Gluttony . . . Pure Gluttony. 14 nights food reviews from two little piggies!LAST DAY

[mindyd]

We are eating at 50's next week and I can't wait to try the smores! I have really been enjoying your report

 

[DisneyJo]

I love the strawberry milkshake at 50's and it sounds as though your server was hilarious

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I only just found this today and I am loving it, you sound like you had a blast, and wonderful memories of my beloved POFQ, I can't wait to have 3 nights there in December, you are such a winky little thing, and so much food, well done to you, I am proud of you, you eat as much as I drink LOL (see trippie on the UK trip reports "Fancy A Magarita Love" and you will understand ... Cheesecake Factory looks yummy, I will definately be there in December. Can't wait for more x

I can't find your trippie do you have a link to it please?! You must try the Cheesecake Factory, so good if you fancy a night away from pixie dust!

Boma's will make you Deep-fried Oreos if you request it. I've seen several pictures posted on the DisBoards and we have a request out for the recipe from one of the Disboard members.

Oh what?!! Are you serious?! How did I miss that?! Will they do them for me for breakfast next year do you think?!!

In New Zealand we have potato and gravy at KFC. It is a container with mashed potato covered in gravy... very nice I was very disappointed when I got to the UK and discovered you don't have it. What do I have to dunk my chips in now????

Hubby doesn't like chicken on bones (so we NEVER share a starter of chicken wings) so we don't go to KFC very often which is probably good I guess.

Kirsten

I've said it before and I'll say it again we are so very depived here! That sounds so like something I would like to chow down on!

PS - I also never SHARE wings!!!

Loving your reviews but where are you putting all that food? You're both so skinny

BTW we live in Kent now but my DH's from Wymondham and I'm from Lowestoft

Well hello! Both areas I know VERY well!!! In fact TG and I booked our very first Orlando holiday together in Lowestoft. It was New Years Day and he had terrible toothache but I made him drive all the way there to book as it was the only place open and I was so desperate to book!!!!!!! The travel agents was open but the dentist wasn't - unlucky!!!!!!!

Good heavens! How did I miss these reviews? I'm only on page 4, but wanted to let you know I am totally enjoying myself. Now, back for more....

Ah thank you!

Really enjoying your reviews!

Cornbread is big in the States, esp. the South. Here in Texas alot of the restaurants serve Jalapeno cornbread.

My DH's grandmother is from east Texas (think deep South) and used to melt butter in a cast iron skillet on the stovetop, put in the cornbread mixture and then pop it in the oven to cook. Gives it a nice, crispy bottom.

I became addicted to it this trip - can'r believe had never tried it before

The butter sounds lovely. You can always rely on a Granny to know how to fatten up an already naughty meal!!!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

We are eating at 50's next week and I can't wait to try the smores! I have really been enjoying your report

Oh you will have a great time there!! I had never had smores before but they sure tasted good to me!

I love the strawberry milkshake at 50's and it sounds as though your server was hilarious

She really made the meal, we were laughing about her for the rest of the trip! That milkshake was so good - you should try the one at the Plaza as well - just as thick, but with cream on top!!!

 

[honeybee30]

Your husband looks soo much like Jake Gyllenhaal (lucky girl ) that I feel like I'm reading a dining report starring Donnie Darko! You must've heard that before, though, no?

 

[TarzansKat]

Haven't posted in while but I'm still reading, and I love your reviews!

Please don't take offense, but where are you putting it all?

My goodness! I'm glad you enjoy yourselves, and I love reading all about it, so I thank you for indulging.

 

[suzimar57]

love that milkshake, ooozing out of the shaker!!!

 

[lisajl]

Holy mackeral! You are soooo funny..."See that skeleton in the corner, that's my wife after not eating for an hour"

OMG! I am laughing so hard! I guess it's because I have already seen what you have eaten the whole trip! How on earth you two stay so skinny is beyond me!

Thanks for posting all of this, though. I am definately going to try EOS.
BTW, most of our KFC's here in Ohio are terrible. My boss loves the mash bowls!

Lisa

 

[SmallWorld71]

All caught up now. Sounds like Prime Time was a blast - I've never been there. I do make a really good meatloaf though and DH makes great pot roast.

