Dining Reviews 9/28 - 10/8 - I Started A Blog
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Yes there are definatly a lot of dishes, I'd guess about two dozen at each Party, but they do change weekly. I had hoped to get the desserts posted today, but I got very distracted, a friend stopped by for cookies, and then there was present wrapping, etc. And I still have to go into work tonight, though I'm glad that I should only have "graveyard" shifts until the holiday, so I can at least keep my sanity, which I wouldn't be able to keep if I had to work the day shift.Wow I didn't realise there were so many dishes and that's just the savouryCan't wait to read about the best part, dessert
I may get some more posted tomorrow afternoon, but I'm not sure.
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Party for the Senses - Day Nine - Part Five
We had seen a cooking demonstration on day seven by Buddy Valastro making tiramisu. He was at Party for the Senses that night, and had once again made tiramisu. It was the same as the day before, except a much smaller portion, which with everything else, was just the right amount. I didn't take a picture of this since I had one from days before.
Chocolate mousse cake. This was excellant, much better then the one that is served at Cinderella's Royal Table, though that one isn't bad. This was very chocolaty. It was, like the smoked buffalo, not listed in the menu that night, the chef however was, and I think this replaced a pumpkin dessert that had been printed in the menu. This was made by Kelly Smith from the Boardwalk Resort.
Bahama Bliss. I'm not really sure what all was in this, but it was very good. I'd guess it was some combination of mango, papayas, or some other tropical fruits. This was made by Ciril Hitz from Johnson and Wales University.
Citrus tiramisu. Think regular tiramisu, but lighter, and with oranges. This was excellant as well.
These are a bunch of assorted mini-desserts. All of them were very good, but I have no idea what anything is, except I know there was a grapefruit meringue, that was similar to the meringues served at Flying Fish. These, as well as the citrus tiramisu, were made by Antony Fernandez from the Ritz Carlton Lodge in Reynolds Plantation, Georgia.
There was a table set up with many different flavors of gelato. I forget who made these, or where they were from, but I do know that the first picture is a pumpkin cheesecake gelato, which I picked, and was very good, and the second is lemon-basil gelato, which is what my mom picked, but she didn't like it.
Orange and mango infused lemon marscapone cheesecake with raspberry dust and meringue topping. This was excellant, and arguably the best dessert of the evening. It was made by Andreas Born from Disney-MGM Studios.
Chocolate truffles. I missed where these were from too, but they were excellant chocolates.
They also had a few tables with assorted types of cheeses and accompiaments. I had pretty much no idea what any of the cheeses were then, let alone now, but I did find most of them quite tasty. There was one with cranberries I especially liked.
With the cheeses were, among other things, honey comb, and pistachios. I discovered that the pistachios were quite tasty with the honey, and ended up eating quite a few that way.
So that's it, the party lasted for two and a half hours, though we left right before the end to avoid the Illuminations crowd at the buses. There were acts performed by Cirque de Solei, but neither one of us paid much attention to them, I was too caught up in the food, and my mom was caught up in conversations.
Would I do it again? Yes, but with the prices getting higher every year, and my next trip extremely budgeted, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to attend one in 2008.
We had seen a cooking demonstration on day seven by Buddy Valastro making tiramisu. He was at Party for the Senses that night, and had once again made tiramisu. It was the same as the day before, except a much smaller portion, which with everything else, was just the right amount. I didn't take a picture of this since I had one from days before.
Chocolate mousse cake. This was excellant, much better then the one that is served at Cinderella's Royal Table, though that one isn't bad. This was very chocolaty. It was, like the smoked buffalo, not listed in the menu that night, the chef however was, and I think this replaced a pumpkin dessert that had been printed in the menu. This was made by Kelly Smith from the Boardwalk Resort.
Bahama Bliss. I'm not really sure what all was in this, but it was very good. I'd guess it was some combination of mango, papayas, or some other tropical fruits. This was made by Ciril Hitz from Johnson and Wales University.
