15 Cruise Breakfast Foods You're Totally Missing
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The kitchen is staffed by pastry chefs, grill cooks, and prep teams who have been awake since 3:00 in the morning preparing dishes that would cost you 20 or $30 at a nice brunch restaurant on land.
The omelet station uses a completely different set of ingredients than the rest of the buffet. The eggs are cracked fresh, not poured from a carton.
The version you get in the main dining room is almost always better than the buffet version because it is plated to order, with a properly poached egg that has a runny yolk.
If you show up in the first 30 minutes of breakfast service, you will taste a croissant that is as good as anything you would find in a Parisian bakery.
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The kitchen staff wakes up at 3AM to prepare dishes that would cost $30 at a brunch restaurant. Most passengers grab the same scrambled eggs they eat at home. What You Will Learn - Why the omelet station uses completely different ingredients - Why cruise ship eggs Benedict beats almost any restaurant on land - Why you need to get croissants in the first 30 minutes of breakfast service - Why most passengers walk right past the smoked salmon every morning - Why nobody will judge you for putting ice cream on a waffle at 8AM - Why the pastry basket in the main dining room is different from the buffet - Why cruise ship oatmeal is slow-cooked steel-cut oats not instant packets - Why the French toast uses brioche soaked overnight in custard - Why freshly squeezed juice costs a dollar but changes everything - Why the breakfast burrito is the smartest choice on port days - Why the granola in yogurt parfaits is baked fresh in the pastry kitchen - Why the crepe station gets criminally low traffic despite being incredible - Why experienced cruisers set alarms for bread pudding French toast Chapters 0:00 What Most Passengers Miss Every Morning 1:00 Made-To-Order Omelet Station 2:50 Fresh Exotic Fruit 4:00 Eggs Benedict 5:20 Freshly Baked Croissants 6:30 Smoked Salmon 7:50 Waffle Station 9:00 Main Dining Room Pastry Basket 11:10 Steel-Cut Oatmeal 13:20 French Toast 15:10 Freshly Squeezed Juice 17:00 Breakfast Burrito #cruise #cruisefood #cruisetips #breakfastfood #buffet #eggsbenedict #cruiseship #cruisedining #breakfasthacks #royalcaribbean #carnival