Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #776 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Next, we were all led through the dining room on the way to the inner sanctum of the Horizon galley... On the way there, we went right past my table in the MDR... When we got back to the kitchen, the first thing they had us do was to wash our hands in the sink... Afterwards, we moved on to a large stainless steel bar for some small appetizers... Sorry, I don't remember what some of these were... The first thing was a strange shaped sphere thing that you were supposed to suspend via magnetic powers above a small wooden plank... I was trying to hold my phone with one hand and place this sphere with the other, and it just wasn't working... Finally, one of the assistants came over and got it to work... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 25, 2019 #777 Share Posted September 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, Von & John said: Hahaha... I was asking if you would aim for the high or low urinal? never even thought about the low one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #778 Share Posted September 25, 2019 After the doohickey was balanced above the magnet, they carefully placed a small plate with about 1/10th of a bite of food on top of it... A bit pretentious if you ask me, but I guess it was a bit of showmanship involved... Next was a small coffee cup of mushroom tea... There was a little dropper thing that you were supposed to drip into the cup for additional enhancement... After that, another very small thing that was made of beets I believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #779 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I hate the way the website decides to mix the text with the photos sometimes... The above post is now completely out of context... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #780 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Moving on... The next item was one of the best of the night... A crab cake sphere... I could have eaten twenty of these... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 25, 2019 #781 Share Posted September 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, sid_9169 said: Next was a small coffee cup of mushroom tea... There was a little dropper thing that you were supposed to drip into the cup for additional enhancement... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadawn1 Posted September 25, 2019 #782 Share Posted September 25, 2019 How's the company, Sid? Hope they're not all on their phones and there's some good conversation at the table. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #783 Share Posted September 25, 2019 After that, it was time to move on into the real Chef's Table area... When we first walked in, they were guiding people as to where to sit. The only thing was, that after everyone but me was seated, they had about half the people get up and move around again... Finally, after a few minutes of confusion, I had a seat... The first course was some kind of deconstructed multi level box type thing... Forgive me, but I don't remember what all these different things were. I wish the WiFi would have worked better down there so I could do this in real time... I do remember that this piece of bread was one of the best things I've ever eaten, ever... And, close-ups of the other two items... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #784 Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, Amadawn1 said: How's the company, Sid? Hope they're not all on their phones and there's some good conversation at the table. There were a couple of characters in there... Two sets of couples who broke the news to their partners that they had booked a cruise to Australia... The one guy was not excited about that at all... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #785 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Ok, now I can at least try to match the pictures with the copy of the menu... First, the duck... 8 day dry aged duck, North African spice, plum, parsnip puree, duck jus, butter and wine emulsion... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 25, 2019 #786 Share Posted September 25, 2019 11 minutes ago, sid_9169 said: Forgive me, but I don't remember what all these different things were. I wish the WiFi would have worked better down there so I could do this in real time... I’ll let you in on my secret...notepad. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #787 Share Posted September 25, 2019 The galley tour followed, and after that we returned to the dining room for the next course... Olive oil poached sea bass, with almond parmesan cream, slivers of almonds and edamame, and burnt champagne vinegar butter... This was fantastic, but the piece of fish was so small that it also left a lot to be desired... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #788 Share Posted September 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Saint Greg said: I’ll let you in on my secret...notepad. Yeah, I have that. But I also didn't want to be the total douche who sat there and played with his phone the whole time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted September 25, 2019 #789 Share Posted September 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, sid_9169 said: Yeah, I have that. But I also didn't want to be the total douche who sat there and played with his phone the whole time... But you said if you had wifi you would 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #790 Share Posted September 25, 2019 The lamb dish was next, and turned out to be pretty nice... Smoked lamb, provolone and pickled radish roll, lamb pastrami, and lamb neck croquette... The lamb pastrami was a bit tough. I chewed on it for awhile then spit it out into my napkin hoping no one would notice... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #791 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Getting closer to the end now... The veal dish was next... Earth clay baked milk fed veal, burnt butter, milk chips, sweet potato mash, and warm cheddar jus... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadawn1 Posted September 25, 2019 #792 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Is the Lamb pastrami top center? Gotta be prepared in advance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #793 Share Posted September 25, 2019 The website wanted to mix up the text and pictures again... Here's the veal... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadawn1 Posted September 25, 2019 #794 Share Posted September 25, 2019 1 minute ago, sid_9169 said: The website wanted to mix up the text and pictures again... Here's the veal... Lol. They must have served it individually. It wasn't in the first pic. I was gonna comment, "Tiny food. Big plates" 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeinaz Posted September 25, 2019 #795 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I had never considered doing the chef's table but I signed up for one because of your reviews. They seem like quite the experience. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #796 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Next was dessert number one... Raspberry yogurt sponge, cognac cream, lemon and olive cremeux, raspberry ganache, reconstructed pastry croustillant, dark chocolate, Mardi gras feuillantine flakes... (I'm just copying these descriptions right off the menu. I have no idea what some of these things even are...) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #797 Share Posted September 25, 2019 And, we've now reached the very end of the Chef's Table experience... There was one more dish... They call it Mignardises... Like I said, a bit pretentious... Burnt custard tart, almond chocolate, caramel raspberry licorice, and elderflower caviar... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadawn1 Posted September 25, 2019 #798 Share Posted September 25, 2019 9 minutes ago, sid_9169 said: And, we've now reached the very end of the Chef's Table experience... There was one more dish... They call it Mignardises... Like I said, a bit pretentious... Burnt custard tart, almond chocolate, caramel raspberry licorice, and elderflower caviar... Beautiful! Hope it tasted good. It looks like something I saw on Master Chef a few weeks back! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted September 25, 2019 Author #799 Share Posted September 25, 2019 So, this is what it's come to... I went to the steakhouse to see if they had any decent red wine by the glass... I ended up drinking one, but it was just some of the crap they serve all over the ship... I just don't want to start gulping down tequila after all that wine earlier... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadawn1 Posted September 25, 2019 #800 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Will they let you order a cappuccino from your Cheers to go with that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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