Day 2 we decided to try out the breakfast in bed. We were really tired and all I can remember is Nancy answering a call and moments later opening the door… some guy walked in. I think I looked around. Half confused… And then Nancy mumbled something and turned off the lights and we went back to bed. :’D
The strawberries weren’t sweet… neither was the watermelon. We had a theory that they saved the sweetest fruit for the VIPs haha. Oh! And they had lactose-free milk option for Nancy which is absolutely awesome!
PSSSST. We actually went to the gym on this day! Even ran on the track that is half inside the deck and outside! It was so nicee.
LUNCH at the Solarium❗ This was a buffet place, but did I do a good job in presentation? 😀 Just kidding… not really hehe.
My favourite from this plate was…the fish (you must get the lemon slice, makes it taste much better) and the curry!
This was my second plate (I won’t show you the other plates… things got a bit messy after that :p). After being on the ship and eating unhealthily I really appreciate being able to have fruits and vegetables everyday!
Next stop was taking pictures at Central park! It had beautiful flowers, Shrek walking around, and lovely live guitar playing in the background. Notice how I was still kind of pale… be prepared for the next days… I tan so easily.
We finally waited till our reservation time at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant! We’ve been watching and reading about Jamie Oliver and was so excited to try this out.
It was a tight fit inside and the place soon quickly filled up.
Here’s the menu for you (actually for me to remember what I ate). Once again we learnt we could order as much as we like… ain’t no stopping us now.
They started us off with this bread platter with your usual balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing on the side.
Next came the cured meat platter. Perfect for sharing (a little too much for us). Our favourites were the prosciutto & schiacciata piccante.
Sorry for the quality of the photos. I didn’t have my camera yet!
The caper berry provides a piquant flavour that really helped us get through that meat platter.
Nancy’s prosciutto and melon is by far my favourite out of the appetizers everyone got. (Or maybe I had too much meat and cheeses that my taste buds needed something sweet). Though a definite recommend, it’s a nice light appetizer to start off.
Justin got the tomato and ricotta bruschetta. He said this tasted really good. I’m sorry I’m not much help since I’m not a big fan of raw tomatoes. I know. Heartbreaking. Sorry :(. Though I love everything else that uses tomatoes!
I got the crispy squid! I’m not sure why I love chewing on tentacles hmm but this was really good. The mayo had some paprika, though I felt the paprika was used more of a decorative reasoning than for flavour.
Mmmm yummy. I’m actually really lucky that my friends are always the best and save the tentacles for me :3
Nancy got the truffle tagliatelle (see a trend here? haha). The black truffle produces such a deep flavour. However, with the cream and all the meat and cheese and deep-fried food we had, it really made it hard to fully enjoy and finish this dish. (Yeah yeah we should’ve ordered less is what you’re probably thinking right? :p) Plus the noodles seemed unevenly cooked or perhaps cooled so that certain edges were tough.
I think Brenton ordered this. Can’t remember how he enjoyed this but I shall update later!
I got the dry-aged rib eye steak. Bit uneven cooking when cut into but still tender (obviously). For those who haven’t tried dry-aged beef, essentially the collagen is broken down and you’re left with a tender piece of meat. The taste is like a blend of gamey and beefiness (is that even a word?!).
Look at the juices! Oh boy.
Justin ordered the risotto caprese. This was by far the most disappointing dish. It didn’t live up to its “cream[iness]”. The rice was hard and just ruined the dish.
Luckily Justin’s lam chops scottadita made up for it. This is the second best lamb chops I’ve ever tasted! I’m not a big fan of lamb due to the gamey taste but there was none to be found! I can’t imagine the effort they went into making this.
This was our first time trying polenta and it was so salty. Unbelievably salty.
This was also so salty and oily that I needed to cradle it in my hands to take a picture. We think this was broccolini (mix between broccoli and gai lan).
And that puts an end…. wait, we forgot about dessert. Crap.
While on the ship you’ll have these photographers that will come around to take your pictures. This guy was especially enthusiastic (in taking Nancy’s picture huehue).
The “Can we eat yet Michelle” look.
This was a super rich brownie.
I have no words for dessert because it was a blur due to how full we all were. All I can remember is trying to pawn off which pieces we would eat to try to put a dent in it. When the server told us he had a surprise for us, we certainly didn’t imagine this!
After such a big meal we needed to walk it off. here’s a view from the top! The Jamie Oliver restaurant is the glowing red sign at the bottom left corner.
We booked a show to end off the night! The aqua theatre!
The guy tricked us into thinking he was going to jump into the water from that height :(.
All I can think about was feeling really full and falling asleep to a movie at night….
Stay tuned weeeee.
-Love Mish.
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