Citrus tiramisu. Think regular tiramisu, but lighter, and with oranges. This was excellant as well.
These are a bunch of assorted mini-desserts. All of them were very good, but I have no idea what anything is, except I know there was a grapefruit meringue, that was similar to the meringues served at Flying Fish. These, as well as the citrus tiramisu, were made by Antony Fernandez from the Ritz Carlton Lodge in Reynolds Plantation, Georgia.
There was a table set up with many different flavors of gelato. I forget who made these, or where they were from, but I do know that the first picture is a pumpkin cheesecake gelato, which I picked, and was very good, and the second is lemon-basil gelato, which is what my mom picked, but she didn't like it.
Orange and mango infused lemon marscapone cheesecake with raspberry dust and meringue topping. This was excellant, and arguably the best dessert of the evening. It was made by Andreas Born from Disney-MGM Studios.
Chocolate truffles. I missed where these were from too, but they were excellant chocolates.
They also had a few tables with assorted types of cheeses and accompiaments. I had pretty much no idea what any of the cheeses were then, let alone now, but I did find most of them quite tasty. There was one with cranberries I especially liked.
With the cheeses were, among other things, honey comb, and pistachios. I discovered that the pistachios were quite tasty with the honey, and ended up eating quite a few that way.
So that's it, the party lasted for two and a half hours, though we left right before the end to avoid the Illuminations crowd at the buses. There were acts performed by Cirque de Solei, but neither one of us paid much attention to them, I was too caught up in the food, and my mom was caught up in conversations.
Would I do it again? Yes, but with the prices getting higher every year, and my next trip extremely budgeted, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to attend one in 2008.
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Day Ten - Everything Pop
Someone had had too much wine at Party for the Senses, and decided she didn't want breakfast, or to go to a park this morning, so we decided that I'd go to MGM by myself, and we'd meet at Epcot at around 11:00.
So I had breakfast by myself at Everything Pop, where I got the breakfast croissiant again. I'm not posting a picture, since I reviewed it a few days ago, and it looked, and tasted exactly the same.
Once again I got two bottles of water, one of which I took to my mom since that was all she had wanted for breakfast. I didn't really need breakfast either, but thought it was best to get it to use up a credit.
Cost - $10.38 (Used One CS Credit)
Someone had had too much wine at Party for the Senses, and decided she didn't want breakfast, or to go to a park this morning, so we decided that I'd go to MGM by myself, and we'd meet at Epcot at around 11:00.
So I had breakfast by myself at Everything Pop, where I got the breakfast croissiant again. I'm not posting a picture, since I reviewed it a few days ago, and it looked, and tasted exactly the same.
Once again I got two bottles of water, one of which I took to my mom since that was all she had wanted for breakfast. I didn't really need breakfast either, but thought it was best to get it to use up a credit.
Cost - $10.38 (Used One CS Credit)
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Day Ten - Writer's Stop
I had heard of the Writer's Stop having a carrot cake woopie pie, and decided that I'd see if they did in fact have it. They did.
The carrot cake cookie part was very good, but the cream cheese filling was a bit of a let down, and too dense. The thing was also too big for one person, and I ended up throwing away a decent amount.
But it was good, though I imagine I would of liked it more if I had actually been hungry when I'd ordered it.
Cost - I believe it was $3.50. I paid for it OOP, but I didn't keep track of the reciept.
I had heard of the Writer's Stop having a carrot cake woopie pie, and decided that I'd see if they did in fact have it. They did.
The carrot cake cookie part was very good, but the cream cheese filling was a bit of a let down, and too dense. The thing was also too big for one person, and I ended up throwing away a decent amount.
But it was good, though I imagine I would of liked it more if I had actually been hungry when I'd ordered it.
Cost - I believe it was $3.50. I paid for it OOP, but I didn't keep track of the reciept.
