Trish Berry, May 2025
Lobster tail night on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines is usually a formal night (or dress your best). No tuxedoes, no boa wraps, no tiaras though. All that is passe. Dress your best or formal night can still be a little formal night for some. Or not. For the ladies — heels, long flowing dress and updo on the hair. For the men — a suit jacket with tie, nice trousers. Or it can be more casual, with a sundress for her and a shirt with sleeves for him. It’s a relaxed dining event but with a little spiff on glitter on everyone.
A table for two diners is allotted two lobster tails. One for her, one for him. If the him decides he wants a steak instead of a lobster tail, the her is allowed two lobster tails. Otherwise, it is one lobster tail per person.
In years past, even a few years ago, you could order as many lobster tails for dinner as you wanted. But there were those who took advantage of this and ordered lobster after lobster after lobster after lobster. The system was abused. Think of the Cookie Monster on Sesame Street. Feed me, feed me.
As a result of the glutinous entities who abused the right to endless lobster tails, the rules were changed in 2023, and it’s now only one lobster tail per person. One lobster tail is enough for one person because you have sides. You have an appetizer, you have a bread basket, you have dessert. More than one lobster tail is a lobster tail too many.
And speaking of dessert, lobster tail night is the night we have Baked Alaska.
Way way way back in the 1960s and 1970s, Baked Alaska was an avant-garde dessert. Only the finest restaurants served it. It was quite expensive, but it was delicious and worth every penny.
Eventually, we all discovered how to make it ourselves at a lesser cost at home in our own kitchens, possibly singed our eyebrows with the little kitchen blow torch while trying to get that blackish look on the top layer, and it soon became much less avant-garde. In fact, it sort of disappeared from most restaurant menus and from most home kitchens.
The first time I saw it on Royal Caribbean‘s menu many years ago, my eyes went wide with delight as I ordered it. Lobster tail, drawn butter and Baked Alaska for dessert — well, nothing much better than that.
The photos above tasted just as good as they look. Salivate, as I do, when looking at those photos.
Thanks for reading.
Safe travels. Have tons of fun and discover a new dessert for all of us to go gaga over!!