This may seem odd, but I just have to write about our first meal on-board. If this is any indication, we are in for a treat. Heck, I am eating things I not only have never heard of, but can't pronounce! Not only that, but there are so many choices. House bread and a specialty bread. Soup and a house salad or specialty salad. Something like five main course options including vegetarian. And there are wines suggested to compliment each one, which you can purchase by the glass in most cases, or by the bottle. This was my selection:
Fresh baked house bread
Fresh spinach salad, topped with aged gorgonzola cheese, brioche croutons and toasted oregon hazelnuts. Served with a Northwest blackberry vinagrette.
Capelli d/Angeli. Angel hair pasta tossed in a light garlic olive oil with dungeness crab, asparagus tips and artichoke hearts, fresh herbs and sweet peppers.
I forgot to write what we ate for dessert! I'm sure it was an elegant end, served as beautifully as the rest.
Although we had multiple courses, the portions were not so large that you would stuff yourself on one.
While we were eating, the humpbacked whales made an appearance! At first, I had difficulty making out the water spouts and Andrea, who works for Cruise West in Juneau and was taking the cruise so she was more familiar with the options (but had previously worked on the ship), patiently pointed them out. Finally I could spot them myself and they were everywhere! They first gave you a hint by blowing water through the spout, and when you zero in they dive and flip their tails as a final salute.
And one more addition to my "It's a Small World" list is the fact that the gal in charge of the dining room, Britany Duncan, is from APPLETON!! She graduated from high school and went off to culinary arts school. I know her father and her uncles!
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