Page Three - The First Night Out
We chose the "Dine With The Chef" table and had six courses over a three hour period with plenty of vino to go with the selections.
We are ready!
We await our escort!
Start your meal with the Scallop carpaccio, served with yuzu vinaigrette and crispy quinoa. Then transition to the Smoked tomato soup, sprinkled with garlic focaccia croutons and parmesan. Seafood lovers rave about the Maine lobster salad, flavored with pineapple, cilantro, and vanilla dressing, and the Roasted branzino paired with grilled vegetables and lemon confit. Blending peanut butter ganache, Valrhona chocolate mousse, and salted caramel gelato, our signature dessert, The world, is the ultimate sweet ending.
They were small portions thank goodness!!
High above the main dining room we floated above the noise!
Thin slices of scallops with a butter sauce and micro-greens.
Everyone was delighted.
Welcome to Chef's Table, the most exclusive and elevated dining experience on our fleet. Join an intimate group of fellow foodies on a private epicurean journey led by the ship's Chef de Cuisine. You'll sit down to a white tablecloth dinner spotlighting five exquisite courses that range from scallop carpaccio with yuzu vinaigrette, to grilled filet mignon served with truffle potato puree — each expertly paired with the perfect wine to highlight every flavor on the menu
The tomato soup was poured over the bread/cheese decorations.
The lobster salad was delicious!
The chef came out and pronounced his creations.
Someone is a happy girl!
Mine! All mine!!
Don't forget me!
"I am sitting here for three course eating???"
Locals from Los Angeles; they run a flooring supply business and are frequent travelers!
Robin and Bob fit right in!
We laughed and giggled for hours!
A magnificent return from the ladies powder room!
"Make way... I see food ahead!!"
Robin takes a more traditional path down the stairs.
The Robin smile!
A penny for his thoughts!
(Courtesy of Bob)
They did an amazing job! (Courtesy of Bob)
We get so romantic on the ship!
It must have been the wine!
Oh dear! More wine is on the way!
Wishing you a day filled with happiness and a year filled with joy. Happy birthday!
"A fine vintage, March 2023!"
I'll just taste a little bit!
Hello!
Was Mary embarrassed?
No, but the kids were!
High School Principal and Heavy Equipment Quality Engineer
Dessert was a UFO!
Bowling on Deck 10 in fifteen minutes!
Peanut-butter chocolate bowling ball!
Just a tad full of calories!
They eat those calories like it was nothing!
Ah! Romance is in the air!
"What's a booty??"
Hold on! I shook my booty and I think it fell off!
Never mind, she figured it out!
She is spelling something!
You go girl!!!
She should be on stage! The first one out of town!
Those dinner calories just disappeared.
Robin wants to stay hidden!
Who is in her bare feet?
Peek-a-boo!
The elephant visited while we were gone!
Did You Know? - Decorative folding is an artistic type of folding similar to origami but applied to fabrics instead of paper. Some types of objects that can be folded are napkins, towels, and handkerchiefs.
Folding can be done as a hobby or an art but is most commonly encountered as a decoration in luxury hotels (towels) or fancy restaurants (napkins).
Napkin folding has a centuries-old history[ and dates back to the times of Louis XIV of France.
As opposed to paper origami, folding fabrics generally requires less precision; "molding" is introduced as part of the artistic process adding an element similar to modeling in clay.