 

[saratogagirl]

We will definately try the Cheesecake Factory, my trippie has disappeared into oblivion now as we went at Christmas, if you extend the UK Trip Reports to the lsat year, it starts on page 4, I did it day by day so quite hard work to catch up on so no pressure, I thought you may enjoy as there are just the two of us as well, anyways here is the link to the first copule of days x

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1685215

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1687397

 

[arieljasmine]

Mash bowl?!! I didn't see that! That could have changed the whole review - I adore mash!!!

You so need to try them next time you are in the States, they are sooo yummy. Mash with pieces of fried chicken, sweetcorn, cheese and gravy, soooo good!

The food at the 50's PTC always looks so good, I am going to have to try to be brave enough to go.

Oh, and do check out Jules' (saratogagirl) trip reports, they are great!

Laur's

 

[Luvmyfam3]

I just wanted to let you know I'm another person that's enjoying your reviews! You have a very entertaining writing style! I'm just sorry that it'll all be over soon.... We're going to WDW in July and we eat at 50's Prime Time every single trip! My daughters consider it one of our "traditions". (Btw, our restaurant "traditions" keep growing....)

Kim

 

[kimgof]

This is the first place we have both given 10/10 to I think! Really good fun but just a bit gentler (apart from TG’s slap!) than Whispering Canyon! I would definitely recommend it, but maybe chase your table up after 15 minutes instead of 30!!!

So glad to hear you loved it here. We are going for the first time in September because it was recommended to us. Great reviews by the way. Can't wait to read more.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Monday 19th May

At last . . . the day I have been waiting for, for months. The day I finally get to try Tonga Toast. For so long I have been drooling at pictures of something I had never tasted, never smelled, and now it was time to see if it lived upto my wildest dreams.

We had quite an early ADR, 7.40, and got seated straight away. As previously mentioned we are not great coffee drinkers but I knew we had to try the pressed pot. See, I was so excited I even took a picture of coffee!

The people at the next table were horrible and kept laughing loudly at “that girl taking photo’s of her food” but I was doing it for the greater good and carried on regardless! If you don’t like camera’s you are in the wrong part of the world!

I ordered the Tonga Toast with the fruit cup and a pineapple juice (didn’t realise the fruit cup would have pineapple in it as well so bit if a pineapple overdose there!). TG ordered the Big Kahuna ( French toast, Macadamia-Pineapple pancakes, eggs, home fried potatoes, ham, bacon, and sausage ) plus an extra side of toast, which cheered me up even more as it meant I could try the also famed Macadamia Nut pancakes off his plate – this was shaping up to be a great breakfast!

Here is it, look at that grin . . . hadn’t even tried it at that point.

The Big Kahuna

So . . . I hadn’t liked the zebra domes, would this live up to expectations? OMG YES!!!!!! This was truly one of the best things I had ever tried!!! The bread was moist, the cinammon and sugar were light dustings of heaven, the banana was just the right temperature, and the whole thing was fried off nice and lightly. I even loved the strawberry syrup which I know some people find too sickly. This was divine. TG gave me a macadamia nut pancake to try which was nice (though I had expected the nuts to be in the pancake and not on top of it in the sauce) but to be honest it paled into nothing when compared to the Tonga Toast – a massive 10/10!! TG rates his 9/10. Oh yes and the coffee was really good and rich, maybe Nescafe isn’t all that after all. . .!

Get this though, this thing is HUGE. Even I could only eat about ¾ of it (ok, plus ½ a pancake). And I was absolutely stuffed the whole morning. Didn’t even think of snacking.

So a resounding success . . . BUT!! Part two of the Tonga Toast story coming up in a couple of days!!

We did the Keys to the Kingdom tour all morning, and lunch was included at Columbia Harbour House. I’d known what I was having for months (is anyone else like me and doesn’t even take a glance at the menus in any of these places?! No need for a menu thank you, I’ve had my choice ready for months!), I had to try the worlds best tuna sandwich (Anchors Aweigh – tuna with lettuce and tomato on multigrain bread) and TG went for the chicken nuggets and fries basket. I confess I let you all down here . . . we were sitting with the guide and I just couldn’t bring myself to get the camera out – I’m sorry!!!!

