Food...
List of options. I think only Izumi is open for paid dining for the whole cruise. but i didn't really bother to check the rest.
i will be rating against all the meals i had on RC, for a benchmark, I am going with Chops Grill 10/10, their food was awesome and the service outstanding. everything else will measure up against that.
Boarding day lunch (pic 1). they had seaplex hotdogs, sandwiches, cake, and pizza, as well as laksa (chicken or prawn). basically everyday its available, 2 kinds of sandwiches (1 with meat, 1 without meat), 1 type of cake/dessert) (black forest, cream puff, chocolate bar, raspberry cheesecake) + cookies. good selections of fruits and tea is available, they also have fruit punch or ice water.
for breakfast daily, the cafe has a couple of breakfast items, burrito and muffin, and laska is available for lunch daily around 11am to 3pm (pic 2).
if you want more drinks, two70 has juices and can toast the sandwiches. (highly recommended)
Breakfast - 3/10
meh.. worst meal on board ever, i mainly skipped it for days 2 and 3. no change, every day its the same choices.
pastries, toast + jucie (apple, orange and tomato), grain (congee, oats, ceral etc) mains (Omelet, birrto, pan cakes (choclate, blueberry, banana), fruits/yogurt parfait, meat choce (bacon,sussage, corn beef hash)
so basically it was Overcooked ham and cheese omelet, undercooked corn beef hash, bacon fried in oil thats doesn't taste fresh. the highlight for me was the tomato juice and strawberry parfait. the pancakes were average too. Their congee was served with roasted garlic, chicken floss plus one other side, (ikan bilis fried onion etc)
Lunch + 1st dinner (pic 1) - 6/10
Given a few choices.
Apps, 3 kinds, 1 salad, 1 soup, 1 other (Can pick all 3) examples shown is puff pastry with seafood chowder, and corn cake)
main course (pick one), usually a choice of pasta, meat, fish or vege
desert (pick 1), cake of the day, or fresh fruits.
drinks: water and/or lemonade
Overall, kinda decent, the food was tasty, choices were limited. desert of the day was the ONLY time i had key lime pie (it was available everyday the last time)
food was quite hit and miss, for example, the seafood chowder was nice, but the puff pastry was bad (i think it was done a long time before it was served)
you do need a bit of luck here, i really didn't like anything on day 4 so in pic 2 i order off the kids' menu, minute steak.
Dinner - 8/10 (costal kitchen)
The best meal, huge choice of apps, good choice of mains and desserts i wish i could have a 2nd dessert i think it might be possible if you call them, but i was already too full to bother.
Food was mainly enjoyable, especially for a seafood lover like me. Tuna tartare, smoked salmon, grill octopus, and prawn cocktail. also had roasted pork belly, beef gnocchi, escargot...
Mainly course had steak, duck, cod fish, salmon...
i would rate it higher, but i think having it delivered to the room just made the experience less exciting. little things like the apple pie not being warm for dessert, or the creme burlee being too firm (over set?) and i felt the fish was over cooked.
They also served me the wrong food once. and had to remake it.
Supper (Room service) - 8.5/10
Room service was free for all Sky and Star level guest from 6pm to 12mn, and the food was the best of the trip, everything served was piping hot. just that... no chicken wings, and u can order around 6 to 7 items each time before they get unhappy and tell u there is a limit (which for me, i politely reminded them that i am not paying the service charge, and i can just split my order) but please note you can order around 2 to 3 items per person.
I really enjoyed the chicken noodle soup and chicken tenders, had it every night. my wife has the salmon everynight. tomato soup, grill cheese and the cakes were average. only normal cheese and chocolate cake, decent, but i have had better on RC.