Live Blog Splendor 2/25

[Travelcat2]

4 hours ago, crusin7 said:

We had a fantastic time on our Swimming with the stingrays excursion.  We held them and kissed them for 7 years good luck.  If we French kissed them it was a lifetime of good luck....we weren’t that brave.

 

 

Kissing a female.  The males are very small in comparison.

 

 

Amazing photos!  Hope to kiss one when we are onboard Splendor!

[boblerm]

1 hour ago, crusin7 said:

Hi Bob.  We definitely drink sake cold.  They asked us what we were eating and paired the sake accordingly.  It was not sweet.  There are 3 choices for cold.  On our last cruise we tasted all 3.  Each was delicious.  I will try and find out the names next time we go. 

Thank you!  Your food pics have me daydreaming about my next visit to Pacific Rim, now I have something else to look forward to there.😋

[crusin7]

3 hours ago, Christine4 said:

Thank you very much!!  What about just a wash and blow out

Shampoo and style dry..from $45

Most hair services are priced based on hair length  

[ronrick1943]

5 hours ago, boblerm said:

 

Can you offer any suggestions for sake?  We are interested in trying, but know nothing about it.  Do you think that hot or cold is better?  We don't think we would like anything too sweet.

Bob

I worked in Japan a while, most people drink it warm (never hot).  However when ever serviced a very good high end Sake, it's always service cold.  

[crusin7]

Dinner in Compass Rose was delicious.  We had Manu as our waiter for the second time.  He is fantastic.  

 

Chicken and goose liver parfait...sounds gross but it was excellent.

 

 

Seafood Risotto Black Mussels, Scallops, Squid. So Delicious...best bite!

 

 

Salzburg Soufflélé 

 

 

[Hambagahle]

I love the food porn!   And I also am impressed by the size of the portions.  Lots of white space on the plates and so beautifully presented.  I am getting hungry and it is only 0915!

[Christine4]

13 hours ago, crusin7 said:

Shampoo and style dry..from $45

Most hair services are priced based on hair length  

Thanks  again!  Hope you are having fun.  We sail on the Regent  Splendor on July 6, 2020.  I can't wait!  Are you on the Splendor now? Any tips?

 

Thank you,

 

Chris

[crusin7]

This morning we had a cooking class with Chef Noelle...New World Mediterranean.  We were greeted with a cocktail...Roasted Pineapple Sparkler in shot glasses.  Vodka is the alcohol used.  I wasn’t wowed by it.  Seems time consuming to make.

Next up was Allspice Turkey Meatballs with Succotash.  The meatballs were already prepared.  We made The Succotash.  Chef gave good, clear instructions.  The Succotash was good.  I wasn’t a fan of the meatball.  I don’t like spice or garlic and for me it was heavy in both.

 

After uploading for 1 hour my meatball pic failed.

 

Tomato Galette

 

 

Chocolate Lava Cake

 

 

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[Hambagahle]

That is what she does - has things already done and just explains them.  For me that is not a cooking class.

 

The fondant au chocolat looks amazing!!

[ClefsDor]

52 minutes ago, Hambagahle said:

That is what she does - has things already done and just explains them.  For me that is not a cooking class.

I agree. We have booked two cooking classes on our Splendor cruise and I would be disappointed if some of the major components of the dish were already made.

[crusin7]

We cooked everything else besides the meatballs.  We had a good time. 

 

 

 

[crusin7]

We also made White Bean and Asparagus Salad in Tarragon Lemon Vinaigrette.  This was my favorite dish.  We had sweet potato Bolo bread as an accompaniment.  They also served red wine from Spain. 

 

[ronrick1943]

Keep the food shots coming.,,,,,,,,,,really nice shots.  Hopefully with what's going on we'll be cruising soon.

[liptastic]

So enjoying your posts and food photos. That soufflé looks devine. I’ve never seen that on the CR menu before,  is this a new choice for Splendour?
Glad you are having a wonderful cruise, we board in New York in April, it gets more exciting with all the live blogs from the maiden voyage with Mr Rumour, and now yours too. Thanks so much, Jean.

[crusin7]

We had dinner in Compass Rose.  I’m going to make you all jealous and tell you we had the infamous Panko Crusted Shrimp.  Unbelievably this was the first time we ordered it.  It was delicious.  Thanks Zqueeze1 for the suggestion.  I also had lobster tail and a half order of Risotto Primavera.  Both were lip smacking good. 

 

 

[crusin7]

Hi Jean.  I have ordered that  soufflé on other ships.  Tonight we had a grand Marnier soufflé.   Mine came out under cooked. They took it back and immediately brought a replacement. 

 

 

[Hambagahle]

That Panko shrimp looks marvellous...  great photos.  Thanks!

[Zqueeze1]

11 hours ago, crusin7 said:

We had dinner in Compass Rose.  I’m going to make you all jealous and tell you we had the infamous Panko Crusted Shrimp.  Unbelievably this was the first time we ordered it.  It was delicious.  Thanks Zqueeze1 for the suggestion.  I also had lobster tail and a half order of Risotto Primavera.  Both were lip smacking good. 

 

 

Thank you for the pic. We are boarding the Explorer on Monday and will be on the lookout for one of my favorites. I may have to order it as an entree rather than as an app. 
Z and TB

[Hambagahle]

Travel safely Z and TB --  and send lots of photos of food porn too!!

Gerry

[wcsdkqh]

Infamous??? That's an odd term to use in your description.

[crusin7]

We are in Guatemala today.  We stayed on the ship.  Wi-Fi is decent.  Here are pics of our shower and bathtub.

 

 

 

Sunset the other day

 

[Kwaj girl]

@Cruisin7 ....I think we are in Cartagena, Colombia today.

Nice bath pix, though!

[crusin7]

11 minutes ago, Kwaj girl said:

@Cruisin7 ....I think we are in Cartagena, Colombia today.

Nice bath pix, though!

Ha ha! I know that I am relaxed but that is crazy relaxed!

[Hambagahle]

Stay that way...

[crusin7]

Tonight we had dinner in Chartreuse.   Service was very good. Some of the dishes we chose were not my favorites. I ordered an artichoke tart to start.   When our waiter brought it out he told me if I did not like it to order something else. He said most people didn’t like it.   I wish he would’ve said something before. I didn’t care for it and ordered the beet salad instead.  It was very good.

 

 

Chicken in a Morel Cream Sauce.  Jim loved it!