We arrived a few minutes before our 5:05 pm ADR but we waited at least 40 minutes to be seated. It felt and looked like everyone who checked in after us was seated before us! People were being turned away at the check-in kiosk in front of Canada. One of the hosts played Canadian trivia with guests waiting, but in the end it was just us sitting there. I was getting very cranky.
We were finally seated and Heather was our waitress.
After our orders were placed we received the bread. We split the pretzel bread in 4 as well as the others. Pretzel bread is our favorite though and is delicious with the beer cheese soup but I prefer it just with some butter. We ended up asking for extra pretzel bread.
Our drinks came out. I love that you can get their special drinks on the
DDP here!
DS7 had the
Vanilla Shake.
DS13 & I had the
Red Maple - Raspberry smoothie with a splash of Sprite. It was very good.
DH had the
Niagara Refresher - Mango smoothie with a splash of Cranberry. He liked his too!
Both DH & I had Cheese Soup Bowl for an appetizer which we paid out of pocket for. I like this soup a lot with its smokey (peppery?) taste.
Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup - Made with Moosehead Beer and Smoked Bacon Cup $6.99.
DS7 also had the
Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup for his appetizer which came with the kids meal. I dont think he finished it, but someone at the table did!
Then our entrees arrived.
DS7 had the
. Drum roll please
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Hot dog and fries. Thats my boy. He doesnt like steak so I was glad he ordered something he would eat.
DS13 ordered the
New York Strip Steak - topped with bercy butter and served with Gruyere Yukon Gold Potato Gratin $34.99 As you can see, he switched the potato gratin for French fries.
A strange fact about DS13 is that is still cant figure our how to use a knife properly to cut his meat. He is a Boy Scout and can use a pocket knife for just about anything and can cook anything at scouts, but put a tender piece of meat in front of him with a steak knife and he would cut through the plate before he cut through the meat.
So, he had finally finished about ½ the steak when he decided he was done. We took the large leftover half back to the hotel room. His review is it was juicy and once I added the salt it tasted really good. Sigh.
Now, I have ordered the Le Cellier Mushroom Filet Mignon the previous 2 visits to LeCellier. I didnt really like the taste the first year and shocked myself when I tried it again in 2008. Now, if youre still around after my raving review of Chef Mickeys, I might finally lose you here.
I think the filet mignon tastes a bit like liver.
I know, youre wondering whats the matter with me? We used to eat liver once in awhile growing up and Id take a big bite of mashed potatoes and put a piece of liver in my mouth and swallow it whole. But I swear part of the flavor / texture reminds me of that.
So, did I order it again? Will this be another Mama Melroses cheesecake drama? NO WAY!
I ordered the
Coffee-rubbed Kansas City Strip Steak - with hazelnut butter and cream cheese mashed potatoes $32.99. (DH ordered the same thing.)
Now, are you wondering if it tasted like liver too and Im whacked? You'll actually be surprised to know that I dont even like coffee and yet I ordered the Coffee-Rubbed steak! However, I had one little bite of this last year when my mom ordered it and I thought it was good.
Let me tell you, I cut it. I put it in my mouth and I shut my eyes as I slowly chewed. It was heavenly.
I needed to shut my eyes and concentrate on this piece because it was SO amazing. Nothing was going to take me away from that piece of meat in my mouth! When I ate the second piece, I had to shut my eyes again. Honestly, just one more bite without the real world butting in. Delicious!
Now you can see the piece is quite large. I couldnt finish all of mine, but DH was very helpful in cleaning my plate! So, did he like it? DH is still searching for coffee rubs, he liked it so much!
DS7 didnt want dessert. AGAIN!
I was able to get fresh fruit in a cup to take back to the hotel with us though for breakfast.
DS13 ordered the Maple Crème Brulee. He liked it, but left about half. Since I hadnt eaten all of my steak, I had room to help him.
I wasnt going to pass by on dessert! I got my favorite. Maple Crème Brulee and DH ordered the Apple Tart AlaMode.
We were celebrating our 15-1/2th wedding anniversary that day and they did this cute presentation. We arent going to Disney for our anniversary for a long time, so I thought it would be cute to do something that evening. I thought my Crème Brulee was as delicious as always and DH thought the apple tart was good but I think he would have rather ordered the Chocolate Whiskey Cake.
You can bet we will return here!
ADR: 5:05 pm
Check time: 6:51 pm
4 TS Credits Used
Total Cost covered by DDP $167.93
OOP (soups) $14.90
LEFTOVER BUMMER
So as you probably recall, we took DS13s steak and DS7s fruit back to the room. When I went to put them in the hotels refrigerator, the refrigerator had frozen all the sodas and waters, so I turned in down to 5. Tuesday morning when I went to get the fruit out for breakfast, the refrigerator hadnt been cooling on level 5 and it was warm inside. The fruit was getting furry and I had to throw it away along with the jumbo left over steak. Honestly, I don't know when or how we would have eaten that steak since we didn't have any forks or knives, but I wasn't willing to throw it away and now I had to.
For me - it doesn't get any better
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for me. I'm so glad I tried something else because the Coffee-rub was wonderful. 
