Continuing with Fall Festivities and Food with Figment...
On his last day of Deluxe Dining, Figment had lunch at
Tutto Italia. This was his first time to Tutto since it re-opened.
Bread Service - the meal started out with a nice bread service, which included a few olives.
Calamari Fritti - Figment really likes calamari and this was very good.
Prosciutto de Parma - Prosciutto is one of Figment's favorite things to eat so he had high hopes this dish was as good as the previous Prosciutto de Parma appetizer. The Prosciutto was very good. The "gnocco fritto" were basically fried triangles of dough...very light and airy, but not much to them.
For entrees, Figment tried the risotto and a pasta dish.
Lasagna alla Bolognese - Very rich, but very good.
Risotto al Frutti de Mare - a yummy seafood risotto.
Then it was on to dessert!
Raspberry Sorbet - a nice a light dessert as the heavy entrees. Slightly tart, but good.
Torta di Nocciole "Cortemilia" - it was interesting...Figment was sure if he liked it or not. It was sweet, but had a kind of odd consistency/texture.
Mocha Tiramisu - Figment knows he liked this dessert. Tiramisu...yum!
Figment had dinner that night at
Le Cellier, but those pictures were already posted.
The next morning Figment headed over to
Boma for breakfast. Boma is Figment's favorite breakfast spot...there are so many yummy things to choose from!
(Clockwise: Sausage, asparagus, cornbread hash, bobotie, muffin)
(Clockwise: Caramel sticky bun, muffin, asparagus, ham, bobotie, sausage)
Figment still isn't sure if he really likes quinoa, but he ate two bowls (again this trip), so he's becoming more sure that he likes it.
After a day at Animal Kingdom, it was time to head over to Downtown Disney for dinner at
Portobello. Figment had never been to Portobello before, but he had gone to the F&W demo with Tony Mantuano the previous year and really enjoyed the black linguine with shrimp dish that he demonstrated.
Calamari - the calamari and sauce were both very good.
Mozzarella Stuffed Rice Balls - this was their version of arancini. They were more like mini-torpedos than balls. Unlike the ones at VN, these weren't meant to be "popped" into Figment's mouth; these needed to be cut. They had good flavor, but Figment liked the ones at VN better.
Then it was onto the entrees. One was really good, one was not good. Figment will start with the good.
Linguine with Clams - this dish had lots of flavors and lots of clams (and lots of sauce, luckily).
Black Linguine with Florida Rock Shrimp - this was the dish that was demonstrated at F&W, but the dish served at the resturant didn't taste anything like the one at F&W. If it weren't for the fact the tomatoes and asparagus were also on the plate, Figment would have though they forgot to put the sauce on the pasta. The dish was very bland; it needed something (like garlic, some white wine, and a few more spices). Figment ended up using the left over sauce form the linguine with clams to give this dish some flavor.
So,while Portobello was one of Figment's new places for this trip, sadly it's not on the list of places to return to. I think if Figment lived near to WDW, eventually he'd go back to Portobello for a second time, but when he only has a limited number of dinners he is less likely to give something a second try if it wasn't very good the first time.
Next time on Fall Festivities and Food with Figment...Yak & Yeti, Katusra Grill, the Brown Derby and much more!