A signature dinner a day keeps the doctor away Dlxddp August 2010: upd FFish 10/10

[Schoolbread]

Holy fish! Just stumbled on your review. How delish! Enjoying very much.

 

[mossyflossy]

Wow - great updates

Flying Fish is on our reserve list for May but looking at these pics really makes me think we should try and fit it in

I will 100% be getting one of those Magic Cookie Bars from Wilderness Lodge

Hi Linda, thank you, we had two fabulous meals at FF, and have decided that it will be our adult's only meal in August...the menu there just suits us and what we like to eat.

That magic cookie bar is heavenly...suffering serious withdrawal...but the new caramel shop might give it a run for it's money from the pictures I've been seeing lately!

Just found your report for this year and enjoyed it immensely! Thank you for sharing!

My pleasure, Belle...seems such a long way away now, August 2011 cannot come soon enough!

Holy fish! Just stumbled on your review. How delish! Enjoying very much.

Glad you're enjoying Schoolbread...I like your user name!

I will try to finish this soon, plus I have a few of Universal (Margaritaville, Hard Rock Hotel etc) if anyone is interested?

 

[Kathy Z]

I have also come to the party late. Your review of Grand Floridian Cafe with pictures enticed me to see if I could make a late ADR change and I just did! We'll have lunch there 3 weeks from tomorrow.

 

[EvilQueenT]

welcome along everyone, so nice to see more of you saying hello!

So tonight's journey is:

Yachtsman’s Steakhouse, tweaked to Flying Fish

After our late lunch at Raglan Road and a Dibb meet at the Margarita Bar in DTD where a few margaritas were enjoyed, we headed back on the bus to the Yacht Club. On the way back I suggested to DH that we continue on to the Beach Club so that we could pick up our refill mugs and check out the menus for Yachtsman’s on the walk back.

So around 8pm we were walking back by YS (our reservation was for 9pm) and there were so many people hanging around outside and on the steps that we could hardly even get to the menu to view it. People were standing, sitting on the floor and the steps, and the atmosphere was somewhat tense with lots of people holding pagers and trying to speak to the people at the podium.

Anyhow, the long and short of it was that there was nothing really suitable for us on the menu as it had changed (we are not meat eaters) and I was not “feeling” this place at all. I said to DH “shall we change it?” and he happily agreed. We got back to the room and rang down to the concierge to say we were cancelling and instead got a reservation for 9.10pm at the Flying Fish, perfect.

So after a very quick freshen up and change, we caught the boat over and arrived just as the Epcot illuminations were going off.

This evening we were to meet the best server ever. His name was Bob, and he was simply brilliant. Witty and charming, and simply fantastic with the children. A+ to Bob:thumbs-up.

So some drinks first, a Magical Star cocktail for me (I wanted a glow cube!!!...when the kids were ummming and ahhing over it, Bob bought out a second glow cube free of charge so they could each have one...thanks Bob!). DH ordered the tropical frieze although this is listed as a seasonal martini on the bill.





So the chef came over for a quick chat, and he made me the tuna appetiser/sushi without shellfish oil, which was so very good. It’s a real treat for me to have sushi without fear of cross contamination, and I really enjoyed this dish.



DH went with the degustation of flying fish artisanal cheeses, which was 5 tasting portions that included brillat savarin, bellwether farms carmody, queso manchegro en acite de olive Rocinante, la yerbera and BelGioioso gorgonzola dolce. The accompaniements are raisins on the vine, spanish membrillo, honeycomb, peach, sweet onion and citrus compote "agrodolce".

We then both went with the signature potato wrapped snapper, served without veal glace, so the pot is a red wine sauce instead. This was heavenly: beautifully cooked snapper with a very thin layer of soft potato, then wrapped in a thin crispy pastry wrapper...yum.



We both had the sorbet for dessert...nice and light.



Looking at my receipt it appears that both girls ordered off the children’s menu so we paid OOP for their food.

They shared the fruit, then DD1 had the kid’s fish sticks and potatoes, whilst DD2 had the pasta with sauce on the side. They shared a Mickey’s puzzle too which we had wrapped “to go” as were full and very tired by now.









What a lovely introduction to a new signature restaurant to us!...so pleased we made the change...this was a real case of following your heart and of course, for us, a fish restaurant is always going to trump a steak restaurant as a venue to visit.

WE LOVE BOB TOO!!! He was our waiter dec 09 and along with a great meal he provided us with the best dining experience of our trip. Love him!

 

[Montegut]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm glad I happened upon it. We're doing the Deluxe Dining Plan, and I hope to make full use of it by visiting as many signature restaurants as possible. We live in New Orleans, but we never go to the "signature" restaurants here. We'll be celebrating our 30th at Disney, so we are really going to splurge!

Thanks for this great thread!

 

[meandthemouse]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay to upgrade to deluxe dining plan? I too have the free DDP and would love to upgrade if it isnt too much. Do you know if I can do it when I check in at my hotel since I booked through jetblue?

 

[halleous]

Just read all this in one go and now subscribing really good reviews although now i am starving haha x

 

[klmspotter]

Been reading love it can't wait to get back