SleepingUgly
'Cuz I love to sleep and I ain't no looker
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We didn't eat out at too many sit-down restaurants, what with two small children, but here is our dining report. Hope it helps!
May 21 (Saturday) -- Lunch at Earl of Sandwich. Highly recommended! The sandwiches are great. I had the All American. Excellent. Hint: Child sandwich is same size as adult sandwich, for at least $1 less.
May 22 -- Lunch at Crystal Palace. Excellent food. Great character interaction. Cast members actually ushered Piglet over to our table because no one had visited us even though we had been seated for five minutes already.
Got to see all four characters and they signed autograph books and posed for pictures. Then while waiting for the parade to start, Eeyore danced with our older daughter and spun her around. Highlight of her day. Dinner that night was a quick bite to eat at MGM counter service: Rosie's All American Cafe, or something like that. Avoid this place at all costs!!! Wait is ridiculous (especially on a EMH night, when no other food service is open in the area after 9 pm) and the food is AWFUL. I'm sure cardboard tastes better than the burgers at this place.
May 23 -- Lunch at MGM. At the food court right by the Stunts ampitheater. Good food. Great wraps. Much better than Rosie's. Dinner at Epcot's China pavillion's counter service. Not too bad, and this is coming from a Chinese person, heh. The cast member recommended the Shanghai chicken dish; it was very tasty.
May 24 -- Lunch was turkey legs at MK. Hated it. Apologies to those who like the stuff, but dh and I threw ours away after just a couple of bites. Kids had hot dogs. Dinner was at Mara's, the food court at AKL. Dh had the roast chicken dinner and I had the African stew. Highly recommend both, especially the African stew. The tandoori chicken pizza (which we had as a late-night snack the next night) was also very good.
May 25 -- Breakfast at Mara's. Not too bad. Lots of food for the money. Lunch of Fish and Chips at the UK counter service at Epcot. Very good, nothing spectacular. Dinner at Chef Mickey's for younger daughter's 3rd birthday. Food was nothing great, but service was fun, and characters spent extra time with us since it was our daughter's birthday. The place was pretty much a sugar overload for the kids. Personally, I thought the food was better at Crystal Palace.
May 26 -- Lunch at the food court at the Grand Floridian (older daughter was at her Wonderland Tea Party). Good food and the price was not bad. Sat outside on the marina, with view of lagoon and castle. Lovely.
May 27 -- Spent day outside of WDW.
May 28 -- Breakfast at Polynesian food court (older daughter was on Pirate Cruise at the GF). Same fare that we had at Mara's, but in smaller proportions. Good, standard food. Dinner was at Boma's. Our favorite restaurant. Kids loved the coconut rice, coucous Marakesh, nut-crusted salmon, and curried green beans with tofu. I loved the tomatoes/onion sauce over the coconut rice, the coucous and the spare ribs, and dh loved the oxtail stew and the seafood and chicken curry stew. Best dessert is the Pineapple Cheesecake, with has a white chocolate "crust." A must-try!
Linda
May 21 (Saturday) -- Lunch at Earl of Sandwich. Highly recommended! The sandwiches are great. I had the All American. Excellent. Hint: Child sandwich is same size as adult sandwich, for at least $1 less.
May 22 -- Lunch at Crystal Palace. Excellent food. Great character interaction. Cast members actually ushered Piglet over to our table because no one had visited us even though we had been seated for five minutes already.
Got to see all four characters and they signed autograph books and posed for pictures. Then while waiting for the parade to start, Eeyore danced with our older daughter and spun her around. Highlight of her day. Dinner that night was a quick bite to eat at MGM counter service: Rosie's All American Cafe, or something like that. Avoid this place at all costs!!! Wait is ridiculous (especially on a EMH night, when no other food service is open in the area after 9 pm) and the food is AWFUL. I'm sure cardboard tastes better than the burgers at this place.May 23 -- Lunch at MGM. At the food court right by the Stunts ampitheater. Good food. Great wraps. Much better than Rosie's. Dinner at Epcot's China pavillion's counter service. Not too bad, and this is coming from a Chinese person, heh. The cast member recommended the Shanghai chicken dish; it was very tasty.
May 24 -- Lunch was turkey legs at MK. Hated it. Apologies to those who like the stuff, but dh and I threw ours away after just a couple of bites. Kids had hot dogs. Dinner was at Mara's, the food court at AKL. Dh had the roast chicken dinner and I had the African stew. Highly recommend both, especially the African stew. The tandoori chicken pizza (which we had as a late-night snack the next night) was also very good.
May 25 -- Breakfast at Mara's. Not too bad. Lots of food for the money. Lunch of Fish and Chips at the UK counter service at Epcot. Very good, nothing spectacular. Dinner at Chef Mickey's for younger daughter's 3rd birthday. Food was nothing great, but service was fun, and characters spent extra time with us since it was our daughter's birthday. The place was pretty much a sugar overload for the kids. Personally, I thought the food was better at Crystal Palace.
May 26 -- Lunch at the food court at the Grand Floridian (older daughter was at her Wonderland Tea Party). Good food and the price was not bad. Sat outside on the marina, with view of lagoon and castle. Lovely.
May 27 -- Spent day outside of WDW.
May 28 -- Breakfast at Polynesian food court (older daughter was on Pirate Cruise at the GF). Same fare that we had at Mara's, but in smaller proportions. Good, standard food. Dinner was at Boma's. Our favorite restaurant. Kids loved the coconut rice, coucous Marakesh, nut-crusted salmon, and curried green beans with tofu. I loved the tomatoes/onion sauce over the coconut rice, the coucous and the spare ribs, and dh loved the oxtail stew and the seafood and chicken curry stew. Best dessert is the Pineapple Cheesecake, with has a white chocolate "crust." A must-try!
Linda
