amandelba
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2008
After an uneventful flight that landed early but got to the gate late 
, we began our long journey via Magical Express to Kidani Village with stops at POP, CBR and CS. We arrived just in time to check in at AKV and grab lunch at Sanaa while they cleaned our room. Our ADR was for 2:50, we arrived at Sanaa at 2:55 and we were seated by 3:00.
The room and decor is beautiful. Here are a few pics:
We were seated at a 6 top by the window. It was fantastic, we had views of all of the animals and the girls had a blast.
We actually got to watch the Giraffes eat their lunch as we dined, as CMs brought out fresh leaves and hung them from a tree.
Our server was Ken from Orlando, FL. He was quite attentive and knew the menu very well. The place was quite empty, so it was good that he was so attentive.
As you know we are on the DxDDP so we started with apps.
Mrs. Potts started with the roasted cauliflower with tomato sauce.
Before:
After:
DW and I shared the Indian Style Bread Service - this counts as 2 apps:
We had the Naan, Roti and Paneer Paratha with Cucumber Raita, Mango Chutntey and Roasted Red Bell Pepper Hummus. These were Ken's recomendations
We did pretty well on these as well
Overall I felt that the apps were the strongest course these were simply delicious. The standout was the Paneer Paratha bread - outstanding. The Mrs. Potts loved the cauliflower. I tasted it too and thought it was pretty good as well - kinda fried but not greasy at all.
Here is Ariel's appetizer - its carrots and celery with dip - she scooped them all up and bit them at once as I tried to take a picture.
I'll say this once and get it over with. The kids' meals at WDW are terrible and are poorly constructed. I think they are far too dumbed down and are boring and there is little or no variation from place to place. But the worst part is 1/2 of them come with app/entree/desert all on one plate and the other 1/2 comes in courses. This leads to strange service for the kids. Aurora ordered the fish, which came all on one place so no app for her.
Moving along to entrees:
DW and I ordered the Slow Cooked in Gravy, Simple and Well Seasoned, she had the Chicken with Red Curry Sauce, Shrimp with Green Curry Sauce and the Basmati Rice.
So naturally, I had the other choices: Beef Short Ribs and Paneer Cheese and Spinach with Five Grain Pilaf.
I thought the standout among these dishes was the shrimp and DW thought it was the chicken. Either way the curry sauces were the way to go, they were both outstanding. The beef and the paneer were average. The pilaf and the rice were below average, so we left these over.
Mrs. Potts had today's sustainable fish. It was a halibut in a light broth. She raved about this dish.
Ariel ordered the cheeseburger, which was quite tasty.
On to dessert, which was the weakest by far. The one standout was DW's Chai Cream. This was great and I recommend you have this desert.
Other desserts included:
The dessert sampler - No sugar added Mango Pudding, Cardamom-Butter Cake and Egg-less chocolate cake.
They may want to add egg to the chocolate cake and sugar to the mango pudding and lose the Cardamom cake altogether.
They could also add some sugar to the Vanilla-Coconut Rice pudding
Ariel did enjoy her ice cream
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I can't forget DW's Loose Leaf Tea - she was soooo excited about this and it did not dissappoint.
So for each review, our 3 adult diners will score each restaurant on a scale of 1-5 stars for a possible perfect score of 15 stars.
I gave Sanaa a 3.5 out of 5 - based mostly on poor desserts
DW gave Sanaa 4.5 out of 5
Mrs. Potts gave Sanaa 5 out of 5
Total score 13 out of 15
FYI our bill before gratuity for 3 adults and 2 children was $130.11
, we began our long journey via Magical Express to Kidani Village with stops at POP, CBR and CS. We arrived just in time to check in at AKV and grab lunch at Sanaa while they cleaned our room. Our ADR was for 2:50, we arrived at Sanaa at 2:55 and we were seated by 3:00.The room and decor is beautiful. Here are a few pics:
We were seated at a 6 top by the window. It was fantastic, we had views of all of the animals and the girls had a blast.
We actually got to watch the Giraffes eat their lunch as we dined, as CMs brought out fresh leaves and hung them from a tree.
Our server was Ken from Orlando, FL. He was quite attentive and knew the menu very well. The place was quite empty, so it was good that he was so attentive.
As you know we are on the DxDDP so we started with apps.
Mrs. Potts started with the roasted cauliflower with tomato sauce.
Before:
After:
DW and I shared the Indian Style Bread Service - this counts as 2 apps:
We had the Naan, Roti and Paneer Paratha with Cucumber Raita, Mango Chutntey and Roasted Red Bell Pepper Hummus. These were Ken's recomendations
We did pretty well on these as well
Overall I felt that the apps were the strongest course these were simply delicious. The standout was the Paneer Paratha bread - outstanding. The Mrs. Potts loved the cauliflower. I tasted it too and thought it was pretty good as well - kinda fried but not greasy at all.
Here is Ariel's appetizer - its carrots and celery with dip - she scooped them all up and bit them at once as I tried to take a picture.
I'll say this once and get it over with. The kids' meals at WDW are terrible and are poorly constructed. I think they are far too dumbed down and are boring and there is little or no variation from place to place. But the worst part is 1/2 of them come with app/entree/desert all on one plate and the other 1/2 comes in courses. This leads to strange service for the kids. Aurora ordered the fish, which came all on one place so no app for her.
Moving along to entrees:
DW and I ordered the Slow Cooked in Gravy, Simple and Well Seasoned, she had the Chicken with Red Curry Sauce, Shrimp with Green Curry Sauce and the Basmati Rice.
So naturally, I had the other choices: Beef Short Ribs and Paneer Cheese and Spinach with Five Grain Pilaf.
I thought the standout among these dishes was the shrimp and DW thought it was the chicken. Either way the curry sauces were the way to go, they were both outstanding. The beef and the paneer were average. The pilaf and the rice were below average, so we left these over.
Mrs. Potts had today's sustainable fish. It was a halibut in a light broth. She raved about this dish.
Ariel ordered the cheeseburger, which was quite tasty.
On to dessert, which was the weakest by far. The one standout was DW's Chai Cream. This was great and I recommend you have this desert.
Other desserts included:
The dessert sampler - No sugar added Mango Pudding, Cardamom-Butter Cake and Egg-less chocolate cake.
They may want to add egg to the chocolate cake and sugar to the mango pudding and lose the Cardamom cake altogether.
They could also add some sugar to the Vanilla-Coconut Rice pudding
Ariel did enjoy her ice cream
I can't forget DW's Loose Leaf Tea - she was soooo excited about this and it did not dissappoint.
So for each review, our 3 adult diners will score each restaurant on a scale of 1-5 stars for a possible perfect score of 15 stars.
I gave Sanaa a 3.5 out of 5 - based mostly on poor desserts
DW gave Sanaa 4.5 out of 5
Mrs. Potts gave Sanaa 5 out of 5
Total score 13 out of 15
FYI our bill before gratuity for 3 adults and 2 children was $130.11
Anyway, on to WCC.
Just did, she says hi back.
. They also had an omlette station which is always a plus. I gave it 5 stars.