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Day Ten - Boulangerie Patisserie
I took the boat from MGM to Epcot, and met my mom in France around 11:00. I was able to find her easily, and we decided to use a counter-service credit at Boulangerie Patisserie, since I had always wanted to try it, and there was a very short line, compared to the long one that's always there.
We were told that we could get one savory and one sweet item, or two sweet items, for a credit. Neither one of us was interested in the sandwiches, and we have very good quiche at home, so we decided to each pick out a sweet item, and share them.
This is what my mom picked.
I believe that this was called a marvelous. It was good, but I didn't think it was anything special.
I had hoped that my mom would pick the peach tart, since that looked good, (and she really likes peach things,) but she picked that "marvelous" thing instead, so I got the peach tart.
This was very good, much better then the other pastry. The peaches were fresh, and very sweet tasting. I would get it again, but there are so many tempting choices here, that it would be very hard for me to just get the same thing over and over again.
I also got a diet Coke with the meal, since at that point we had an abundance of bottled water.
Cost - $10.69 (Used One CS Credit)
I took the boat from MGM to Epcot, and met my mom in France around 11:00. I was able to find her easily, and we decided to use a counter-service credit at Boulangerie Patisserie, since I had always wanted to try it, and there was a very short line, compared to the long one that's always there.
We were told that we could get one savory and one sweet item, or two sweet items, for a credit. Neither one of us was interested in the sandwiches, and we have very good quiche at home, so we decided to each pick out a sweet item, and share them.
This is what my mom picked.
I believe that this was called a marvelous. It was good, but I didn't think it was anything special.
I had hoped that my mom would pick the peach tart, since that looked good, (and she really likes peach things,) but she picked that "marvelous" thing instead, so I got the peach tart.
This was very good, much better then the other pastry. The peaches were fresh, and very sweet tasting. I would get it again, but there are so many tempting choices here, that it would be very hard for me to just get the same thing over and over again.
I also got a diet Coke with the meal, since at that point we had an abundance of bottled water.
Cost - $10.69 (Used One CS Credit)
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Day Ten - Food & Wine Festival Marketplace Booths
In this post I will be going over every item we tried before dinner this day. As I said several times already we had many, many, snack credits left. I believe eleven, but due to some CMs ringing it up wrong, even though I always said I wanted to use snack credits, they charged my credit card, (which was on my room key,) instead of taking a dining plan credit two of the times, so we ended up trying twelve different items today. (We used the last snack credit the next day.)
Our first stop, which I actually grabbed on the way back to France since I had to take a bathroom break, was at the Oklahoma Native American booth, where I got the seared buffalo with scalloped wild onions.
My mom actually didn't try this since she wasn't hungry, and she thought it looked to rare, that's what she said anyway. She didn't really feel like eating much at all today, and I think it had something to do with the thirteen glasses of wine from the night before.
I thought it was great. This was something I had said when the menus were first released that we must get this. The buffalo was very good, and the onions were a nice accompiament.
Cost $4.50 (Mistakenly charged to my Visa, it should have been one Snack Credit)
Next we stopped at the Australlia booth where we got two items. I must add that Australlia is the only booth where we really experienced any wait, and my mom for whatever reason gave some attitude to the guy behind us when we were waiting for our food when he asked us if he could just set his beer, (or was it wine,) down on the counter.
Anyway, we got the shrimp on the barbie;
and the grilled lamb chop with caramlized onions.
The shirmp, I thought, were rather tastless, and I didn't care for the vegetables they came with. The lamb chop however, I really enjoyed, and I had it all to myself, since my mom didn't want any of that either.
Cost - $9.00 (Used Two Snack Credits)
Next we stopped at the USA booth, where we got the lobster roll.
It was very good taste-wise, but there was hardly any filling at all. If I had paid for this out-of-pocket, I would have been very upset at the size of the portion. My mom didn't like it at all, she said the same as me, that it was definatly skimpy on the amount of filling, but the roll was huge, and "pasty" white bread, which she hates.
