Sorry about the long "break", but work seems to keep me from my favourite pastime! But here is an update!
Aug 21 - dinner at The Wave
To begin with, we had read a few negative reviews of the restaurant and were not sure what to expect, but we were so pleasantly surprised!
After having some rest time at the resort we drove over to the Contemporary, valet parked the car and headed in to the restaurant. There was quite a line to check in and they ran out of beepers. So we were shown to one of the blue "lounges" to be called. We have a VERY German last name, so I was pitying the person who had to call us.
Reading through the drinks menu was a bit hard, since it was a blue menu, which with all the blue backdrop was a bit odd. We waited for quite some time and were shown to our table about 15 minutes past our reservation time. The restaurant itself has a very relaxing atmosphere and made us feel very comfortable. We had a super nice server and she took really good care of us.
We ordered our drinks, diet cokes and had another look at the menu while our server brought out the drinks and some slightly warm, very nice bread and butter with seasalt.
We then decided to again share a starter, the Lettuce Wraps - sauteed lamb and bay scallops with soy-rice wine vinegar sauce. Even though they were a bit messy to eat, they made up in how tasty they were. We have never had lettuce wraps before, but these were really good.
Next came the main courses. Tom had the Linguini - with Florida littleneck clams and rock shrimp with chunky tomato broth which he really loved. I tried a litte and they were really good. Very fresh tasting, pasta nicely cooked, very tasty broth
I had decided to try the Grilled Pork Tenderloin - with pineapple rice, wilted greens and black been sauce. The server told me that the pork is done slightly pink and that was a-okay with me. The meat was very juicy and melt in your mouth tender. The rice had just a hint of pineapple, just so you remembered it was there but not interfering with the whole dish. The wilted greens were actually carrots and some greens and the sauce was very tasty. I have to admit I liked this whole dish a lot.
I was so looking forward to the dessert trios they offer and when the server brought out the dessert menu I discovered that they actually offer quite nice tea and coffee selections for dessert. The Lavender infused Early Grey caught my eye. I MISS my strong black tea, so this was just up my street. The tea comes in a silk sachet and I have to admit the tea smelled and tasted so good - it could have been my dessert.
Tom chose an espresso and he was very pleased with it too. Nice taste, good crema!
Since we were on the DDP, and a free one as well, we could not pass up on the dessert. I went for the Creamy Indulgence - cheesecake with raspberry coulis, coconut panna cotta with passion fruit drizzle, chocolate passion fruit mousse with pecan-olive brittle. I wasn't too sure at first, but then LOVED all three mini desserts.
The cheesecake was light as a feather and had a very natural tasting coulis, slightly tart - yummy.
The coconut panna cotta had a faint coconut taste, again very light and not too sweet
Being a chocolate lover I was curious about the chocolate passion fruit mousse with pecan-olive brittle. Can you say gorgeous? Heaven!!! Even the pecan olive brittle I wasn't too sure about was so good!
Tom chose the Decadent Flavors - blueberry compote with yogurt gelato, lemon cornbread with vanilla panna cotta, chocolate mousse with salted caramel sauce. He liked his very much as well, but couldn't finish it, so I got to sample 2 more desserts.
I got a little taste of the blueberry compote with yogurt gelato, which was nice, but I am not a big fan of either blueberries or yoghurt ice-cream.
But I got half of the lemon cornbread with vanilla panna cotta. Not too lemony and the panna cotto just slightly sweet - very nice and complimenting each other.
Being a chocaholic the chocolate mousse with salted caramel sauce was my favourite! It was just plain yummy!
Since it was raining (again) when we left we decided to drive back to the resort instead of going to the MK and watch the fireworks.
Guess who was waiting for us when we returned to Oak Manor?
Yeah, you guessed it - Froggie was enjoying the wet weather waiting for us to come back "home".
To be continued ..............
Next up - ABC commissary, more treats from Goofy's candy co and dinner at Restaurant Marrakesh
