{"id":211797,"date":"2026-03-09T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211797\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:52:07","slug":"the-queen-mary-sails-the-culinary-seas-with-a-new-menu-that-digs-into-decades-of-history-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211797\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen Mary sails the culinary seas with a new menu that digs Into decades of history \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/2017\/09\/21\/how-a-death-in-a-queen-mary-oven-inspired-this-years-dark-harbor-halloween-attraction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Mary<\/a> is sailing back in time with a new menu inspired by the ship\u2019s history at its high-end restaurant while looking ahead toward new waters with a pair of brand new food spots aboard the storied vessel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really kind of special. They were actual dishes served at the Queen Mary. We went back to the archives and found decades of historical menus and recipes and the chef and culinary team really took a deep dive,\u201d said Kirt Finley, the executive director of food and beverage for the Queen Mary.<\/p>\n<p>The ship\u2019s upscale spot Chelsea Chowder House and Bar has just debuted a new menu dubbed Dining Through the Decades, which is made up of dishes dug out from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2017\/10\/25\/how-the-queen-marys-ghosts-and-legends-offer-jolt-of-excitement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the vessel\u2019s<\/a> nearly century-old history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The Queen Mary steps up it menu with a look back at the ship's history. (Photo courtesy of the Queen Mary)\" width=\"1000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LDN-L-QMFOOD-0313-2-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5573575\" \/>The Queen Mary steps up it menu with a look back at the ship\u2019s history. (Photo courtesy of the Queen Mary)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re dining off the menu it\u2019s basically a meal you would have gotten aback in the 30s,\u201d Finley said. \u201cWe found some dishes that could meet the modern palate and then we went back and found some culinary practices that they used on the ship and we duplicated them as close as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The items on the flashback menu include a potage soup made with cream, potatoes, carrots and leeks plus a lamb chop tourangelle with scalloped potato and succotash and a classic dessert known as an Ice Box Cake and even a salad that was meticulously recreated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recreated the Delmonico Salad, which is a pretty straight forward salad, however we went back and we found the actual recipe for the dressing that goes on it and we duplicated that in the same sort of style they made,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Finley said the rotating menu will reflect other decades with the new menus items popping up throughout the year in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>For passengers who want a quicker service option minus the culinary history the ship is also offering a new quick service coffee, tea, ice cream and pastry spot named Jubilee, which is located outside Promenade Cafe in the Promenade Lounge. It joins the Midship Market, a fast-service, grab-and-go concept that serves custom flatbreads, sliced-to-order sandwiches and the Rivet burger, which is a burger wrapped in a bun. Think of\u00a0 a panini-style burger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically it\u2019s a hamburger that\u2019s encapsulated in the bun. So we make the burger in a burger press and it seals the burger and sauce inside the bun so it\u2019s really mess free,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queen Mary is sailing back in time with a new menu inspired by the ship\u2019s history at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,131,133,132,137,412,580,420,136],"class_list":["post-211797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-restaurants","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}