Travelog: Cruise Food | Starters

I promised you pictures of various dishes I had on my cruise and I'm here to deliver. I'm going to try to keep the chatter to a minimum in this post so you can be free to take it all in without any pesky distractions. Originally, the plan was to stick all the pictures in one post but an hour and a half into putting the post together, I realized how many dishes I'd photographed. I made an executive decision to split up this post into a three part series, which will be coming to you the second Wednesday of each month through the end of the year. All of these photos come from the dining room because the buffet can be a zoo and, let's be real, your plate never looks appetizing with all those foods mushed together. Some of the photos are a little bit blurry because I was always eager to get to the fun part (read: eating) but I did my best and I hope you aren't reading this on an empty stomach because you're about to be in trouble if you are.

Everything you see on these Cruise Food posts are from my Mediterranean cruise on the Norwegian Jade. You can read all about that trip in these three posts. (You can also read about my time in Venice but I was off the ship by then.)

Soups:

Tomato Cream Soup with Basil Croutons

Mediterranean Seafood Orzo

Roasted Cauliflower Soup

Potato Leek Soup

Salads:

Arugula & Peach Salad 

Greek Salad

Appetizers:

Calamari Fritti

Chicken Nachos

Escargot Cassoulet

Fried Calamari with Garlic & Bell Pepper Aioli

Crab & Cheese Souffle

Wild Lump Crab Cakes 

Sushi (double order)

Lime & Dill Shrimp

Boy, oh, boy. I am feeling so nostalgic. Look at all the seafood! And I remember that cauliflower soup was especially delicious. Can you believe these are just the starters?! If you're ever on the fence about going on cruise, I hope you'll come back to these Cruise Food posts and let them nudge you over the edge. 

I know you haven't gotten enough food porn so I'm going to send you over to Steph, who's currently in Japan (!!!), and is writing about her experience on It's Raining Cats and Mochi. She just recently posted her first food post and I think you're gonna like it. Steph actually described the food she ate (aka didn't take the lazy route like I did)! If you read Food for Blog #1, you won't be disappointed.

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Talk to you soon!

xo, Yvette