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Pie That Brownie, Fruitcake! Updated Post #1832 - The End
Hidely ho, foodarinos!!!
Welcome to the newest installment of Jay and Bendy's dining adventures - scheduled to begin in earnest on October 14th. Nine weeks is a long time to nurse a pre-dining trippie, but after navigating the treacherous waters of Food & Wine Festival special event booking yesterday, I can no longer contain my enthusiasm or my hunger. And who better to share those things with than you?  Who the heck are we, you ask? We're a couple of silly DINKS who love food-n-booze-n-travel, especially when they are connected by hyphens and the letter "n".  Oybolshoi: your devoted author ... aka Brenda / Bendy. Thanks to a lifetime of dealing with Crohns Disease I used to be terrified of food ... now, food is terrified of me because I've turned into a remorseless eating machine. I plan the trips and the dining tours and have, on occasion, been known to make the credit cards spontaneously combust. This trip coincides with my 40th birthday which is on October 17th - it's my birthday and I'll gorge if I want to!  The hubba: Jason ... just a tad younger than his old Crohn of a wife and a far more adventurous and spicy eater, too. He's my lovey ... my partner in crime ... my sounding board ... my personal baggage handler.  He is the most easygoing of travel companions and puts up with his high-strung wifey, for which he deserves a medal.  Epcot's annual Food & Wine Festival is the primary reason that Jay and I visit WDW every October - as usual on this trip we plan on chowing our way around the World Showcase food kiosks and we have a few special festival dining events booked as well. And once more we've planned out our ADRs to incorporate a mix of old favorites with some weird and scary new places. I should also mention that we will be joined halfway through our vacation by my nephew and his wife, henceforward to be known as Guest X and Guest Y. They will be dining with us at certain locations, but do not worship at the trough of gluttony like we do; I fear that they disapprove of Auntie Crohn's food porn habit.  So, what's on the agenda? I thought you'd never ask!!! Pre-Trip Plans & Musings: Book 'Em, Bendy - scheduled culinary demos & booze samplings Terrifying Lows, Dizzying Highs, and Creamy Middles! A New, But Still Green, Travel Mascot We're Talking DISmeet and Booze!!! You Can Have Your Cake and Eat it Too! Final ADR Tweaks and the WDW Florist Jumping on the Ratings Bandwagon Before the Wheels Fall Off! Last Minute Pre-Trip Musings Tenderized Bendy Talks a Little Cake Completed Reviews: October 14th: Beaches & Cream The WDW Florist and the Tequila Ditch A Warm and Sticky Dessert Party Kona Island Sushi Bar October 15th: Breakfast at Kouzzina Foraging at the F&W Festival, Part I F&W Festival Culinary Demo - Raglan Road Culinary Nirvana at Bistro Paris Drinking and Such in the Belle Vue Room October 16th: French Pastries for Breakfast & Food & Wine Snacking for Lunch F&W Festival Special Event - Tequila Tasting at La Cava del Tequila F&W Signature Dinner at Bluezoo October 17th: Happy Birthday to me!!!  Birthday Breakfast - Yacht & Beach Club Private Dining Moet & Chandon Champagne Seminar Random Food & Wine Snacking F&W Festival Special Event: Tutto Italia Food & Wine Pairing Dinner at Flying Fish Birthday DISmeet at the Beach Club, Part I Birthday DISmeet at the Beach Club, Part II Bendy cuts the cake (rather than the cheese!) - video supplied by TheDISneyFamily October 18th: Freezing Cold F&W Snacking Moonstruck Chocolate Culinary Demo Victoria & Albert's, Part I Victoria & Albert's, Part II October 19th: Breakfast at the Kona Casey's Corner at the MK F&W Culinary Demo - The Wave Dinner at Il Mulino - A New & Tasty Dining Experience for Jay & Bendy! Late Night Drinks at the Crew's Cup Lounge October 20th: World Showcase Alcoholic Domination, Take II F&W Snacking & Remy Martin Cognac Seminar Ditch Day Afternoon, Part I Ditch Day Afternoon, Part II Yorkshire Fish & Chips and F&W Snacking ESPN Club October 21st: A Whole Lotta F&W Snacking Raglan Road Paradiso 37 October 22nd: Boma, F&W Snacking, and a Chopin Vodka Seminar California Grill October 23rd: Cape May Character Breakfast & Final F&W Booth Snackeroos