Cost $6.50 (Used One Snack Credit)
I should mention that while in America we attended a beer tasting. I believe that it was hosted by Sam Adams brewing company, but I'm not sure. I am definatly not a beer drinker, and even though I tried a sip of every beer, I didn't like any of them. My mom enjoyed it though, and she drank most of mine too.
Something I didn't like though was that they put the seats very close together, since they were apparently expecting a large crowd, and then they told us to fill in every available seat on the left side. That wouldn't of bothered me, except there were a lot of open seats on the right side during the presentation, and we were very cramped in together on the left side.
Our next stop was the Hops and Barley booth, which we did not get beer at, but the crab cake with lentil salad.
The crab cake was very good, but I did not like the lentil salad, but I've never liked lentils very much.
Cost $3.75 (Used One Snack Credit)
We then started walking towards Norway, since it was almost dinner time, (yes, we had a full table-service meal coming up,) and stopped at the South Africa booth on the way so we could try something that sounded good to me, the spice cake.
The spice cake was very good, with a topping of warm marinated fruit in Rooibos vanilla tea. I could of eaten a lot of these things if I had actually been hungry, but it was so good, and it was one of the cheaper items from the Festival too.
Cost $2.00 (Used One Snack Credit)
In this post I will be going over every item we tried before dinner this day. As I said several times already we had many, many, snack credits left. I believe eleven, but due to some CMs ringing it up wrong, even though I always said I wanted to use snack credits, they charged my credit card, (which was on my room key,) instead of taking a dining plan credit two of the times, so we ended up trying twelve different items today. (We used the last snack credit the next day.)
Our first stop, which I actually grabbed on the way back to France since I had to take a bathroom break, was at the Oklahoma Native American booth, where I got the seared buffalo with scalloped wild onions.
My mom actually didn't try this since she wasn't hungry, and she thought it looked to rare, that's what she said anyway. She didn't really feel like eating much at all today, and I think it had something to do with the thirteen glasses of wine from the night before.
I thought it was great. This was something I had said when the menus were first released that we must get this. The buffalo was very good, and the onions were a nice accompiament.
Cost $4.50 (Mistakenly charged to my Visa, it should have been one Snack Credit)
Next we stopped at the Australlia booth where we got two items. I must add that Australlia is the only booth where we really experienced any wait, and my mom for whatever reason gave some attitude to the guy behind us when we were waiting for our food when he asked us if he could just set his beer, (or was it wine,) down on the counter.
Anyway, we got the shrimp on the barbie;
and the grilled lamb chop with caramlized onions.
The shirmp, I thought, were rather tastless, and I didn't care for the vegetables they came with. The lamb chop however, I really enjoyed, and I had it all to myself, since my mom didn't want any of that either.
Cost - $9.00 (Used Two Snack Credits)
Next we stopped at the USA booth, where we got the lobster roll.
It was very good taste-wise, but there was hardly any filling at all. If I had paid for this out-of-pocket, I would have been very upset at the size of the portion. My mom didn't like it at all, she said the same as me, that it was definatly skimpy on the amount of filling, but the roll was huge, and "pasty" white bread, which she hates.
Cost $6.50 (Used One Snack Credit)
I should mention that while in America we attended a beer tasting. I believe that it was hosted by Sam Adams brewing company, but I'm not sure. I am definatly not a beer drinker, and even though I tried a sip of every beer, I didn't like any of them. My mom enjoyed it though, and she drank most of mine too.
Something I didn't like though was that they put the seats very close together, since they were apparently expecting a large crowd, and then they told us to fill in every available seat on the left side. That wouldn't of bothered me, except there were a lot of open seats on the right side during the presentation, and we were very cramped in together on the left side.
Our next stop was the Hops and Barley booth, which we did not get beer at, but the crab cake with lentil salad.
The crab cake was very good, but I did not like the lentil salad, but I've never liked lentils very much.
