Gunbae Korean BBQ

Korean barbecue, or Korean BBQ, is the experience of cooking marinated meat over a hot grill found in the center of the table.  If this sounds like something you'd like to try, reserve Gunbae restaurant for one of your evening dinners on Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady. 

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We made a reservation for our group of five on the first sea day. The menu consists of several small plates and then the main course which consists of several kinds of meat. At Gunbae there are several drinking games that can also participate in, but we took a pass on those. 

As you can see in the pictures, we shared all the small plates as well as the main course. If you don't have enough to eat, it's your own fault because there is plenty of food. 

It was quite an enjoyable evening sharing food with our friends. As with all the restaurants on Scarlet Lady, there isn't an extra charge, unlike dining on other cruise lines which would consider this a specialty restaurant.  For more pictures, including current menu, see our Gunbae Photo Album.

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Tiny Chefs EdgeCiting Meal

How does Celebrity Cruises prepare such fabulous meals? The secret is out - they employ Tiny Chefs who prepare your food tableside.

 

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Le Petit Chef™ 

The world-renown artists of Skullmapping ™, presented by TableMation™ have reached a true pinnacle of their custom 3D table animation art form. This dining experience is beautifully choreographed with an elegant menu created by our Michelin Star Chef. Le Petit Chef ™ offered on Celebrity Cruises® is simply one of the most unique dining events in the world.

 

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Birthday Celebration - Celebrity Edge

Regardless of your age, you'll enjoy a meal with these Tiny Chefs at Le Petit Chef on Celebrity Edge.  Your dinner table becomes the stage for this entertaining meal.  The production starts out with an introduction of the chefs, followed by the assembly of the meal, one course after another.   

There is a set menu, which parallels the video projected onto your dining table.   You can substitute items if you choose, but the video will not change. It consisted of Marinated Tomato Salad, Truffled Five Cheese Ravioli, Steak Frites, and Green Tea Matcha Cake. Because it was my birthday, the wait staff sang to me and brought a piece of chocolate cake with a candle. 

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Montevideo Pier and Markets

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Montevideo, Uruguay

Montevideo was one of the few ports where our ship was docked.  At the conclusion of our excursion, the motor coach let us off near the ship.  Instead of getting back onboard, we opted to check out the market and search for some local cuisine for lunch.

It was a short walk to the market area.  On the way there, we had a vantage point of our ship that was framed by several nautical items which made for a great photo opportunity.

Montevideo BBQ Lunch

One of the things on our bucket list for this trip was to have some authentic South American BBQ.   We figured that we wouldn't have time to have it in Buenos Aires, so we decided to enjoy a leisurely lunch in Montevideo.

We had been told to look for the main building which contained the meat market.  Finding the building was quite easy - we just had to follow the smell of open fire BBQ pits.  Imagine your backyard BBQ on steroids - that's the best way to describe the sense of smell both inside and outside the market.

Once inside we saw vendor after vendor preparing meats on their open flame pits.  We started walking aimlessly from row to row until we cam across some fellow passengers who were just completing their lunch.   We stopped to check out the menu and they told us about their meal and encouraged us to eat there.  They told us the waitress would take great care of us and that the food was fabulous.   That made our decision easy - what's better than a recommendation from someone who has just eaten at the restaurant.

We ordered steaks and fries.  We had a side of bread and a sauce which really brought out the flavor of the meat.  We highly recommend Don Garcia Restaurant for the food and great service.

After our lunch we shopped at the local vendors selecting some hand-made items as gifts.  We then returned to the ship, taking a few more pictures in the harbor area, mainly of our ship.

 
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Felsenegg Lookout

Zurich's Panoramic Restaurant

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After touring the National Museum, it was time for some lunch, so we inquired about getting to the Panoramic Restaurant.

The guide book that came with the ZürichCARD didn't provide details about how to get to the restaurant for some reason. Since we'd left all our printed information back at the hotel, we figured the main train station information booth was our best bet for obtaining directions. They could tell us about how to get there and they also directed us to the tourist information desk for more details about our other plans.

 
Getting There

This short trip takes you up to one of the nicest lookout points in the Zurich area: Felsenegg. Getting up there is fun, with the only aerial cable car operating in the canton of Zurich.

First, take the S4 train in direction Langnau-Gattikon and get off after 15 minutes in Adliswil. From there it's a well sign-posted 10-minute walk to the valley station of the aerial cable car, which leaves every 15 minutes for Felsenegg.

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Once you are up there, refresh yourself in the restaurant and of course take in the view of the city, the lake and the Alps.

 We had ham & Swiss cheese sandwiches with an apple strudel for dessert.   It was excellent (and the view was great too).   It was well worth the effort to get there.

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 Zurich - Felsenegg

 
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