Eight Days at Sea with Nothing but the Atlantic Ocean – Part 2
Food of all types is available on board the Valiant Lady. There are six reservations- required, high-end, specialty restaurants plus another dozen or so drop in eateries available to Sailors.
The Specialty Themed Restaurants
My first theme restaurant experience was dinner at The Wake, a steak and sea food specialty eatery located at the aft of the Valiant Lady where diners have views of the ocean fading off into the distance with the ship’s wake painting a lighter blue line towards the horizon.
I enjoyed a perfectly prepared and presented salmon filet. To me, the most amazing selection ordered by one of my table mates was a “tomahawk” – essentially a ribeye beef steak specifically cut with at least five inches of rib bone left intact. The one ordered by this hungery fellow had a rib bone attached of at least 18”! Of course, then there needed to be a full show of the waiter carving the ribeye for consumption and presenting the massive amount of meat and fat to its eventual consumer. I’d never seen a tomahawk before. (I found out later that this particular menu item required an additional $75 charged to the Sailor’s cabin “wallet” above and beyond the all-inclusive food available. Pay to die early? Not I.)
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The Various “Drop-In” Eateries
Where do I start with this amazing collection of places to solve one’s hunger issues? The very first place I got my early taste of cruising was at the ICE CREAM STATION
There’s much more to tell and I will but I want to post this before moving on to “Shore Days”.