We saw this same menu cover a few days ago when it was used for the Gala Dinner on Helen Hruska’s Empress of Scotland trip to Scotland. Here it is used for the Gala Dinner on the return trip. I’m not sure what the significance of a Gala Dinner was, but the term seemed to be applied near the midpoint of a voyage rather than the last night out, which was the Captain’s Dinner.

Click image to download a 868-KB PDF of this menu.

The items served on this menu are not more numerous than on menus from other nights but may be a cut above them. Instead of mere poached halibut, this one has salmon in Bearnaise sauce. Instead of beef tenderloins, this one has filet mignon.

The back of the menu offers a place for “autographs.” Helen Hruska signed the front of the menu and then had seven others, probably her tablemates, sign the back. The first to sign was her sister, Vilma Hruska.