Christmas Special Treats/Meals & Festive Food Reviews-What's Good, What's Not So Good

[Tinkaboo]

Thought I'd start a thread for holiday food reviews so they are easy to find for everyone.

I'm most interested in the petite medallions at Carnation Cafe, the Alien macaron, the Christmas Tree macaron and other sweets. Even though I can't eat a lot of the other stuff, I love reading about it!

I know a few of you have already been but a lot of us will be going in December ...I know we want to come prepared and choose...wisely

Let us hear from you!

 

[LKing]

I tried the Yuletide Carnitas Torta and Milk & Cookies from Award Weiners. Both were very good. The Filipino Feast Burrito from Studio Catering is okay. Some of their other seasonal burritos are better.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

The Filipino Feast Burrito from Studio Catering is okay.

Oh that's disappointing. We thought that was one of the best burritos they had ever done the last time they offered it. We will have to try it again this season and see if we still enjoy it.

 

[LKing]

Oh that's disappointing. We thought that was one of the best burritos they had ever done the last time they offered it. We will have to try it again this season and see if we still enjoy it.

Let me know what you think. It took forever to get our order so they gave us a free drink. It could be that we just got a dud.

 

[Tinkaboo]

Bumping this...I know you guys are eating some of these treats...let's hear from you!

 

[Diana ZP]

I love Pizza Planet's alien macaron-my niece ate the eyes and stuck out her tongue with them on it...best photo op! I am looking forward to the kugel mac & cheese at DCA, the petite medallions at Carnation Cafe too! I have reservations for the dinner at Storytellers but am on the fence about it. Same for Goofy's kitchen, I have heard not so great things about both.

 

[LKing]

I'm in a rush so I'll reply and then come back and edit with the exact names of the items later.

I had the torta and shrimp tacos from Paradise Gardens. The torta was good - very large, easy to share. I didn't care for the tacos. There was too much competing with the shrimp and the taco shell was moist so it broke apart while eating.

We also tried the dulce de leche pull apart bread. It would have been better warm. They put coconut on top which I didn't think went with the dulce de leche & pecans. I'm being critical, it was very good we ate it all. My spouse really liked the cookie butter dessert from Boardwalk Pizza. I was too full by the time we got it so only had a spoonful.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Let me know what you think. It took forever to get our order so they gave us a free drink. It could be that we just got a dud.

We ate the burrito yesterday. Ours was warm so that was a good start. The lumpia still had crispness to it. I thought the flavors melded nicely. For us we would rate it a good rather than ok though I wouldn’t put it up there in the category of great.
I see also that you tried the shrimp tacos at Paradise Garden Grill. I found the flavor mostly good but not entirely what I expected. And I totally agree with you about the falling apart problem. I found it very frustrating to have what should be crispy tacos disintegrating in my hands. I get better shrimp or fish tacos from my taqueria at home for sure. I did like that the tacos were served with rice and beans and I stole some chips from my husband’s torta plate.