Disney Dining Review - February 2010

[Noreen411]

Bagels for Breakfast and Krispy Crème Donuts:
We went to the food court for breakfast and toasted our Thomas bagels and had some Krispy Crème donuts which we picked up the other day. The food court was packed.

Dinner at Sanaa:
We decided to try Sanaa on our cast member friend’s suggestion so we headed over to Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was a little difficult to find the restaurant at the resort but we found it and checked in.

I had Sprite and Paul had Coke.

We started with the Bread Service. One of the breads was too spicy for me but the others were really good.



We also shared the appetizer sampler that included grilled cauliflower, samosas, and duck over rice. This was very good.



For our entrees Paul had the Slow cooked selections and chose the short ribs and the green curry shrimp with rice.

Here is Paul's slow cooked selections the way it was presented:



Here it is separated for a close up of the dishes:





Paul's food was very good.

I had the Chicken Tandoori. I didn’t really like mine – it was all dark meat.



For dessert we shared the appetizer sampler. This includes chocolate cake, chai cream, and a mango type ice cream. We asked if we could substitute the chocolate cake with a rice pudding and they did that without any problem. This was very good too.

Here it is the way it was presented intially:



And then each individually:







Service was fantastic and we had a really nice meal.

 

[Noreen411]

Bagels for Breakfast:
We had our bagels in the room for breakfast this morning. We got some extra cream cheese packets yesterday that we kept in the fridge until today. With our fridge swap there was a toaster in it, so we used it this morning. There was also a coffeemaker but we don’t drink coffee (except the occasional Starbucks Frappaccino) so didn’t use it.

Lunch at Epcot:
Epcot was packed. I expected crowds being a holiday weekend but it was really crowded.

We stopped in the Liberty Inn (the fast food place in the America Pavilion) and got an apple dumpling to go. I wanted one but wanted to eat it after I had lunch. Paul wanted a turkey leg so got that wrapped up to go as well.





Then we stopped in England and got fish and chips also to go.



We brought all our stuff to the Electric Umbrella to eat. It was too cold to eat outside.

We saw many people using their resort mugs in Electric Umbrella to get soda. Electric Umbrella has self service soda stations so people were filling up.

Mardi Gras Snacks at Universal Studios:
We walked through the Mardi Gras set up and bought a snack – andoile sausage hero and red beans with rice.

After eating this we also got an order of beignets. The line for beignets was huge.

We wandered around for a while before it was time for the parade. The rides all had ridiculous wait times.

Late Dinner at Pop Century Food Court:
We had a late dinner at the Food Court at Pop Century and Paul ordered the penne chicken alfredo and I had a kids pasta with meatball. I wasn’t thrilled with the food tonight.

 

[Noreen411]

Lunch at T Rex:
We headed to Downtown Disney to have lunch at T Rex. There was a huge line waiting for tables but we just sat at the bar. We shared the boneyard buffet which has ribs and chicken as well as two sides – we had waffle fries and garlic mashed potatoes.



When our meal came out the chicken was raw so we sent that part back and they brought us a new one a little later.

For dessert we shared the Ice Age Indulgence that the waiter recommended. This was a fancy layered ice cream sandwich.



Our food was very good and we even got an annual pass discount on the entrée.

Sandwiches for the Plane from the Beach Club Marketplace:
We stopped at the Beach Club Marketplace to pick up sandwiches to take on the plane for later. As stuffed as we were it was hard to look at and pick out food for later. But we got a roast beef and brie sandwich and a turkey and mozzarella sandwich. I forgot to take pictures of these but they were very good.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Great reviews!

 

[Noreen411]

Hi

So I probably should have done this at the beginning rather than the end but here is a picture of Paul and I from this trip.



I enjoyed putting this review together.

If anyone has any questions, let me know.

 

[stitchlover]

Loved the review!

 

[emmysmommy]

Thanks for sharing your review. So much great food!!!

 

[Linda67]

Your reviews were really great
Thanks for taking the time to do this

 

[averill94]

Thansk for the informative reviews! It really helped in getting my list together!

 

[saverj]

Thanks for the great pictures and reviews. Makes me hungry!

 

[saverj]

Do you know if you can buy refillable mugs in any of the parks?

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

thanks for sharing...your pictures is making me drool. Love your reviews.

 

[damren]

great reviews

 

[goldielocksraj]

Thank you so much for the reviews!

Isn't the free valet with TiW card the BEST!!!!! My hubby won't valet any other time (even if it's free b/c he doesn't like to spend the $$ to tip! ) But since I just got the card, I plan on using it CONSTANTLY for that purpose .

