Day Two continues!
Hi all!
So....
we left AK and got ready SUPER fast back at our room.
I knew Epcot would be crowded for Food and Wine, but WOW!
World Showcase was PACKED!
It took us quite awhile to get all the way back to Italy. We ended up being about 10 minutes late to our ADR, but I don't think it would have mattered. The restaurant hadn't been open long and it was just as packed inside as it was outside.
They were taking "reservations only" - they had to keep telling people this who were walking up and asking about the wait. Of course that doesn't count for the *ahem*
annoying person who pitched a fit and got his party of 7 seated within minutes of their walk up. Dude! What don't you get about reservations only? They claimed that guest services told them there would be room for walk ups.
Seriously - you're going to Epcot during the first weekend of Food and Wine and you think you're going to get a walk-up at the restaurant that just opened a month ago?!
But I guess if you pitch a fit enough, you get what you want. Sorry folks, just a pet peeve of mine...
Anyway, where was I?
The restaurant was really nice looking inside.
We decided to split a pitcher of Sangria, as that was a much cheaper option than each getting our own drinks. Yummy goodness!
Our waiter was very nice, but it was the busboy that caught the attention of Megan and Andi...
And he didn't seem to hide his flirting, especially with Andi.
The food was SO GOOD. I would absolutely recommend this restaurant to anyone. I have to admit, I was thinking it wouldn't be a highlight. I mean, here in eastern PA, you can get italian food more than anything else. Heck, in our tiny town, there's like 5 or 6 italian food places. So I didn't know if this would be anything special.
Well, I was wrong!
The food was done in a really authentic italian way and was so very very very good.
I had the lasagna verde. It was a lasagna with cheeses and spinach - no red sauce like we're used to here. Wow - even thinking about it makes my mouth water. The cheese in it was so creamy. Delicious...
Megan got the Chicken Parm. which came with a spaghetti torte.
And Andi got the Candele - which was baked pasta with cheese, sausage sauce and lamb.
We each tried eachother's food and I have to say everything was marvelous!
And dessert was just as good. We decided to split the Zapele (sp?) which are ricotta fritters with whipped cream and chocolate sauce, and the tiramisu. I'm not a HUGE tiramisu fan - I like it once in awhile - but this was different. Again - the authentic italian dish wins out over the americanized version! It was so light and not overly sweet.
Here are the desserts.....
Now we all know that one of the fun things at Disney is people watching and overhearing interesting things from other guests. Well, that was the case at dinner, because it seemed that the table next to us didn't know eachother. Was it so crowded that people were willing to sit with strangers? Oh - or was it a dismeet???? Who knows!
We got a pic of the ovens as we left from the ladies room...
And we got a nice final good bye from our lovely italian busboy....
We strolled our way leisurely out of Epcot and got some great shots along the way....
The outside of Via Napoli:
An awesome Photopass shot in World Showcase:
Along with more Photopass fun....
We made our way out to the monorail....
Why you ask?
Heck, we were going to Magic Kingdom to see the Main Street Electrical Parade!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I couldn't wait!
What would the rest of the night hold? What can amuse a bunch of friends for a really long time?
You'll just have to check back to find out!