A Fly on the Wall Meal Review: How we ate in WDW on the QSDP *YORKSHIRE FISH SHOP*
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I think we sat in the same booth as you when we went to Tangierine Cafe a couple of weeks ago!
I agree, it is nice to sit there. We could see Mo'Rockin' and the belly dancer from where we were!
I agree, it is nice to sit there. We could see Mo'Rockin' and the belly dancer from where we were!
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I think these are some of the best reviews I have ever read. I rarely eat at counter service meals, just one here or there in a pinch. You have turned me around in my way of thinking and eating while at WDW. You have really found the best of the CS meals and showcased them. There are healthy and tasty options at CS venues, and I never really took the time to think about them.
I think I might save some $$$ next trip with your tips and reviews.
I think I might save some $$$ next trip with your tips and reviews.
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When were in Germany.
Well. We were in the German pavillion in EPCOT in WDW...
The Germany pavillion is one that we have never really explored. We had just finished exploring it thoroughly doing the Kim Possible mission in Germany. We love these, btw. NO spoilers, don't worry. EXCEPT for the fact that pretzels figured prominantly in the storyline.
And pretzels were walking around Germany like turkey legs had been walking around Frontierland and Liberty Square.
And not only pretzels, but BEER. Think Homer, mmmmmmmmmm, beeeeeeeeeer. DH and I do enjoy a good brew. Microbrews especially. Foriegn beers. Well. European beers more than any other foreign region.
It had only been about an hour and a half since our lunch. DS asked for a pretzel. Makes sense. He didn't any side dishes with lunch, just the protein and the bread. He would be hungry. DH and I were thinking that sitting some more and drinking a beer in Germany sounded like the best idea EVER. You really do walk a lot at EPCOT.
So we headed into the hole in the wall that is known as Sommerfest, the CS dining location in Germany. It literally is a hole in the wall of the deepest wall in the German Pavillion.
The interior however, is a completely different story. The interior is another one of the marvelous Disney staging of an indoor area that is designed to make you feel like you are still outside. But I didn't pay much attention yet, I was fixated on getting our snack so we could sit again. LOL.
Order at this comparitively small counter. You will receive a receipt for your order. Proceed to the window behind the counter to pick up your order.
The pretzels were over $4.00, but were still considered to be a snack credit. The difference between beer in a throw away plastic cup and beer in a plastic souvenir mug was about $4.00. I like useful souvenirs. This seemed like an inexpensive, useful memory triggering souvenir. Plus, I liked the fact that I could be drinking my brew from a mug with a handle. We spent 1 snack credit and $22.50 OOP for two beers in souvenir mugs.
It wasn't difficult to find an available table. We sat and enjoyed the area and each other.
Again, I didn't take ANY of these pictures in this post. I was too caught up in the moment to want to break the rhythm with picture taking. But again, I found pictures to illustrate.
The pretzel from Sommerfest has to be the BEST pretzel I have ever had a taste of. And I only got a taste, DH too, because DS was hoarding it, because it was THAT GOOD. I think you have to like bread products, but seriously folks...First, it's a warm pretzel. The outside was a crust that was somehow SOFT. It looks dark and hard, but it isn't. And the inside is a not too airy, not too dense, not too chewy piece of perfection. I'm an amateur cook, but enthusiastic, and the first thing that popped into my head when I had a bite was that the dough had a lot of eggs in it to get that kind of flavor and texture. It wasn't sweet, but it was just enough on that end of the spectrum that the big salt on the outside was the perfect balance to the dough.
And did I mention how BIG it was?
It's funny that I found this picture, because I think there was a display of pretzels at the counter and DS commented on the faces on the pretzels. Sipping my beer, I realized I didn't get any water. So I headed back up to the non-line and ordered an ice water. I got a receipt for free ice water. Took my receipt to the window and was given the biggest size cup full of ice water.
There were only two beer choices. Both were German. One was pale, one was amber. I don't recall the names. DH and I both got the amber one. It was lovely to sit with my family on that hot day, sipping a super tasty beer, watching my son thoroughly delight in his snack and admire Disney imagination. The murals on all the walls. The building exterior accents. The outdoor style lighting. The patio like flooring. The super high ceiling. It was really quite pleasant in this little corner of the World. And as I recall, I think they might have even been pumping the air conditioning in here:
As I was looking online for pictures to add to this posting, I found this one for the city of Munich, Germany on an April 2009 Travel Blog listing of the most livable cities in the world:
How cool is that?
Well. We were in the German pavillion in EPCOT in WDW...
