11 Cruise Foods Only Crew Members Know About
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The escargot appetizer in the main dining room. Crew members on Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Holland America have all pointed to this as the single most underrated dish on the entire menu.
The Indian food on RC ships is prepared by Indian chefs cooking authentic recipes from their home regions.
The static menu is the kitchen on autopilot. The daily specials are the kitchen showing off.
The best food at the buffet is never at the front. It's always at the back where the kitchen can afford to put out smaller quantities of higher quality items because fewer people make it that far.
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1,500 meals on the same ship. 6-9 months eating from the same kitchen. Crew members know exactly what to order. What You Will Learn - Why escargot has the highest reorder rate of any appetizer on the ship - Why Indian curry is made by Indian chefs cooking authentic recipes - Why crew members always order the daily specials instead of the static - Why French onion soup requires hours of slow cooking - Why the best food at the buffet is always at the back wall not the front - Why the chocolate melting cake is a litmus test - Why ordering multiple entrees is expected and the kitchen plans for it - Why 90 percent of passengers walk past the smoked salmon every morning - Why sending back an overcooked steak is exactly what the kitchen expects - Why crew mess Indian food sometimes appears at the passenger buffet Chapters 0:00 Why Crew Member Advice Is Different 1:10 Food 1 3:00 Food 2 4:10 Food 3 5:40 Food 4 7:00 Food 5 8:35 Food 6 10:10 Food 7 12:20 Food 8 14:00 Food 9 15:20 Food 10 17:00 Food 11 #cruise #cruisefood #cruisecrew #cruisetips #cruisesecrets #cruisedining #buffet #crewmember #cruiseship #royalcaribbean #carnival #travelfood #cruisehacks