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We really enjoyed our brunch at Palo as well!! I think of the three options offered (tea, brunch and dinner) we prefer the brunch over the other two - although I really like dinner too.
Sunday 16 December – part two: enjoying Palo’s brunch
Now it was time to dive into the Palo brunch buffet! We didn’t take too much, as we knew there were a few of the hot plates that we wanted to sample.
The first thing I got was the chilled strawberry soup, which was absolute perfection. I didn’t think it was the done thing to lick the bowl at Palo, but I would’ve done if I thought I could’ve got away with it.
For the next course, I had the eggs Julia with smoked salmon, while Mark had the eggs benedict with Piglet… oops sorry bacon… both dishes were cooked to perfection with lovely runny eggs on them.
Next up I got the tilapia with the asparagus risotto. The fish was absolutely beautiful, but the risotto, for me, didn’t go with the dish. I thought the flavours overwhelmed the fish to a certain extent.
Mark got the chicken parmigiana…
Our final course saw Mark get the veal saltimbanco…
…while I had the dish I’d most been looking forward to, pizza with grapes, blue cheese and port. It sounded amazing, and I’d told Igor I didn’t want anymore than a couple of portions. He told me he’d have the rest of the dish, as they get to pick a couple for lunch, so that nothing went to waste, which was good of him. Tragically, I hated this dish. There was just far too much port in it for my liking – honestly it was running off the pizza, and that’s all I could taste. I know we saw other tables happily devouring it, so obviously it was just me, but it wasn’t my kind of thing at all.
For dessert, we both grabbed some samples, and agreed the chocolate mousse was a winner. The tiramisu wasn’t bad, but the passion fruit cheesecake was appalling. Honestly, it’s an Italian restaurant, why serve up disgusting American cheesecake? Sorry, you guys, but once you’ve had European cheesecake, you would never go back to this…
I also loved the mango panna cotta, and Mark raved about the fruit in Grand Marnier, so for the most part, dessert was good.
By now, I was really hot. I never would’ve imagined how warm it would get at our seats, but the sun was really blazing through the window (it was in the mid 70s and humid when we went outside), and that was getting to me. I ended up leaving Mark to settle up the check, and went to sit in the other dining room, which was a lot cooler. I met Nikolai, who’d served us during our Alaskan cruise, and it was so good to see him again. I’m glad I asked if he’d been on the other ships, as he immediately asked me if we’d been on the Wonder, and told me he thought he’d recognised me, but didn’t want to make a fool of himself.
Palo brunch:
Buffet 9½ 9½
Soup 9 N/A
Hot entrees 8½ 9
Dessert 8½ 9
Service 10 10
Atmosphere 9½ 9½
Average score: 9.27
Mark came out, and we headed down to the shops to spend a bit of money!
There were some items with discounts, including a Fantasy hoodie for me that was down from $60 to $30 and an inaugural sailings T-shirt that was done from $33 to $27. Unfortunately, I don’t think any of the items Mark wanted were priced down.
Ok, after this post I am seriousely disappointed I wasn't able to book Palo brunch for our upcoming trip!! What do you think the chances are of getting a reservation when we get on board? I was able to get reservations for Palo dinner and Remy dinner, but now thanks to you, I really, really want brunch too!! Good thing I will be running in the CC 5k on this trip!
The black truffle pasta purseittes - yum!! I had the same thing - I would have been more than happy to have skipped the soup and had another round of those Loved the shrimp pasta too! And yep - the sweet temptations was most delightful!
Next cruise - we are going to HAVE to try the brunch!! It looks amazing
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I had the chicken parmesean too and it was one of the best dishes I have ever eaten. My mom and I shared it and we were only going to take a bite or tow and honestly we were about to lick the plate clean too.
I say lick your bowl. The chef should take that as a good sign!!
It all sounded and looked deeeelicious! Bummer about the pizza though. Maybe they over did it on yours? Nothing like a full belly and then being overheated. Good thing you sneaked away to cool down a bit!
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All caught up. You definitely did have a great first day! Happy to hear you liked your table mates, but they were indeed young, and together for a really long time at that! And brunch looked delicious!!! I was full just looking at all of the food you tried out.
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The food at Palo looks so good!! 
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There was just far too much port in it for my liking – honestly it was running off the pizza, and that’s all I could taste. I know we saw other tables happily devouring it, so obviously it was just me, but it wasn’t my kind of thing at all. 
Sorry, you guys, but once you’ve had European cheesecake, you would never go back to this… 
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