Ana Luisa, if the Hotel Director wanted to, he could have had the normal L'Etoille or Apicius menu in La Verandah that first night. Just because the group negotiated for the entire L'Etoille, was no excuse not to serve the rest of the passengers a quality meal.

I'm sorry but I put the blame totally on Phillipe (who I found to be a very gracious host while we were onboard PiP). He, when responding to a point blank question, said that GCT had not cut budgets. If that is the case, he had no excuse for that first night fiasco. If that is not the case and he couldn't afford to feed the rest of the passengers a quality meal, then he needs to be more truthful in his responses.