Norwegian Gem Food Photos! June 3rd-10th 2017

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Sea day bbq

 

 

More buffet desserts

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Orchid Garden

 

Sushi menu, the rolls weren't that great

 

 

 

Dumplings were amazing

 

Spring rolls

 

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Calamari was nice and tender

 

Seafood udon had a strange tomato based broth, was expecting something more like miso

 

Here is the shrimp and chicken noodle dish

 

50 Shades of Grey roll wasn't at all like the menu described

 

Didn't like the Two Timing Tuna roll either, the spicy tuna part was just a whole chunk of tuna covered in tobacco sauce. Nothing like the usual spicy tuna you get in a restaurant which is like a chopped up tuna in a spicy mayo sauce.

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The red bean triangles were pretty good

 

Amaretto sour and bahama mama

 

Last night's dinner, didn't go since we were still full from the Orchid Garden

 

 

 

Another chocolate grasshopper

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Mango/Daiquiri

 

Last day's breakfast at the buffet

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So here are some fun pictures from the ship and the ports.

 

Leaving NYC

 

Going under the bridge

 

First sunset

 

Pool was a bit nuts

 

 

Got to meet everyone at the Meet and Greet

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Wii in the Atrium

 

Coming into Florida

 

We went to the Brevard Zoo, it was amazing!

 

King Vulture

 

 

Lorikeet feeding aviary at Brevard, $1 a cup. You could also feed cockatiels and giraffes

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Gala cockatoo

 

Cockatiels

 

 

Live music by the pool

 

Tons of these in Nassua for $10

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Carvers station at the Straw Market

 

 

 

 

Coconut water right near the pier

 

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Great Stirrup Cay

 

GSC

 

GSC

 

GSC

 

Fruit carving demo

 

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Towel Folding Demo

 

A Monkey!

 

White Hot Party

 

 

Ice carving

 

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Ok! That's the last of them, you can see about 400 more on my Flickr!

[OceanLover11]

Thank you so much for posting these! I never knew you could get breakfast at O'Shehans

[bethclayton]

Thank you! These are great! We sailed the Jade recently and I think we missed a lot of this, taking notes for our next cruise!

[Gershep]

Enjoyed looking at your pictures. We got off the Gem when you got on.

[SeekingKillerWhales!]

This was wonderful, thanks!

 

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[SquishTheWhale]

Thank you for all the pictures! I normally skim reviews for the food pics but you just put them all right here for me :) :)

[mking8288]

Very nice & good job putting together various food item pictures from the Gem, looked familiar afterall - and, it should be noted most of them, if not all - especially items from O'Sheehan's and the MDR lunch dishes, are practically identical across the NCL fleet ... for food addicts looking to see.

 

That (chicken) Pho soup served in the MDR must be popular - except that in DW's receipt, carrots are never used ... but I guess they need to substitute for what's not readily available. It could be served as an entree in a big bowl at Orchid Garden ... the soup broth was definitely better than the spicy soup based for the seafood udon ... OK, that's the food "critic" part of me in commenting.

[inlovewithnolan]

Thanks for posting! I loved looking at every picture!!

[lisabdh1]

GREAT pictures, thank you so much for sharing. Question, so the taco stand on GSC is no additional charge right? And the Orchid Garden is an a la carte restaurant? Thanks so much!

[2Oldpeopleinlove]

Thank you so much! We are taking our first cruise ever in September on the Gem. You've done us a great favor here!

[vent1020]

Thanks for the awesome pictures. Nice and clear. I never remember to take a picture until I've already taken a bite or two out of the dish. Makes me look even more forward to our upcoming cruise.

[LeesaB]

Oh my gosh, I think I gained 15 pounds just looking at the food and menus. Thanks for posting! Curious - do they put notice of the special buffets (seafood, Italian, deck bbq) in the dailies?

[Dina7]

Thanks so much for posting all of these great photos plus the menus!

Is the Grouper Sandwich from Day 1 Lunch spicy or is it just the mayo?

[canvasowl]

GREAT pictures, thank you so much for sharing. Question, so the taco stand on GSC is no additional charge right? And the Orchid Garden is an a la carte restaurant? Thanks so much!

 

The taco stand was free! It was on the right side of the beach, while the buffet was to the left. Besides the 3 tacos shown they had about 6 or 10 different toppings like sour cream, guac, onions, lettuce. Didn't notice if they had drinks there, but the patron bar right next door had pitchers of water. And most of orchid garden is free, like the dumplings and noodles. No entry fee or anything. Only thing they charge for was sushi (not worth it) and two main dishes which had fancy steak or shrimp in it.