Sunday, March 2, 2008
Cruise Food = Not Very Good
I spent the last five days on a Royal Caribbean cruise. While the cruise was fun, the service was great and the ship's workings amazing, the food was medicore at best.
Basically there are two places you can eat on the ship: the main dinning room and a buffet service cafe.
So, let's start with the buffet. Think Old Country Buffet. I ate every breakfast I made it to there and three lunches. While the food there was bad, I did have a couple things there. The eggs and bacon were good and I had a decent lamb curry at lunch. Otherwise the food was pretty bad.
So, the main dinning room. This is where we had all the dinners and two lunches. Blah. Meat was overdone. One night duck was on the menu. I asked if it is medium rare. I got a strange look and was told it was well done. Yeah, of course it is. The waiter still talked me into getting it. It was overcooked and dry. Boo to that.
I did have a very nice escargot appetizer. It was made with a garlic herb butter sauce and were done perfectly. I also had a tasty onion soup with gruyere toast. The desserts were also passable, though not amazing like they should have been.
The best meal we had was off the boat, after the cruise. We had a lot of time to kill in Fort Lauderdale. We stopped by some tourist trap fish place. I got the best fish and chips of my life. Well, the chips weren't that great, but the fish was awesome. Of course, I lost a tooth filling during the meal, but I guess it was worth it to have the first good meal in six days.
Basically there are two places you can eat on the ship: the main dinning room and a buffet service cafe.
So, let's start with the buffet. Think Old Country Buffet. I ate every breakfast I made it to there and three lunches. While the food there was bad, I did have a couple things there. The eggs and bacon were good and I had a decent lamb curry at lunch. Otherwise the food was pretty bad.
So, the main dinning room. This is where we had all the dinners and two lunches. Blah. Meat was overdone. One night duck was on the menu. I asked if it is medium rare. I got a strange look and was told it was well done. Yeah, of course it is. The waiter still talked me into getting it. It was overcooked and dry. Boo to that.
I did have a very nice escargot appetizer. It was made with a garlic herb butter sauce and were done perfectly. I also had a tasty onion soup with gruyere toast. The desserts were also passable, though not amazing like they should have been.
The best meal we had was off the boat, after the cruise. We had a lot of time to kill in Fort Lauderdale. We stopped by some tourist trap fish place. I got the best fish and chips of my life. Well, the chips weren't that great, but the fish was awesome. Of course, I lost a tooth filling during the meal, but I guess it was worth it to have the first good meal in six days.
Labels: bacon, curry, duck, eggs, fish, onion, seafood, soup, vacation
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Seafood Green Curry with Fresh Peas
CJ isn't around tonight, so dinner for myself. I had a can of real Thai green curry in "the pantry," so I went for it.
Damn, it was spicy. Like, really spicy. I had never had the green curry before, and actually thought I had red curry in "the pantry." I had planned on using one can of lite coconut milk, but it was so spicy I had to throw another can it to cut the spice, and I like spicy food.
I started with spring onions from the farmer's market and some garlic, sauteed. I added the curry and the coconut milk and brought it to a simmer. Once simmering, I added the mushrooms, (frozen) shrimp, and (frozen) squid. One or two minutes later, I added the bay scallops and peas from the farmer's market.
Totally tasty, but it was hot. Hot. Hot.
Labels: curry, farmer's market, peas, seafood
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