Disney Food Pictures...Part III

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From May 16th at Sanaa, the new restaurant in Kidani Village-

Capetown Wine flight-

Bread service with accompaniments-
Bread, from top to bottom- roti, paneer parantha (amazing!) & naan. Dips- red pepper hummus, coriander chutney (VERY spicy- LOVED this!!!) & cucumber raita -

Salad sampler. Starting at the top, chickpeas with cucumber and tomato; carrot, orange & mint; roasted potato, corn & spinach. Enjoyed the chickpea salad the most, but all were tasty-

Mustard Seed Crusted scallops- yummy with the wine-

Tandoori Lamb Chops served with basmati rice-

Slow cooked in gravy, simple & well seasoned. From left to right, Shrimp with green curry sauce, 5 grain pilaf, and chicken with red curry sauce.

We thought this was a great new restaurant with some very different flavors to enjoy!

 

[woodleygrrl]

This is the Canard au miel, haricots vert et pommes de terre douce, at Chefs de France. it was out of this world!

 

[woodleygrrl]

The Italian at Spoodles at the Boardwalk (RIP)

 

[MickeyNicki]

 

[MickeyNicki]

...here are a few menu pics, sorry they are fuzzy

I had the veggie cuban and it was awesome, why have I not had this before? There was a portabello mushroom, eggplant, zucchini, onions and roasted red peppers with mustard and pickles, provolone cheese served hot...we both loved it and the portion is huge. All the veggies are roasted and very tender, the bread rocks! I would get this again and again!

We shared a strawberry shortcake and it was very light and creamy and not too sweet and cold and perfect for just a little something.

DH had an energy drink but I stuck to water

 

[MickeyNicki]

When we made our way to the countries I knew I had to get a Peach Snap from the Joy of Tea stand in China...here is a pic of the menu

Marsha had posted a pic on the alcohol thread about a drink called the Welsh Dragon from England...so I had to try one. We went into the jam packed pub and it was a mad house, lots of guys in there yelling and carrying on but I got my drink! It comes in a signature big plastic cup too. It is made with Midori, Peach Schnapps, OJ, Pineapple Juice and Creme de Menthe. HOLY MOLY this drink is insane! We loved it! Cannot wait to get it again!

 

[MickeyNicki]

Let me show you the menus that I took for Nine Dragons

So...I know you guys are dying to find out how the food was...well the food was DISGUSTING! There is a reason this place was wide open for any ressie time, any day, there is a reason the enire restaurant was empty at 6pm...the food is GROSS! There is no way that we will ever set foot in here again, I would rather starve than eat here again. Ok so let me explain why.

I told DH that he can order for us, he loves this kind of food and I am happy to eat whatever he gets because it is usually pretty good. We love Pei Wei's and PF Changs so I figured we would be fine.

I had the iced chai tea, very good, very strong. DH had a pot of hot tea.

DH ordered the Treasure of the Dragon and selected the pork dumplings and spring rolls, the chicken soup with dumplings, General Tso's chicken and the banana cheesecake egg roll. He also ordered chicken and shrimp egg rolls and fried rice for me.

The dumplings tasted like dish water, the spring rolls tasted like rotten garbage...bad cabbage I guess. The egg rolls were the nastiest thing we have ever been served at WDW ever...I mean totally nasty gross smelly awful blech! They were dark meat chicken, red and green pepper and one teeny shrimp at the very bottom of the egg roll.

The soup was a joke, stick a few boullion cubes in hot water and throw in some nasty dumplings, that was inedible as well

We could not eat this crap...the waiter noticed and asked if we wanted something else, we said no just please remove it from the table as the smell was making me sick. I wanted to leave but DH said the entrees must be better....uh no I dont think so.

The fried rice was horrid, tasted terrible, dark meat chicken all over it, three overcooked shrimp and too much gross ham. DH dumped soy sauce in it but that made this nightmare worse. The table next to us was going to order it and I whispered to them "Run, save yourself!"

The General Tso's chicken was a disaster, not spicy, super thick and sticky sauce, dried out white rice, the chicken was white meat (about time) but the batter was too thick and clumpy and just terrible. The little dumplings had ground up chicken in them, we cut it open and just pushed it to the edge of the plate.

Again the waiter came by and noticed we did not eat anything, I was so upset that if I spoke I would have cried so DH said the food was not good and he asked if we wanted something else and we said no....he did bring out the banana cheesecake dessert and that was AWESOME! Very creamy and tasty and delicious...wish they had that at the CS stand.

