Dinner on the Deck

The Cruise Director has a daily morning show on our in-room TV where he and some other cruise person talk about what's happening on board the ship that day. We never watch it. Apparently we should have today. We didn't realize that there was an Around the World dinner being prepared by the Vista Culinary Team to be held on the deck tonight. Not only that, guests were encouraged to dress in all white. Why? I have no idea.

 

 

 

We had actually talked about room service tonight but someone mentioned to Ronnie at trivia that there was a special dinner tonight so I suggested we at least check it out. Sure enough, the culinary team had gone all out to prepare special foods, some that we don't always see. While the majority of passengers were indeed dressed in white, Ronnie was in navy head to toe and I had on a turquoise top. But we stayed and ate anyway. I will warn you - don't even look at the pictures if you aren't hungry (as I'm not now). But if you happen to be, then you might like to see a sampling of what was there.

 

I will also add that we are supposed to be keeping a low profile now as we will be sailing to Abidjan on the Ivory Coast tonight. A deck party with loud music, lights and dancing until 10:15 p.m. doesn't seem like very low profile to me. I did see a security guy (dressed in black) however. They are on the job.

We first walked through the deck where people were already eating and visiting and the Vista Show Band was entertaining. We made our way through a sea of white-clad passengers to the Aquamar Restaurant first where there was a long case of meats, veggies, noodles, broths, etc one could select from that would make an Asian dish (?) or soup (?) I didn't think to snap a photo of that area and I don't know enough about Asian food to even know what it's called. We didn't do that; we just picked up some appetizers there.

After that we went into the Wave and then on into Terrace Cafe. Both had extensive choices. In addition to the usual fish, steak, lobster, shrimp and chicken, there was a whole roasted goat/lamb/sheep? (which one? I don't know) along with steaks and sausages made from springbok and kudu. Add to that several really large fish, some to be cooked to your liking on the spot, and one that was stuffed with ceviche. Not being a "meat person" myself, I chose instead a Caprese salad instead along with some Italian bread.

 

grouper cooked to your specs

  

no thanks, but the Hasselback potatoes look good

meats cooked to order

There was also quite a large selection of cheeses, pastas, breads and salads. I mostly just snapped pictures of the meats. Of course there is always the dozen or so daily made ice cream flavors and as many different desserts to choose from. I'm trying to do better with sugar, but baklava is a weakness and I told myself that honey is not as bad as table sugar. And besides, the Bible says to eat a little honey (however, "little" is the key word here). Anyway, I'm stuffed and none of this looks good to me, but I'll post pictures of it for you, my reader, to appreciate. lol But I won't try to label all of them. 

 

sea bass or tuna (??) stuffed ceviche

skewered chicken

tuna salad in middle (mashed potato)? "cake"