What’s your favorite Oceania calorie splurge?

[dingsterkat]

My second ever Oceania cruise begins in just a few weeks - a week circumnavigating Cuba on Sirena. I have ‘prepped’ for vacation by eating sensibly and exercising and am happy to say I’ve lost 25 pounds.  But... I love food and I plan on splurging a little each day of our 7 night vacation. 

 

So my question is... what splurges should not be missed and which are easy to avoid?  What is your one evil pleasure?.  My first cruise was on Riviera in the Med and I found the croissants to be splurge worthy along with most everything at Red Ginger while most desserts at the Terrace were tasteless. 

 

Thanks in advance for your Insights!

Edited November 12, 2018 by dingsterkat
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[willmschen]

Franck’s mashed potatoes!  They mash them, evaporate excess water over low heat, then add in as much butter and cream as they will absorb. A true guilty pleasure. 

[LHT28]

I would say dessert  but I can see you do not care for them

if you think O desserts are tasteless do not go on HAL

 

Chocolate croissants  & the sugar donuts   I will have 1 per cruise

My favourite is the Lemon Chiffon ..less calories  & tastes good  to me

[no fuss travel]

Key Lime Pie

[Petoonya]

Profiteroles.

[Mura]

I'm with Petoonya.  I just adore those profiteroles ... problem is they weren't offered on our last two cruises at least.

 

I shouldn't say they "weren't offered": they may well have been offered on nights when we weren't dining in the GDR. 

 

Mura

[LHT28]

33 minutes ago, Mura said:

I'm with Petoonya.  I just adore those profiteroles ... problem is they weren't offered on our last two cruises at least.

 

I shouldn't say they "weren't offered": they may well have been offered on nights when we weren't dining in the GDR. 

 

Mura

This  is  what they had last cruise  but I seem to remember before they were different

[Mura]

That looks very familiar to me!  I do think they used to have more chocolate sauce, though.

 

What seems different to you?

 

Mura

[LHT28]

15 minutes ago, Mura said:

That looks very familiar to me!  I do think they used to have more chocolate sauce, though.

 

What seems different to you?

 

Mura

I thought  they had  creme/custard inside  not Ice cream

these were huge also

3 people  at the table  had them   they only could eat 2 of them 😉

I opted for  the Lemon Tart

[Petoonya]

Mura,

Wish there were just one. Having three just feels sinful! But as some one else said on a different thread the plate would not be as pleasing or balanced with just one. Lucky for us.

[Mura]

1 hour ago, LHT28 said:

I thought  they had  creme/custard inside  not Ice cream

these were huge also

3 people  at the table  had them   they only could eat 2 of them 😉

I opted for  the Lemon Tart

Whenever I've had them -- and this goes back to Renaissance days -- the filling was vanilla ice cream.

 

Not that I'd argue about creme/custard ...

 

Mura

[JimandStan]

12 minutes ago, Mura said:

Not that I'd argue about creme/custard ...

 

Mura

Chefs in the British tradition use creme, Continental types vary from iced cream to creme, Americans are almost universally Iced cream.  

So, one never knows.........

[JPR]

Porterhouse steak with bearnaise sauce (add a squeeze of fresh lemon to the sauce).

[BigNance]

The croissants (daily), grilled lobster and shrimp from the Terrace Cafe (for either before or after dinner snack), grilled lamb chops with a full breakfast in the GDR, adding a double shot of dark rum to the very nice fresh smoothies at the Smoothie bar (after breakfast snack), Grand Marnier in my Illy cappucino,........the list goes on!

We just returned from an 8 day on the Riviera, our first cruise with Oceania.  Made us want to take another one, soon........

[DeanoNorthPerth]

Almond croissants for breakfast. Fortunately they are not available every day.

[dingsterkat]

Wow thanks!  Lots of great ideas!  BigNance I think you win - what a great list. I missed two things on my first cruise - breakfast in the GDR and thus the lamb chops - also afternoon tea. Rum in the smoothie is brilliant 😉

[BigNance]

the Smoothies with rum tasted pretty brilliant!!

now that we are home, we are working on losing the weight we gained on this cruise!!

 

[Hokapontas]

Definitely the almond croissants. I had one on two occasions. Totally fabulous.

And one morning they had chocolate almond croissants...I have pined after these to this day...

[BigNance]

I somehow missed the almond croissants. Too focused on the regulars!  Oh well, I just need to book another Oceania cruise😁