The restaurant erased the entire bill...we did leave $20 for the drinks and dessert and tip...I felt bad leaving nothing but I felt worse that we ate there. We wonder if we kept our SAI ressie would we have been happier?

 

[MickeyNicki]

Here are some menu pics.

Grapefruit Juice

Pressed pot coffee

We shared a small fruit cup

DH had tonga toast and bacon

I wanted eggs benedict but that is no longer available so I had the Kahuna Platter but today was a "I am going to be difficult day" and I asked for sausage and ham, they gave me an extra link instead of bacon, and I asked for an extra pancake instead of french toast and in the manner of Sally from When Harry Met Sally, I asked for the butter and pineapple sauce on the side.

 

[MickeyNicki]

Here is a few pics of the menu

hot wings and a reuben.

After lunch (they take the TIW card here by the way) we were waiting for the boat to go to HS, I popped into BW Bakery and took menu pics...I would have taken food pics but the cases were all fogged up and you couldnt see in them.

 

[MickeyNicki]

Here is a pic of all the ice cream carts in all the parks...

And he had a frozen lemonade,

Walking back from the B&B show to 50's PT we caught the little street show with the director and the vintage old movie actress...they are hysterical...she kept calling me Dah-ling and called Todd ...TOOTS! It was a trip!

 

[MickeyNicki]

DH had the Mowie Wowie and it was good but not as good as my Picnic Punch...holy booze Batman this drink is great! DH is green and I am sorta blue

I love the fried chicken here, I asked for all white meat, green beans instead of greens and scalloped potatoes instead of mashed....I received 2 gynormous chicken breasts that had a nice light breading, super tender moist meat, tons of great beans and a so so scalloped potatoes.

DH had the pot roast, OMG it was to die for...tons of meat, super tender and flavorful, the best mashed potatoes with lots of gravy and some juillianned veggies that were good too.

For dessert we shared the Smores..it was just eh ok...nothing like I remembered and I would have been happy with fruit instead.

 

[MickeyNicki]

I had a latte....oh sweet heavens a real latte! I got DH a cappucino. He said it was good. Forgot to take pics but it is just coffee.

For DH I picked a cinnamon bun..he said it was very sweet and very dense and he prefers the ones at POFQ instead. And an OJ which was good!

A plain bagel with cream cheese, it was ick...just a big thick roll.

And a croissant for me, which was gross because the top was covered in a sweet sticky almost honey like glaze....BLECH!

A huge serving of fruit...there was blueberries, cantalope, honeydew, watermelon, oranges, strawberries and pineapple and it was AWESOME! Lots of fruit to share and we still have some left over.

The Java Lounge also sells cereal, donuts and muffins.

 

[MickeyNicki]

First stop, France for a Grand Marnier Slushie.

 

[MickeyNicki]

From there we went to Tangierine Cafe and I had a message to deliver. Skunk from the Disboards asked me to find a CM names Naima and let her know her adoptive parents miss her and will see her in November.

Well there she was, behind the pastry counter and I delivered the message, she was so happy she hugged us both and gave us a free strawberry tart! The tart was killer, the berries sweet, the tart was soaked in a nice rum flavor or something, we loved it!

If you guys are ever at the TC and see Naima tell her hello, she is a real cutie!

Now you guys know I love the falafel wrap from TC right? Well sadly, not anymore...it was a bit different in March and now it is totally different. They are not falafel patties but now they are falafel balls and they are so spicy my eyes were on fire. And they are served on a thin pita like bread instead of the thicker doughier bread. I had to let DH eat the rest of it....the lentil salad and couscous was delish! Next time I will get the chicken schwarma

More pastries from TC

Meatballs and saffron rice...Todd loves these, thinks they are hamburger and not lamb but what he doesnt know will not kill him!

 

[MickeyNicki]

We shared a brat with kraut and it was great! DH eats the kraut and said it was great, the brat was nice and had a good spice to it and the soft steamed roll.....OY it was perfect!

And a few pics from the candy store in Germany! I found the gingerbread men and asked if they were fresh and soft, when I bought one in March it was dry and stale. The CM said they were so we bought one,

 

[MickeyNicki]

On our way to China I had to get another Peach Snap! And again, I was lucky enough to drink it all myself!

DH has an eggroll fetish and since Nine Dragons bit the dust he had them at Lotus Blossom instead...they were so much better!

