Peter Pirate 2
<font color=red>I may be a Disney curmudgeon but I
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2006
As many of you know it has been my opinion that FF was probably the lone signature to maintain their standards since the beginning of the free dining/DDP onslaught. Well, this is sadly no longer the case.
My daughter and I ate there on Monday and changes were noticable. First the menu no longer includes the 'Chef's Thunder', which was always the Chef's pick of the week from top to bottom. This is probably because they no longer have a head chef.
We sat at the kitchen bar and chatted with the only two members of the staff remaining that we know and watched the preperation. My main observation and reason for writing was the charred NY Strip. The receipe is still the same, the price is still the same but my oh my the size is not the same. Steak after steak came out and they were these thin pieces of strip steak totally unlike what we've become accustomed to...I guess you know where I'm going and what to blame for this...
My other comment is regarding the service. FF was well known for their friendly, knowledgable, professional staff. Well I recognized noone and while the service was still friendly it was totally uneven and choppy. I sat for over five minutes with an empty beer glass - Now this may seem very trivial to some but the fact is in the past this NEVER happened.
OK our food review.
I had the scallops over wild mushroom rissoto and it was very, very good although for some reason I wasn't raving as I usually do so something was amiss.
Daughter had the blue cheese, pumpkin ravioli and it too was very good but seemed better suited (taste and texture wise) to being an appitizer, IMO.
OK that's it. FF was the last Disney restaurant I was still visiting on a regular basis but due to the steak changes has probably fallen off the list. I'm going out Saturday night and will be hitting the Palm at Hardrock for the third time in three months. I'm not happy that my dining choices have fell to these celebrity type chains but they seem to be the best bet in Orlando at the moment.
Wake up Disney!
My daughter and I ate there on Monday and changes were noticable. First the menu no longer includes the 'Chef's Thunder', which was always the Chef's pick of the week from top to bottom. This is probably because they no longer have a head chef.
We sat at the kitchen bar and chatted with the only two members of the staff remaining that we know and watched the preperation. My main observation and reason for writing was the charred NY Strip. The receipe is still the same, the price is still the same but my oh my the size is not the same. Steak after steak came out and they were these thin pieces of strip steak totally unlike what we've become accustomed to...I guess you know where I'm going and what to blame for this...
My other comment is regarding the service. FF was well known for their friendly, knowledgable, professional staff. Well I recognized noone and while the service was still friendly it was totally uneven and choppy. I sat for over five minutes with an empty beer glass - Now this may seem very trivial to some but the fact is in the past this NEVER happened.
OK our food review.
I had the scallops over wild mushroom rissoto and it was very, very good although for some reason I wasn't raving as I usually do so something was amiss.
Daughter had the blue cheese, pumpkin ravioli and it too was very good but seemed better suited (taste and texture wise) to being an appitizer, IMO.
OK that's it. FF was the last Disney restaurant I was still visiting on a regular basis but due to the steak changes has probably fallen off the list. I'm going out Saturday night and will be hitting the Palm at Hardrock for the third time in three months. I'm not happy that my dining choices have fell to these celebrity type chains but they seem to be the best bet in Orlando at the moment.
Wake up Disney!