Continuing with
Food & Wine (2014) and Dining Throughout Disney World with Figment...
Be Our Guest, Magic Kingdom (Lunch)
Figment was lucky enough to get a FP reservation for Be Our Guest for lunch one day. He opted to order when he got the restaurant (rather than pre-order). Even with the FP reservation, it still took quite a while to get into the restaurant and place an order (about 30 minutes). He ate in the Ballroom last time (for both lunch and dinner), so this time he decided to see if there were any tables available in the West Wing. After having eaten in the West Wing, Figment whole heartedly recommends that room over the Ballroom. It feels much more like youre eating in the Beasts Castle and it was fun watching the portrait change and the rose petals fall. The occasional flash photo was tough on the eyes, but thats the trade-off for eating in the West Wing.
Potato Leek Soup Figment has had this before and liked it. Its a creamy potato soup with only hints of leek.
Braised Pork - Slow-cooked pork with vegetables and bacon served with mashed potatoes and green beans jardiniere. Figment really liked this dish. It has a rich flavor and is a fairly good-sized portion.
Carved Prime Chuck Roast Beef Sandwich - Served warm on a baguette with horseradish sour cream and Pomme Frites (French fries). Figment liked the sandwich, but there was a little too much bread. He ultimately ended up eating the sandwich filling without the bread.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Cupcake - Vanilla sponge cake, strawberry mousse filling, and cream cheese icing. Figment liked this cupcake. He was surprised that the cream cheese icing wasnt very strong in cream cheese flavor (a bonus to him).
Lemon Meringue Cupcake - Vanilla sponge cake, lemon custard filling, flamed merinque icing and crunch. Figment also liked this cupcake. Good lemon flavor, without being super tart.
The Master's Cupcake - Chocolate sponge cake topped with Lumiere's special grey stuff. Figment liked this cupcake as well (Figment likes most cupcakes!). He was glad to try the Grey Stuff again, but it still reminded him of frosting more than anything else. He liked the pearls on the cupcake the best.
Ohana, Polynesian Resort (Dinner)
Figment headed over to Ohana for dinner before
MNSSHP. The amount of construction was pretty impressive, but luckily the restaurant itself is relatively untouched (he could see the construction outside the windows, but that was about all). For the first time, he was seated in the room behind the grills (so close to the entrance). He could see the castle from his table, but he agrees that very few tables would have a good view of the fireworks.
Ohana Welcome Bread Figment likes the pineapple infused bread that starts the meal, but he doesnt eat too much because he doesnt want to fill up on bread!
Vegetable Lettuce Wraps with a Hoisin Ginger Sauce - This was new to Figment. It was okay, but he ended up eating it without the lettuce and mixing it into the salad.
Mixed Greens with a Lilikoi Dressing At that time, the salad was no longer on the menu, but Figment had read that it was still available upon request. He had liked the salad in previous trips, so he asked and they had it!
Honey Coriander Chicken Wings and
Pork Dumplings Tossed in a Garlic-Ginger Dressing Figment liked both of these items. The chicken wings were sticky, but sweet. The pork potstickers had a good filling-to-wrapper ratio.
Noodles - Tossed in a teriyaki sauce with fresh and stir fried vegetables Figment liked this dish as well, but he didnt want to fill up on noodles.
Sweet-n-Sour Pork Loin, Szechuan Sirloin Steak, and Spicy Grilled Peel-n-Eat Shrimp - Prepared over an Oak fire, and served with Peanut and Sweet-n-Sour Sauces. Figment was amazed at how moist and juicy the pork was this time (that was his favorite!). The beef was okay, but the pork was better. The shrimp were also very good, but a bit messy to eat. Still he liked all of the entrée dishes, but his favorite was the pork.
Brownie and Ice Cream Figment is not a fan of bread pudding, so the server brought out brownies and a gigantic bowl of ice cream instead. It was a nice way to end the meal.
Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge, Disneys Hollywood Studio (Lunch)
The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge was a new place for Figment. It hadnt opened the last time he was at WDW. It does not take reservations, so its first-come-first-serve, with mostly outdoor seating. Guests can order from the Lounge menu or the restaurant menu, so Figment went with a mixture of items.
Famous Derby Cobb Salad - Fine chopped greens, turkey breast, bacon, egg, tomatoes, crumbled blue cheese, avocado, chives and Cobb dressing. Figment really likes the HBDs Cobb salad. It has an interesting texture because everything is chopped so finely, but the dressing is very tasty.
Blue Lump Crab Spring Rolls Served with snow crab claw, and an Asian slaw with spicy miso aïoli. Figment liked the spring rolls, which had lots of crab in them. The Asian slaw and spicy miso aioli were spicy.
Derby Sliders - Wagyu beef with cognac-mustard aioli, smoked gouda cheese, bacon and avocado slider (left) and a Duck confit, Taleggio cheese, chipotle vegetable slaw, sweet onion and orange conserve and crispy leek slider (right). Figment liked both of these sliders. They were a little messy to eat, but well worth it!
Artisanal Cheeses and Charcuterie Board for Two An assortment of artisanal cheeses with salami Calabrese, salami Toscano, Duck Rillette, imported prosciutto and pâté de champagne. Everything was very good, especially the prosciutto and salami!
Artist Point, Wilderness Lodge (Dinner)
Figment tends to have an early dinner at Artist Point so he can watch the sunset through the bay windows.
Soda - Its little touches like this that make trips magical. Our server gave everyone at the table Mickey straws. Figment happily collected them up at the end of the meal and brought them home with him as a souvenir.
Jumbo Lump Crab Cake - Dungeness crab, blue crab and Alaskan cod, stone-ground mustard remoulade, crispy slaw and smoked bacon. These crab cakes were amazing! They were so tall and filled with lots of crab.
Smokey Portobello Soup - with roasted Shiitakes, chive oil, and sourdough croutons. This is another one of Figments favorite soups at WDW. Its very rich, but tastes so good.
Wild Caught Prawn and Seafood Misto Mussels, crispy calamari, natural bacon, citrus miso broth, Japanese broccoli and sushi style jasmine rice. The dish had lots of seafood (yum) and a very flavorful broth.
Cedar Plank-Roasted King Salmon - Sweet potato mash, house-smoked bacon, autumn vegetables, rainbow cauliflower, and apple cider gastrique. This is Artist Points signature entrée and it was very good. The salmon was moist and very flavorful.
Roasted Berkshire Pork Loin Smoked gouda-herb polenta, baby heirloom carrots, lima beans, cipolline onions, pink lady apples, and port-pomegranate reduction. The pork was moist and had good flavor. The polenta was also yummy.
Artist Point Cobbler - With seasonal berries and house-made black raspberry ice cream. This is Artist Points signature dessert dishes and its very good. Figment likes the creamy ice cream and the sweet, but slightly tart berry cobbler.
Next time...Les Halles, Liberty Tree Tavern, and Much More!
Great to see another figment review!!
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