Review of Silver Moon

[jtm1]

My review of our July 5 to 15 cruise on Silver Moon can be found here:   https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=690138

[A Tucson Guy]

10 minutes ago, jtm1 said:

My review of our July 5 to 15 cruise on Silver Moon can be found here:   https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=690138

We were on the same cruise and tend to agree with most of your comments. We did have dinner once in Kaiseki and that was a once a cruise thing. We enjoyed the Salt Restaurant more with no upcharge. Overall we loved the cruise and we have booked five more cruises on the Dawn, Silver Nova and Silver Ray.

[Gourmet Gal]

Thanks for posting your review.  Anticipating boarding next month.  Do you recall if there is coffee/tea in  the observation lounge in the mornings?  I’m an early riser and love the observation lounge when coming into port in the mornings.

[jtm1]

Yes there was a coffee machine with tea also available in the Observation Lounge each morning.

[Gourmet Gal]

GTK.  Thanks!

[Lonedaddy]

Sounds like we are doing this very similar cruise on the dawn next year finishing in Copenhagen.  We book 3 nights post cruise.  What is the issue with kensekei is it bad the up-charge or just the type of cusine?  Curious what the meals were in sSALT.  Did they have mussels on board?

[saminina]

Seems many people find Kaiseki lacking.  I did dinner and lunch once and will not pay for dinner again.

[Herman The Cat]

It’s personal choice and personal taste. Some people love Kaiseki. And some love the dessert there. 

Lone daddy — SALT Kitchen menus change with every port to reflect the local cuisine. Even in Greece, it changed with each Greek port to reflect the cuisine on each Island (i.e., different in Rhodes, Crete, etc.). If I remember correctly, there’s also a menu in SALT for the region/cruise, but also the local menu each day as I describe above. So it really depends where you are cruising to….

I think I have seen mussels onboard…or muscles on the pool deck! 😂

[Silver Spectre]

7 hours ago, saminina said:

Seems many people find Kaiseki lacking.  I did dinner and lunch once and will not pay for dinner again.

Happy to go for lunch, but the dinner is not worth it it IMHO.

[Lonedaddy]

2 hours ago, Herman The Cat said:

 

Lone daddy — SALT Kitchen menus change with every port to reflect the local cuisine. Even in Greece, it changed with each Greek port to reflect the cuisine on each Island (i.e., different in Rhodes, Crete, etc.). If I remember correctly, there’s also a menu in SALT for the region/cruise, but also the local menu each day as I describe above.

So at SALT on a seaday we get seafood !

[Gourmet Gal]

On 8/22/2022 at 12:27 PM, Herman The Cat said:

It’s personal choice and personal taste. Some people love Kaiseki. And some love the dessert there. 

Lone daddy — SALT Kitchen menus change with every port to reflect the local cuisine. Even in Greece, it changed with each Greek port to reflect the cuisine on each Island (i.e., different in Rhodes, Crete, etc.). If I remember correctly, there’s also a menu in SALT for the region/cruise, but also the local menu each day as I describe above. So it really depends where you are cruising to….

I think I have seen mussels onboard…or muscles on the pool deck! 😂

We tried Kaiseki for lunch and it was very mediocre so didn’t try dinner there.  SALT Kitchen was very inconsistent.  The fish choices were never great and the menu changed only very slightly with each port if the region was similar.  The included wines were terrible and rarely from the region. 

[zqtchas]

7 hours ago, Gourmet Gal said:

We tried Kaiseki for lunch and it was very mediocre so didn’t try dinner there.  SALT Kitchen was very inconsistent.  The fish choices were never great and the menu changed only very slightly with each port if the region was similar.  The included wines were terrible and rarely from the region. 

So which ship are you trying next?

[zqtchas]

7 hours ago, Gourmet Gal said:

The included wines were terrible and rarely from the region. 

What! you don't like Tiki? That is a cult favorite among some of us die hards😟

[mysty]

7 hours ago, Gourmet Gal said:

We tried Kaiseki for lunch and it was very mediocre so didn’t try dinner there.  SALT Kitchen was very inconsistent.  The fish choices were never great and the menu changed only very slightly with each port if the region was similar.  The included wines were terrible and rarely from the region. 

