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   Pingback by restaurant » Blog Archive » Specialty Restaurant Names Announced — October 25, 2007 #

2. Gale sent us an e-mail with this question:

   We sailed on the Maasdam in a deluxe verandah suite in 2005 and thoroughly enjoyed breakfast in the Pinnacle Grill. We have a deluxe verandah suite reserved on the Eurodam for Dec 2008 and were hoping the Pinnale Grill would be available for breakfast, but that doesn’t appear so from the blog. Could you please let me know if the Grill will be available to suite guests for breakfast.

   We checked, and yes, the Pinnacle Grill will serve breakfast to guests in Penthouse Suites and Deluxe Verandah Suites.

   Comment by Roland — October 26, 2007 #

3. To my knowledge, “Tamarind” is typically used in either Mexican or Indian foods, yet the concept is “Pan-Asian” (which I at leat think of Pacific NW Asian Fusion styles when I hear that term)
   Is this going to be more of a focus on Indian foods? I’m sure the menus aren’t finalized, but do we at least know the nations that will be focused on in this location?
   (LOVE the names selected that are mentioned here)

   Comment by InTheWASide — October 31, 2007 #

4. InTheWASide:

   Tamarind is a lot more interesting than you give it credit for:

   The Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) (from the Arabic: تمر هندي tamar hindi = Indian date) is in the family Fabaceae. The genus Tamarindus is monotypic (having only a single species). It is a tropical tree, native to tropical Africa, including parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests.

   The tree grows wild throughout the Sudan and was so long ago introduced into and adopted in India that it has often been reported as indigenous there also, and it was apparently from India that it reached the Persians and the Arabs who called it “tamar hindi” (Indian date, from the date-like appearance of the dried pulp), giving rise to both its common and generic names. Unfortunately, the specific name, “indica”, also perpetuates the illusion of Indian origin. The fruit was well known to the ancient Egyptians and to the Greeks in the 4th Century B.C.

   The tree has long been naturalized in the East Indies and the islands of the Pacific. One of the first tamarind trees in Hawaii was planted in 1797. The tamarind was certainly introduced into tropical America, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the West Indies much earlier. In all tropical and near-tropical areas, including South Florida, it is grown as a shade and fruit tree, along roadsides and in dooryards and parks. There are commercial plantings in Mexico, Belize and other Central American countries and in northern Brazil. In India there are extensive tamarind orchards producing 275,500 tons (250,000 MT) annually. The pulp is marketed in northern Malaya and to some extent wherever the tree is found even if there are no plantations.

   Unfortunately, at this time we don’t have any more information available on menus or cuisine orientation for the Tamarind specialty restaurant.

   Comment by Roland — November 5, 2007 #

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