Eating Everything in Sight at Bluezoo ***Guest X and Guest Y depart today*** All Good Things Must End ... Canceled ADRs breakfast at Fresh *new* -- CANCELED  breakfast at The Wave *new* -- CANCELED lunch at Chefs de France -- SKIPPED IT  dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse *new* -- CANCELED lunch at Hollywood Brown Derby *new* -- CANCELED  wine seminar 3:45PM (Le Crema winery) -- TOOK A NAP  culinary seminar 4:30PM (GF Bakery) -- TOOK A NAP lunch at Yak & Yeti *new* -- CANCELED lunch at Coral Reef *new* -- CANCELED  DISmeet at the squishee stand in France - CANCELED dinner at Jiko -- CANCELED  Stay tuned for more updates, ramblings, and plans! Thanks for reading!
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08-12-2009, 11:15 PM
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Wooooo! A Bendy food trippie!!!
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08-12-2009, 11:18 PM
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Whoa, I spotted a title! Nice work!
Did you nickname your nephew and niece-in-law based on chromosomes? If so, I nominate Guest Y as your nephew, since he's got the Y chromosome. I figured I'd be doing the main noshing around World Showcase on October 14th, with additional noshing perhaps on the 15th, but not too much due to the Flying Fish dinner later that night. I'm thinking I'd get to see you guys for some imbibing somehow on either Wednesday or Thursday, pending you turn on your cell phone so I can at least text message you. I'm a bit jealous of the extended days, as I leave on October 19th. Everything looks wonderful.
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And although I forgot to put it in the first post, I've got Yorkshire Fish & Chips penciled on my ADR calendar. Jay and I are such piggies I figure we can meet you guys for a snack and still have dinner at Yachtsman (it's a late ADR - 8:30PM).Quote:
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And I was thinking that we should meet up as soon as Jay and I leave Coral Reef. In the words of Mr. Burns "I owe you a squishee." And actually ... if it's too crazy at Coral Reef when we get there we're just going to dump it and dine around the showcase. A friend of mine from work dined at Coral Reef last month on her trip and said they had to wait an hour for their table even with an ADR. In her words the place was a zoo. I couldn't help myself ... I had to question her on one thing ... "I thought it was an aquarium?" I'm very excited about our overall dining plans ... since we won't be back next year Jay and I wanted to go out with a bang. We just have to be careful that we don't explode like Mr. Creosote at the end of this trip.
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Hurray! A new Bendy food porn report!
You have some really interesting food plans - can't wait to hear all about it! We have finally booked to go back to WDW - in August 2010! It's less than a year now!We've already pretty much decided where we want to eat so I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say about those places!We are in Disneyland Paris in October to tide us over - so I'll devour your food review when I get back! Bring on the juicy details! 
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YES!!!! Another Bendy Trippie to make me laugh until I ache.
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Wow, that's quite a line-up! You know I'm in for the ride and look forward to hearing about all the new places you haven't tried.
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Woo, another Brenda and Jay dining review. I'm sorry that we will be there before you and miss meeting you. I would have loved going to your birthday DISmeet.
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 This should be awesome, what a great line-up! I'm so looking forward to meeting y'all!!!!!!!
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I can't wait! Hearing about your adventures will be a good cure to my post Disney blahs. Love that you have "start new diet" in your itinerary!
What fun b-day plans you have!!
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 I made it! You two are eating at some of our favorite spots, Brenda.
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