Hi everyone! I am now on to Tuesday. This ended up being my AK day as I ate there breakfast, lunch and dinner! Not an easy feat at a place with so few restaurants!
Breakfast
Ok, calling this breakfast is being generous, b/c what I ate was a big honking cinnamon bun which certainly had no redeeming nutritional value. But, oh so good!
This picture doesn't do it justice b/c you can't tell the size. No exaggeration, it was at least 7 inches across! Very moist, sweet, and everything you could want in a cinnamon roll. DH was so impressed with my picture he got one himself later in the week. Mmm Mmm good. Total: $2.49 at the Safari Coffee stand to the right facing the tree of life at Discovery Island (right near where the rope drop is). They also sell them at the coffee stand outside the turnstiles.
Flame Tree Barbecue
Ok, before I start I will admit I was a Tusker House girl. It was the only CS I ever ate at at AK and I am mourning it greatly. But I had heard great reviews of Flame Tree so I was cautiously optimistic.
Now as you might guess based on the size of that cinnamon roll, I wasn't hungry too soon. I didn't get to Flame Tree until about 12:45 at which point it was quite crowded and I waited in line 15 minutes just to get my food. I also was a little quesy/motion sick from EE so that was a factor too. I looked at the chicken salad and knew I should order it, but for some strange reason I wanted ribs. Now, if I tell you the last time I had ribs was... maybe never? Maybe 15 years ago? I am honestly not sure. So I have NO IDEA what possessed me to get them other than it sounded good. So I ordered the ribs platter (came with corn bread and beans) and the onion rings. I knew I couldn't eat it all, but decided to go for it anyway.
Well, to start, the ribs were actually pretty good. I am clearly no expert but they were not fatty and tasted good. Pretty bland though. Maybe I am not a dry rub kind of girl. I doused it in BBQ sauce and they tasted good. The beans were awful (in the little mickey cup). They were clearly sitting forever and were like paste. I really like baked beans and took one bite and tossed them. The corn bread muffin also wasn't great. I LOVE cornbread so this should have been right up my alley. I even like sweet cornbread. But this was too much like a sweet muffin - not enough corny taste. I am not explaining it well, but I just picked a bit and tossed the rest. The onion rings were good. Crispy, good flavor, great dipped in the BBQ sauce.
Unfortunately, I left even more queasy (again, probably EE rather than the food) so it didn't leave a great impression. Nothing really wowed me so I am not sure I'd go back unless I tried the salad. Next time I'll probably try Pizzafari or Yak & Yeti. Total cost: $16.16
Dinner
Well, this isn't an official review but I was lucky enough to get a free ticket to the special event hosted at AK that night by DH's conference. They rented out the whole park and had events and food at Asia, Africa, and Dinoland. In past years at other parks they had the CS places open, but since AK has so few, they had catering (I assume Disney's) do the food. We ate in Africa and Dinoland. In Africa they ha a yummy pineapple foster, great hummus and bread, and some nice salads. In Dinoland, they had a burger bar that was yummy. It was really interesting to see how they took over the park for an event like this.
ETA: Ok, I forgot to mention this but the funniest thing happened at the AK party. They served free alcohol and when we arrived they had servers with "bluetinis" as you walk in. Since it was the first drink available, almost everyone took one. Within a few steps we started seeing everyone making faces. They were really gross. Like undrinkable gross. Too strong, too medicinal, I am not sure, but no one liked them. As we rounded the corner, they had a table set out with beer and wine so everyone got rid of their bluetinis. Most folks just threw them away, but about 5 people put them down on the drink table. Then I hear a woman point them out to the guy she was with and say, oh, I want to try one of those. Luckily I stopped her before she reached for it and I told her those were already drank from and that people had left them b/c they were so bad (they were mostly full).
So then the man she is with asks me why they were so bad. I try to explain it to him and he says, maybe he should taste it. So he reaches over, picks up the USED CUP, and DRINKS IT!!!

I was so shocked I didn't even know what to say! Ok, maybe there was a tiny chance he didn't hear the whole discussion about how they were "pre-tasted" but he was standing right there as I talked to the woman he was with. And she didn't stop him! I must have looked so stunned! Anyway, thought you guys would get a laugh at that!
Next up, Wednesday with the french bakery...