Dining Choices Onboard

I was thinking for a while after posting up the previous post about working out at the gym, and I realized how ironic this post would seem to that one since I am going to talk about all the food that is available. =)

To me, one of the many attractions to the SuperStar Virgo (apart from those I have already mentioned), is the variety of eating outlets. There aren't too many to choose from and there aren't too little such that you get bored. Also the menu changes everyday. Here's a list of all the eating outlets and watering holes onboard:

All meals at these restaurants are inclusive in the cruise fare:
- Bella Vista (Western & Chinese: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
- Pavilion (Chinese: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
- Mediterranean Buffet (Continental Buffet: Breakfast, Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Dinner & Supper)

These are alternative restaurants that at not included in the fare:
- The Samurai (Japanese)
- The Taj (Indian)
- Noble House (Chinese)
- Palazzo (Italian Fusion: our personal favourite)
- Blue Lagoon (Asian: open 24hours)
- The Taverna (International Snacks: they serve an incredible Steamboat BBQ buffet from time to time)
- Cafe Gelato (Ice Cream Palour)

All beverages are chargeable onboard, and these are the bars:
- The Bellini (Champagne Bar: nice lounge music at nights)
- The Galaxy of the Stars (Not sure how to describe it: there is a dance floor and a band plays there at nights. More for older folks who do ballroom type dance.)
- The Taverna (Open Deck Cafe & Bar: great for cold beer during the day)
- Celebrity Disco
- Out Of Africa (Karaoke bar)

As you can see there are quite a few choices.

We went for the Steamboat BBQ buffet at the Taverna on Monday evening and it was Goooood! The prawns were big and fresh, the beef was tender and well seasoned, there was also lamb, turkey breast and chicken fillets. Variety of food wise it doesn't sound very impressive, but we only whacked the prawns and beef so it worked fine for us. Overall the quality of the food is not bad. The mango cream sago and fruit dessert was very good also. Unfortunately we were already so full we could only take one bowl each. I remember on our last cruise, I managed 2 bowls.

Yesterday for dinner we went to the Bella Vista for western. I ordered my first ever vegetarian main course. It was mushroom, carrots and cashew nut turnovers. Not bad actually. Aiyah, the whole meal was good. =)

Today there is going to be a poolside BBQ buffet again. It will be our 2nd one on this cruise, the first being on last Saturday. Looking forward to it.

Tomorrow is the Gala Dinner night and we managed to make a reservation at the Palazzo and away from the rest of the crowd. We missed dining there the last time because we were too late in making our reservations. But this time we knew better and made our reservations on Monday.

So as you can see, there is quite a lot of eating on a cruise.