“the Big One”! World Cruise on Sojourn

[whogo]

29 minutes ago, shark b8 said:

sure looks like some kind of tanker

Marine Traffic lists ICS Allegiance as an oil products tanker. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:731476/mmsi:311000480/imo:9587427/vessel:ICS_ALLEGIANCE

 

 

[shark b8]

Excellent, thanks!

[SDuckers]

So jealous about the sweetbreads!  I am definitely going to ask about having that on our next cruise!

[shark b8]

Re sweetbreads - yeah, a bit of a mystery - if they had them onboard all along, surely they would have been included in some menu, somewhere.  If they didn’t have them in general stock….where did they come from, and in what quantity?  Do they have/keep a stash of exotic off-the-menu stuff onboard, just waiting for someone to ask?  “Enquiring minds want to know”, as was popular a while back.

[shark b8]

….and to be honest:   My sweetbread epiphany was at a Wolfgang Puck restaurant in San Francisco in the 80’s, called (I think) “Off Post” - near Union Square.  Mrs Captain Sharkbait was instrumental in changing my menu habits, as I had been raised pretty much with canned/frozen food all my life.  Anyway, Puck’s sweetbreads were just amazing, but part of what I liked was the crunchy exterior - breaded/battered-whatever.  These, onboard the other night, were oh so rich and very tasty, but my taste buds still think that a somewhat crunchy exterior is something to be pursued. 

[shark b8]

Wait.  “Off-Post”?  “Off-Polk”?  Puck SF restaurant in the 80’s.  I have complete confidence someone here will have the answer. 

Edited April 5, 2023 by shark b8

[shark b8]

OK, a quick Google search leads me to……Postrio.  Not 100% positive, but that’s probably the restaurant of memory.  Not “off-Post” but….at least near the same street.  Sorry, everybody. 😔

[goaliedad30]

The sweetbreads have been on one of the Restaurant menus as a starter periodically since Miami. I seem to recall seeing them once every 3 weeks or so.

[shark b8]

Really?  Ok, guess we just missed it.  Several times.  🙄

[LouChamp]

12 hours ago, shark b8 said:

Re sweetbreads - yeah, a bit of a mystery - if they had them onboard all along, surely they would have been included in some menu, somewhere.  If they didn’t have them in general stock….where did they come from, and in what quantity?  Do they have/keep a stash of exotic off-the-menu stuff onboard, just waiting for someone to ask?  “Enquiring minds want to know”, as was popular a while back.

Aloha. I love sweetbreads! Thank you for posting the picture!

[Flamin_June]

No sweetbreads on the Odyssey; plenty of pasta, however.

[shark b8]

Don’t think we’ve ever sailed on seas that were any smoother.

 

[goaliedad30]

3 hours ago, shark b8 said:

Don’t think we’ve ever sailed on seas that were any smoother.

 

Adding the photo from our balcony. It's like being on a lake. And fun watching the handful of birds skimming the water surface alongside!

[goaliedad30]

And this was the O-Bar view at 5:43 am. Full moon off the bow, sunrise at the stern ... And this is why we cruise!

 

[shark b8]

Just now, goaliedad30 said:

….at 5:43 am. Full moon off the bow, sunrise at the stern

 

Wait a minute.  You’re telling me there’s more than one 5:43?     🤔

[shark b8]

Ok, so 5:43 is obviously wonderful, in all incarnations.  Here’s 9:43.  First in the quiet version:

 

[shark b8]

And then the…..other version:

 

 

 

 

[tv24]

On 4/5/2023 at 5:20 PM, shark b8 said:

OK, a quick Google search leads me to……Postrio.  Not 100% positive, but that’s probably the restaurant of memory.  Not “off-Post” but….at least near the same street.  Sorry, everybody. 😔

Yes, Postrio, a posh restaurant from the 90s in San Francisco, all the rage among foodies.  Very high end.

[topkatz]

Loved Australia and her people. Hope this offering does them justice. Will definitely be back for a fourth visit.

 

 

[highplanesdrifters]

21 hours ago, shark b8 said:

And then the…..other version:

 

 

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Are you the dude with the long ponytail? 

[shark b8]

Just now, highplanesdrifters said:

Are you the dude with the long ponytail? 

 

You got me.  😰

[shark b8]

Keller rib-eye dinner @ Colonnade.  I still maintain that his “true rib eye” (as he calls it) at the Grill is a better piece of meat, but possible we’re splitting hairs at a pretty high level.  

 

 

 

 

[shark b8]

….and yes, that….bone.  There was a fight at the table.  Should be all over CNN tomorrow.

 

 

 

[shark b8]

This will never get old.  Never ever ever. 

 

[highplanesdrifters]

1 hour ago, shark b8 said:

This will never get old.  Never ever ever. 

 

We leave in 2 weeks. I can't wait. Thanks for whetting the whistle.