Day 38 – February 22, 2011 – At Sea on the way to Sydney, Australia

Jan decided she’d better get back to her exercise so she got up early and did her two mile walk.  The seas were calm and it was a nice morning walk.  Bridge lessons kept both of us busy during the morning.

At noon, we had our cooking lesson with Chef Fabien on how to make Steak Tartar that Fred won as a prize at the Gold, Platinum and Titanium party.  We met the chef in Compass Rose and he took us up to Prime 7 where he had everything prepared for us.  Tom and Martha joined us so he had 4 setups so we could make our own.  We made the sauce according to his directions using mustard, ketchup, Worchester sauce, few drops of Tabasco, a drop or two of olive oil, salt pepper, finely chopped capers, finely chopped gerkins.  We added an egg and finely chopped onions and then the finely chopped, not ground tenderloin fillet and mixed well.   It was a lot of fun. 

When we were finished, Chef Fabien he served each of us our own steak tartar with French fries, salad and toasted French bread in Compass Rose.  We all had a glass of wine and enjoyed a very elegant last lunch in Compass Rose for this segment.

Jan skipped duplicate bridge because it was the championship game and she didn’t have a partner.   She is hoping she can find a partner for the next segment to play duplicate bridge on the sea days.

Cocktail hour was in our suite tasting one of the bottles of wine we had purchased from the Yarra Valley.  Ragib brought giant shrimp, vegetables and dip, plus the hot canapé of the day and with Tom and Martha we enjoyed a quiet evening.   Dinner was in Compass Rose which was not crowded at all.