National Curry Week

Last week was National Curry week and having lived in the West Midlands - the heart of a good curry - it was only appropriate that I comment on this superb week.

This popular dish has been created in many ways onboard ships:

Royal Caribbean have a part of the Windjammer (their casual buffet) called Jade Garden - it serves Indian and chinese food - I had a chicken tikka last time I was onboard.  I had several days of eating steak, duck so thought that this would be a welcome change.  I did expect it to be chcicken stirred in some pre-made sauce (a bit like how I cook it) - but I was pleasantly suprised - it was marinated really well - need I say more - I did go back for seconds and even splashed out on a bottle of wine to accompany the meal.

On the latest Royal Caribbean ship Oasis of the Seas - they have an Asian resturant - it looked nice but did not get the chance to taste any of the food.  It did not look like it would serve a traditional curry and the world "Asian" is quite a broad word.

Also on P&O cruises new ship Azura - they even have a whole resturant dedicated to Asian fusion and an Indian chef.  Again I am expecting curry to be on the menu but "fusion" makes me think twice - will it be a curry placed nicely on a plate or have a twist to it. I wonder who could cook a better curry Anil (the new Celebrity Indian chef) or Marcho Piere-White (the other Celebrity chef onboard Azura)

You can find a good curry onboard all cruise lines now and it is a welcome distraction from the fine dining amongst a 12 night cruise.

All this talk of food has made me hungry - I wonder what is on the menu tonight?