The Germany pavillion is one that we have never really explored. We had just finished exploring it thoroughly doing the Kim Possible mission in Germany. We love these, btw. NO spoilers, don't worry. EXCEPT for the fact that pretzels figured prominantly in the storyline.
And pretzels were walking around Germany like turkey legs had been walking around Frontierland and Liberty Square.
And not only pretzels, but BEER. Think Homer, mmmmmmmmmm, beeeeeeeeeer. DH and I do enjoy a good brew. Microbrews especially. Foriegn beers. Well. European beers more than any other foreign region.
It had only been about an hour and a half since our lunch. DS asked for a pretzel. Makes sense. He didn't any side dishes with lunch, just the protein and the bread. He would be hungry. DH and I were thinking that sitting some more and drinking a beer in Germany sounded like the best idea EVER. You really do walk a lot at EPCOT.
So we headed into the hole in the wall that is known as Sommerfest, the CS dining location in Germany. It literally is a hole in the wall of the deepest wall in the German Pavillion.
The interior however, is a completely different story. The interior is another one of the marvelous Disney staging of an indoor area that is designed to make you feel like you are still outside. But I didn't pay much attention yet, I was fixated on getting our snack so we could sit again. LOL.
Order at this comparitively small counter. You will receive a receipt for your order. Proceed to the window behind the counter to pick up your order.
The pretzels were over $4.00, but were still considered to be a snack credit. The difference between beer in a throw away plastic cup and beer in a plastic souvenir mug was about $4.00. I like useful souvenirs. This seemed like an inexpensive, useful memory triggering souvenir. Plus, I liked the fact that I could be drinking my brew from a mug with a handle. We spent 1 snack credit and $22.50 OOP for two beers in souvenir mugs.
It wasn't difficult to find an available table. We sat and enjoyed the area and each other.
Again, I didn't take ANY of these pictures in this post. I was too caught up in the moment to want to break the rhythm with picture taking. But again, I found pictures to illustrate.
The pretzel from Sommerfest has to be the BEST pretzel I have ever had a taste of. And I only got a taste, DH too, because DS was hoarding it, because it was THAT GOOD. I think you have to like bread products, but seriously folks...First, it's a warm pretzel. The outside was a crust that was somehow SOFT. It looks dark and hard, but it isn't. And the inside is a not too airy, not too dense, not too chewy piece of perfection. I'm an amateur cook, but enthusiastic, and the first thing that popped into my head when I had a bite was that the dough had a lot of eggs in it to get that kind of flavor and texture. It wasn't sweet, but it was just enough on that end of the spectrum that the big salt on the outside was the perfect balance to the dough.
And did I mention how BIG it was?
It's funny that I found this picture, because I think there was a display of pretzels at the counter and DS commented on the faces on the pretzels. Sipping my beer, I realized I didn't get any water. So I headed back up to the non-line and ordered an ice water. I got a receipt for free ice water. Took my receipt to the window and was given the biggest size cup full of ice water.
There were only two beer choices. Both were German. One was pale, one was amber. I don't recall the names. DH and I both got the amber one. It was lovely to sit with my family on that hot day, sipping a super tasty beer, watching my son thoroughly delight in his snack and admire Disney imagination. The murals on all the walls. The building exterior accents. The outdoor style lighting. The patio like flooring. The super high ceiling. It was really quite pleasant in this little corner of the World. And as I recall, I think they might have even been pumping the air conditioning in here:
As I was looking online for pictures to add to this posting, I found this one for the city of Munich, Germany on an April 2009 Travel Blog listing of the most livable cities in the world:
How cool is that?
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We usually arrange to eat at Tangierine when Morrockin (sp) and the belly dancer are scheduled. Free entertainment is always welcome.
I am thinking I will try the meatball platter next time. Looks sort of interesting. I figure why eat something that you can have at home when you are traveling.
I love baklava. They sell trays of it here at Christmas time and I have to pry myself away from them. I could eat them ALL and I do not care for sweets as a rule. Think the nuts/protein would cancel out all that sweet? Me neither.
You reviews give such a great overview of the exterior, interior, seating as well as the food. Thank you for all your extremely hard work. I have never completed a TR in my life and am not apt to.
Slightly Goofy
Free entertainment IS always welcome. Planning such a meal is a great idea. Not too jump ahead, but our Epcot wanderings took us past Off Kilter later that evening and I was thinking much the same thing, thinking that it would be great to have some food and sit and watch these guys. But the timing was off...
Thanks for the complement. I appreciate it.
Thank YOU. I try. It's such a fun way to relive the vacation.
And again, this would be something to plan for. Like dinner theater.
