Farm to table on the open seas...

Here is how the nice people at Holland America describe the Culinary Arts Center.

"On ms Koningsdam, the Culinary Arts Center transforms into a new dinner concept, an immersive farm-to-table experience where the chefs prepare simple, artisanal dishes in the show kitchen and guests enjoy each course as it's freshly prepared. Every meal will emphasize fresh, thoughtfully sourced selections while incorporating select ingredients harvested from a glass-enclosed growing area just off the kitchen."

We describe it as an amazing experience in dining. Our chef, from Toronto, and his team from the Philippines created a unque dining experience, cooking in front of us, entertaining us, and delivering outstanding food chock full of flavour. We even had an experience of trying a Szechuan Button, a micro green that when consumed leaves your mouth feeling like you just got your teeth frozen by a dentist. So cool! This Wikipedia entry about sums it up:

"The flower bud has a grassy taste followed by a strong tingling or numbing sensation and often excessive salivation."

Someone could have pulled my tooth out and I would have been fine.

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