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Restaurants
and lounges
 About the
Main Dining room:
 Windows
The room
has large, wraparound windows to capture the changing views.
Breakfast
& Lunch
It's buffet (though menu service is available).
Dinner
The Main Dining Room becomes a full-service restaurant with both a
la carte and tasting menus. It offers a changing
variety of international specialties. Examples of some that were on the menu
during my cruise:
Dinner
appetizers
Beef
Carpaccio
Indian
Chicken Masala
Indonesian
Satay
Patagonian
Duck Empanadas
Seared
Foie Gras
Snow
Crab Stuffed Prawns
Vodka
Marinated Gravad Lax
Dinner
entrees
Chateaubriand Bearnaise Sauce
Crusted
Rack of Lamb
Duck
Breast a l'Orange
Indonesian
Nasi Goreng
Lamb
Curry Madras
Lobster
Tail Thermidor
Osso
Buco with Saffron Risotto
Prosciutto
Wrapped Pheasant
Roasted
Magret Duck Breast
Seafood
Paella
Venison
Loin Jarlsberg
About the Verandah dining room:
It
is smaller and more casual than the Main Dining Room - and offers a lighter
fare.
The
Verandah serves breakfast and lunch buffets (though menu service is available on
request).
About the Shackleton Bar:
This
is the most popular lounge for pre- and post-dinner socializing over cocktails
with cruisemates and lecturers.
The
lounge features a nightly pianist-singer.
About the
South Cape Bar:
During
the morning, it's quiet and perfect for snuggling up with a book. Later, it
features afternoon tea.
At night, it becomes a relaxing cocktail lounge.
About the
outdoor barbecue:
On
some days, the culinary staff holds a themed poolside barbecue. The seafood
barbecue (featuring lobster tails) was the guest favorite.
About
the entertainment
Don't
expect lavish shows - This is an Antarctica, not a Caribbean sailing. Its
focus is nature, not entertainment. As
cruise director Jamie told me tongue-in-cheek, "Our cruise has no girls with feathers. We
give you real birds with feathers."
However, you won't be entertainment starved. The Minerva has a nightly pianist-singer
and a five-piece combo for listening and dancing. And there is a crew stage
show one night.
Other
restaurant
and lounge pointers
The
Minerva has open seating (dine when, where, with whom you choose).
Vegetarian
and special-diet dishes are available.
Wine
(except premiums) and bar drinks are gratis throughout the ship.
Servers
circulate in the lounges with between-meal and post-dinner snacks.
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