By:
Sarah Phillips
Royal
Caribbean International announced the expansion of its collaboration
with James Beard Award-winning chef Michael
Schwartz this
week. This new expansion will feature seasonal tasting menus
aboard Allure of the Seas’ fine dining restaurant, 150 Central
Park. Schwartz has worked in collaboration with the Oasis of
the Seas since 2011.
Schwartz
– known for his commitment to cooking sustainably at his flagship
Miami restaurant, Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink – will help
the cruise line select and integrate fresh, high quality ingredients
into 150 Central Park’s supply chain by leveraging his
relationships with South Florida farmers and beyond.
150
Central Park is the centerpiece of the lush Central Park neighborhood
onboard. Open daily for dinner, it features two rotating six-course
menus per voyage. For guests dining at the upscale and intimate
restaurant, Chef Schwartz creates new dishes as well as seasoned
favorites from his restaurants in Miami and Grand Cayman and debut
cookbook, MICHAEL’S GENUINE FOOD: Down-to-Earth Cooking for People
Who Love to Eat.
Menu
items include Jumbo Lump Crab Cake with Carrot Butter Sauce and
Mahogany Black Cod with Whipped Parsnip, Baby Bok Choy and Mustard
Sauce, and Slow Roasted and Grilled Harris Ranch Beef Short Rib with
Roasted Cippolini Onions, Swank Farms Cress and Romesco Sauce.
Allure
of the Seas offers sailings from her home port of Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida.
