Day three started with me going to the gym. I try to work out on the cruise and I use the steps a LOT on the ship. I like to enjoy the food (and this trip a little bit of alcohol) so I try to offset the calories by hitting the gym and using the steps and in the end it did pay off. But this day, I needed to burn some calories, prophylactically! We were going to Palo for brunch. Palo is separate dining experience on the Disney Wonder. It is an additional charge to dine here and you do need to make a reservation. I had set up a group brunch for 14 people for two days on our sailing. We were part of the first group. We were meeting up with friends who used to live next door to us that we hadn't seen in many years and some of their friends they were cruising with along with new friends we made in our Facebook group.
Palo Brunch starts with a lovely mimosa! They have a wonderful non alcoholic drink available for those not drinking which was so nice. Then they start by bringing pastries to the table. This is just a small sample of the MANY things they brought out. Special breads, muffins, ricotta filled treats, breadsticks, knots, olive and sun dried tomato breads and other options, Antipasti selection with prosciutto.
They continued to add food to the center of the table. They added various flatbreads. There were margherita, goat cheese and sun dried tomato and the famous one that anyone who has eaten at Palo over the years absolutely loves but is no longer on the menu, but can be requested ... the grape and gorgonzola! Unfortunately, I do not have any photos of the amazing flatbreads, oh and I think there may have been a calzone or two on the table. But, this is NOT all!!!
After that, it was actually time for 'real food'! Then came the 'brunch' items we ordered. I had ordered an omelette, Dale, I think had gotten the frittata. After this, some people had soup in between and then your MAIN course came! One of the very best items known over the years on the brunch menu is the Parmesan-crusted chicken breast - topped with tomato basil sauce and mozzarella cheese, served over an amazing arborio rice risotto. Oh My Gosh!!!! This is so amazing!
Then after this, they brought out dessert, which we were already way too stuffed for. You see, before Covid, you used to walk through Palo and pick up these individual desserts so you could try several and not feel guilty for taking more than one. But now they are served as a 'single' large serving. I wanted a 'taste' of a couple different ones! So, we ordered several different ones and shared, but I only took a bite of them. I honestly do not eat many sweet things now and this was just way too much for me. My favorite is the first, the panna cotta
Then after all this, before we left, they brought out 'celebration' plates for all the birthdays and our anniversary.
We had lots of other things planned for the day and Dale actually had to get going for a meet up in the Atrium, which the photo at the top of this page is from.
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