I had made reservations prior to
sailing for Portofino's that night. I wanted to do Portofino's
because 1) I had never ate there, 2) Someone had told me that they
were all going to be replaced with Giovanni's table in the future, 3) The reviews I had read were all positive and the food looked
really good. We chose this night after looking at the menus for each
night in the MDR at home. So the first time on a cruise we were going
to skip the first formal night in the MDR and do a specialty
restaurant.
Portofino's is located on the Port side right before you enter the Windjammer, with Chops being on the Starboard side. We were
seated right away at a table for two kinda by a window. This really
is a down side to it just being the two of us. The tables for two
just seem to be stuck places that are inconvenient for anything
bigger. Our waiter brought us some bread and explained the sauces
they serve with it. I don’t usually have a problem understanding
people with accents different than my own, but me and our waiter
tonight had major communication problems. I don't know if it
was because he was Filipino trying to discuss Italian dishes or
because two different tables beside of us were loud talkers. But I do
feel like my experience overall was affected because I was really
unable to discuss dishes, wines or even the bottle water with him. I
couldn't tell if he was trying to up sale me something or give me
something included.
I ordered the shrimp risotto for my
appetizer. It was Fantastic. It was my favorite thing about the whole
meal. The risotto was infused with saffron, then topped with shrimp
and crispy onions. It was very creamy and all the things worked very
well together.
Tony just ordered a Caesar salad for
his appetizer. Nothing else was really grabbing his attention, plus
he was really unable to ask our waiter anything about any of the
dishes. Since he likes Caesar salads he just went with that.
I ordered the seafood skewer for my
main course. The presentation was awesome. The seafood was just
average. My lobster tail was very little. Much smaller than the other
tables that ordered the same thing. I should have complained but I
didn't. I was getting pretty full and probably didn’t need more
anyway.
Tony ordered the lamb. This dish was
huge. The lamb was cooked perfectly and tasted very good. So it was a
win for the lamb.
(Sorry, my photography skills were very crappy during this dinner. I had been playing with my camera settings earlier and forgot to change them back.)
For our desserts I chose the tiramasu
and Tony chose the sampler. He said he was ok. (I didn’t sneak any
bites like I had originally planned.) I ended up not that crazy about
my tiramasu, either. The flavor of the pudding was good, but it was
ALL pudding in that little cup. I finally did get a small piece of
lady finger and it was soaked in something that was not coffee
flavored at all. I enjoyed desserts at Chops on a previous cruise
than I did these by a long shot!
Something a little neat did happen
during dinner. Just after we were seated the Captain and about 5 of his
officers came in to eat. I jokingly said, “I hope they left someone
to drive the ship.” Which my husband did not find funny at all and
only looked at me like I was dumb..haha.
After dinner we ran to the cabin to
change. I am proud to announce we did not pass out this time! Instead
we headed down to the Arcadia theater to watch Marquee. It is Royal
Caribbean's production show giving tribute to Broadway shows. Overall it
was good and we were entertained. It was probably one of the best
production shows we had seen on a ship so far.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Phantom of the Opera
I actually don't remember what this one was a scene from.
After the show we walked around the
promenade some and decided to run up to the room and use the restroom
while killing some time before the Adult Comedy show started at
midnight. When we got back to the room our toilet would not flush. So
I called Maintenance, in which they told me that they were working on
them because of a clog. Come on people quit flushing things that
don't belong down the toilet! While waiting for the toilets to “come
back online”, we got interested in a movie on tv, and I eventually
ran down and grabbed some pizza for a late night snack. Tonight I did
manage to remember to fill out my room service breakfast menu for the
next morning. The Cruise Critic meet and mingle was scheduled for
10:15 the next morning. I checked the 9:30 to 10:00 box, hoping that
it would be closer to 9:30. BTW we did hear our toilet flush about 15
minutes after I called.
And that ends day two of our cruise. Next time we will join the cruisers as they enjoy a absolutely beautiful day at Sea!
The Boss Lady
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