After a ride on Maelstrom I wanted a fancy water from Norway and I took a few pics, could not get them all because the cases were all fogged up with condensation.

 

[MickeyNicki]

 

[MickeyNicki]

And tonights dinner was BlueZoo, have read wonderful reviews and seen fantastic pictures from Brenda and Rosie and the DisneyFamily...so excited to try it ourselves! Quick walk from the Swan so DH had to get to bed early, it was perfect!

We arrived at 6:30, the bar was empty, the restaurant was just about empty. We were seated in a cozy little round booth in the back of the restaurant. Our server was Jay, great guy, super attentive but not smothering at all. Great suggestions and very helpful! The restaurant is gorgeous, there are "dancing fish" rotating on a spit at the entrance past the bar, that is how they cook them so they look like they are dancing. The raw bar was impressive too....the atmosphere is very calming and relaxing.

We both had ice tea and Fiji water.

The bread was great, there was a parmesan cheese lavosh that to me tasted like burnt cheese but Todd liked it alot. A nice thing dense chewy ciabatta bread and the best, these little bread squares with carmelized onions on top...oh sweet carbohydrated god thank you! I scarfed these puppies down fast and Jay was quick to bring more.

And the butter, oh my the butter. It is a fennel infused butter and I could have licked the little bowl. Fennel, or anise, is the licorice tasting celery looking thing that we always eat from Oct-Jan (that is the only time Publix carries it) and it is very crisp and clean tasting. This butter with the little bread squares and I was one Happy Italian Chick!

DH was getting scared off by the menu, he said he didnt know what any of it was so he decided on the cheese flatbread for an appie because they did not have any salads. The flatbread was insane, nice crisp and super thin, the cheese was salty and chewy, the basil fresh and the sauce was not a tomato sauce but more like a cream tomato sauce that was thick and rich and wonderful.

I wasnt feeling any fish tonight, we are supposed to go to FF tomorrow so I thought hey, I will get the filet. BlueZoo is the winner of the best filet ever award, better than Jiko, kicks Cali Grills in the pants and beats Le Cellier by a mile. I had it cooked med rare, it was cooked med rare. It was nestled on a bed of creamy mashed potatoes, carmelized red onions, balsamic reduction and pureed carrots that DH and I fought over. I loved my meal, DH loved my meal and I will get my butt back to BlueZoo in Oct!

Todd wanted the chicken, he loved it...especially the skin which I do not feed him at home, 2 days in a row he was allowed to eat chicken skin and he is so happy....I may sound like a strict wife but I need a healthy husband around for a long time ya know? But on vacation all that goes out the window and he is free to eat how he wants. The potato cake was good, the peas were terrific and the chicken was so moist and flavorful but the best part was the salted parmesan greens on the top...HOLY MOLY he loved it!

As if we didnt have enough food we also ordered the garlic olive oil fries with fresh herbs like thyme and rosemary...wowza these were the best fries I have ever had...we left the mashed potatoes and the potato cake on our plates and ate all the fries!

Jay asked if we wanted dessert, Todd said of course and I said just one cuz I am bursting at the seams!

Jay said the first dessert, the molten chocolate cake was super thick, dense and very very rich so DH opted for the banana tart. It was very sweet, tart, creamy and light...great end to a great meal. It comes out looking so cool with this white chocolate ball on the top and then Jay doused it with a warm rum sauce....I can actually feel the pounds adding on right now.

So if you are thinking of a killer meal, run do not walk, to BlueZoo...you will not be sorry! Many thanks to Briarosie, TigerKat, Oybolshoi and the DisneyFamily for recommending this joint...we will be back for sure!

 

[englishrose47]

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This is the steak and shrimp at Yak and Yeti!! It was good !! The rice was just okay !! They didn't ask how I wanted the steak done !! I like it rare so it was a little over cooked for me !! I thought the presentation was awesome though!!!

 

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French onion soup! I thought that it was very good!:

Filet de boeuf grille, sauce au poivre noir Gratin Dauphinois et haricots verts - Grilled tenderloin of beef with a black pepper sauce original potato gratin of Savoy and green beans: the potatos were really good.

I dont remember what it was. Sorry she said it was yummy!

My dessert:Crepe a la pomme et cannelle, glace vanille, caramel jus de pommes - Crepes filled with cinnamon, apple, vanilla ice cream and apple caramel sauce... This was SUPER yummy!