The International Cafe, and the Rest of Sunday's At Sea Day.

We were meeting our friends for lunch

up on deck 14

 near the pools where they serve

pizza at Prego Pizzeria,

 and hot dogs and burgers 

at the Trident Grill.

But first we stopped at the International Cafe,

to get something to take upstairs with us. 

For lunches they offer soup, sandwiches,

and salads inside the display case on one side.

But there is temptation on the other side.

They make everything look

so delicious.

Look, fruit... a healthy choice.... um yeah.

We never did try the Tiramisu.

Darn.

Most every day there's something

new and different in the cases.

What to choose...

what to choose.

Yummy looking Raspberry cheesecake.

So what did I choose to take upstairs 

for lunch to go with a slice of

basil, mozzarella, and tomato pizza? 

Greek salad.

Oh gosh, it was so good.

Those white cubes in the salad 

were feta cheese.

Looking back at these photos,

there's not one dessert there 

(in these photos)

that we tasted.  

But it all looks so good.

Right?

Meanwhile up on deck 14,

besides serving pizza, hot dogs and burgers,

they were also serving Reindeer Chili.

I thought their display was cute

with the condiments ready to top 

your bowl of chili.

I never got to taste that either,

but I kind of wish I had.

After lunch the girls and I 

went to the Vista lounge for 

The Afternoon Game Show 

The Passenger Feud.

It was some sort of game show

where the Cruise Directors staff

asked  cruise trivia type questions

that had previously been answered

by another Princess Cruise ship's 

passengers.  

Teams would write down their answers

and turn them in up on the stage.

Points were allowed for different

answers and eventually the winners

won a little gift of some sort.

It was a fun afternoon.

Here's the mocktail menu.

I ordered the sunshine daiquiri.

 It was a bit sweet.

Afterwards it was time to get ready for 

our first formal night.

We met at 5 to have a group photo

taken of all 14 of us

who were on the cruise together.

That took awhile,

and we were practically late again

for dinner in the Donatello Dining room.

Ah well,

it was okay.

But... I didn't take photos of

our dinner that night.

I had to research online

to find a menu from the first formal night.

It reminded me of what I had.

Salad course:

Applewood smoked duck breast

with zesty cranberry/blackberry relish

and baby greens.

Pasta course:

Fettuccine Alfredo

I wanted to try this as it was another

menu item that was popular on Cruise Critic.

Main course:

Pan Seared Barramundi with chive 

and mustard seed butter sauce,

served with three asparagus spears,

and two little potato batons.

Potato batons?

They were just some cut up 

into torpedo shaped pieces.

Oh, and Barramundi is some sort of

white fish.  It was good!

  I did remember to take photos 

of our desserts.

 

 This is the fabulous, famous,

delicious

Princess Love Boat Dream Dessert.

  I read lots and lots of reviews 

that raved about this dessert. 

So you know I just had to try it.

I found a recipe for it,

but I don't know if it's authentic or not.

Here you go.

This is a rich, fluffy mouse flavored with Godiva liquer served by Princess Cruise Line. This recipes makes 8 servings.

Ingredients
1 pound bittersweet chocolate
8 ounces sweet butter
6 large egg yolks
8 egg whites
3 ounces lady Godiva chocolate liqueur
1/2 cup superfine sugar
3 tablespoons vanilla-flavoured sugar

Garnish
16 fresh mint leaves
1 ounce white chocolate
1 ounce milk chocolate
2 tablespoons strawberry piping gel
2 tablespoons bittersweet cocoa

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Remove from heat and add the butter. When the mixture is very smooth, quickly blend in the egg yolks and the chocolate liqueur.
Whisk the egg whites until very still, and then add the superfine sugar and flavoured sugar.
Gently fold the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture. Pour into a heart shaped mold and refrigerate for at least 12 hours to set.

Presentation

Unmold the chocolate and place in the center of the plate. Garnish with white chocolate and milk chocolate. Pipe strawberry gel around the plate. Dust mousse with cocoa powder and garnish with fresh mint leaves  

 http://www.tasteforcooking.com/dessert/love-boat-dream-dessert-recipe-princess-cruises/

Rick chose the creme brulee

and coffee.

Afterwards,

most of us went to see a

production show "Stardust" with the 

Golden Princess Singers and Dancers.

Well ..., you can sort of see them,

they're those golden glowing

people down on the stage.

 Here's a better photo of the Princess Theater

that I took the previous day when we

were exploring the ship.

It's located up in the bow of the ship

on decks 5 and 6.

Soon it was time to call it a night

after a very tiring day.

Our room steward Julio 

had been there to turn the bed down for us.