Riviera Live! March 8 from a food lover and O newbie

[FetaCheese]

On 3/16/2022 at 4:16 PM, cruisingxpert said:

I love the cheese cart. Sometimes they have Epoisses as well- it's the one in the container.  The gray one is goat cheese- I'm not a fan of that one.

My favorite part of the meal in J!  

[FetaCheese]

On 3/17/2022 at 6:17 AM, kjbacon said:

Puerto Plata was not our favorite port. You can see how the lane to get in is quite narrow and where the Escape ran aground.

 

There is a container shipyard right at the dock so it’s very loud with plenty of fumes. There is a brand new area just off the pier that is literally jaw dropping gorgeous with a few shops, bars, and a swimming pool. If you are good with that, you are all set but if not, sign up for an excursion. When you walk out of that compound, you are in another world and not one that I would recommend with barbed wire, overly aggressive locals, and utter chaos!

 

We had dinner in Red Ginger last night and it was fabulous again. Love the ambiance with choosing my own chopsticks, the warm cloth to cleanse my hands, and do notice the assortment of beautiful plates.

 

 

 

Our first courses were the chef’s choice sushi, crispy potato roll, and caramelized prawns.

 

 

 

We struggled to choose our main courses because there’s so many good choices. The server suggested that they bring smaller portions of more so we said sure but the 3 dishes were all large. They were so delicious and we didn’t want to hurt anyones feelings 😻 so we polished it all off. We had Red Snapper in Banana Leaf, Seven Spice Lamb Chops, and Lobster Pad Thai.

 

 

 

As we often do, we finished our wine for dessert. Red Ginger delivered two flawless meals and being from Philly, I’m not just a snob about French food, I’m a serious snob about Asian food!

 

Today is already our last day 🥲 we are at sea and our dance card is full with finishing our art scavenger hunt (which I highly recommend), reconnecting with new friends, more fine meals, one last happy hour, packing, and saying our fond farewells. Tonight, Jacques.

Also from Philly.  Your reviews are great. But I expected more addittude from you!

[ronrick1943]

Nice report, you did a great job comparing “O” and “R”, I agree with almost everything.  I do like “R” better over all, but I think the suites are nicer on “O”.  Thanks again for taking your time to report.

[kjbacon]

On 4/30/2022 at 4:42 PM, FetaCheese said:

Also from Philly.  Your reviews are great. But I expected more addittude from you!

Yo! S’up?