No, in my first post i said how we had been speaking with our server about his homeland, must have mentioned something about the cuisine, and two nights later he surprised us with it and the night after as well.
Being surprised is definitely not the same as asking for it and you shouldn't have to defend it. I don't believe in asking for anything special be made for me on a cruise or elsewhere but the surprises are always nice.
I think we as passengers as a whole have to think of others and how our "fun" requests affect others like the kitchen staff, other guest tables being slowed down , the pressure it puts on the servers etc.
The frog custard? Honestly, that was one I wasn't even willing to try. It was on a dessert table, in a small cup, and looked innocuous enough. But it was labeled "double boiled frog custard." This was in China, in a very Chinese, non-tourist hotel. We'd already had feet and heads in other parts of our meal on this buffet and I simply was unwilling to even attempt it. LOL Translation error? Actual frogs? I'll never know!
The sad thing. They really don't offer Italian on the MDR menus.Yes, I'm sure they will make their best efforts to accommodate, but I'm never quite sure why people ask for foods that aren't on the menu? Would you go to a restaurant in your town and ask for them to make you a special dinner different then what they are offering on the menu? I love Mexican food but wouldn't think to ask my server in the MDR if they could make me tacos or enchiladas. Or mmmmm I really feel like Italian so could you make lasagna for my dinner. Disney offers a wide variety of foods and places to eat on the cruise, imagine if more and more people started asking for a special dinner to be made for them. i like to be aware of others that might be cruising and my servers-do I need to have escargot every single night even if it means others won't be able to try it? Does my server (who is already overworked) have to ask the chefs (who work hard to procure food and assemble menus) to make something different because "it would be fun" and, " my parents would get a kick out of it". The simple is answer is no. And to those that will respond, well I'm paying for the cruise so I should have what I want, I say, think beyond yourself!
It was probably hasma - the fatty tissue near the fallopian tubes of frogs. I've seen it at the Hong Kong-style dessert places in San Francisco.
Now are you glad you didn't try some?
A very large family next to us on the Dream kept kosher. It was AMAZING how well the crew accommodated them. I was extremely impressed.
That is something you are asked to inform the cruiseline of well in advance of your cruise. So it should have been a known factor.