{"id":920,"date":"2021-08-23T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2023-05-22T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:58:51","slug":"viking-orion-manfredis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.captainsglen.com\/?p=920","title":{"rendered":"Viking Orion – Manfredi’s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alternative Italian themed dining<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no extra cost destinations on Viking, instead the Chef’s Table and Manfredi’s are considered “alternative” dining choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viking guests are big fans of Manfredi’s, but I have to confess I was less enamored. The menu is always the same, with a daily fish and pasta special. Several items are famous in the cruising community:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manfredi’s famous bread basket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The bread is one of the things much beloved by guests, and it was good – just not “write home about it” good to me at least. Paired with the supplied olive oil and shaved parmesan it was really good \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have the Silver Spirits Beverage Package you can order any wine by the glass that is under $15, and they all were. From that point onwards it’s a bottomless bottle, with your glass constantly refilled. It makes for a very relaxed dining experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our first visit, the evening of our arrival, I decided to try the much acclaimed rib-eye steak, which I ordered medium-rare. It arrived rare, almost blue, and very fatty – I probably carved off a third of it and left on the side of the plate. Tracey had freshly made Gnocchi which was silken and divine – absolutely heavenly. My sides included some very nice potatoes and saut\u00e9ed tomatoes – very nicely done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our second visit we dined relatively early – 6:30 I think – on a day when we’d enjoyed afternoon tea at 4pm, and so weren’t especially hungry. I had a calamari started that was very good, and lobster ravioli as the daily pasta special that was also good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our next Viking cruise we probably won’t reserve a sitting at Manfredi’s – it was OK, but didn’t light any fires for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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