now, I see the plates appear to be china. Is actual china plates returning to Amtrak long distance, instead of the wafer thin plastic junk?

 

[City of Miami]

That's the same xmas dinner I had on SWC. Very tasty. AAMOF all the food was satisfying and seemed an improvement. The one exception maybe being the lunch caesar salad in ppc on 14.

 

[gmushial]

Sweet... wish I had been there

 

[Golden grrl]

That does sound good! Now, I see the plates appear to be china. Is actual china plates returning to Amtrak long distance, instead of the wafer thin plastic junk?

I was on the CL 4 times in last 3 months - china plates and real coffee mugs each time.

 

[gaspeamtrak]

Here's what the turkey dinner looked like on the CS on Christmas night. It was very good; good enough that I had it again the next evening.

DROOOOOOOLLLL! Wish i had been aboard!

 

[CHamilton]

That's the same xmas dinner I had on SWC. Very tasty. AAMOF all the food was satisfying and seemed an improvement. The one exception maybe being the lunch caesar salad in ppc on 14.

I just had the Caesar salad on 14. I ordered it with some trepidation after reading your comment. I've had better in fancy restaurants, but really, I thought that it was quite good.

 

[amamba]

That does sound good! Now, I see the plates appear to be china. Is actual china plates returning to Amtrak long distance, instead of the wafer thin plastic junk?

I believe they are only on selected routes including the EB, CS & CL. On the other trains I believe you still find the wafer thin plastic junk.

 

[Guest]

Is that a real ceramic Amtrak plate, it is being served on?

 

[rickycourtney]

Is that a real ceramic Amtrak plate, it is being served on?

Technically it's not.

Amtrak uses Corelle "china" which is glass, not ceramic.

As mentioned above, the china is still used on three "enhanced service" routes (Coast Starlight, Capitol Limited and Empire Builder) that still have two people in the kitchen. The rest of Amtrak's long distance routes still use plastic plates.