That booth is lovely. I was scoping out the diners as we walk through that room, figuring out who looked like they were about to leave. As soon as the people there started packing up their strollers, I urged DH and DS to go snag it!
DS was actually able to lay down for a bit while I was getting the food. You forget how much walking/standing is involved at EPCOT, but it is part of the fun of the park.Thank you so much. I admit that we hadn't eaten at many CS before this trip either. But you do what you have to do. It's what fit the budget. I have to say that I LOVED the flexibility of eating in the CS locations. And Disney really does pay attention to detail and the CS locations can be just as themed as the TS ones. I think it's all about mindset and research.
Glad to read that my review was so helpful.
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Really enjoying your report (as well as the other two!). It's really interesting to see choices made on a whole QSP trip.
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It was a couple hours and a couple countries later. About 6 o'clock. We had made our way around the showcase to Norway.
We ate at Akershus on our last trip. Among all the other food offerings that we enjoyed, we REALLY enjoyed school bread on the family dessert service. The plan all day was to get some school bread from the Kringla, the Norway bakeri and CS dining location whenever we were in the vicinity.
Kringla is such a cute little place. It really is a little street side bakery. It's standing room only inside with brightly lit, under glass displays of delightful looking pastries that make decision making an absolute pleasure and lament over lack of available stomach capacity. LOL.
Ultimately, we bought a school bread and a cloudberry horn with 2 snack credits. We also got 3 medium ice waters. We took our tray to the outdoor patio area. Our particular seat had a very poor view of the "street." We were quite sheltered between the Kringla building and another building, which I think is the church like one with the displays of the Vikings. I think that you could sit so that you could view the walkway, but this wasn't my experience.
The view of the church from the patio:
Like most outside patios, it was very easy to have a conversation. There were some other people eating more substantial food, including the meals from Kringla and some Mexican food, which confused me because I thought the Mexican CS location was closed for refurb.
Again, we were so happy to sit for a while. The school bread was as awesome as we remembered. I feel obligated to say that I never had the "old recipe" school bread, or however it was prepared before it changed to it's current offering. I only mention this because I have been around long enough to know about how so many Dis-ers were upset that their beloved school bread had been messed with. I am blissfully unaware of any but what has been offered in the past couple of years. And I LOVE it.
School bread is a pastry lovers delight. It's a sweet bread roll, filled with vanilla cream, glazed with a powdered sugar glaze which is rolled in shredded coconut (so it sticks to the roll)with an additional dollop of the cream filling on top. It's an amazing play of texture on texture. It melts in your mouth. You don't really have to chew it much. It's so wonderful. And let me tell you, at $1.99 (which was the posted price which allears confirms my memory), it's a STEAL of a snack for an OOP expense.
The Cloudberry Horn was very pretty. The crust was a light, pastry that had a similar flavor to those kind of cookies that come in the tins at Christmas? The ones that are sugar cookies in all different shapes and sizes. And there's always the one with the raw sugar on top, shaped like a circle with ridges? Except that it was definitely pastry. But it totally reminded me of that. And it was filled thoroughly with the cream. It was fun to experiment, and try something new, but it didn't compare to the school bread. I was surprised that it was more expensive than the school bread, it was over $3.00.
Eating school bread was like a mission. It was part of our MUST DO at Epcot, so even though it was so close to dinner time, we didn't even think twice about eating it. Didn't think about what time it was really, until we were actually sitting on the patio, eating our long anticipated snack, and discussing what we would like to do with the rest of our evening.
We ate at Akershus on our last trip. Among all the other food offerings that we enjoyed, we REALLY enjoyed school bread on the family dessert service. The plan all day was to get some school bread from the Kringla, the Norway bakeri and CS dining location whenever we were in the vicinity.
Kringla is such a cute little place. It really is a little street side bakery. It's standing room only inside with brightly lit, under glass displays of delightful looking pastries that make decision making an absolute pleasure and lament over lack of available stomach capacity. LOL.
Ultimately, we bought a school bread and a cloudberry horn with 2 snack credits. We also got 3 medium ice waters. We took our tray to the outdoor patio area. Our particular seat had a very poor view of the "street." We were quite sheltered between the Kringla building and another building, which I think is the church like one with the displays of the Vikings. I think that you could sit so that you could view the walkway, but this wasn't my experience.
The view of the church from the patio:
Like most outside patios, it was very easy to have a conversation. There were some other people eating more substantial food, including the meals from Kringla and some Mexican food, which confused me because I thought the Mexican CS location was closed for refurb.
