A bit before our ADR time, we decided to head over to Kidani Village to hang out and watch the animals.
We were enjoying the Floridian weather (not exactly warm, but far warmer than home by comparison!) far too much to stay inside for long.
I actually don't have any other pictures of the savannah beyond this one. Soon after we started hanging out and pointing out the
zebras and giraffes to each other, a CM came over and asked if we had any questions about the animals. We all started chatting about the animals, which then quickly led to us all talking for a good half hour about his experiences so far as a CM. I don't remember his name, but he's from South Africa, and was SO excited to be meeting so many different people from all over the world at Disney. We had a lot of fun talking to him, but we eventually had to go inside for our ADR. We all wished each other well, and walked over to Sanaa.
We waited for a few minutes, and then were seated at a table with these awesome lights overhead.
My mom got a Painted Lemur, which she declared delicious - both beautiful and tasty!
And I got a mango lassi (the guys probably just got sodas or water, no pictures of their beverages).
The lassi was not very lassi-like, it was very icy and more like a smoothie than the lassis I'm used to from Indian restaurants by home. Very light on the yogurt, and heavier on the ice.
We decided to start with the festival of breads, which was accompanied by Red Chili Sambal, Red Pepper Hummus, Coriander Chutney, Cucumber Raita, and Tamarind sauce.
All of the dips and the breads (some were crispier, and a few were flavored naans) were very good (the red chili sambal was a bit too spicy for my taste, but I loved the cucumber raita and the tamarind sauce), and we had absolutely no difficulty polishing off the assortment amongst the four of us.
For our entrees, we all went with the Slow Cooked in Gravy with different selections for the meats.
I had the Beef Short Ribs and the Paneer Tikka with Basmati Rice.
Like last time, I really enjoyed the short ribs. The paneer tikka was great, but very lemony in flavor, which wasn't bad, but a bit unexpected.
My dad had the Spicy Durban Chicken and the Spicy Durban Shrimp.
He really enjoyed this, said it was nice and spicy.
DF had the Lamb Vindaloo and the Spicy Durban Shrimp.
He thought that the shrimp was very good, and the lamb was very tender. He commented that the Spicy Durban sauce was spicier than the Vindaloo, which was different than what he normally encounters.
And my mom had the Paneer Tikka and the Spicy Durban Chicken.
She thought that this was delicious, and preferred the chicken to the paneer, saying that the paneer was a bit too mild for her taste.
Overall, we had a great meal at Sanaa (yes, we decided to skip dessert!
), and would definitely return in the future. The food is great and flavorful, and the atmosphere is one of our favorites.
I wanted to check out the gift shop in Jambo house before we headed back to the resort, so we started to walk over there when I saw a shuttle bus in front of Kidani Village. A family was getting in, all chatting about going to their Boma ADR. I thought I had remembered a shuttle bus going between the two buildings, so I asked if we could hop aboard as well. They said sure, and we hopped in, making our trip to Jambo House much easier (and warmer, it had gotten chilly by this point)
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We poked around the gift shop for a few minutes, and then decided to make our way back to Port Orleans. Knowing that we'd have to take another bus from whatever park we went to from AKL, we figured we'd just kept an eye out for the first one to arrive. My parents were staying at the Swan, and decided that they wanted to stroll through Epcot to get back.
A Hollywood Studios bus pulled up first, DF and I got aboard, waved goodbye to my parents, saying that we'd see them bright and early again the next morning for our planning session!
I've only ever had it ONCE. That needs to change.
But yours looks so good now I kinda want one.
here!
Isn't that always the way it goes?
Good for you...
