sciencewonk Posted January 28 #1 Share Posted January 28 We are going on a Japan/Korea cruise on Noordam. We haven't been on an Asian cruise on HAL before. Will there be any local dishes served in the MDR or Lido (excluding the usual Sushi/Asian buffet) or will the food be the usual HAL choices you get on North American and Australian cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted January 28 #2 Share Posted January 28 There will be a few local dishes, but primarily standard menus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted January 28 #3 Share Posted January 28 (edited) I don't recall any local cuisine beyond what they might usually offer (e.g., "sushi" in the buffet area and the like) last April on Westerdam cruising around Japan for 28 days. Edited January 28 by cruisemom42 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted January 28 #4 Share Posted January 28 Be sure to look at the expanded vegetarian, and Indian menu items by request- to increase the variety of your choices. We even had "What the crew eats" special items highlighted on the printed menu on our last Noordam cruise, since they are a very international group. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syesmar Posted January 28 #5 Share Posted January 28 38 minutes ago, OlsSalt said: Be sure to look at the expanded vegetarian, and Indian menu items by request- to increase the variety of your choices.… Do you just ask the server about the Indian items, or can a list be found somewhere? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1211 Posted January 28 #6 Share Posted January 28 58 minutes ago, syesmar said: Do you just ask the server about the Indian items, or can a list be found somewhere? Thanks! The Indian items have to be pre-ordered (in our experience 1 night before you would like the Indian meal), but you can just ask your server or the maitre d for the next nights Indian menu & place your order with them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ferry_Watcher Posted January 30 #7 Share Posted January 30 We did the TP and Circle Japan 26 night cruise on the Westerdam last October’23. Japanese Beer, Sake and Whiskey didn’t appear on our menu until a couple of days after leaving Yokohama, and it took more days for all the restaurants and bars to have it available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlaMariner Posted January 30 #8 Share Posted January 30 On 1/27/2024 at 7:40 PM, sciencewonk said: We haven't been on an Asian cruise on HAL before. Will there be any local dishes served in the MDR or Lido (excluding the usual Sushi/Asian buffet) or will the food be the usual HAL choices you get on North American and Australian cruises? On our trans-pacific cruise in October (2023), I did not notice any difference in food choices from any other HAL cruise......(but we were on the Westerdam leaving Seattle and traveling to Asia so perhaps things might be different once the cruise originates in Asia). Enjoy the cruise....we loved our first time traveling to Japan..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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