Again, we were so happy to sit for a while. The school bread was as awesome as we remembered. I feel obligated to say that I never had the "old recipe" school bread, or however it was prepared before it changed to it's current offering. I only mention this because I have been around long enough to know about how so many Dis-ers were upset that their beloved school bread had been messed with. I am blissfully unaware of any but what has been offered in the past couple of years. And I LOVE it.
School bread is a pastry lovers delight. It's a sweet bread roll, filled with vanilla cream, glazed with a powdered sugar glaze which is rolled in shredded coconut (so it sticks to the roll)with an additional dollop of the cream filling on top. It's an amazing play of texture on texture. It melts in your mouth. You don't really have to chew it much. It's so wonderful. And let me tell you, at $1.99 (which was the posted price which allears confirms my memory), it's a STEAL of a snack for an OOP expense.
The Cloudberry Horn was very pretty. The crust was a light, pastry that had a similar flavor to those kind of cookies that come in the tins at Christmas? The ones that are sugar cookies in all different shapes and sizes. And there's always the one with the raw sugar on top, shaped like a circle with ridges? Except that it was definitely pastry. But it totally reminded me of that. And it was filled thoroughly with the cream. It was fun to experiment, and try something new, but it didn't compare to the school bread. I was surprised that it was more expensive than the school bread, it was over $3.00.
Eating school bread was like a mission. It was part of our MUST DO at Epcot, so even though it was so close to dinner time, we didn't even think twice about eating it. Didn't think about what time it was really, until we were actually sitting on the patio, eating our long anticipated snack, and discussing what we would like to do with the rest of our evening.
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We are major fans of the live entertainment at the WS and plan entire days around it. China acrobats, Mexico band, Norway band, England Invasion, Canada Off Kilter, Morocco band and dancer etc. We plan our meals around the entertainment, grabbing ONE meal here and ONE there. Twice the food sensations.
I do believe that, single handedly, you have converted a whole slew of DISers to the QSDP.
While I was already a fan I have enjoyed seeing all my favorite spots verified as good choices.
Just not the School Bread. Not a fan, before or after. I do not care for coconut so that might be it plus I feel cheated that anything so rich looking should be so barren in the middle.
The food at Kringla is something not to be missed either. You get extremely large and tasty sandwiches, soup, drink and a dessert of your choice. Rice Cream is my favorite.
Slightly Goofy
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I do believe that, single handedly, you have converted a whole slew of DISers to the QSDP.
While I was already a fan I have enjoyed seeing all my favorite spots verified as good choices.
Just not the School Bread. Not a fan, before or after. I do not care for coconut so that might be it plus I feel cheated that anything so rich looking should be so barren in the middle.
The food at Kringla is something not to be missed either. You get extremely large and tasty sandwiches, soup, drink and a dessert of your choice. Rice Cream is my favorite.
Slightly Goofy
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Thank you! (And for the other two as well
) There have been so few reports about the QSDP, I wanted to contribute. Glad it is interesting.The DDP we did was back when appetizers were included (and we got upgraded to Club Level) and then we did the DxDDP, so yes, we have always been too full to really have fun with snacks. We did pretty good this time using snacks and having fun with that, which is something that I was really looking forward to with this trip. The school bread is good, but as SlightlyGoofy posts, it's not for everyone. But my family LOVES it. (I'm half Norweigian too, so maybe this influences?
)We are major fans of the live entertainment at the WS and plan entire days around it. China acrobats, Mexico band, Norway band, England Invasion, Canada Off Kilter, Morocco band and dancer etc. We plan our meals around the entertainment, grabbing ONE meal here and ONE there. Twice the food sensations.
I do believe that, single handedly, you have converted a whole slew of DISers to the QSDP.
While I was already a fan I have enjoyed seeing all my favorite spots verified as good choices.
Just not the School Bread. Not a fan, before or after. I do not care for coconut so that might be it plus I feel cheated that anything so rich looking should be so barren in the middle.
The food at Kringla is something not to be missed either. You get extremely large and tasty sandwiches, soup, drink and a dessert of your choice. Rice Cream is my favorite.
Slightly Goofy
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We are growing and expanding our touring style as DS gets older. He just started 4th grade and he's a highly intelligent, curious child; he can be a bit one track minded, and almost intense in his interest in things. Last year, when we toured Epcot, he was so excited for the Kim Possible missions, that we really were focused on those. If we caught any live entertainment and it caught his attention enough, we could be spared from mission duty to watch but otherwise, we were intent on saving the world.
THIS time, we did do two missions: Japan and Germany. But we were able to catch a bit of entertainment along the way. We saw the candy lady in Japan, WOW, she is AMAZING and the China acrobats. A bit of the drummers in Japan also. Oh and the colonial band that comes out in the USA Pavillion. We couldn't find seats for Off Kilter, but DS was interested. I'm thinking that we will be able to have more and more fun exploring WS. Always something to look forward to with another visit.
