Great video. Everything looks a lot better from out HAL cruise in the late buffet, It looks like the kitchen is fully staffed. I will give HAL credit for one thing. Their culinary execution is always top notch and generally a lot better than their competitors. You can tell that the executive chef is really on top of things.
SNACKS?? 🤣 This was a full buffet! But HAL knows how to please their passengers in the food department for sure. Everything looked wonderful. Especially the Mexican dishes. Thanks for the video!
You're right Sally- the afternoon snack is pretty much the lunch buffet minus some of the stations (e.g. Asian), but glad they kept some of the other popular ones like the Mexican Corner, salad bar, desserts & ice cream. The late-night buffet is much smaller but does have some unique items like those hush puppies. Thanks for the comment! 😊
Someone over on the CruiseCritic boards came up with a good idea. How about a video from MDR where one of you eats the regular NY strip and another orders the Pinnacle Grill upgrade? Side by side comparisons.
That sounds like a good idea! We'll try and do that on our next HAL cruise. The regular steak at the MDR dinner was really good, and the Pinnacle Grill version should be fantastic.
Firstly, I have to tell you that reminding your viewers to “hit the like button and subscribe” is so so super important. I’m sure TH-cam has informed you of that, and they are right. If my favorite TH-camrs didn’t remind me, I would watch their content and forget to engage. I’m so glad you do that. As a former TH-camr, I know how important engagement is to your channel!! About the food: I’m really excited to know the lido offers an in between meals option, as well as the late night option. My only question with the late night option is, why is it only open for an hour??? That seems like kind of a waste. To me, late night would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 10:30pm - 1am, but then it’s nice that they have something like that at all! A late night buffet is such a great option to have. Probably my favorite dish here is the Casarecce with Beef Short Rib Bolognese. I love a good bolognese - especially for a snack! 👌. I would have to snag me some of that mango mousse too!! I noticed the late night buffet had Yorkshire pudding. I love a good English pudding, so that might be worth staying up for! 😅. For only being open an hour, the late night buffet seems pretty packed with options! I go wild over a good buffet. I probably already told you, but I’ll be sailing with friends on HAL’s Koningsdam in late April. It’s just an Alaska voyage, so nothing exotic or too thrilling (sailed there twice already). But what is exciting to me is being able to try out Holland America for the first time. It’s nice to have multiple cruise lines under your belt.
Thanks very much Scott for your support and insights! Agree with you on the late-night buffet observations- they should be open for longer than an hour. Though from what we've seen with HAL's demographics, everyone's pretty much in bed earlier than many other cruise lines lol. Yeah the Casarecce with Beef Short Rib Bolognese & mango mousse sounded tasty- wish we had the room in our stomach to have tried it! Enjoy your upcoming Koningsdam cruise in April- exploring a new cruise line is always an exciting experience! 🚢🌟
1:11 my create your own be like: only meats and those bread crumbs 3:07 gimme 3:31 3:36 cheeeeeeese 4:02 SALMON 4:06 🤔 4:17 interesting 4:38 is that fish? 5:16 👀 5:19 👀 5:28 👀 6:14 that mashed potato 💀 looks.. dry 8:35 8:46 ah yisss 9:19 why is it broken 😭 9:27 👀
Yes that salad station lets you be very creative- def one of my favs as well. Yup that is fish- everyday they will have at least one fish entree. Lol not sure what happened to that chocolate cake- that was the only one left.
@@TravelTouristVideos but.. did the crew give it to you? I mean.. you have to be able to take it yourself - thats where the "you dont know how much i yoink" comming 🤭
@@TravelTouristVideosIdk what the 3 White ice cream are… But lemme guess.. vanilla, lemon and last one Idk.. choco and strawberry Heres mine: 3 scoops, 1 vanilla, 1 strawberry and 1 Idk… and then 10 spoons Rainbow toppings 🥲 Or if they are like “pls tell me to stop” Me: I seen videos with that.. with some cheese on Idk… he Got Way too much cheese xd
That's quite the treat lol with all those ice cream & toppings lol. Yeah they'll usually have vanilla, so the other ones might be coconut, and lemon which might be a frozen yogurt or sorbet. Cheese ice cream is a bit odd, though not as exotic as lobster ice cream which we tried one time (not on a cruise though).
Best cruise food videos on TH-cam!
Thank you! We really appreciate that! 😊
Great video. Everything looks a lot better from out HAL cruise in the late buffet, It looks like the kitchen is fully staffed. I will give HAL credit for one thing. Their culinary execution is always top notch and generally a lot better than their competitors. You can tell that the executive chef is really on top of things.
Thanks! Yeah agree with you there- we always look forward to the food when going on a HAL cruise. Really great buffet and mdr entrees 😋
SNACKS?? 🤣 This was a full buffet! But HAL knows how to please their passengers in the food department for sure. Everything looked wonderful. Especially the Mexican dishes. Thanks for the video!
