Today was a day at sea as we had left Lisbon yesterday afternoon and headed off in the direction of Lanarote where we would arrive at 0900 on the 28th. So we enjoyed doing not much and spent some time at the café at the back of the ship where there are comfortable chairs but also heaters in the rood to keep you warm and blankets if you need them but it was very nice sitting. Jennifer went to do washing and ironing particularly for her outfit for this evening Black Tie function.
For lunch we decided not to eat to much and so Noel had a couple of choccie biscuits and a cup of tea and Jennifer a small salad, just enough to feed the appetite and keep the wolf from the door, as they say. We returned to the cabin around 5.30 pm and prepared ourselves for evening and byt 6.30 were ready to go to the library bar at the front of the ship for a quiet glass before heading off to dinner. Noel had pre-ordered his dinner earlier in the day and we were expecting this to be organised upon our arrival. The main restaurant was very busy perhaps due to the black tie event and people not wanting to sit outside at the Grill or at the Pizza joint. Well the waitress arrived and started to take our order but I had to remind her my food had been pre-ordered and she mumbled something about a steak which in fact is what I had ordered. But from here it went very wrong indeed.
After a long wait the starter course arrived and mine was completely wrong and so that had to be returned the kitchen and something similar was brought but at least it did not have any dressing.We then had to wait quite a while before the main course arrive and when it did mine again was wrong and so this time was Jennifer's?. For Jennifer there were more vegetables thn she had ordered and they had given exactly the same to me and so back to the kitchen it went and then their was a long wait when finally they brought out what I had pre-ordered. One of the senior staff them came to apologise and said it was the waitress had picked p the wrong plate.Considering we had arrived in the restaurant at 19.10 it was now about 2100 and we could start to look for deserts and then which I avoided an took the cheese plate. Then another Manager appeared with two staff to discuss what was happening and that there was a problem in being aware of my food requirements and I explained that I had met the Head Chef upon boarding and provided a complete list of food that I can and cannot eat. I had also provided same to the reception so I could not understand why so much of an issue as I had been on previous Silver sea ships with no trouble whatsoever. They all apologised and said it would not reoccur, we shall see.
On leaving the Atlantide restaurant we popped in to the Japanese one next door to find out if they would be able to cope with my requirement and so they looked up suite 818 and there was nothing there to indicate that I had special food requirements??? I have to say i was pretty pissed of by this time as it was now 22.15 and we had missed most of the show and so went back to the bedroom –ooops Suite.
Anyay for the next three days we will be visit this Islands in the Canary Islands, namely Lanzarote then Las Palmas and then finally Santa Cruz de Palma, see map
