Escargot--Yes or No?

[Cruise Raider]

49 minutes ago, bigbenboys said:

It's delicious! love escargot!

I use to order 2 plates of escargot every night for over 15 years. Who remembers the escargot shortage of 2013. It was a rough year. I know who would think that there would be a world wide shortage of escargot.

 

 

I remember that and was heartbroken.  We happened to be on a Celebrity ship and they found some for us.  YES!!!!!

After a year and a half of no cruises, I finally was able to board a ship last month and ordered my escargot ... it was extra good.  My DH just watches as I eat them ... he's not impressed.  

[poinsettiaplate]

Every single night I eat in the dining room.

 

Just thinking about it makes me ready to go on my November cruise now.

[TMLAalum]

I am down to ordering the escargot every third night. Still love them a decade 🐌since first trying them on the Equinox.

[CHEZMARYLOU]

Yes, order it several times in a week.  Has to be broiling hot though.  We tried it in a restaurant in our area and it was awful but love it on Celebrity.

I look at cruising as a chance to try something new without having to pay for it in a restaurant.

 

Edited August 18, 2021 by CHEZMARYLOU

[Northern Aurora]

My husband will order escargot periodically.  But we both loved the escargot and lobster dish which was served in the now gone Quisine.  There are several dishes which were on the Quisine menu which I really miss.   Sigh .........

[justcrusn]

Absolutely must have!

although I try not to think about what I am eating…

i have a theory that you could dip almost anything in garlic and butter and it would be delicious.

[amevola]

2 hours ago, Roxydog15 said:

So after years of giving my husband a hard time for probably being the only one who orders this in MDR, and that X stocks it just for him, thought I would toss it out there..

Do many of you ever order Escargot?

 

Definitely!  As others have mentioned, I also dip the breads in the garlic butter. 😁🐌🧄🧈🥖🧡

[ejnsb]

Yes, with lots of bread to soak up the garlic butter. 

[neverlaysup]

2 hours ago, Roxydog15 said:

So after years of giving my husband a hard time for probably being the only one who orders this in MDR, and that X stocks it just for him, thought I would toss it out there..

Do many of you ever order Escargot?

Double order please with some extra bread for dipping!

[jagoffee]

One of my favorites and they are available everyday.

[Pennstatedj]

yes, I eat many times a cruise. 

[hasentreelake]

The little slimy slugs are great - but too much garlic for me (99% - 100% of the time).

[taxatty]

4 minutes ago, hasentreelake said:

The little slimy slugs are great - but too much garlic for me (99% - 100% of the time).

Impossible to have too much garlic.😋

[DENIE]

Yes, yes, yes!!!  Love them, but really don't eat them anywhere but on cruise ships.  As others have said, it is amazing to dip the bread in the wonderful garlic butter!!  🙂

[Bellaggio Cruisers]

Count me in as an escargot lover! Garlic and butter sauce…and bread for dipping! 
Can’t wait to enjoy it again. 

[joand452]

I love escargot, too.  Maybe I just love the garlic butter 😉  Just like sushi -- maybe it's just the soy sauce/wasabi combination!  My husband loves the shrimp cocktail; he just discovered he likes the cocktail sauce (where's he been -- I've been telling him this for years)!

 

I'll order them only once per cruise.  Too many other fine foods to try...

[Roxydog15]

Well I guess I need to cut DH some slack due to the overwhelming loyalty to this dish.  

"joand452" I agree, and shrimp must be eaten with gobs of cocktail sauce!  All the things to try is one of the great things about cruisen'!

Thanks for all these great replies 🙂 

[Denny01]

OOOOHHHHHH Yes! And I think Celebrity does a homerun on it. The only difference between Celebrity escargot and some in one of our local fine diner is they are in a shell here. But I like the X more; and I need a ton of bread with it!

 

Never quite understand the ‘slimy’ comment since they aren’t. 

 

I got introduced to pickled herring also in the X buffet. When I got home, I immediately got a big bottle of them…..it isn’t the same! Must taste better when sitting in a steel ‘container’ that is sliding though salt water! 

 

Den

[LGW59]

Let’s kick it up a notch…anyone ever seen stuffed Quahogs on board (to most you probably know as stuffed clams, but in New England we have to change the name of everything)!  If you have, how were they?  

[PTC DAWG]

Yes…I’ll eat most anything…will try most anything at least once…

[DogLover]

Nope, can't do them due to allergy.

 

That said, my adult son LOVES them and probably had at least 4-5 orders on our recent Millennium cruise to Alaska. Blech ... 😉

 

 

[GlobalMethod]

8 hours ago, 1025cruise said:

Pretty much each night, unless there is some other appetizer that strikes my fancy. My wife thinks they are disgusting.

Same scenario with my wife and myself ... I LOVE them and she HATES them! 🥰

[GlobalMethod]

6 hours ago, CHEZMARYLOU said:

Yes, order it several times in a week.  Has to be broiling hot though.  We tried it in a restaurant in our area and it was awful but love it on Celebrity.

I look at cruising as a chance to try something new without having to pay for it in a restaurant.

 

You are so right ... Celebrity's presentation and taste is top tier! Your making me want to cruise again just to get at the escargot!

[hawkesbaynz]

Would try the stuffed clams if I have the opportunity but always have the escargot with a second appetiser every night.

 

Whilst the Celebrity bread is great it is one vice I avoid on cruises when I am gorging myself every night. 

 

Unfortunately our young labrador is fascinated with house snails which are not edible and carry parasites, so Drontal for her and I chuck them over the fence.

[terrydtx]

I will eat them at least once on a cruise, however as I have gotten older, large doses of garlic will cause me issues at night. My wife will usually eat one of mine so that we each have garlic breath for the night, LOL