holcomb-mania
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Looking back, it seems like we did little more than eat on our trip. Boma was hands-down the best experience. The day before was our anniversary...AND WE BOTH COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT! I guess we were immersed in that Disney magic or something and didn't realize it until DW's mom reminded her on the phone Wed night. Well, Boma more than made up for it.
We first explored AKL, and we'll definitely stay here on our next trip. Dropped the kids off at Simba's (they needed a break from us as much as we needed one from them), and went to the Victoria Falls lounge. I had two Tusker Lagers, which were great and came in about a 16oz bottle, I believe. DW had some type of wine. They had a Louis XIII brandy or cognac which cost $160. FOR ONE OUNCE!
Checked in at the desk and got seated within 5 min. Our server, Allison, was great. While DW was at the food, I tracked her down, told her the anniversary situation and asked if she could do anything. She said she'd take care of it.
The food was great. We really enjoyed the different offerings and sampled almost everything. Nothing really African jumped out at us. The potato and bacon soup was great, the seafood gumbo pretty good. Nut-crusted salmon was excellent, the chicken was really good, as was the prime rib. The Boma mustard sauce for the prime rib was great. Bobotie was good, but a little too sweet for me. I'm not a raisin person. Liked the potatoes with Afri-tude, but did NOT like the pap. It was like grits, with the consistency of Play-doh. Also didn't like the lamb-stew dish, some word that ended in -ptle or something. Zebra domes were good, but the chocolate mousse bites were better.
Allison was true to her word. She brought out a round cooking stone of truffles, fruit and cookies. Little Mickeys and a treble clef design was drawn (painted?) on with chocolate, as was "Happy Anniversary."
Excellent experience. We will most assuredly go back.
We first explored AKL, and we'll definitely stay here on our next trip. Dropped the kids off at Simba's (they needed a break from us as much as we needed one from them), and went to the Victoria Falls lounge. I had two Tusker Lagers, which were great and came in about a 16oz bottle, I believe. DW had some type of wine. They had a Louis XIII brandy or cognac which cost $160. FOR ONE OUNCE!
Checked in at the desk and got seated within 5 min. Our server, Allison, was great. While DW was at the food, I tracked her down, told her the anniversary situation and asked if she could do anything. She said she'd take care of it.
The food was great. We really enjoyed the different offerings and sampled almost everything. Nothing really African jumped out at us. The potato and bacon soup was great, the seafood gumbo pretty good. Nut-crusted salmon was excellent, the chicken was really good, as was the prime rib. The Boma mustard sauce for the prime rib was great. Bobotie was good, but a little too sweet for me. I'm not a raisin person. Liked the potatoes with Afri-tude, but did NOT like the pap. It was like grits, with the consistency of Play-doh. Also didn't like the lamb-stew dish, some word that ended in -ptle or something. Zebra domes were good, but the chocolate mousse bites were better.
Allison was true to her word. She brought out a round cooking stone of truffles, fruit and cookies. Little Mickeys and a treble clef design was drawn (painted?) on with chocolate, as was "Happy Anniversary."
Excellent experience. We will most assuredly go back.