I don't know if I have converted anyone to the QSDP, but it's high praise indeed to read that. My family really enjoyed a new approach to our WDW vacation. Very laid back. Very in the moment. We never worried about a schedule. I wanted to share that with people.
I saw the food at Kringla while we were there, the entree like food. It looked very good. I definitely wouldn't mind eating there. The Rice Cream is good, if it's the same stuff that we were also served on our dessert plate at Akershus. Very yummy.
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Cant wait for school bread next weekend, I also love the cloudberry horn..
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Four hours had past since our breakfast. It was time for lunch.
I knew I wanted to eat in Morocco at the Tangierine Cafe. We had eaten here three years ago, and not since. I remembered really enjoying our meal. It was one of the few times that I had eaten lamb.
I recently read about the health benefits of lamb. Now we try to eat lamb several times a month. It's expensive, or I would eat it at least once week. Anyway, I knew that Tangierine Cafe would be one of the only CS locations that would serve lamb, and I was really in the mood for it.
The restaurant has two indoor rooms. Where the food is served, there are numerous tables and chairs. The food counter is huge. Under glass displays are wrapped plates showing you exactly what each item on the menu looks like. Order at the cashiers and pick up your order at the end of the counter.
We used two CS meal credits for sharing between the three of us. One Swarma Chicken and Lamb Platter and one Swarma Lamb Platter. Each was served a generous portion of swarma protein topped with a white sauce (think of a refreshing yogurt based type topping) and sliced (I think marinaded onions), a scoop of tabouleh, Tangierine couscous, and hummus, and Morrocan bread. I asked to substitute the flatbread for the roll on one of the platters. We got bottled waters for drinks and baklava for dessert.
When the food was served, it looked exactly like it looked two years ago and in most every other picture I've ever seen of this dish. I was so hungry, I didn't bother taking a new picture. Here's the one from two years ago:
Subbing flatbread for the roll was a good call. They gave us an entire flatbread, which helped for sharing purposes. It's a bread kind of like Naan, which my whole family loves. It helped to have something that you could use to eat the hummus. I'm used to putting hummus ON something (bread, pita chips, veggies), so I think it is rather strange to serve it this way. The tabouleh is a classic preparation, where the parsley is the star of the dish, you don't really notice the grain much at all. I can't remember exactly but I think the couscous has some dried fruit and chick peas in it. IIRC, the dressing has spicy (think cinnamon or other similar) flavor to it.
Let's talk about shawarma. I'm not an expert, but I did a bit of research, because I wondered if I could recreate the dish at home. The meat or chicken is supposed to marinade for several hours. The defining characteristic of shawarma is the unique method of cooking. It is cooked in a vertical cooker with the meat essentially in the form of a huge log with a metal skewer run through it; the skewer, and thus the meat, rotate in the cooker. The cooker is HOT. The meat cooks from the outside in. The vertical tower of meat does something special in the way the juices of the meat can be retained and have it basically self marinade as the juices run down the length of the log.
At Tangierine Cafe, you may or may not see the cookers. Like most CS, the various components of the various dishes are all along the prep counter. If the prep counter needs replenishing, you will get to see them slice the meat off of the tower in the cooker. This isn't the one from WDW, but here's the idea:
Like before, we really enjoyed our meal here. We did not sit in the main room. We sat in the room you would first enter from the "streetside" of Epcot. There are four, and only four, booths in this room. We sat in the exact same one we did three years ago. Here:
The chairs in the main dining room look really uncomfortable to me. Sitting in the booth was a nice break. Sit in a smaller room. Watch the people traffic go by. Feel like you are in a nice little conversation pit.
The baklava dessert is way too sweet for me. My men love it. I only had a bite or two.
This CS is rather expensive. It's an excellent use of at least one CS credit, just to try some seemingly authentic Moroccan cuisine. You can easily stretch CS credits here too, because the servings are HUGE.
Whenever the fancy strikes, we will definitely return to Morocco for good eats.
Thanks for this review. I would love to eat here but dh not so much. But we are doing Sunshine at least once for lunch or dinner. We are doing Epcot 2 days and have a TS OP meal at Garden Grill. But I'm alwasy willing to try something diffrent. Dh could eat a chesseburger every day and be fine.
I plan on doing some more QSDP reserach in the next 2 weeks and your review has been great.
