If you’d like lobster, you’ll need to order it from the “Steakhouse Selections” section and pay $23 extra. Note that there is NO COMPLIMENTARY LOBSTER offered on 5 night sailings.

Here are the menus… Carnival’s 5 Day Dinner Menus Haha, that was the second paragraph of War and Peace. She was, as she said, suffering from la grippe grippe being then a new word in St. Anna Pávlovna had had a cough for some days. With these words she greeted Prince Vasíli Kurágin, a man of high rank and importance, who was the first to arrive at her reception. It was in July, 1805, and the speaker was the well-known Anna Pávlovna Schérer, maid of honor and favorite of the Empress Márya Fëdorovna. So if you’re using these for planning specialty dining nights, I would strongly suggest stopping by the main dining room on embarkation day to verify the order with the Maître d’. While these will almost certainly be your menus, and likely in this order if you’re booked on a 5 night Carnival Cruise, each ship’s Maître d’ makes the final decision as to the order of the menus. What I really wanted to do was provide a brief disclaimer. That was the first paragraph of War and Peace. But I warn you, if you don’t tell me that this means war, if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by that Antichrist-I really believe he is Antichrist-I will have nothing more to do with you and you are no longer my friend, no longer my ‘faithful slave,’ as you call yourself! But how do you do? I see I have frightened you-sit down and tell me all the news.” “Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. One Important Bit of Additional Commentary So without further subjecting you to my penchant for wordiness and a lifelong regret at not pursuing a degree in creative writing, here are the menus with only one important bit of additional commentary. And what do the people want? The updated (as of a few months ago – including special 50th Anniversary items) 5 day Carnival dinner menus (I’ve had lots of people request these). So while I really enjoy writing, especially when I’m sharing my cruise experiences, some days it’s just best to give the people what they want (especially after spending most of yesterday and the night before at the ER and dentist with my son who suffered a basketball injury). The menu item is only one reason why a cruise can be so educational and delightful.So a trend I’ve been noticing for quite some time came into sharp focus yesterday when the new Carnival room service menu I posted received over 10,000 hits to my blog and roughly a billion shares within the first hour versus single digits for many of the insightful and witty (according to my #1 fan who just happens to be my mom) guides and reviews I spend days and days (and days) working on. If the Rare Finds strikes your fancy, book a Carnival cruise and try them for yourself. I ate both rabbit and frog legs plenty of times as a child when my father caught them and my mother cooked them. Frog legs and rabbit, I didn’t need to try.

Braised rabbit in puff pastry shell with red wine sauce.

Frog legs with Provençale herb butter served with warm brioche.Escargots Bourguignonne, burgundy snails in garlic butter.Cured salmon and candied tomato with dill cream, grapes and lemon dressing.The Rare Finds option wasn’t offered on the formal Captain’s Dinner. In case you are curious, here are the Rare Finds choices on my cruise. Invariably, my server would ask if the choice wasn’t to my liking and if I would prefer something else. A couple of times I have not finished my appetizer or entrée – certainly not that it wasn’t good, just that it can be food overload on a cruise. It’s a safe bet that if you don’t like that night’s choice, a Sensation server will be sure to bring something else that you do like. I must be an adventurous eater because I have already tried all of them.

And very popular judging by my five-day cruise on the Carnival Sensation.

Carnival recent menu