The Napa Valley Wine Train is a train that you can board and it will take you across the wine plains in Napa Valley. This train offers all different Napa wines as well as gourmet food. The experience continues throughout the train as there are no cell phones or blackberries allowed. These items create distractions that take away from the sway of the rail car and the mysterious landscape just out the trains windows.
All wines offered on the train are local Napa Valley wines that are made throughout the valleys you pass on your journey. Dining in the car is also offered. You can pay for a wine and dinner package or just order off their a la carte menu. The train is a great getaway with a mobile encounter. This train is basically a fine dining gourmet restaurant located inside a train car.
Executive Chef Kelly MacDonald joined the wine team in 1993. He became the executive chef of this train in 2001. He uses no chemicals and uses the freshest local products around. He offers many different items that are fresh and local products. He offers a farm raised grilled salmon with saffron parmesan and a crabmeat ride quo salad that apparently is to die for.
The thought that restaurants can be mobile yet still maintain the elegance of fine dining is pretty cool if you ask me. This can open up opportunities to many different things like bars, restaurants, and maybe even nightclubs on trains. This will offer all of these already great establishments in a newer and fresh setting that may just become a top trend in our society.
This is extremely cool, I think this is definitely more classy than those food trucks! :)
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, I guarantee this is a 'big bucks' idea. I do agree with the no-cellphones rule. It absolutely is something that takes away from the experience.
I feel like you should have a great appreciation for wine to go on this trip. Did I miss how long it is, or if it brings you back? I had a few technical issues on my end.
This could definitely change the views that some consumers have about "train and airplane" food. Nice find.
I really like the idea of this train. It delivers a few good things, for starters, its a train ride but not just a train ride. its a full course gourmet meal. One thing that i read and i feel that every restaurant should enforce is the no cell phones.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great way to to help out all the vineyards. The train passes through all of Napa Valley and every vineyard. With all the wines offered on the train gourmet meals are also provided, you cant beat eating a great meal and a fine wine. Along with the wines all the food provided from local farms.
This entire thing is hands down a really good business. Its classy and they make great profit from it, and gives a steady business to the local producers.
The idea that fine dining is traveling outside of the walls of establishments and into mobile transportation has a lot to say about the quickly developing food service industry. Just recently in class we discussed how food trucks are now starting to offer good food to customers wandering the streets. I agree with Christina that this is much more classy than a food truck, and on the cell phone idea. Plus you get to sit down and get the full dining experience. Its also nice that they use only the freshest ingredients according to the chef, which may alter a lot of views on food on transportation This article reminds me of a restaurant i used to go to as a kid. This restaurant was on a broken down trolley cart, but it did not move. I feel that eating at this restaurant would be an awesome experience.
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