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MSC Italian Cruises                      Maiden Voyage 2003        Capacity 1,590 Passengers        Ship Size 58,600 Tonnage                                                                                    10/17/2012
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We took many Food Photos, shown below.  We have dinner menuslunch & breakfast menus, and midnight buffet photos, as well.  We enjoyed our cruise, and much of the dining room food (pastas, risottos, fish, ice cream, & sorbet were very good), & especially enjoyed the service from the waiters, though there were occasional communication problems, which were resolved (& improved) with patience.
  
When we boarded the ship, we noted in the daily program (in our stateroom) that a "welcome snack" was provided in the La Bistrot Cafeteria and in the Pizzeria at the La Pergola (grill), both on deck 11.  The "welcome snack" was burgers, hot dogs, green olives with pits, chopped red cabbage, & sliced tomatoes in the outside grill area, & minestrone soup, lasagna, stew size beef chunks, fish, Brussels sprouts in the La Bistrot Cafeteria.  The hamburgers turned out to be the best bet.  The "welcome snack" food
provided was the worst we have ever had on a cruise, so we were going to opt for the pizza, but we found after asking the La Bistrot Maitre'D & others that the Pizzeria was not offered & that it was an error in the daily program.  Though we were hoping for the pizza at the time,  we discovered later that the pizza was not very good either.   However we found the next day that for lunch, pasta was prepared in the La Pergola (grill area) in a pan as you watched, and we felt it was usually very good.   The food improved somewhat in the La Bistrot Cafeteria in the next days, but we felt the dining room lunch food was much better, so, even though we usually ate more often on cruises in the buffet area, we ate most of our lunches in the dining rooms (mostly the L'Ippocampo restaurant), except for a bite of the freshly prepared pasta before we went down to lunch.  For lunch, the La Bistrot Cafeteria only had coffee, hot water with tea bags, ice water (no ice tea or lemonade), & milk to drink, & only had 2 juices offered for

breakfast, often which did not include orange juice, & in addition, had a pill cup sized plastic cup to drink from.  When I asked the attendant about the size of the cup, he offered "the large cup", which was a small foam coffee cup.  The size of the cups in the La Bistrot Cafeteria did not change for the length of the cruise, though the attendant said larger cups were on order.  Some resolution for the ice tea & orange juice may be on the next cruises, along with a few other welcome additions. 

The  La Pergola (grill) offered Pizza on one side, & hamburger & hot dogs on the other with either grilled thin slices of chicken or beef each day & did not vary much otherwise as the photos will show.  Considerable fresh fruit was provided during the cruise, though presentation could be improved.  The La Bistrot Cafeteria had a carving station each day, once even a whole baby pig.  The desserts generally need improvement (except ice cream & sorbet).  

MSC Lirica Food Photos             
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Some of the "WELCOME SNACK", 1-26-2004

1-27-2004 Deck 11 Fresh Pasta Prepared as you watch

1-27-2004

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