MSC Cruises transformed the buffet restaurants on board MSC Splendida, MSC Fantasia and MSC Poesia.
With the help of Italian food designer Paolo Barichella from food and lifestyle designers Enocultura, the buffet area has been restyled around new concepts of presentation and service, offering guests a sensational casual dining experience morning, noon and night.
The redesigned buffet now includes different speciality corners, arranged with a more intuitive feel for guests trying to decide what dishes to select. Fruit and vegetables are now sliced and diced in front of guests at the salad and fruit corner, where fresh products are arranged by color to help guests get the necessary five a day.
The carving show corner provides cuts of meat from turkey to beef, while burgers, hot dogs, chips and a selection of sandwiches, piadina wraps and traditional focaccias can be found at the grill take away corner.
Various types of homemade bread, from breadsticks to bread rolls, pretzel buns, rye bread, French baguettes, seeded bread rings, grissini,and artistic MSC logo breads, can be found at the bakery corner, and guests can even watch MSC bakers producing the daily selection of bread at the special bakery show corner.
MSC’s Margherita pizza, as well as a pizza of the day, puff pastry jalousie and stuffed calzone, can be found at the pizza corner, while the pasta station offers different pastas, including pasta au gratin, homemade stuffed pasta, ravioli and tortellini, all cooked in front of the guests.
The Mediterranean corner provides a large selection of traditional cheeses, including provolone, gorgonzola, gouda, Grana Padano, ricotta, mozzarella, brie, and camembert, as well as cuts of high quality origin-certified cured hams, Mortadella and salami, ready to be carved in front of guests.
The children’s corner offers a selection of healthy items adapted for kids’ tastes. MSC’s youngest guests will also enjoy the dessert corner, where different sweet treats including cakes, crème bavaroises, cupcakes, puddings, tarts and mousses are available every day.
Five different dishes can be found at the daily specials corner, offering a full menu including soup, pasta gratin and sautéed pasta, rice and hot dishes with meat, fish and vegetables. Speciality recipes from a wide range of countries including Morocco, Spain, Greece, Indonesia, China, Mexico and India can be found at the ethnic corner, which offers four different choices from the country of choice each day.
Guests can also find the perfect wine or soft drink for their meal on the tailor-made buffet bar list and at the beverage station, which offers a wide variety of hot and cold drinks. The redesigned buffet is currently available on board MSC Splendida, MSC Fantasia and MSC Poesia. The project will be rolled out across the whole fleet by summer 2013.
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