Day 14 at Sea

 It was a calm, sunny day at sea with a relaxed vibe. After breakfast in Atlantide, we attended a cooking demo featuring Australian native ingredients, including kangaroo fillet with a macadamia-mango salad. Afterwards we watched a showcase of luxurious Hermès Birkin bags, including one priced at about US $22,500. 

Lunch in the Dolce Vita lounge had an Aussie theme with meat pies, fish and chips, prawn salad, and Aussie desserts like pavlova and lamingtons.

Later, we spotted another Silversea ship, Silver Nova, and enjoyed the ships sounding horns and passengers waving.

Dinner was at the Japanese restaurant Kaseiki — starting with sashimi and corn fritters, followed by lobster and steak mains, and passionfruit and chocolate desserts. The meal was well-balanced and enjoyable. 

We finished the day with a specialty rum and lychee cocktail at the S.A.L.T. Bar and looked forward to sailing toward Sydney the next day. 

The sun is shining the waters are calm, the temperature is mild and we had a lovely relaxing day at sea. We started with breakfast in Atlantide - bagels and salmon for me, followed by a cooking demonstration  by one of the many chefs on board.  The theme was Australian Native ingredients and chef cooked for us a kangaroo fillet with a macadamia and mango salad.  There was a delicious sauce on the kangaroo that he didn't go into too much detail about, but it was a cherry sauce.

After the demonstration we were just in time for a showing of the Hermeś Berkin Bags.  I LOVE these bags so much but they are so exclusive that you have to have an invitation to purchase one.  Starting price is around $100,000 for one of these bags.  The showing consisted of pre-loved bags that for all intent and purposes looked brand new.  If you purchase one of these bags you are guaranteed a 10% appreciation - each year, and when you tire of the bag you sell it back to the seller.  I just love the colour of the bag in this photo, and now I can boast that I have  at least touched one of these gorgeous bags.  Purchase price for this particular bag is US$22,500. 

It was now time for lunch, and in Dolce Vita lounge the chefs had prepared dishes with an Aussie theme.  This consisted of Meat Pies, Fish and Chips, Prawn & Mango Salad and a couple more forgettable dishes, and for dessert Pavlova, Lamingtons, cheesecake and various others. I know these are iconic Aussie dishes but I think we have come a lot further in our cuisine than the rest of the world gives us credit for.

Back in our suite we heard our ship blasting its horn and we wandered out to the balcony to see what all the commotion was about and we found that we passed right by another of the Silversea Ships - The Silver Nova.  The horn communication went on for some time and I think it was the captains SOS messaging to each other.  Everyone on both ships were waving and cheering at each other so it was quite the treat.

Now it was time for a rest in preparation for our dinner tonight in Kaseiki - the Japanese restaurant.  We had heard both good and bad reviews of this restaurant, but as we both really enjoy Japanese cuisine this was a winner restaurant for us.  I started with a Sashimi Platter and Philip had the corn fritters and we both chose the lobster and steak dish for main.  I chose the passionfruit dessert and Philip the chocolate, that we shared. It was a beautifully balanced meal, and like all Japanese cuisine, you don't leave the table feeling like a bloated whale!  

After dinner we walked the short distance to S.A.L.T Bar for an after dinner digestive.  This was a special cocktail that the bartender had designed.  It was based on rum (oh how I love rum) with a lychee syrup to add sweetness.  I think there was also a touch of scotch in the cocktail but all in all it was perfect.

It was another lovely day on board Silver Moon and tomorrow we look forward to calm seas en-route to Sydney.