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Qsine on Celebrity Cruises dishes up some of the best food at sea – where cruising means “good eats.”

A food review about Celebrity Cruises Eclipse

Cruisers will find the Qsine restaurant  on Celebrity Eclipse, the third of five ships in Celebrity’s $3.7-billion Solstice Class fleet.

Qsine is under the supervision of Jacques Van Staden, Celebrity’s vice president of culinary operations since 2007.  The speciatly Qsine restaurant has space for up to  82 cruise guests.

Good eats

My favorite: Sushipops

To see these amazing sushipops come to life, check out the Drink Eat Travel website.

How to make a Sushipop (btw, this is not the official Celebrity Cruises recipe).

Nigiri Sushi, Soy Center, Wasabi Mayo & Pickled Ginger-Radish Salad sides.

Celebrity Cruises serves the pops on a tray with a condiment bottle of wasabi mayo and two small glass fishbowls with pickled ginger and a radish salad.

Use any fresh sushi-grade fish that you like,  skewer and serve.

Nagiri Sushi is the style of sushi that has a piece of fish on top of sushi rice. Between the piece of fish and rice place a dab of wasabi and then place, wasabi side down, on top of the rice.

Traditional Roll: 2-3 oz of sushi rice flattened  on a sheet of nori (dried seaweed); fill with finely diced cucumber (maybe avocado) then roll; cut into pieces. You can improvise on the ingredients if you want.

More menu items

(from Celebrity Cruises specialty dining pages on their website.)

• Vegetable du “Jatour” – Carrot-Cardamom, Broccoli-Cheddar, Sweet Potato-Raisin, Spinach-Garlic Cauliflower-Apple, Parsnip-Shallot, Potato-Truffle, Green Pea- Mint Eggplant-Tomato & Olive, Creamed Corn & Chive.
• Spring Rolls – Baby Back Spring Rolls & Chipotle Coleslaw White Truffle BBQ Sauce. Or. Vegetable Melange, Cilantro, Chipotle Coleslaw Sweet & Sour Sauce
• Tresviche – Tiger Shrimp & Bay Scallops – lemon juice, tequila, cilantro, tomato & jalapeno oil Salmon, yuzu citrus, cucumber, vodka & basil Sea Bass ? lime, red onion, choclo, avocado & exvoo.
• Gaufrettes – French Fries – Sweet Potato Strings Vegetable Chips – Potato Croquettes, Spicy Parsnip Crisps “Squeezable Sauces.”
• Slider Party – Grilled Kobe beef patties, aged Wisconsin cheddar, “Qsine slider sauce” Brioche buns and garnishes.
• Taco Royale -Black Angus Sirloin Steak – home made Tacos Caramelized Onion-Poblano, Cilantro & Mortar Pestle Guacamole.
• Salmon Cataplana “Style” – with Saffron Broth, Tomato Ravioli Chorizo Sausage, Garlic Confit, Fennel & Leeks.
• Lava Crab – Alaskan King Crab – Sweet yellow corn & scallions Kataifi with Old-bay lobster sauce.
• Disco Shrimp –   Poached Tiger Shrimp. Avocado, Tomato & Celery Dressed in a Cocktail Aioli…Crunchy toppings.
• Mixed Olives – Tzatziki – Eggplant Imambiyaldi Tabbouleh – Hummus – Chicken Kofta – Zathaar Lamb Chops – Kibbeh Mediterranean Chili – Falafel – Goat Cheese Cigars.
• Tikka Masala – Rogan josh – palak paneer – malai kofte – chole, veggie samousa – shrimp vindaloo.
• Persian Kebob –  Skewered Chicken breast – Garlic and spices with Vegetables, Saffron Rice-Pilaf & Tooni Sauce.
• Fresh Market Salad – With Arugula, Radicchio Frisee, Watercress, Spinach, Pomegranate Emulsion Crispy Goat Cheese Crumble.
• “The Cupcake Affair” – Red Velvet & Vanilla Cupcakes with playful garnishes
• “Chocolate Tombstone” – Layered Ganache, Nutella, Rice Crispies & More Chocolate
• Beignets – Doughnuts – Fritters
• “Cheesecake Tini” – Graham Crakcer Cookies & Berries