We pulled away from Tromsø a little after 6 pm as Kim and I were just starting our specialty restaurant dining experience at "The Chef's Table." Like Manfredi's where we ate earlier in the cruise (and are returning to on Sunday we enjoyed it so much) the Chef's Table experience does NOT cost extra as specialty restaurants do on other ocean-going ships. But, unlike Manfredi's the menu at the Chef's Table is set and is intended to be a pairing of unique foods and wines centered around a theme. Ours was to the theme of "Asian Panorama."
I must say that several of the courses looked to me like foods that I would simply sample and then have them take them away, but I will admit that EVERY course was delicious.
The photo of Kim is with the first course (preceded by the appetizer), the Lobster & Chicken Shu Mai' - I am drinking the red wine, yes I drank it, with the main course the Peking Duck
The 3rd & 4th wines - one to go with each course, but not the middle "palate cleansing" dish - and the one of the left, the dessert wine was one of the BEST sweet white wines I'd ever had .... asked for a 2nd and 3rd serving! WHOOOOO HOOOOO.
Tonight was the last night of the "Midnight Sun" - where the sun never goes below the horizon and Kim just happened to be up just after midnight as you can see by the time stamp.
All day Friday (July 6) we cruised through Norway's Inside Passage, highlighted by the crossing of the Arctic Circle, delineated by the globe maker.
What a great day.
The photo of Kim is with the first course (preceded by the appetizer), the Lobster & Chicken Shu Mai' - I am drinking the red wine, yes I drank it, with the main course the Peking Duck
Tonight was the last night of the "Midnight Sun" - where the sun never goes below the horizon and Kim just happened to be up just after midnight as you can see by the time stamp.
All day Friday (July 6) we cruised through Norway's Inside Passage, highlighted by the crossing of the Arctic Circle, delineated by the globe maker.
Torghatten is an imposing mound of granite that
rises up out of the surrounding Nordlands like its own island. It would make
for a lovely, if an uninteresting geological feature in itself, but it is
the natural tunnel that runs straight through it that really makes it something
special. The tunnel is actually a naturally occurring phenomenon; it is 524 feet long, 114 feet high, and 65 feet wide. Or if the legend
is to be believed, a supernaturally occurring phenomenon. As the local myth surrounding the cave hole
goes, it was created out of a troll’s hat. An amorous troll was chasing a woman
and she was getting away. Rather than let her live free, the troll tried to
shoot her with an arrow, but the troll king threw his hat in the arrow’s path
to block it. The arrow left a hole in the hat, and then the hat turned into the
mountain now known as Torghatten.
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