Foods on cruises that you never ate before

[lenquixote66]

For some reason I never ate lobster.On a cruise about 10 years ago there were many variations of lobster on the menu.My table mates could not believe that I never ate lobster.

I tried and liked everything.

[shipgeeks]

Before I started cruising on ships that actually had a variety of foods available(!), I had only occasionally had an Indian dish at one restaurant or another.

Now, on ships, I regularly have Indian dishes at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  Sometimes things are on the menu or in the buffet, and sometimes an Indian chef or waiter will notice that I ordered vegetarian dishes, and ask if I'd like some Indian food as well.  Yes, I would!

 

Apart from that, I've been able to try lots of desserts I never have at home (or even heard of), as well as some soups that are not normally on my radar.  Variety is good!

 

[BklynBoy8]

• Never ate Conch before visiting the Caribbean and enjoy it.

 

Like Calamari in some ways.

 

Had Fried and in a Soup. 

[lenquixote66]

1 minute ago, BklynBoy8 said:

• Never ate Conch before visiting the Caribbean and enjoy it.

 

Like Calamari in some ways.

 

Had Fried and in a Soup. 

The best calamari I ever ate was in a Bay Ridge Brooklyn restaurant in 1998.

[BklynBoy8]

7 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

The best calamari I ever ate was in a Bay Ridge Brooklyn restaurant in 1998.

 

Good Calamari is Randazzo's Sheephead Bay.  Also Chadwicks Bay Ridge w Fried Stick type Zucchini w three sauces.

[dahirsh]

first for me include

sea bass

frogs legs

escargot

mussels

seaweed salad

probably others slipping my mind

[lenquixote66]

2 hours ago, BklynBoy8 said:

 

Good Calamari is Randazzo's Sheephead Bay.  Also Chadwicks Bay Ridge w Fried Stick type Zucchini w three sauces.

I have not been to a Brooklyn restaurant in 10 years

[baelor]

The food on my last cruise was really good!  But I would be shocked if a cruise had food I had not tried before

[lenquixote66]

13 hours ago, baelor said:

The food on my last cruise was really good!  But I would be shocked if a cruise had food I had not tried before

Perhaps if it was an ethnic dish that you were not previously familiar with.

[baelor]

1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said:

Perhaps if it was an ethnic dish that you were not previously familiar with.

Definitely!  I am pretty familiar with most of the cuisines that cruise lines typically serve, but there is always more to learn.

[lenquixote66]

1 hour ago, baelor said:

Definitely!  I am pretty familiar with most of the cuisines that cruise lines typically serve, but there is always more to learn.

We agree

[baelor]

4 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

We agree

Yes.  Maybe one day a cruise will serve a food I have not tried before.

[lenquixote66]

11 hours ago, baelor said:

Yes.  Maybe one day a cruise will serve a food I have not tried before.

That is quite likely

[baelor]

48 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

That is quite likely

No, it’s not.  Cruise food is generally good but mainly standard.   Perhaps you have some examples in mind.

[lenquixote66]

10 minutes ago, baelor said:

No, it’s not.  Cruise food is generally good but mainly standard.   Perhaps you have some examples in mind.

I was on a cruise where every evening in the MDR they featured food from different ethnicities.One night was Italian,followed by French ,etc.

My ethnicity is Polish .If a person is not of this ethnicity it is not likely that they would be familiar with the items on the menu,

[Eamon Chute]

Reindeer Steak on a Trans Atlantic crossing on the QE2 back in the 90s.

[THL1313]

first tries on a cruise:

escargot

ceveche (in port)

indian cuisine (was very spicy)

pork belly

 

[BklynBoy8]

On 2/6/2023 at 11:33 AM, lenquixote66 said:

I was on a cruise where every evening in the MDR they featured food from different ethnicities.One night was Italian,followed by French ,etc.

My ethnicity is Polish .If a person is not of this ethnicity it is not likely that they would be familiar with the items on the menu,

 

Polish also and never saw Polish offered on board.

 

I don't think I should expect Polish on a UK vessel.

 

 

[lenquixote66]

1 hour ago, BklynBoy8 said:

 

Polish also and never saw Polish offered on board.

 

I don't think I should expect Polish on a UK vessel.

 

 

Wow,two Polish people on CC .

[BklynBoy8]

1 minute ago, lenquixote66 said:

Wow,two Polish people on CC .

Use to be 5 the family...

[All4Fun.]

Escargot on Celebrity, still not sure…

[CGTNORMANDIE]

17 minutes ago, All4Fun. said:

Escargot on Celebrity, still not sure…

Still not sure??  Of what??  Of escargot?  I can make a meal out of a good serving of escargot and rolls with a nice bottle of bubbly.  

[shipgeeks]

On 2/28/2023 at 3:41 PM, lenquixote66 said:

Wow,two Polish people on CC .

Mr. Shipgeeks makes it three.

[BklynBoy8]

3 hours ago, shipgeeks said:

Mr. Shipgeeks makes it three.

Mom and Dad once was on a longtime ago a Polish Ship called Stefan Batory on a NE/CAN cruise.

 

They had the greatest Polish food and others too on board. A Longtime Ago..

 

Edited March 6, 2023 by BklynBoy8

[lenquixote66]

5 hours ago, shipgeeks said:

Mr. Shipgeeks makes it three.

Wow ,we are still likely in the minority on CC.