Carnival Cruise Line is introducing new dinner menus for its dining rooms, starting with Carnival Conquest. These menus offer a wider variety of options, with Chief Culinary Officer Emeril Lagasse collaborating with Carnival chefs to curate dozens of new dishes. One exciting addition is Emeril Selects, personally recommended by Lagasse.
Lagasse explained that they aim to infuse the dining room offerings with new dishes, featuring more international flavors while still including the beloved Carnival classics. After testing and selecting over 60 new dishes with their team of skilled chefs, they were pleased with the positive reception on Carnival Dream and are now excited to roll out these options to the rest of the fleet.
The enhanced menus will be implemented in phases, starting with Carnival Conquest in Miami today, followed by Carnival Horizon and four other ships next month: Carnival Sunrise, Carnival Vista, Carnival Radiance, and Mardi Gras. Each month, several ships based in Carnival’s U.S. homeports will introduce the new menu items, with the rollout continuing into early 2024. The Australia-based ships will incorporate the new menus later next year.
The newly enhanced menus offer a range of exciting options for guests. Additionally, the dining room menus will also include periodic rotations of dishes from Carnival’s specialty restaurants.
A sampling of items guests will find on the newly enhanced menus is summarized below. In addition, dining room menus will include a periodic rotation of offerings from Carnival’s well regarded specialty restaurants.
Palate-Pleasing Additions Bring New Flavors Aboard
- Hawaiian Shrimp Poke – a flavorful starter that combines avocado, edamame, rice, creamy spicy sauce, togarashi chili and wakame.
- Roasted Duck Rolls – a delicious appetizer made with rice paper and scallions and served with sweet garlic sauce.
- Pappardelle with Braised Lamb – an Italian-inspired first course featuring tomato cream sauce, garlic and parsley.
- Grilled Swordfish – a tasty seafood entrée that’s served with smashed fingerling potatoes, fava beans and cherry tomato salad in a citrus saffron sauce.
- Cornish Game Hen – an elegant entrée served with roasted root vegetable and pan gravy.
- Salad Entrees –the Ultimate Cobb Salad, the Asian Chopped Salad with Chicken, and the Beefsteak Salad.
- Desserts – the Dutch Double Chocolate Pave, a rich chocolate cake, along with a refreshing Banana Cream Pie.
‘Emeril Selects’ Elevates Dining Experience
- Crab and Shrimp Cake – this seafood appetizer is served over charred corn and apple slaw and remoulade sauce.
- Beef Carpaccio – mascarpone-truffle cream flavors this Italian-inspired appetizer.
- Coffee Glazed Roast Duck – Creole potato wedges accompany this delectable duck entrée.
- BBQ Salmon – house-made Worcestershire sauce flavors this entrée that’s served with an Andouille potato hash and topped with fried onion rings.
Carnival Classics Continue to Flavor the Fun
- Escargots Bourguignonne – this popular appetizer features shallots, garlic and parsley Pernod butter.
- Stuffed Mushrooms – spinach, Romano cheese and truffle herb velouté complete this tasty appetizer.
- 12-Hour Braised Short Ribs – this mainstay entrée is served with green beans, chive mashed potato and a truffle au jus.
- Classic Beef Wellington – A delicious beef fillet is wrapped in puff pastry and served with sweet and sour Brussels mushroom Madeira sauce.
- Chocolate Melting Cake – This rich and warm chocolate dessert is one of Carnival’s most popular dishes of all-time and the perfect complement to a scoop of ice cream.
- Bitter & Blanc – another guest-favorite, this bread pudding dessert is made all the tastier and more flavorful with a cinnamon dulce sauce.