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Several months ago, we were pursuing an opportunity for my DH to do a 2-year work assignment in England. The whole family was excited about the possibility. We are HUGE football (soccer) fans. The thought of seeing the Premier League in person was like 
. This was the one aspect of living in England that DS could relate to the most. There were many other exciting thoughts regarding the idea of living in England for two years.
But it didn't happen.
We chose our dinner spot, Yorkshire County Fish Shop, in honor of what almost was. DS was super excited to eat fish and chips, real ENGLISH food.
It crossed my mind too late. If we had been there earlier, we might have been able to snag a table in a place that would have been a prime viewing spot for Illuminations. As it was sometime after 7 o'clock, you could see other families and groups eating their dinners on both of the patios. There is one on the Fish Shop side here:
And another on the Rose and Crown side here:
Everyone appeared to be camping out and settled in. They had their food. Their adult beverages. They were sitting in a desireable spot and they knew it and they wouldn't be moving any time soon. Despite this, DH and DS stood in second place in a kind of line that was forming at one of the patios. I went off to see if there was any other seating to be had.
I snagged one of the tables in front of the Rose and Crown Pub. It was on the street. Had no view of the lake. But it was a table and chairs and would offer us a nice place to sit to eat our dinner. I called DH and prayed that he could hear his cell phone. I was sitting at one of the tables pictured here while he was around the corner of the Fish Shop toward the red and white umbrellas on the far end of the picture. LOL.
While DS and I sat and waited, DH hopped in the rather long line at Yorkshire County Fish Shop. He bought 3 meals. Each meal contained 2 rather good sized batter fried fish, very thickly sliced potato wedges, a package containing two small shortbread cookies, and a bottled water. This photo is not a bad rendition of what we had, though I'm wondering if the one fish isn't broken, since you can see the inside?
It took longer than expected because DH said that the shop had run out of fish and was finishing another batch. Such a sweetheart, DH took the one that they were able to serve and gave DS and I the hot ones. He probably should have given DS the cooler one. The hot ones were WAY too hot to really eat.
So I decided that we need BEER with our fish and chips and headed on over to the beer cart outside the Rose and Crown. Again, it was a marginal cost to get beer in a handy dandy souvenir mug instead of a plastic throw away. $3.25 more for the souvenir mug. Two Guiness in souvenir mugs. It wasn't a draft beer, it was the specialty draft cans that Guiness has. Still tasted AWESOME. OOP total of $22.00.
Back to the table with the beers, I was able to start eating my super hot fish. WOW. Very good fish. For fried fish, not overly greasy. I mean, come on, it's FRIED, you will get grease on your hands but the oil must have been hot (it didn't soak into the batter like it would have if it were too cold) and it was well-drained; the overall effect was to put a serious crisp batter. The resulting fish was tender and flaky and not dry at all while being thoroughly cooked through. The fish itself wasn't fishy, but was a very nice white fish. I assume it was cod, as that is the common fried fish. Forced to eat it slowly, because it was so hot, you realize that the fish was very filling. The serving was a good serving size.
There were condiments in typical fast food fashion (little packets) available at a self serve cart. DH had brought back tarter sauce, which I like, but I was thinking that it seemed to be masking the taste of the fish rather than enhancing it. I asked if there was any vinegar there. DH said there was. I knew malt vinegar was supposed to be another typical way to eat it, so I got some packets of it. WOW. I really liked the malt vinegar. It kicked up the taste of the fish nicely.
The chips were fine. They were meaty chips. I liked them, but I was getting full between the fish and the beer, so I don't remember if I finished them all. DS pronounced the fish a WINNER and gave a big thumbs up.
We had a nice spot to sit and people watch and eat our meal. It was in the day, so the heat was more tolerable. The sun was heading down and even though we weren't in the shade necessarily, we weren't really under a heat lamp either. It was unfortunate that we hadn't thought ahead a bit more to snag a table on the patio for watching Illuminations. Ah well. We relaxed for a bit and went off in search of a good viewing spot with some time to spare.
I can easily see why an ADR at the Rose & Crown, hopefully timed so that you can watch Illuminations, hopefully on the patio, would be in high demand. The patio at the Rose & Crown is on the backside of the building between the patios pictured above. It would make for a wonderful spot to view the fireworks show.
For the CS diner, you would probably need to stake out a claim on a patio table BEFORE 7 o'clock in order to get the same experience. When I had gotten up to get our beer, I saw that there was one table available on that patio, but it had no chairs. Larger parties had commandeered chairs from nearby tables, leaving the one table chairless and empty. I noticed that another couple was sitting "at" the table next to that one, sitting on the concrete wall by the table. I honestly contemplated carrying the chairs from where we were sitting in front of the building to the patio, but decided that course of action was just too much.
