First NCL cruise and I was a bit disappointed

[ChiefMateJRK]

1 hour ago, Bonobochick said:

I haven't been back at Teppanyaki since they switched from filet (my go-to meat choice there) to sirloin. I've seen a few posts that folks haven't been able to notice a difference so that's promising. My fear is by the time I cruise again and go, the beef option with all the cost cuts will be chuck. 

I've been in the same camp.  My second to last time at Teppanyaki was over a year ago.  The "steak" was not great.  I wasn't planning to return except on on the Bliss two weeks ago we attended the Atrium Tappanyaki chef show in the morning and couldn't resist.  Since I had a bad steak experience (or two), I just ordered the shrimp and chicken.  Both were delicious!!  Now if we can just figure out how to get them to return some more flavor/garlic to the fried rice, we'll be good to go.😎

[MsTabbyKats]

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[mking8288]

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[jingle5616]

20 hours ago, Bonobochick said:

 

I haven't been back at Teppanyaki since they switched from filet (my go-to meat choice there) to sirloin. I've seen a few posts that folks haven't been able to notice a difference so that's promising. My fear is by the time I cruise again and go, the beef option with all the cost cuts will be chuck. 

I noticed there were many nights when Teppanyaki had an amazing amount of table/grills that weren't being used when I was on the Breakaway.  Never seen that before.

[styles27]

19 hours ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

I've been in the same camp.  My second to last time at Teppanyaki was over a year ago.  The "steak" was not great.  I wasn't planning to return except on on the Bliss two weeks ago we attended the Atrium Tappanyaki chef show in the morning and couldn't resist.  Since I had a bad steak experience (or two), I just ordered the shrimp and chicken.  Both were delicious!!  Now if we can just figure out how to get them to return some more flavor/garlic to the fried rice, we'll be good to go.😎

You would have loved our fried rice at Tappanyaki on Pearl last month! Our chef was awesome and everything was delicious!

 

 

 

Here’s a video of him starting the rice and adding a LOT of garlic!

 

 

[Mississippian]

22 hours ago, Bonobochick said:

 

I haven't been back at Teppanyaki since they switched from filet (my go-to meat choice there) to sirloin. I've seen a few posts that folks haven't been able to notice a difference so that's promising. My fear is by the time I cruise again and go, the beef option with all the cost cuts will be chuck. 

The Breakaway is my brother's favorite cruise ship, but he said the downgraded beef at Teppanyaki was terrible; he described it as "dog food," and the chicken was way overcooked. He said the shrimp were great and so that's what I ordered, and they were indeed good.

[Mississippian]

On 5/14/2023 at 3:53 PM, Bonobochick said:

 

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by Mississippian

[sunkey1]

Went on the Getaway in October last year and a combination of things made us both decide that we would take a break from NCL for a while. Now I’m trying to find a trip for this October and the Joy has the itinerary that I like the most, and I’ve checked all the lines. Just having a hard time pulling the trigger though after what we said last year.