NCL PEARL - Alaska -- Indian Veg Food Menu - Garden Cafe

[mmp123]

Our Family (of 4 - 3 Adults 1 child) just traveled to Alaska by NCL Pearl. We are from India. Except me, all the other (3) family members are vegetarians (Pure Vegetarians) ..We were worried about the food on-board before our trip...Let me say, we are very very happy after the the trip...The food was excellent..just for the Indian pure vegetarian friends , I will list the veg items....and also non-veg Indian foods (Since I am a non-vegetarian I will list non-veg items also)...

 

Served on Garden Cafe (deck 12)...We had an option to go and eat in other (Complimentary places too)..but we didn't go anywhere else ...

 

By the way, there were 3 south Indian cooks and couple of cooks from Goa..Many of the crew members (garden cafe) are from India (Bombay and Goa) and Philippines.. They provided great service..

 

On board Aug-30 - 2015 (Starting day ..cruise Departure time 4 pm)..

We boarded the cruise @ 12.00pm..and guess, the lunch was ready..but little bit crowded on that day..try to board as early as possible..11 to 12.00..

 

Vegetarian list (I don't remember the list by day..but will go over all the items)

 

2 Items served for Breakfast

(Coconut Chutney and Tomato Chutney was there all days).

 

Lunch..dinner - one curry and one sabji (Poryal), Variety Rice and Naan

(Raita , white rice and pickle Served all days)

 

Sunday

Lunch: Jeera rice, dal, roti, okra, aloo

Dinner: lemon rice, dal, roti, aloo gobi

 

Monday

Breakfast: upma, chutney

Lunch, pulav, dal maharani, aloo mutter, Naan

Dinner: dhania rice, dal makhni, cabbage, naan

 

Tuesday

Breakfast: uttappam, sambar, chutney

Lunch: rice, dal, naan, mutter paneer

Dinner: rice, dal maharani, Naan, jeera aloo

 

Wednesday

Breakfast: idly, sambar, chutney

Lunch: khichadi, kadi pakodi, naan, aloo mutter

Dinner: dhania rice, dal rajastani, nan, alo gobi

 

 

Thursday

Breakfast: poori, channa

Lunch: rice, dal makhni, nan, okra

Dinner: jeera rice, dal, naan, aloo eggplant

 

Friday

Breakfast: pav bhaji, aloo bonda, sambar

Lunch: rice, dal, nan, Beans poryal

Dinner: saffron rice, dal, nan, aloo mutter

 

Saturday

Breakfast: vegetable uttappam, chutney, sambar

Lunch: rice, dal, naan, eggplant and aloo

Dinner: kuska rice, dal, naan, aloo jeera

 

Sunday

Breakfast: poori, sabzi

 

Noodles and fried rice almost every day ..indo-chineese style

 

 

Non - Veg items --

 

lunch and dinner ( 2 items ...one curry and some Variety Rice )

 

Chicken Noodles and fried rice almost every day ..indo-chineese style

Fish Bajji..

Palak chicken, butter chicken, tikka chicken, chicken kurma and chicken Biryani

Lamb curry, pork Vindaloo and beef curry

Fish cury (Goan style) -- 3 days

Fish fry (one day)

chicken wings (one day)

 

 

Plus Thai items

like chicken green curry and more..

 

 

And lots of food from different regions.

 

like, Thai, Mexican, Italian, Pizza, American and chineese....

 

PLus Best coffe, lemonade and Orange juice...Lots of Cakes..plus othe desserts...

 

 

Other than food...casino, theater events were good...

 

For Kids, SPlash acadamy Was excellent..Different activities (Theme) every day..My son (4yr old) enjoyed a lot and made lots of friend on board...

 

 

 

As for as the port trips...

 

We enjoyed the Helicopter ride in Juneau. little pricy..but it was Awsome..

 

Skagway..Train ride...was good..

 

Ketchikan..Widerness boat ride...didn't see anything..i would say it was below average.

 

Victoria.. Butchart Gardens and downtown... Butchart Gardens was good..but the issue was, the cruise arrives the port @6pm.by the time you reach the Butchart Gardens, it gets dark..and it is very hard to see anything..We were lucky, they had fire works on the day we visited the garden..the fire works was excellent..but, I couldn't see much in the Butchart Gardens...

 

 

Overall, excellent trip...I would highly recommend this Cruise to Alaska..

[Kamloops50]

You probably can get vegetarian pizza and veg burgers as well.

[sfaaa]

International theme nights have ethnic food from around the world.

[crayola1932]

I am non-Indian and I LOVE the Indian dishes in the Garden cafe. I ate it every day for lunch.

[SunnySailorBoy]

 

Served on Garden Cafe (deck 12)...We had an option to go and eat in other (Complimentary places too)..but we didn't go anywhere else ...

 

Thank you so much for your review and for the detailed listing of Indian food available on the Pearl during your cruise. Being new to NCL, I had seen reports that Indian food was available in the various buffets, but not many details as to what the dishes might be.

 

I hope they offer a similar spread on the Jewel. Won't have to go without my weekly aloo gobi and chicken biryani. :)

 

Cheers!

[piper45maru]

Thanks so much for this review! I love Indian food (it was the only thing I ate during my two buffet visits on the Epic in August) and am sailing on the Pearl at the beginning of November. I booked an aft room on Deck 11, so even though I usually avoid buffets, I was planning on really utilizing the Garden Cage this time with it being so close to my room, but I was nervous. This actually makes me very excited!

 

Is the Indian section prominent on the Pearl? I feel like I lucked into finding it on the Epic after wandering aimlessly around for a while finding nothing else I really found appealing.

 

Thanks again!

[Tom Graphy]

I loved the Indian food when I was on the sun! My favorite was this one that I think was called taja masla? It was red beans in a curry with some other vegetables and it was fantastic.

[mousecrazy]

Is the Indian section prominent on the Pearl? I feel like I lucked into finding it on the Epic after wandering aimlessly around for a while finding nothing else I really found appealing.

 

Thanks again!

 

I, too, enjoyed the Indian cuisine. It's located near the burger/hot dog/fries section - toward the aft of the main buffet (across from the soft serve ice cream). I thought the chutney was especially yummy!

[piper45maru]

I, too, enjoyed the Indian cuisine. It's located near the burger/hot dog/fries section - toward the aft of the main buffet (across from the soft serve ice cream). I thought the chutney was especially yummy!

 

 

Thanks!