A word of warning though...you could see that some people HADN'T looked for a table before ordering their food. These were the rather irritable people that were making loud remarks regarding the rights of the other park guests to be camped out on the tables clearly designed for use by the diners of the Fish Shop. I didn't think like that. My thoughts were more along the lines of wondering if there were any green Mickey heads on anyone's bags on the patio.
The Fish Shop was great. It's not a healthy meal. But what it is is really yummy. We enjoyed it and hoped that we were having something fairly authentic. I can tell you that it beat the fish served at Long John Silver's by a LONG shot. I would easily eat here again.
. This was the one aspect of living in England that DS could relate to the most. There were many other exciting thoughts regarding the idea of living in England for two years. But it didn't happen.
We chose our dinner spot, Yorkshire County Fish Shop, in honor of what almost was. DS was super excited to eat fish and chips, real ENGLISH food.
It crossed my mind too late. If we had been there earlier, we might have been able to snag a table in a place that would have been a prime viewing spot for Illuminations. As it was sometime after 7 o'clock, you could see other families and groups eating their dinners on both of the patios. There is one on the Fish Shop side here:
And another on the Rose and Crown side here:
Everyone appeared to be camping out and settled in. They had their food. Their adult beverages. They were sitting in a desireable spot and they knew it and they wouldn't be moving any time soon. Despite this, DH and DS stood in second place in a kind of line that was forming at one of the patios. I went off to see if there was any other seating to be had.
I snagged one of the tables in front of the Rose and Crown Pub. It was on the street. Had no view of the lake. But it was a table and chairs and would offer us a nice place to sit to eat our dinner. I called DH and prayed that he could hear his cell phone. I was sitting at one of the tables pictured here while he was around the corner of the Fish Shop toward the red and white umbrellas on the far end of the picture. LOL.
While DS and I sat and waited, DH hopped in the rather long line at Yorkshire County Fish Shop. He bought 3 meals. Each meal contained 2 rather good sized batter fried fish, very thickly sliced potato wedges, a package containing two small shortbread cookies, and a bottled water. This photo is not a bad rendition of what we had, though I'm wondering if the one fish isn't broken, since you can see the inside?
It took longer than expected because DH said that the shop had run out of fish and was finishing another batch. Such a sweetheart, DH took the one that they were able to serve and gave DS and I the hot ones. He probably should have given DS the cooler one. The hot ones were WAY too hot to really eat.
So I decided that we need BEER with our fish and chips and headed on over to the beer cart outside the Rose and Crown. Again, it was a marginal cost to get beer in a handy dandy souvenir mug instead of a plastic throw away. $3.25 more for the souvenir mug. Two Guiness in souvenir mugs. It wasn't a draft beer, it was the specialty draft cans that Guiness has. Still tasted AWESOME. OOP total of $22.00.
Back to the table with the beers, I was able to start eating my super hot fish. WOW. Very good fish. For fried fish, not overly greasy. I mean, come on, it's FRIED, you will get grease on your hands but the oil must have been hot (it didn't soak into the batter like it would have if it were too cold) and it was well-drained; the overall effect was to put a serious crisp batter. The resulting fish was tender and flaky and not dry at all while being thoroughly cooked through. The fish itself wasn't fishy, but was a very nice white fish. I assume it was cod, as that is the common fried fish. Forced to eat it slowly, because it was so hot, you realize that the fish was very filling. The serving was a good serving size.
There were condiments in typical fast food fashion (little packets) available at a self serve cart. DH had brought back tarter sauce, which I like, but I was thinking that it seemed to be masking the taste of the fish rather than enhancing it. I asked if there was any vinegar there. DH said there was. I knew malt vinegar was supposed to be another typical way to eat it, so I got some packets of it. WOW. I really liked the malt vinegar. It kicked up the taste of the fish nicely.
The chips were fine. They were meaty chips. I liked them, but I was getting full between the fish and the beer, so I don't remember if I finished them all. DS pronounced the fish a WINNER and gave a big thumbs up.
We had a nice spot to sit and people watch and eat our meal. It was in the day, so the heat was more tolerable. The sun was heading down and even though we weren't in the shade necessarily, we weren't really under a heat lamp either. It was unfortunate that we hadn't thought ahead a bit more to snag a table on the patio for watching Illuminations. Ah well. We relaxed for a bit and went off in search of a good viewing spot with some time to spare.
I can easily see why an ADR at the Rose & Crown, hopefully timed so that you can watch Illuminations, hopefully on the patio, would be in high demand. The patio at the Rose & Crown is on the backside of the building between the patios pictured above. It would make for a wonderful spot to view the fireworks show.
