Explora Journeys Mediterranean Yacht Club Dinner Menu
Dining is a major part of the experience aboard Explora Journeys, and the Mediterranean Yacht Club menu offers a broad selection inspired by Mediterranean cooking. The menu shown here includes tapas, appetizers, salads, soups, pasta and risotto, seafood, meat entrées, plant-based dishes, and a variety of sides.
Also included is an Anthology menu featuring a more structured progression of dishes, with seafood, pasta, risotto, meat, plant-based selections, and desserts.
For travelers researching Explora Journeys dining before a cruise, these menus provide a useful look at the types of dishes that may be available onboard.
Mediterranean Yacht Club Pasta, Seafood and Main Courses
The Mediterranean Yacht Club menu offers several substantial choices beyond the traditional appetizer-and-entrée format.
The soups shown include minestrone with vegetables, potato, Tarbais beans, pesto and aged Parmigiano Reggiano, as well as a Marseille-style rock fish soup with rouille sauce and garlic croutons.
Pasta and risotto choices include a stuffed homemade pasta of the day, Pietro Massi calamarata pasta alla carbonara, roasted butternut and Acquerello risotto, and handmade ricotta and spinach tortelloni.
Seafood selections include fresh local fish subject to market availability, grilled swordfish alla palermitana, Mediterranean sea bass Provençale, and Dover sole alla puttanesca.
The meat section is similarly varied. Options shown on the menu include Lebanese roasted lemon and yogurt chicken, Amarone beef fillet, a breaded Iberico de Bellota pork chop Parmigiana, and osso buco Milanese.
A roasted pumpkin ballotin provides a plant-based specialty, while sides include mashed potatoes, vegetable casserole, French fries, corn polenta, sautéed spinach, and Harra roasted potatoes.
Tapas and Appetizers
One of the more distinctive parts of the Mediterranean Yacht Club menu is its tapas selection.
The menu includes Iberico de Bellota ham croquetas, gorgonzola-spinach-pine nut croquetas, a daily selection of Basque pintxos, patatas bravas, tapioca and Manchego cheese fritters, and a traditional warm potato-onion Spanish tortilla.
There is also a plate of acorn-fed Iberico de Bellota ham “Cinco Jotas” D.P.O. Jabugo.
Passengers looking for a conventional appetizer can choose from options such as beef carpaccio, Caprese, grilled octopus, goat cheese soufflé Monte-Carlo, coral lentils with Mediterranean vegetable kefta, and crispy fried baby calamari.
The salads shown include a Spanish tuna salad featuring bonito del Cantábrico and a grilled halloumi cheese salad.
Taken together, the selection makes it possible to build anything from a lighter meal of tapas and salad to a multi-course dinner.
Anthology Menu
The Anthology menu shown in the photos takes a different approach, presenting diners with a progression of dishes and alternatives within several courses.
The opening selections include Ricordo del Mare with Oscietra Royal caviar and lobster; Gambero Rosso di Mazara del Vallo with Sicilian coast red prawns and burrata cream; and the plant-based Caponata Palermitana.
The next selections include cannelloni di capasanta with scallop, black truffle and Parmigiano Reggiano foam; La Mia Primavera, built around morel salad and grilled asparagus; and Vitello Tonnato with veal loin and Albacore tuna espuma.
Pasta and risotto choices shown include raviolo allo scampo with langoustine ravioli, Risotto del Colle del Veneto, and Pietro Massi spaghetti alla Nerano with zucchini, basil and aged Provolone del Monaco.
Anthology Main Courses and Desserts
The next portion of the Anthology menu begins with Granita alla Grappa di Bolgheri Sassicaia before moving into a choice of main dishes.
La Montagna features A5 Wagyu beef with Amarone sauce, porcini-stuffed Swiss chard and a truffle potato pallet. Il Mare features Mediterranean sea bass with Arabica coffee, olive condiment, potato foam and tonka bean.
A vegetarian option, La Campagna, combines a garden harvest with Taggiasca olive sand, butternut squash mousseline and Piedmont hazelnuts.
Dessert follows with Agrumi, featuring Amalfi coast lemon, vanilla-grapefruit compote and Tarocco blood orange sorbet.
Additional sweet choices include Millefoglie with caramelized crispy dough, vanilla cream and raspberries; Cannolo Siciliano with Bronte pistachio, ricotta and Amarena cherries; and the plant-based Euforia di Cioccolato with 85% dark chocolate, tofu and amaretto-toasted almond.
The menu finishes with Piccole Delizie, described as mignardises.
INSERT PHOTO 5 – Mediterranean Yacht Club and Anthology Dining Photos
What These Explora Journeys Menus Show
For passengers researching Explora Journeys restaurants and dining options, these menus demonstrate the considerable range available within the Mediterranean-focused selections shown here.
Mediterranean Yacht Club offers plenty of flexibility, ranging from small tapas dishes to pasta, seafood and substantial meat entrées. The menu also clearly identifies vegetarian, vegan, gluten-conscious and plant-based selections where applicable.
Anthology presents a more structured culinary experience, with carefully composed courses and multiple choices throughout the meal.
Because cruise menus can change, the menus photographed here are best used as an example of what was offered onboard rather than a guarantee that every dish will appear on a future sailing.
Tips for Planning Dinner on Explora Journeys
If a particular restaurant or dining experience is important to you, it is worth checking the current onboard dining information during your sailing. Menus, individual dishes and availability can change.
These photographs are particularly useful for getting an idea of the style of food offered before boarding. They also make it easier to compare the different dining experiences and decide which menus are most appealing to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
What type of food is served at Mediterranean Yacht Club?
The menu shown includes Mediterranean-influenced tapas, appetizers, salads, soups, pasta, risotto, seafood, meat dishes and plant-based options.
Does Mediterranean Yacht Club have seafood?
Yes. The photographed menu includes fresh local fish, grilled swordfish, Mediterranean sea bass and Dover sole, among other seafood ingredients appearing elsewhere on the menu.
Are there vegetarian or plant-based choices?
Yes. The menus use symbols to identify several dietary categories, and plant-based and vegetarian dishes are visible in the photographed menus.
What is on the Explora Journeys Anthology menu?
The Anthology menu shown includes dishes featuring ingredients such as caviar, lobster, Sicilian red prawns, scallops, truffle, langoustine, risotto, A5 Wagyu beef and Mediterranean sea bass, along with a plant-based main course and several desserts.
Are these menus guaranteed to be the same on every Explora Journeys cruise?
No. Cruise menus and individual dishes can change. These photographs provide a look at the menus offered when they were photographed and are most useful as a guide to the style and variety of dining available.
Conclusion
The Explora Journeys menus shown here offer two different approaches to onboard dining. Mediterranean Yacht Club provides a wide-ranging menu that allows passengers to choose from tapas, salads, pasta, seafood, meat and plant-based dishes, while Anthology presents a more structured sequence of elaborate courses.
For anyone researching Explora Journeys dining, restaurant menus, or what to expect from dinner onboard, the photographed menus provide a detailed look at the variety of dishes available and can help with planning where to dine during a cruise.