Cost $3.75 (Used One Snack Credit)
We then started walking towards Norway, since it was almost dinner time, (yes, we had a full table-service meal coming up,) and stopped at the South Africa booth on the way so we could try something that sounded good to me, the spice cake.
The spice cake was very good, with a topping of warm marinated fruit in Rooibos vanilla tea. I could of eaten a lot of these things if I had actually been hungry, but it was so good, and it was one of the cheaper items from the Festival too.
Cost $2.00 (Used One Snack Credit)
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Is anyone having trouble viewing my pictures. They aren't showing up except on the ones I just posted today for me. 
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Is anyone having trouble viewing my pictures. They aren't showing up except on the ones I just posted today for me.
I only see today's too.
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Is anyone having trouble viewing my pictures. They aren't showing up except on the ones I just posted today for me.
I'm not seeing them either.
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I wonder why that is? I know they were showing before. I'll have to mess with them later.
I know they were showing before. I'll have to mess with them later.
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I'll add that I don't see your pictures. I don't know why they aren't working though, that's weird.
I do have a question for you about Everything Pop. Like almost every day you ate breakfast there... what time did you usually get there and how busy was it? I hear stories that people wait in line forever to order their food and then have to wait again to cash out.
I do have a question for you about Everything Pop. Like almost every day you ate breakfast there... what time did you usually get there and how busy was it? I hear stories that people wait in line forever to order their food and then have to wait again to cash out.
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We usually ate before 7:30, since we were always at the buses by 8:00. The one day, (day seven I believe,) we ate later, and it seemed more crowded. I think between 8:00 and 9:00 it was busy, (right about the time we were leaving.) We always ate early, so we never had a problem.
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Day Ten - Akershus Royal Benquet Hall
This was my third time eating at Akershus, but my first time having dinner there. The first time I ate there had been for lunch, and even though the princesses were lovely, I did not care much for any of the food, though I was very sunburned then, and I am very sensitive to sunburn. I had also eaten there for breakfast once, which I'd loved, so I decided to give dinner a try. I noticed while going through my past notes on meals that it had been two years to the day since I had eaten lunch there, not that important, just something I noticed that I thought was funny.
We arrived at Akershus early, but even so, there was a very long line waiting to check-in, and even after we checked in we had a short wait. We were the third party to be seated however, since we had the earliest dinner time possible, but something I though was stupid, is they had a party of at least twenty people, who they seated right before us. That wouldn't of made a difference if it were a regular meal, but they had to have their picture taken with Belle, who was the princess in the lobby today, and they took many pictures, with many different combinations of people. I wasn't annyoed by the group at all, they were paying for the meal, same as we were, so had every right to have that quality time with Belle, but I just thought it was odd, and kind of stupid, that they would of called them, (the party of twenty,) before a party of two, since my mom and I only took about ten seconds with Belle, just a quick hello, and a picture.
When we were seated, fifteen minutes after our ADR time, (and remember we had checked in early, and were some of the first ones seated,) we were greeted by our server, Brigitte. She asked us if we were on the dining plan, and I explained to her we were, but we only had one credit left, (we would have had no credits left, but my mom didn't go to dinner several days earlier when I ate at Wolfgang Puck Cafe.) So I told her that we would be using a credit for one of our meals, and then we would pay out-of-pocket, and use the Disney Dining Experience for the other meal. I thought that might be confusing, but it was not a problem at all.
I was worried that Ariel was not one of the princesses that night, since before she had been a greeter, and tonight the greeter was Belle, so I asked Brigitte who was here tonight, and she said Ariel! So I was relieved. She then told me that the other princesses for the night were Jasmine, (who is my favorite princess,) Cinderella, (who I had never seen at Akershus before, but was glad she was there since I had on my princess shirt, and she was the one in the front,) and Jane! I was surprised to learn that Jane was there, since she is not a princess, and I hadn't heard of her being there before. I would of been more excited, but I had seen her only two nights before at MNSSHP.