For the CS diner, you would probably need to stake out a claim on a patio table BEFORE 7 o'clock in order to get the same experience. When I had gotten up to get our beer, I saw that there was one table available on that patio, but it had no chairs. Larger parties had commandeered chairs from nearby tables, leaving the one table chairless and empty. I noticed that another couple was sitting "at" the table next to that one, sitting on the concrete wall by the table. I honestly contemplated carrying the chairs from where we were sitting in front of the building to the patio, but decided that course of action was just too much.
A word of warning though...you could see that some people HADN'T looked for a table before ordering their food. These were the rather irritable people that were making loud remarks regarding the rights of the other park guests to be camped out on the tables clearly designed for use by the diners of the Fish Shop. I didn't think like that. My thoughts were more along the lines of wondering if there were any green Mickey heads on anyone's bags on the patio.
The Fish Shop was great. It's not a healthy meal. But what it is is really yummy. We enjoyed it and hoped that we were having something fairly authentic. I can tell you that it beat the fish served at Long John Silver's by a LONG shot. I would easily eat here again.
SlightlyGoofy
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We get our Fish and Chips before settling in to see Off Kilter but I like your idea of maybe staking out a table to see Illuminations. We used to do this at the Mexican CS place as many others did and now they have changed it to a TS so that is no longer possible.
I always feel compelled to order lots of food and drink when sitting somewhere to see parades and such but can feel the frustration of the folks who got their food first and there were no tables to be had. I often share a table and chairs with others since there are only two of us.
I had thought that the shortbread cookies were a joke the first time I ate there but they are absolutely delicious and something different. Gotta be vinegar on my fish as well.
My lifetime dream has always been to go to England and is not likely to happen so I subscribe to British Heritage magazine and thus assuage my desire. Maybe you will get another chance?
Slightly Goofy
I always feel compelled to order lots of food and drink when sitting somewhere to see parades and such but can feel the frustration of the folks who got their food first and there were no tables to be had. I often share a table and chairs with others since there are only two of us.
I had thought that the shortbread cookies were a joke the first time I ate there but they are absolutely delicious and something different. Gotta be vinegar on my fish as well.
My lifetime dream has always been to go to England and is not likely to happen so I subscribe to British Heritage magazine and thus assuage my desire. Maybe you will get another chance?
Slightly Goofy
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If only Kringla delivered...
Thanks for this review. I would love to eat here but dh not so much. But we are doing Sunshine at least once for lunch or dinner. We are doing Epcot 2 days and have a TS OP meal at Garden Grill. But I'm alwasy willing to try something diffrent. Dh could eat a chesseburger every day and be fine.
Glad I could help. We have also eaten at the CS in Japan (reviewed in my August 2007 report). The food may or may not be dated, but I also gave commentary on the interior and exterior and what the restaurant itself was like, if you are interested. Have fun with the CS options in Epcot, there's a lot of good ones.
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Eating and watching Off Kilter would be really nice too. This meal would be fine lap food. We saw them playing on the way to dinner. There was no more seating to be had though. We stood and watched for a while, but we were getting hot in the sun and needed to sit.
Go for the patio on the Rose and Crown side. That one seemed to be more set up for the Pub. There were fewer "eaters" over there. Several people that had gotten a drink from the Pub or from the beer cart outside and were just sitting there enjoying their drinks only. You will encounter fewer frustrated diners over there.
So will this be part of your May/June trip plan? (I was reading your dialog on the ASSp thread wishing that I could be planning another trip to WDW...)
I love shortbread. The cookies are tasty. And you gotta love the list of ingredients: flour, butter, sugar, salt. That's it. We saved DS's for later and I got to eat them after we had been home for several days. A nice little memory moment.
The trip to England is just a matter of time and money, but it has made the list. We looked up air fare and was very surprised. It didn't seem that bad. We're going to be saving for a trip there. WDW just made us want to go there more actually. My mother got to go with her lady friends (the Garden Club) to the Chelsea flower show. OH! She has such wonderful stories.
I'll have to check out that magazine. I wonder if our library has it...
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Just wanted to pop in and tell you how much I am enjoying your yummy report!! DS and I are big fans of the QSDP, and you have hit on some of our faves and some places/things we really want to try after reading your report so far.
Can't wait to read more!!
Can't wait to read more!!
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I'm enjoying your review very much. I just sat here and read straight through from the beginning! We are still trying to decide between the regular DP and the QSDP for November. It is nice to see that I wouldn't be stuck with burgers and nuggets all week if we go the quick service route.
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I am really enjoying your reviews and your pleasant writing style. I hope to read a few more before our next trip!
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