Back to the Caribbean on Regent Grandeur

It seems like we only just finished posting the last cruise and here we are again 😄!

This time we will be on Regent Grandeur again with our friends Mary Ellen and Ed. Even though we will be repeating some of the port stops from our cruise in November, we won't be doing that many shore excursions. I still hope to be able to go ashore to take some photos for sketches.

All the packing is done and we're ready to go, but when I got up to feed the cats at 6:30, there were notifications from Air Canada that couldn't wait.

Our flight to Miami has been delayed by about 5 hours, so at least I have time to get the blog up to date beforehand. Unfortunately we'll be eating dinner on the flight instead of at Truluck's, our favourite seafood restaurant in Florida, but at least we're not going to miss the ship!

Hope you enjoy following along!

The Food Post - better way too late than not at all!

 When we got home from the cruise we got right into preparations for Christmas and I forgot all about the last blog post. So here it is! Hope you will forgive not identifying many of the dishes we ate.

We'll start with Beefbar. We had a couple of lunches and dinners there. The food is still great, but those huge extra charge slabs of wagyu beef are way beyond anything we could finish. I have to take a photo of the display stand sometime.

Larry's steak with frites on the side

Deconstructed Caesar Salad

Steamed ginger seabream - great lunch option

Tartare and Tartine - veal tartare in wafers

Dessert to share - gelato with toppings

On to Umi Uma. Still our favourite. I think we've had almost everything on the menu so far. Good thing it gets a new dish every so often.

Sushi and sashimi

Melt in your mouth Black Cod

Shrimp and scallop stir-fry

The trio of creme brulee. Haven't had it for a long time.

Soft shell crab spring rolls

Chocolate souffle cake with sesame ice cream

The Osteria d'Ovidio. Now that the Alajmo Brothers have updated the menu and are constantly tweaking things, we really enjoy it.

An interesting shrimp appetizer

Tuna carpaccio

Minestrone soup

Fettucine carbonara

Rack of lamb

The lasagnetta tastes as good as it looks!

Risotto with fresh burrata

Veal rolls

Burrata ravioli

My favourite Branzino with sour potato puree

The very popular tableside Tiramisu under construction

by our favourite server, Kasia.

And finally, a few phots from the Vintage Room where they present specially curated menus with wine pairings. They are only offered a couple of times per sailing, and lunches are usually based on a theme where the head sommelier gives a talk on the theme, whether it is a region or a type of wine. There was a Vintage Room Champagne lunch on my birthday!

Lobster with truffle and cheese

Ravioli

Sea bass with mushrooms

Beef tenderloin with potato mousse

The cheese course

So there you have it! A selection of the food available on Crystal. Still the very best food at sea...and there are even a couple of YouTube content creators who say the same thing.

Now that this is done, I am setting up our next cruise....and we're leaving today! See you soon.