Well, I may be in the minority, but I think fod on the
DCL cruises is average, generally, except for Palo's. But here's my list, for what it's worth:
-- tuna steak at Palo's
-- filet mignon in any restaurant, but especially in Palo's
-- coconut-crusted trout on Pirate night
-- the Eggs Julia at Palo's brunch -- it's eggs benedict except it has smoked salmon instead of a meat poduct
-- the jumbo shrimp anywhere
-- the crawfish at the Topsider's seafood buffet
-- the buffalo mozzarella at Palo's
-- the chicken fingers at Pluto's Doghouse . . . don't ask me why, but they are really good
-- the Mickey head ice cream bars
-- the All Hands on Deck platter from room service was our favorite snack, and we ordered it every day
The lobster tail is also very good, but we didn't have lobster tail night on our 9/27 sailing.
My server, Roberto, had to console me and begged my forgiveness.
Also, I was VERY happy to see that they changed the kids' menus since the last time we cruised -- all of the kids' meals now come with veggies, and they always have the staples PLUS the meals du jour now. In the past, it was basically just chicken fingers, pizza, and mac n cheese. This time, my dd2 had a great pasta in a light alfredo sauce with veggies mixed in; my dd1 had meatloaf with brocolli and cauliflower, as well as steak and vegetables one night. We also ordered a chicken breast with grilled veggies off of the adult menu for both kids one night when I couldn't take seeing another plate of mac n cheese on the table. Each of the kids had a fruit platter for an appetizer every night (dd2) or the soup (dd1). Our waiter was also very good about bringing dd1 a salad off of the adult menu each night, and if she saw me eating something she liked, we often had him bring another one for her.
My best and favorite snack find this time around (other than the All Hands on Deck Platter) was the Edy's fruit bars at Scoops -- they are frozen fruit bars and about 30 calories apiece. Very yummy, very refreshing, and no guilt. We eat them at home, too, and my kids were excited to see them on the cruise because they know they are on the "mommy won't be angry if you eat them" list.
Marcy
We also love the fresh fruit bowl from room service. It stayed good in the fridge overnight and was a nice quick snack in the morning while getting ready for breakfast. We also love the White Chocolate Raspberry Dome from Tritons, we each at one and took 2 back to the room with us. I also had a cheese appetizer I think from Triton's, it was a deep fried breaded cheese, very yummy.
