At Sea, Dec 6, 2014

The last few days were catch up days including final editing and production of two DVD’s I am doing, one for dance and one for Tai Chi. These are now complete and in the process of reproduction to many who have found me out wanting me to copy to Flash Drives for them. Oh hang on, someone at the door asking if theirs is complete, yup, all good. So yes today was the last Tai Chi and Dance classes as well as the Chef Buffet Extravaganza, so much food, prepared in so many ways - and all with exceptional presentation. Culinary Manager Paul, Executive Chef Daniel and team did an amazing job in completing what I would say is a monumental task, hats off to you. Unfortunately, or in our case fortunately, all depends on how you look at it as we were not able to participate in the consumption of this Grand Show Buffet as we had our hands on cooking class with George Geary. Google him, George is great fun as he lets you go at it in the Holland America Show Kitchen. We diced and sliced, mixed and got our hands definitely “on” into a few of his recipes. In four teams of three we started with a Pineapple and Peach Ginger Noodle Salad, Crunchy Herb Fish Filets, my team’s creation of the Fresh Tarragon Macadamia Dressing and Jan’s team finishing the meal off with Island Treasure Cookies. We had a great time as we finished up and headed into the Pinnacle to sample our creations (well not the ones we made as it is against the rules, but the chef’s prepared version). Simply delicious as we washed it all down with a few glasses of wine. Thanks George, great to see you again. Now it is time to pack... A few pictures of today’s fun.... hope you enjoy.