You're right Sally- the afternoon snack is pretty much the lunch buffet minus some of the stations (e.g. Asian), but glad they kept some of the other popular ones like the Mexican Corner, salad bar, desserts & ice cream. The late-night buffet is much smaller but does have some unique items like those hush puppies. Thanks for the comment! 😊
Watching this: I can't believe I've heard complaints about the "limited options" in between major meal times. I mean dang!!!!
All your videos of HAL look great. I always look forward to to them.
Thanks folks, hope you are all doing well.
Thank you very much George! Hope you are as well! 😊
We are going on this ship in March and have enjoyed all your videos!
Thank you very much! 😊 Enjoy your cruise- going to be a lot of tasty food!
Someone over on the CruiseCritic boards came up with a good idea. How about a video from MDR where one of you eats the regular NY strip and another orders the Pinnacle Grill upgrade? Side by side comparisons.
That sounds like a good idea! We'll try and do that on our next HAL cruise. The regular steak at the MDR dinner was really good, and the Pinnacle Grill version should be fantastic.
10% better…100% more expensive,
Some delicious looking stuff 😋👍
Yes some tasty snacks for sure! 😋 Thanks for the comment!
Firstly, I have to tell you that reminding your viewers to “hit the like button and subscribe” is so so super important. I’m sure TH-cam has informed you of that, and they are right. If my favorite TH-camrs didn’t remind me, I would watch their content and forget to engage. I’m so glad you do that. As a former TH-camr, I know how important engagement is to your channel!!
About the food: I’m really excited to know the lido offers an in between meals option, as well as the late night option. My only question with the late night option is, why is it only open for an hour??? That seems like kind of a waste. To me, late night would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 10:30pm - 1am, but then it’s nice that they have something like that at all! A late night buffet is such a great option to have.
Probably my favorite dish here is the Casarecce with Beef Short Rib Bolognese. I love a good bolognese - especially for a snack! 👌. I would have to snag me some of that mango mousse too!! I noticed the late night buffet had Yorkshire pudding. I love a good English pudding, so that might be worth staying up for! 😅. For only being open an hour, the late night buffet seems pretty packed with options! I go wild over a good buffet.
I probably already told you, but I’ll be sailing with friends on HAL’s Koningsdam in late April. It’s just an Alaska voyage, so nothing exotic or too thrilling (sailed there twice already). But what is exciting to me is being able to try out Holland America for the first time. It’s nice to have multiple cruise lines under your belt.
Thanks very much Scott for your support and insights! Agree with you on the late-night buffet observations- they should be open for longer than an hour. Though from what we've seen with HAL's demographics, everyone's pretty much in bed earlier than many other cruise lines lol. Yeah the Casarecce with Beef Short Rib Bolognese & mango mousse sounded tasty- wish we had the room in our stomach to have tried it! Enjoy your upcoming Koningsdam cruise in April- exploring a new cruise line is always an exciting experience! 🚢🌟
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Which Holland America ship was this on? Their food buffet looks really good 👍
This was from the Nieuw Statendam
1:11 my create your own be like: only meats and those bread crumbs
3:07 gimme
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3:36 cheeeeeeese
4:02 SALMON
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4:17 interesting
4:38 is that fish?
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5:28 👀
6:14 that mashed potato 💀 looks.. dry
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8:46 ah yisss
9:19 why is it broken 😭
9:27 👀
Yes that salad station lets you be very creative- def one of my favs as well. Yup that is fish- everyday they will have at least one fish entree. Lol not sure what happened to that chocolate cake- that was the only one left.
Any lifeboat video soon? 🥲😌
Pretty sure I have some- I'll see what I can do in the next two weeks 🙂
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0:34 if it was a ice cream buffet....
You dont want to know how much sprinkles i yoink 🥲
Yeah it's all you can eat, including the sprinkles lol
@@TravelTouristVideos but.. did the crew give it to you?
I mean.. you have to be able to take it yourself - thats where the "you dont know how much i yoink" comming 🤭
You can tell them how many scoops of ice cream you want, and same with the toppings. They're happy to get what you request 🙂
@@TravelTouristVideosIdk what the 3 White ice cream are… But lemme guess.. vanilla, lemon and last one Idk.. choco and strawberry
Heres mine: 3 scoops, 1 vanilla, 1 strawberry and 1 Idk… and then 10 spoons Rainbow toppings 🥲
Or if they are like “pls tell me to stop”
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I seen videos with that.. with some cheese on Idk… he Got Way too much cheese xd
That's quite the treat lol with all those ice cream & toppings lol. Yeah they'll usually have vanilla, so the other ones might be coconut, and lemon which might be a frozen yogurt or sorbet. Cheese ice cream is a bit odd, though not as exotic as lobster ice cream which we tried one time (not on a cruise though).