 

[myasma]

Bagels for Breakfast:
We headed to the food court for a late breakfast around 11:20 and brought two of the bagels from the Thomas’ bag we bought yesterday at Publix. I wrapped them in napkins to carry them. We toasted them in the food court and Paul bought a side of bacon and some cream cheese to go on the bagels. I know it sounds like a weird combination and the first time I heard of it, I thought it sounded disgusting too, but give it a try. A nice toasted bagel (or fresh is even better) with cream cheese and crispy bacon. It gives you that kind of creamy sweet and crispy salty combination.



Snack - Churro at Islands of Adventure:
Around 3pm we realized we haven’t had lunch or anything to eat since our late breakfast. We decided to just have a little snack and have an early dinner. So we shared a Churro from a nearby cart.

Dinner at O’Hana:
We had a late reservation at O’Hana for 9:30 but wanted to go early and see if it’s possible to get in earlier. We arrived at the Polynesian about 5:45 and explained our situation to the hostess that we skipped lunch, were hungry, and were hoping to be able to get in earlier than our reservation. She said that wouldn’t be a problem and she would get us in as soon as possible. I mentioned again that I didn’t want to eat at 9:30 but much earlier and she said that’s not a problem. We were given a pager. There were some people waiting but it wasn’t jam packed yet.

So we waited. We walked around the resort. And we waited some more. After about an hour Paul suggested I check in at the podium again just to see how much longer they thought it would be. I went back to the same woman from earlier and asked if she could check. Her response was that my reservation was at 9:30 and they are running about 15 minutes behind schedule. I reminded her that we spoke an hour ago and I was hoping to eat earlier and she said that wouldn’t be a problem. She checked with someone else who came by and said that they are running behind and that they also prefer to sit larger parties than small. So now we’re getting annoyed (not that we took it out on either of these woman) but we calmly explained that we understand that our reservation is later and if we couldn’t be accommodated early, that’s what we should have been told an hour ago when we first checked in because then we could have decided either we would wait that long or we would go elsewhere. We stayed because we were told it’s not a problem. She asked if we wanted to speak to a manager who probably wouldn’t be able to do anything anyway. We said yes, please send the manager over. At this point we’re getting more annoyed since this second woman basically said since we’re a party of two we don’t matter.

Here is where Disney Magic takes over. The manager, Angela, came over already with a solution. She introduced herself and told us that she understands the basics of the situation,, she also explained that the Luau was cancelled due to the weather and they had to accommodate those customers, and we would be the next party seated. We thanked her and chatted some more, again reiterating that we understand that our reservation is later, we’re early, etc; our concern was that we were told one thing an hour ago and now the story changed. She was gracious, helpful, and professional. It was a pleasure to deal with her. I was very impressed.

Next thing you know the second woman now comes over and says she would seat us now. Her tune suddenly changed and she’s all sweet and nice like we’re so important. She tells us about the food and picks up our pineapple bread on the way to our table.



We were seated at a nice table along the window. This woman is chatting with us now. I told her that I was very happy with the way Angela handled the situation and if they have comment cards to fill out since I would like to acknowledge her. So this woman comes back with Angela’s business card, writes her name on the back too, and gives me the comment card to fill out.

Our table was set for three and was the long way along the window. We seemed so far away from each other with the table like this. Our waiter Roy came by to take our beverage order – Sprite for me and Pink Lemonade for Paul. Paul spun the table the other way which was much better. When the waiter came back he commented that we were rearranging, but he liked it our way better too.

Our dipping sauces were brought out. They are arranged to look like a hidden Mickey.



Our salad came out, then the dumplings and chicken wings followed quickly after.





Noodles and vegetables came out quickly too.



Next thing the waiter came by with the skewers of turkey and pork. They are really moving quickly. Last time we were here we waited a long time before the skewers starting coming. Next came steak on the skewer and then shrimp. The noodles were very good with a little of the peanut sauce on them. We asked for some more noodles and some more shrimp.





Here is our waiter posing with Paul and the skewer



Wishes was at 8 and we watched that from our table. Next dessert was brought over – bread pudding with ice cream and banana caramel sauce on the side. This was very good too.



We put the table back to the way it was when we arrived before we left. After a rough start, we had a great meal at O'Hana.

Pretzels from Goofy’s Candy Company:
We stopped in Goofy’s candy company to get chocolate dipped pretzel rods. We got them all dipped in milk chocolate and drizzled with dark chocolate. All three had different toppings – one with mini white and dark chocolate chips, one with crushed oreos, and one with crushed butterfingers.

Haven't finished reading but just wanted to say that bagels and bacon are so good. I love it and ppl think I am so wierd.

 

[sunny04]

I haven't fully caught up with your report yet, but I just wanted to say thanks for sharing with us! We went nearly the same time this year, and had the same issues with making our ADRs. Glad you got what you wanted!

 

[rndmr2]

Great review! I just had to say that I love Carabbas! I used to eat there all the time when I lived in Philadelphia (we even had our rehearsal dinner there!) but not as often now that we are in NY, there is one but not as close and convenient as the one in Philly. I miss their Mezzaluna Ravioli!