Well there’s no time for breakfast this morning, we are recovering from last night and got up too late. We are heading out on an excursion. Not even time for coffee. Ouch.
After a morning touring Corfu town, we needed a quick bite and popped into the restaurant for lunch. We did have a light meal in Corfu town, you can read that review here.
We don’t want a lot, but it would be too long til dinner without having anything and the buffet is not an option.
I get some fresh fruit to help in my recovery process.
Merilynn decided on the pasta of the day, a mezze penne with tomato sauce.
They really don’t like to overcook pasta on this ship. Once again very al dente.
And I’d like to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that that sauce was made in house, but it sure didn’t taste like it. That’s a jar of Ragu if you ask me.
By the time dinner rolled around I was pretty hungry so here’s hoping the menu helps with my appetite.
Merilynn decided on the carrot ginger soup, which I didn’t have a lot of faith in.
Fortunately it was a bit better than was expected, a little heavy on the ginger and light on the coconut milk.
Salad Nicoisse
I liked this salad, though it was a bit heavy on the oil dressing. Based on the taste of the oil I would guess they used the oil that the tuna was packed in. It really needed a hit of lemon and that acidity to cut through the oil.
Oven baked Salmon, actually cooked pretty well, with some nice crunchy fennel.
And my chicken breast. After the good chicken for lunch the other day I thought it might be ok. Yes the chicken was a little overdone, but I guess you have to be careful with poultry when your mass producing it. Don’t need a whole ship sick on undercooked chicken. The jus was nice, just needed a bit more of it to moisten the meat up. The veggies were good and I even liked the barley pilaf. I didn’t need that much of it though. Was maybe a poor choice to serve with the chicken being the same color. We eat with our eyes and there was not a ton of variation of color on the plate.
White Chocolate Mousse cake
Black Forest cake
Of the two desserts the Black Forest cake was better. Lighter with more intense flavours, it hit that sweet spot you need after a meal. The white chocolate mousse cake had a gelatinized layer which is something I really don’t care for.
Day four again was mixed. I won’t starve on this boat, but I’m not gaining any weight either.