After our glacier excursion, we walked into Juneau. We sought out Tracy's Crab Shack which was literally just a shack with some pic-nic tables nearby.
We split the medium crab bucket, which contained 1/2 a king crab.
The meat was tender and well cooked. It had a nice crab flavor, although I thought it wasn't as sweet as some other crab I have had.
After our crab snack, we did a little shopping in Juneau.
We were 2297 miles from Chicago.
My political statement for the trip.
The Symphony left port at 9pm tonight and we were required to be back on board at 8:30. We were some of the last people back on board, but of course we managed to change clothes and make it to dinner.
For the appetizer, Rosa had gravlax with crème fraiche and salmon eggs. We both love smoked salmon so this was a big hit with us.
I tried the wild game pate, which I didn't like. I am perhaps unsophisticated in the world of pate, but I thought it was going to be smoother. This was a huge slice of pate with chunky pieces of meat and fat in it. It also seemed to be surrounded by a strip of raw bacon.
Ross ordered a cob salad with shrimp which was very good. We liked it better than the Cob salad he had for Embarkation day
luncheon.
For dinner we both ordered tuna (rare) with jasmine rice, caramelized onion relish and bok choy. Ross also requested a crab cake in the side. It is shown below on the left.
The tuna itself was good. The rice was very good with fluffy separate grains and a slightly floral aroma. In general, I have been less impressed with the side dishes, but this rice was very good. The onion relish was an odd choice for an accompaniment. I might have liked it with another meal, but it's balsamic flavor was out of place. Our crab cake add-on was very good and full of crab.
For dessert Ross had a very tasty Rum Baba. The sommelier said it was one of her favorite desserts on Crystal and we agreed.
I had one of the trio desserts with carrot cake, carrot sorbet and tapioco pudding. There was a little marzipan carrot with a cute pistachio stem on top of the cake. The carrot sorbet was by far the best part. I should order more sorbet, because the 2 we have tried have been phenomenal.
After dinner we went to see, Mark Merchant, a ventriloquist, who we were surprised that we enjoyed so much. The first part of his routine in particular was very polished and was fresh and topical. He joked about the name tags that passengers on a competing line had been forced to wear in port, for example.
We went straight to bed after the show. Tomorrow we have an excursion in Skagway.
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