 

And, of course, this is in your personal opinion.  Correct?  You understand that your preferred wines may, in fact, not suit everyone.  Correct?  Anyone who is actually happy with the wines on offer should not feel like they are not qualified to know a "good wine"?  Correct?

[Silver Spectre]

3 hours ago, zqtchas said:

What! you don't like Tiki? That is a cult favorite among some of us die hards😟

Shhhhhh! that leaves more for us 🤪

[Daveywavey70]

11 hours ago, Gourmet Gal said:

We tried Kaiseki for lunch and it was very mediocre so didn’t try dinner there.  SALT Kitchen was very inconsistent.  The fish choices were never great and the menu changed only very slightly with each port if the region was similar.  The included wines were terrible and rarely from the region. 

It’s a shame you didn’t try dinner in Kaiseki. It may be the same room but lunch and dinner have absolutely nothing in common. I’m not an avid consumer of sushi so lunch wasn’t a highlight. Dinner absolutely was though. It was truly superb. As for the wine it’s a shame you didn’t find one that suited. I Hope they still have my Vouvray! 

[Daveywavey70]

3 hours ago, zqtchas said:

What! you don't like Tiki? That is a cult favorite among some of us die hards😟

How could anyone not like the Tiki?

[drron29]

on our dawn cruise 2 months ago there was no Tiki. They had another Marlborough Sav blanc which was equal to Tiki.

And my favourite lunch venue was Kaiseki. We have over 50 trips to Japan and many sushi restaurants here in Australia. The sushi was very good at Kaiseki even though they had a lot of rolls to cater for western tastes. I mean does a California roll sound like a Japanese dish.

Some pictures of the food at lunch.

 

 

The sashimi was of good quality and the eel,mackerel and sea urchin were very good.

IMHO we know our sushi and wines.

[Stumblefoot]

5 hours ago, Daveywavey70 said:

I Hope they still have my Vouvray! 

Love about any Vouvray from Domaine Huet!

Edited October 6, 2022 by Stumblefoot

[Gourmet Gal]

10 hours ago, mysty said:

 

And, of course, this is in your personal opinion.  Correct?  You understand that your preferred wines may, in fact, not suit everyone.  Correct?  Anyone who is actually happy with the wines on offer should not feel like they are not qualified to know a "good wine"?  Correct?

What?  

[Gourmet Gal]

Did not like the Tiki.  Seems like my taste in food and wine seems to offend the die-hards.  Others think they know food and wine better and perhaps they do, but they do not know my tastes.  I live near a per-eminent wine region, am a gourmet cook and have dined in some of the best restaurants on the planet so I also know a thing or two and along with my own personal taste feel very qualified to comment on the food and wine on SS.  

Edited October 6, 2022 by Gourmet Gal

[Gourmet Gal]

5 hours ago, drron29 said:

 

[Gourmet Gal]

5 hours ago, drron29 said:

The sashimi was of good quality and the eel,mackerel and sea urchin were very good.

IMHO we know our sushi and wines.

Your photos look better than what we experienced. We looked at the dinner menu and would have tried it had the lunch been better.

 

 

Edited October 6, 2022 by Gourmet Gal

[zqtchas]

58 minutes ago, Gourmet Gal said:

Did not like the Tiki.  Seems like my taste in food and wine seems to offend the die-hards.  Others think they know food and wine better and perhaps they do, but they do not know my tastes.  I live near a per-eminent wine region, am a gourmet cook and have dined in some of the best restaurants on the planet so I also know a thing or two and along with my own personal taste feel very qualified to comment on the food and wine on SS.  

So which ship are you analyzing next?

[mysty]

4 hours ago, Gourmet Gal said:

Did not like the Tiki.  Seems like my taste in food and wine seems to offend the die-hards.  Others think they know food and wine better and perhaps they do, but they do not know my tastes.  I live near a per-eminent wine region, am a gourmet cook and have dined in some of the best restaurants on the planet so I also know a thing or two and along with my own personal taste feel very qualified to comment on the food and wine on SS.  

 

You are missing the point.  Yes, you are very welcome to comment on the food and wine.  However, does your vast experience make you the arbiter of good food and good wine?  The implication that you know better than anyone else is the issue.  You could simply say..."In my opinion".  No one would argue with that!