4-14 Day 99 At sea

Woke up to bigger waves this morning, and i stayed that way most of the day.  It was the only thing I took a picture of all day!

This was a catch up day.  Played bridge in the morning.  Then spent the rest of the day catching up on my Blogs and pictures.  It took a LONG time.  It has been almost non-stop in Japan.  Even the mornings at sea were busy with activities or something it seemed.

Dinner was in the Pinnacle Grill.  It was our last ethnic dinner there, and the theme was Japanese.  It was very good and presented beautifully.  We started with Japanese green tea (which is powdered instead of leaves) and Miso soup.  This was followed by raw tuna and salmon with a sauce, then tempura vegetables served in the tempura onion ring.  Next course was called five flavor noodles – they were thin noodles and mixed with a sauce.  Udon soup came next.  Beef tataki was the main course which was very rare slices of beef with a soft poached egg on top.  On the plate were also crispy stick rice and braised pak choy.  The flavor was teriyaki.  Dessert was azuki ice cream (have no idea what that was!) and fruit sushi (which meant sliced strawberries and kiwi on two semi-sweet rice mounds.)  The whole dinner was very good – and very filling.  The Japanese tend to serve lots of courses, but in small portions. 

We finished with just enough time to make the 10 p.m. show in the Queen’s Lounge.  I liked it better than Doug did.  It is a group called Black Tie, and they have performed before for Holland America.  It was a unique Australian cabaret act consisting of two brothers and their wives.  The wives played the piano and cello, while the men sang and told funny stories.  It was really upbeat and funny.  They did mostly Russian music – they grew up with that influence.  It was a good ending to the day.