The quiche was OK, but its primary flavor was salty.
There was something unidentifiable lurking under the chocolate mousse in the soggy-crusted tart.
Sorry, I was trying to get a mouthwatering close-up like AJ does for the Disney Food Blog....
I found this deeply unsettlingwhat if it was FRUIT?! (Yes, I know, if I cant taste it as fruit, I shouldnt have a problem with it, but its all mental, you see....) I had to go back and ask one of the girls behind the counter what was in the thing I was eating. She smiled and replied, Eh... salty... caramel? in a delightful French accent. After I thanked her and began to walk away, I thought I heard her stage whisper to her co-worker, Salty caramel means really disgusting fruit stuff in English, right? (because I happen to speak French stage whisper).
It says something that even Patrick, who never met a fruit dessert he didnt like, met a fruit dessert he didnt like at Les Halles! He couldnt get past the idea that it was like eating gobs of mango jelly straight from the jar, even if there was coconut pineapple custard under there somewhere. We both ended up throwing our desserts away.
Allow me to translate these signs for you...
You would have to be eating on horseback not to notice how weird this dessert tastes!
Dry bread, dry cheese, dry hamthats just how they like a Croque Monsieur in France. Really!
Our croissants are stinkier than our cheese!
Dont like our food? Shove it up your! (Er, sorry, I dont know the English equivalent of that word...)
Les Halles was a disappointment, but we knew exactly where to go to raise our spirits: Mitsukoshi!
Hey, guys! Over here!!!
Love will find a way...
I told Patrick the
D23 Epcot 30th story of Imagineer Jason Grandt schlepping this melon box all over Tokyo to the amusement of passersby, to which Patrick replied, Why didnt he just break down the box?
I was sorta glad Id thrown out my French dessert, because it left room for the Smore Mousse Brownie now served at the counter-service spot in the American Pavilion (whats that place called... "McDonalds"?). I had a little better luck with the Disney Food Blog-esque photos here, thanks to the natural light.
As noted in the
DFB review, its less of a brownie and more of a... cupcake-pie...? Its got a graham cracker crust, cake in the middle, and then fudgey/ganache-y frosting, plus some melted marshmallow on top that runs all over like an egg yolk when you break it. With higher quality ingredients, this might have become my new favorite, but it was just that gooey, stick-to-your ribs chocolate thats kinda generic-tasting. Not too shabby, but nothing to write home about (unless youre writing a trip report, in which case EVERYTHING is something to write home about!).
We decided to take a Friendship boat over to Mexico so Patrick could check out the new art displays, but first he grabbed some daytime photos of the fireworks-viewing areas in Germany for me. If you can wait to book til 2 weeks before you wanna have one, these are great spots for a dessert party!
Hey, thats our boat!!!
I was glad to see that the
animales fantasticos we like to collect on every trip are still being sold. The press release made it sound like Disney was removing them completely, not just from the lobby.
Huh. All that, and Patrick didnt even shoot the new displays in the lobby of the Mexico Pavilion. This is his next photo:
OK, Im gonna pause here for now, but Ill be back soon with our impressions of new Test Track, our trip to DHS, and our dinner at Be Our Guest Restaurant!