To Be Continued.
This was my third time eating at Akershus, but my first time having dinner there. The first time I ate there had been for lunch, and even though the princesses were lovely, I did not care much for any of the food, though I was very sunburned then, and I am very sensitive to sunburn. I had also eaten there for breakfast once, which I'd loved, so I decided to give dinner a try. I noticed while going through my past notes on meals that it had been two years to the day since I had eaten lunch there, not that important, just something I noticed that I thought was funny.
We arrived at Akershus early, but even so, there was a very long line waiting to check-in, and even after we checked in we had a short wait. We were the third party to be seated however, since we had the earliest dinner time possible, but something I though was stupid, is they had a party of at least twenty people, who they seated right before us. That wouldn't of made a difference if it were a regular meal, but they had to have their picture taken with Belle, who was the princess in the lobby today, and they took many pictures, with many different combinations of people. I wasn't annyoed by the group at all, they were paying for the meal, same as we were, so had every right to have that quality time with Belle, but I just thought it was odd, and kind of stupid, that they would of called them, (the party of twenty,) before a party of two, since my mom and I only took about ten seconds with Belle, just a quick hello, and a picture.
When we were seated, fifteen minutes after our ADR time, (and remember we had checked in early, and were some of the first ones seated,) we were greeted by our server, Brigitte. She asked us if we were on the dining plan, and I explained to her we were, but we only had one credit left, (we would have had no credits left, but my mom didn't go to dinner several days earlier when I ate at Wolfgang Puck Cafe.) So I told her that we would be using a credit for one of our meals, and then we would pay out-of-pocket, and use the Disney Dining Experience for the other meal. I thought that might be confusing, but it was not a problem at all.
I was worried that Ariel was not one of the princesses that night, since before she had been a greeter, and tonight the greeter was Belle, so I asked Brigitte who was here tonight, and she said Ariel! So I was relieved. She then told me that the other princesses for the night were Jasmine, (who is my favorite princess,) Cinderella, (who I had never seen at Akershus before, but was glad she was there since I had on my princess shirt, and she was the one in the front,) and Jane! I was surprised to learn that Jane was there, since she is not a princess, and I hadn't heard of her being there before. I would of been more excited, but I had seen her only two nights before at MNSSHP.
To Be Continued.
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I posted my pics on the food "porn" thread, they are showing up there. They are on pages 576 through 580.
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Day Ten - Akershus - Part Two
I'm sorry it has taken me a few days to get around to finishing this, but I haven't been feeling very well the last couple of days. I had a very bad cold, and I just have been spending a lot of time in bed.
We were told that we cold help ourselves at the "fra koldtbord," the cold buffet full of salads, cheeses, and creamed herring.
This is what I had.
I had some greens with ranch dressing, since I had remembered liking the ranch dressing the last time I ate these, but this time it was nothing special. I also had some pasta salad, and potato salad with some kind of an oil dressing. I thought both of those were bland though.
I don't have a picture of what my mom had, but I know she did have some herring, and some smoked salmon, though she didn't think either of them was anything special.
We were also served a bread basket with three different types of bread.
Two were more traditional rolls, but one was a flat bread that was similar to a tortilla. I really liked the butter, which was sweet, that came with it.
For our first entree we had the traditional kjottkake.
It was a patty made from ground beef and pork, and it was very tasty. It was served with potatoes in a butter and parsley sauce, and braised red cabbage. Finally, a dish at Akershus I actually liked!
For our second entree we had a new menu item, braised pork shank.
I didn't like the pork that much, I found it to be a very fatty piece, (which is also my complaint with the lamb stew, fatty pieces of meat,) but I did like the mashed potatoes, and apple slaw that it was served with.
While we were eating our entrees we saw Ariel, Jasmine, Jane, and Cinderella, who were all very nice, though my mom thought Cinderella seemed a bit cold.
We were then served our dessert plate, which had changed since the last time I was there.
