Asian Fusion Menus?

[bryanjaync]

Trying to find the menus for the now fee-free Asian Fusion restaurants, in particular the Jade. But I guess they are all the same between ships. thanks.

[mking8288]

Here you are - latest one (end of May, 2016) from the Breakaway's "Shanghai Noodles"

 

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Portion sizes are small, especially the noodles soup - order 2 items, maybe a 3rd. one ... unless you are snacking.

[sfaaa]

The free items are ok but nothing to write home about. Kind of like what you would get at Panda Express.

[cmh9092]

Here you are - latest one (end of May, 2016) from the Breakaway's "Shanghai Noodles"

 

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160526/75fe4bb418c920d9d35774469bd5d7e9.jpg

 

Portion sizes are small, especially the noodles soup - order 2 items, maybe a 3rd. one ... unless you are snacking.

 

Would this be similar to Dawn's Bamboo?

[mking8288]

CMH9092 - good question for someone else to ask, like those on the Dawn or similar class of ships now/recently :p

 

Jewel/Star/Gem/Dawn's Bamboo had a longer & "better" menu - Shanghai's simplified menu is really more of a noodles bar style ... there used to be fish & seafood, salad (seaweed, I seemed to remember) along with hot & sour soup (still, yikes - not done right) & beef stirred fried/vege mixed, etc. Not anymore, not on the mega-ships - at least ... with the transition/conversion to free dining.

 

The steamed/fried dumplings (pot stickers) tasted exactly like the ones from the supermarket's freeze section - the little egg/spring rolls were okay ... nothing to write/email home & tell others about. We had a better $10 Bento box lunch locally here in NJ yesterday.

 

But, the fried rice variety was okay, good enough as it was cooked to order ... just ask them to go "easy" on using less oil in the wok.

[BirdTravels]

Here's the Shogun restaurant menu from the Spirit last month

 

[cb at sea]

What is "fusion" about that?

[mking8288]

LOL on being Asian fusion, not even remotely close to anything.

 

Shogun's menu is "better" than that of Shanghai Noodles on the ships ... but, with almost certainity, nothing fusion about it - essentially, a Chinese only attempted fusion of regional cuisines. A handful of ingredients typically used in Japanese cooking rather than classical Chinese.

 

Perhaps, if they improve upon the recently introduced "Chicken Pho" soup served in the MDR and put that on the Asian menu & bring back the "Summer" rolls (Vietnamese rolls done with rice paper) along with Pad Thai (that's Thai/Malay) and of course, the Red/Orange/Green curried beef/chicken/pork/vegan dishes from India - and, BBQ & Hotpot skillet/deep pan cooking from Korea ... then, it can be accurately described as true Asian fusion dining.

 

Deep fried frog legs with hot pepper salt would be nice - maybe, an upcharge just like the "real" Peking Duck, properly cooked & aired (was/is served in "Ocean Blue" ??) ... Wait, where are the fishes & seafood - Lobster "Cantonese" or Black Beans Sauce, maybe ... with an upcharge.

 

A new executive chef can easily reorganize & come up with a better planned fusion menu.

[Cruisermom2nick]

Here's the Shogun restaurant menu from the Spirit last month

 

 

We loved Shogun! We ate there for dinner 3 times! :) It was better than Shanhai for sure!