The Mara
Before I start, we had some good news - as you may have read in the intro, we suspected DH might have a shellfish allergy so he avoided it during this trip. However, he just went to the allergist and tested negative for shellfish allergy. The blood test also came back negative. So he'll be doing a "food challenge" where he'll eat some shrimp in the office just to make sure everything goes smoothly, and then he'll be approved to eat shellfish again! We still don't know what caused his allergic reaction but he's very excited about eating shrimp and crab again
We arrived at AKL around 10pm and were absolutely starving. Having missed our ADR for Sanaa, we headed down to the Mara for some food. DH started off the meal with the Lentil Sausage soup:
DH said that it was new and exciting for him, and much better than a lot of the generic American foods you get at Disney, so he was happy about getting to try something unique. He enjoyed it but said it may have tasted so good just because he was so hungry! He gave it a
7 out of 10.
For his main course he had the African Stew (hearty stew with beef, turkey, ham, carrots, potatoes, peas, chickpeas and raisins served over basmati rice):
His opinion on this was pretty much exactly the same as the soup. Unique, good, and he was starving so extra good. He gave this a
7 out of 10 as well and said that they were both really good for a quick service meal.
I had the chicken flatbread (with chicken breast, berbere sauce, mozzarella, corn and zhoug drizzle):
Again, another meal that tasted great but maybe partly because we were so hungry! I did enjoy the flatbread. It had some interesting, unique flavors. Unfortunately, there was one flavor on there that I just wasn't a fan of, but I couldn't pinpoint what it was. However, it wasn't enough for me to not enjoy the meal and I would give it a
7 out of 10. Last time I ate here I had the chicken pita, and I preferred that.
Overall the Mara gets a solid
7 out of 10 from us. I think it's a great, unique option for counter service when you don't want chicken fingers or burgers. We would happily eat here again!
Lentil Sausage soup - $3.49
African Stew - $7.99
Chicken Flatbread - $9.69
Total including tax: $22.55