(Note - I took this picture with a disposable camera, not my digital one, so that's why this one is better then the others.)
The rice cream, (in the center,) with strawberry sauce, was very good, though my mom didn't think it was that great. She really isn't big on pudding and things though.
The new cappuccino-chocolate cheesecake, was good, and my mom really liked it.
We both agreed though that the best dessert was the "Princess" cake, which was a lemon sponge cake, with a raspberry filling.
The desserts were definatly an improvment over the ones I'd been served the last time, even the rice cream seemed better then before.
Cost - $60.00 (Approx) (One meal OOP, and Used One TS Credit)
I'm sorry it has taken me a few days to get around to finishing this, but I haven't been feeling very well the last couple of days. I had a very bad cold, and I just have been spending a lot of time in bed.
We were told that we cold help ourselves at the "fra koldtbord," the cold buffet full of salads, cheeses, and creamed herring.
This is what I had.
I had some greens with ranch dressing, since I had remembered liking the ranch dressing the last time I ate these, but this time it was nothing special. I also had some pasta salad, and potato salad with some kind of an oil dressing. I thought both of those were bland though.
I don't have a picture of what my mom had, but I know she did have some herring, and some smoked salmon, though she didn't think either of them was anything special.
We were also served a bread basket with three different types of bread.
Two were more traditional rolls, but one was a flat bread that was similar to a tortilla. I really liked the butter, which was sweet, that came with it.
For our first entree we had the traditional kjottkake.
It was a patty made from ground beef and pork, and it was very tasty. It was served with potatoes in a butter and parsley sauce, and braised red cabbage. Finally, a dish at Akershus I actually liked!
For our second entree we had a new menu item, braised pork shank.
I didn't like the pork that much, I found it to be a very fatty piece, (which is also my complaint with the lamb stew, fatty pieces of meat,) but I did like the mashed potatoes, and apple slaw that it was served with.
While we were eating our entrees we saw Ariel, Jasmine, Jane, and Cinderella, who were all very nice, though my mom thought Cinderella seemed a bit cold.
We were then served our dessert plate, which had changed since the last time I was there.
(Note - I took this picture with a disposable camera, not my digital one, so that's why this one is better then the others.)
The rice cream, (in the center,) with strawberry sauce, was very good, though my mom didn't think it was that great. She really isn't big on pudding and things though.
The new cappuccino-chocolate cheesecake, was good, and my mom really liked it.
We both agreed though that the best dessert was the "Princess" cake, which was a lemon sponge cake, with a raspberry filling.
The desserts were definatly an improvment over the ones I'd been served the last time, even the rice cream seemed better then before.
Cost - $60.00 (Approx) (One meal OOP, and Used One TS Credit)
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Day Ten - Food & Wine Festival Marketplace Booths - Part Two
After dinner we walked through Norway, back through China, all the way too the American Adventure, and almost into Morocco, until we got to the Oklahoma booths again, this time we went to the Route 66 booth, where we got a portion of the native peach buckle.
My mom hated it! I thought the filling was good, but did not care for the pastry.
Cost - $2.00 (OOP, should of been One Snack, but CM made a mistake ringing it through.)
Next we went to the New Zealand booth, which was inbetween Canada and the United Kingdom. There we got the lamb slider.
My mom didn't want any of this, (she really doesn't like lamb that much,) so I had it all to myself. The menu description did say it had a mustard sauce, but I didn't really taste any mustard flavor. It was very good, nice juicy meat, but it was very hot, and I burnt my tounge. I hate when that happens.
Cost - $4.50 (Used One Snack Credit)
Next up was the Canada booth, where we got a sample of the maple custard with an almond crumble.
This was very good! My mom tasted it first, and as soon as she did she said that I would really like it. She was right.
Cost - $1.75 (Used One Snack Credit)
We had a table then, and my mom would stay there when I went to get food, since all the rest of the items we wanted to try were close by. I stopped at the Greece booth next, where I picked up a piece of spanakopita.