I was still stuffed from the Tonga Toast, but this was so good I had to eat it all (well I left the crusts if that counts)? And I left the pack of chips which came with it, so I am not a total savage. This truly is an excellent tuna sandwich – really tasty. I thought there could maybe have been slightly more filling, but I am probably judging it by Earl of Sandwich standards! Really tasty though, and am considering going here again on our MK day next year instead of the Plaza which considering I have a fear of counter service places in parks (hate having to battle for a seat) is pretty darn brave of me! 9/10. TG liked the nuggets, but pretty basic and hard to mess up! 7/10. He ate my chips as well.

After the tour we thought we would treat ourselves to a Ghirardellis! They had a brand new menu! From what I could tell all the old stuff was on it, plus a few new ones! Yum! TG went for the brownie sundae I had last time (scoop of premium vanilla ice cream paired with warm Ghirardelli double chocolate brownie smothered with hot fudge sauce and topped with whipped cream, chopped almonds and a cherry). I went for the Rocky Road sundae which I think was new? From what I recall this was a scoop each of choc, vanilla and rocky road icecream, plus hot fudge sauce and shedloads of cream and nuts

Rocky Road front, Brownie back

Would you look at all that cream!? And yes, it was as good as it looks!!! Defo a 9/10! Needed more cream to be a 10!! TG is 7/10 – their brownies are definitely different this year.

We then toddled off to Goofy’s MYO again. TG didn’t have one, he went for the Nemo cookie (5/10, tasteless) instead, but I wanted to try a rice crispie treat. I decided to have milk chocolate, reece’s pieces and this time tried butter fingers (a nice lady tried to explain what they were to me the other day, but I came away none-the-wiser so thought I should just try!). I only had a few bites of this before TG hoovered it all up. He loved it and I didn’t! The butter fingers and reece’s pieces were nice, but I didn’t think much of the rice crispie thing. I am a marshmallow girl! Oh, and it was drizzled in caramel. I give it 6/10

Think he was trying to look like a fish?!

Goofy's MYO

In the evening we met up with friends (the ones who were ill in Cheesecake Factory last week) and went to Tony Romas together. We yapped on so much that I forgot to take photos – the ribs and wings were good again, but the chicken sliders were warm rather than hot apparently and the service we had was pretty bad! We had planned to go play Fantasia mini-golf then onto Beaches and Cream after and share a Kitchen Sink, but golf took so long we missed the Kitchen Sink!! Arghhh!! Will TG and I dare to have it by ourselves later in the trip?! Stay tuned!

Coming next,
Golden Corrall 2nd visit, another attempt at KK’s, Pop Century foodcourt , and Chef Mickey’s.

 

[iluvpluto27]

Another great update, and no you're not the only one who knows exactly what they're going to order months before they even land in the US!

 

[wilma-bride]

Just finished reading it all - oh my, where on earth do you put it

Just wanted to jump on the whole 'Norfolk bandwagon' thing and say that my in-laws are from Caister. I am ashamed to admit I've never been to Norwich.

I am so going to look out for those magic cookies next time we're at Disney

 

[Tink2312]

I've just found your fantastic reviews Although why I read them before dinner I have no idea, as now I'm ravenous (and I'm pretty sure we've got no tonga toast in the cupboards )
Totally agree with your opinion of Golden Corral - we adore eating breakfast there (unfortunately we then have to waddle around for the next few hours after eating )
And a person after my own heart - a takeaway pizza after the flight. Have you ever tried CiCi's just up from DTD? It has gorgeous takeaway pizzas...mmm!
Glad you liked Trails End. We made two different ADR's for there last trip, but ended up having to cancel them both. Looks like we might have to try harder to keep them next trip though
Such a shame about the Nemo cookie - it LOOKS so good
Looking forward to reading more

 

[mom2jcc]

Just wanted to say that we ate at the Cheesecake Factory for the first time in February during our Hawaii vacation. We ended up eating there 3 out of the 5 nights because I was in love with it!!!! Thanks to your dining trippie we now know there is one in Orlando It has been officially added to our meal schedule

 

[DisneyJo]

I wish I liked bananas so I could try the tonga toast and I'm pleased you got it with something sweet rather than savoury!

Butter finger is a bit like our crunchie bar but peanut butter flavoured, I think

 

[saratogagirl]

I wish I liked bananas so I could try the tonga toast and I'm pleased you got it with something sweet rather than savoury!

Butter finger is a bit like our crunchie bar but peanut butter flavoured, I think

I feel like that too Jo, I cant stomach bananas, but would love to try tonga toast, Ian is going to try it for me in December