Luxe Beat Magazine AUGUST 2014 | Page 73

Cuisine hips crisp linens, silver service. Five-course menus: classic dishes and regional favorites, plus vegetarian, Greenhouse Spa cuisine, Healthy Life Style and Comfort Food options. Daily Alternatives menu: simple preparation of fresh fish, chicken or steak. Flexible/open dining from 5:15 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily on one tier of the twotiered dining room. Extensive global wine selection served by sommeliers. The Lido Casual, upscale buffet dining open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Large salad selection and carving stations serving U.S. Choice beef, poultry and seafood. Pasta, sandwich and dessert stations featuring fresh, cooked-toorder dishes. Waiter service available at dinner; choice of Lido or Main Dining Room menus. Late-night in the Lido: self-service with different themes each night (such as Chocolate Extravaganza), beginning at 11 p.m. On the Lido deck for breakfast, I’m partial to the Beni station, where I’m able to indulge in my own combination of a poached egg on spinach, with crab, mushrooms and hollandaise. I’m partial to eggs Benedict, but two are too many and I do like the Florentine and seafood combination. Having just one takes the guilt of my indulgence away. gourmet hamburger a