For those of you who don't know spanakopita is a phyllo pastry filled with spinach and cheese. It was very good.
Cost - $3.00 (Used One Snack Credit)
Next I went to the Dominican Republic booth, where I got an order of monfongo, which was mashed yuca with pork cracklings and two shrimp.
I couldn't decide wether I liked it or not. It was a very odd dish, the shrimp were good though.
Cost - $3.75 (Used One Snack Credit)
Our last item was the causa de cangrejo from the Peru booth.
I had been looking foward to this, as it was described as yellow potato mash with crab salad, and both my mom and I really like crab, but this was a huge dissapointment, and my least favorite item of everything we had tried this trip, so our Food and Wine samples ended on a sour note.
Cost - $3.50 (Used One Snack Credit)
After dinner we walked through Norway, back through China, all the way too the American Adventure, and almost into Morocco, until we got to the Oklahoma booths again, this time we went to the Route 66 booth, where we got a portion of the native peach buckle.
My mom hated it! I thought the filling was good, but did not care for the pastry.
Cost - $2.00 (OOP, should of been One Snack, but CM made a mistake ringing it through.)
Next we went to the New Zealand booth, which was inbetween Canada and the United Kingdom. There we got the lamb slider.
My mom didn't want any of this, (she really doesn't like lamb that much,) so I had it all to myself. The menu description did say it had a mustard sauce, but I didn't really taste any mustard flavor. It was very good, nice juicy meat, but it was very hot, and I burnt my tounge. I hate when that happens.
Cost - $4.50 (Used One Snack Credit)
Next up was the Canada booth, where we got a sample of the maple custard with an almond crumble.
This was very good! My mom tasted it first, and as soon as she did she said that I would really like it. She was right.
Cost - $1.75 (Used One Snack Credit)
We had a table then, and my mom would stay there when I went to get food, since all the rest of the items we wanted to try were close by. I stopped at the Greece booth next, where I picked up a piece of spanakopita.
For those of you who don't know spanakopita is a phyllo pastry filled with spinach and cheese. It was very good.
Cost - $3.00 (Used One Snack Credit)
Next I went to the Dominican Republic booth, where I got an order of monfongo, which was mashed yuca with pork cracklings and two shrimp.
I couldn't decide wether I liked it or not. It was a very odd dish, the shrimp were good though.
Cost - $3.75 (Used One Snack Credit)
Our last item was the causa de cangrejo from the Peru booth.
I had been looking foward to this, as it was described as yellow potato mash with crab salad, and both my mom and I really like crab, but this was a huge dissapointment, and my least favorite item of everything we had tried this trip, so our Food and Wine samples ended on a sour note.
Cost - $3.50 (Used One Snack Credit)
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I've taken Oybolshoi's idea, and have started my own blog of reviews of Disney food, though I'm sure I'll be posting about other things. I have it on restricted access, so I have to invite people to view it, since I am going to probably be including some personal information, but since it is mainly going to be a Disney food blog, I wanted to post about it here.
Right now I only have one post up, but I am planning on adding posts about my early trips to Disney, (when I was a teenager,) as well as my more recent food reviews. It will probably get more trip reporty then most of my dining reviews I've posted in the past have, and include more personal info, but it's my blog, so I can post whatever I want, LOL.
All I need, if any of you are at all interested, are e-mail addresses to e-mail the invite to. Also comments are welcome on my blog, since I've never done a blog before, and would love the input.
Right now I only have one post up, but I am planning on adding posts about my early trips to Disney, (when I was a teenager,) as well as my more recent food reviews. It will probably get more trip reporty then most of my dining reviews I've posted in the past have, and include more personal info, but it's my blog, so I can post whatever I want, LOL.
All I need, if any of you are at all interested, are e-mail addresses to e-mail the invite to. Also comments are welcome on my blog, since I've never done a blog before, and would love the input.
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