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MS EUROPA: 2008 Gourmet cruises
The EUROPA, the flagship of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, meets the highest
culinary standards on all its voyages around the world with its four
onboard restaurants. In addition, in the coming year, there are eight
specific culinary pleasure cruises on the timetable for gourmets with
high standards.
Onboard the ship that the Berlitz Cruise Guide rated as the only
five-star-plus vessel in the world, two chefs offer a rich variety of
top-class cuisine in the four restaurants. In the “Europa Restaurant”
haute cuisine is served with à la carte dishes that change every day.
For dinner with a few close friends, the two speciality restaurants
"Oriental" and "Venezia" present Euro-Asian and Italian cuisine. In
the Lido Café buffets and small meals are served from breakfast to
evening meal with an open barbecue to catch the eye - a light
alternative to the three elegant restaurants.
In addition, on selected voyages, renowned star chefs will be onboard
to offer guests exquisite and perfectly produced food that is
appropriate to the regions being visited. Star chefs Karlheinz Hauser
and Holger Bodendorf will start things off: The two northern Germans
will undertake a culinary voyage with EUROPA’s guests to the South
Seas from Honolulu to Australia from 1st to 24th February 2008. This
is also the first of three bilingual pleasure voyages. On the second
voyage from Barcelona to Piraeus from 28th September to 12th October
2008, gourmets can expect an interesting mix of southern European
cuisine and Austrian tradition with guest chef Toni Moerwald. The
exotic diversity of South African cooking is the culinary theme of the
last bilingual voyage from Port Louis to Cape Town from 24th November
to 12th December 2008.
On 16th June 2008 “EUROPA's best” will come onboard for the fifth time
in Antwerp: International star chefs, winegrowers, chocolatiers and
cheese makers will change the Lido Deck into a true gourmet parade. On
this voyage, epicures will travel from Bilbao to Hamburg (6th to 18th
June) enjoying delights along the way visiting the winegrowing estates
of the Medoc or enjoying an oyster special onboard.
Further information is available from your travel agent. |