Hello again everyone!! I'm pleased to say that I went to visit my mom's cousin last night, and he is doing much better! He's breathing easier, he looks and sounds great, and the doctors hope to send him home tomorrow! We're hoping and praying he gets to go home tomorrow because then he will be at his mom's 75th Birthday Party on Sunday!
And now for #12....here's another character breakfast for you guys...
CRYSTAL PALACE!
This breakfast was amazing!!! I will start by saying that we will DEFINITELY be back to this one for a few reasons! One...the food was delicious! Two...the service was excellent! Three...the Crystal Palace is a beautiful restaurant (we knew that because 2 years ago we ate dinner there)! Four...the character interaction is fantastic! And five...we got to go to MK an hour before rope drop, and we got out of CP a few minutes before the park opened! It was just a very nice breakfast all around. I also ate way too much, as I always do at breakfast buffets! Here is my first plate:
Clockwise from top: puffed french toast, strawberries, whipped topping, corned beef hash with peppers and onions, chocolate Mickey waffle, bacon. That's right folks, a chocolate Mickey waffle!! I love Mickey waffles and I love chocolate...put them together and...DIVINE!!!! No chocolate chips inside, sorry to disappoint, but these were oh so delicious! The puffed french toast is to die for! I have made this at home many times, from the recipe on All Ears. This tasted just like mine! It was not greasy at all, even thought it is fried. It is not like traditional french toast. Basically, they make a batter (kind of like pancake batter), dip challah bread into the batter, fry it, and then roll it in cinnamon sugar! It's across between french toast and a doughnut and I enjoyed every bit of it! Worth going here for that alone, if you ask me!

The strawberries were very sweet and fresh. The whipped topping was just that...whipped topping. So after one taste, I decided to eat the strawberries by themselves. I love berries with real whipped cream but I'm not crazy about Cool Whip. The corned beef has was just OK. It was a little salty for my taste. I ate a few bites. The bacon was good, nice and crispy. I'm not sure what that is at the very bottom of the picture though.
Here's my second plate:
Clockwise from top: more puffed french toast

, doughnut holes, bacon, frittata, more doughnut holes, and a cinnamon roll. Yes, I had to get more puffed french toast!! This stuff is just too good people!

I originally got the doughnut holes for the boys, but they didn't want them so I ate a couple and they were very good. The frittata had cheese and I think some veggies and it was very good! Of course I had to put ketchup on it!

The cinnamon roll was fabulous and I went back up to the buffet for another one. Yes, I know what you're all thinking...OINK, OINK!! Yes, I made a complete pig of myself here! And felt like they should just roll me out of there, but I was so happy from all this glorious food that I would look like this when they rolled me out:

!!!!! I also tried a peach cobbler thing they had on the buffet, but I only took a couple of bites. It had hunks of plain cream cheese inside and was just not to my taste. Here's a pic:
DS5 insisted that I take a picture of his food to share with all of you! Of course, he had already bitten off the ear from his chocolate Mickey waffle!
Mickey waffles (regular and chocolate...they did have both types), puffed french toast and breakfast pizza. DS3's plate looked identical to this one! DS3 LOVED the puffed french toast and the breakfast pizza. DS5 seemed to prefer Mickey waffles!
All in all, this was a wonderful character breakfast! The characters came around but Tigger skipped our table for some reason. Our server was so nice and arranged for him to come to our table right away, and it was wonderful! They did a napkin parade around the restaurant, and my boys participated. They had a lot of fun! I was so full by the time we left that I was glad we had a full morning at MK ahead of us and ready to walk off some of this breakfast! We will definitely be back to the Crystal Palace breakfast, but we also enjoyed it very much for dinner on our last trip! What to do, what to do? Perhaps on our next trip we should go to both!
