I Ate All That Food & Still Lost a Pound?!? Dining Report w/lots of pics! COMPLETED!

[BaBeeCee14]

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to my very first dining report.
After reading so many great dining reports on Disboards, I decided I would go ahead and give it a try. We were in Disney from September 5-10 2007, staying at Port Orleans French Quarter. It is everyone’s first time on the dining plan and the best part…it was FREE dining!

I hope you all enjoy!

Cast:
Me (Cat), 26 - I am a Disney freak and the planner of this trip (and all the other Disney trips we’ve taken). I love planning Disney trips, even if I’m not going on them. I’ve had people ask me to help them plan and I happily agree because it makes me feel like I’m going to be part of the fun. I LOVE Disney. It is my home and my happy place. There is no other place I’d rather be.
I love seafood, sushi, anything that has cheese on it and I am total carb addict. I’m not really a big fan of meat, but I could be in the mood for it once in a while. I would usually prefer to have a salad or a plate of pasta over a steak. However, when it comes to desserts and junk food, there isn’t anything I don’t like.

Jesse (DBF), 25 – Jesse loves Disney also, but he’s not as out of control as I am. Before we began dating, he had only been to Disney World when he was a kid. I went a few times without him because he just had no desire to go. Then finally, in November 2006, he told me he would take me to Disney! He was doing it more for me because he knew I really wanted him to come with me some day. It would be our first Disney trip together and I was so excited. Ever since that trip, he was hooked! Fast forward to September 2007 and this was our 5th trip to the World together.
Jesse loves burgers, steak, and pizza. He pretty much likes all kinds of meat and likes to try new things. The only thing he doesn’t like is fish and he is allergic to seafood.

Elaine (Jesse’s sister), 37 – Elaine usually goes to Disney once a year during November when they have the Super Soap Weekend. The trips were more for the Soap stars than for Disney…until she started going to Disney with me. She came with Jesse and me on our November 2006 trip (which happened to be during Super Soap Weekend) and we introduced her to park hopping and rides. She has now branched out from her annual one day at MGM trips.
Like me, Elaine loves seafood and sushi. She also likes steaks and burgers and definitely has a soft spot for sweets.

Phil (Jesse & Elaine’s cousin), 34 – This is Phil’s first trip since he was about 13 years old. He doesn’t remember too much from that trip, but he is excited to experience it for the first time as an adult.
Phil loves to eat! He will eat anything and everything (except anything with parsley or cilantro in it). He loves seafood, any kind of meat, definitely not a picky eater and likes to try new things. Whenever there was leftover food, it would go to Phil.

Special appearances by: Michele (DS), 21 – The other Disney freak. Michele is currently a CM in the college program at Disney. When she found out that she got into the college program, she was so excited. I was so jealous that she was going to get to live in Disney for the next 4 months. She arrived in Disney for the program shortly before us. We would meet up from time to time when she got off work to hang out and of course EAT! Michele loves to eat just like the rest of us. She’s not a very picky eater, the only thing she doesn’t like is fish. Like me, she loves desserts and junk food.

I do want to thank Jesse, Elaine, Phil, & Michele for being so patient with me and giving me time to take pictures before they attacked their food!

Now, back on track….here is a list of the places I will be reviewing:

Table Service
Boma (dinner) – 1st time
Coral Reef (lunch) – 1st time
Narcoosees (dinner) – 1st time
Ohana (dinner) – 4th time

Counter Service
Earl of Sandwich
Main Street Bakery
Columbia Harbour House
Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory (P.O.F.Q food court)
Sunshine Seasons
Wolfgang Puck Express
And various snack locations

And now on with the food porn….

Day 1 - 9/5/07 Wednesday

Earl of Sandwich

Jesse, Phil, and I had a 9:00pm flight out of La Guardia airport on JetBlue. Elaine took an earlier flight and had gotten to P.O.F.Q and checked in by about 8:30pm. Elaine went to Downtown Disney to walk around while waiting for us to arrive. Jesse and Phil asked her to pick up something for them at Earl of Sandwich because they knew they would be hungry by the time we got there. We landed in Orlando around 11:30pm. When we got to our room, Elaine was waiting for us with the sandwiches. She used 2 counter service credits for this meal. She got them each the “original 1762” sandwich, bottle of juice, and a brownie and cupcake for dessert.

Cost (if paying OOP): $21.20

This sandwich has roasted beef, cheddar and creamy horseradish sauce.

Jesse has had this sandwich before. He said it was still good, but there seemed to be less meat in it than last time. This was Phil’s first time eating this sandwich and he thought it was very good. The brownie was good as well, very moist. We saved the cup cake for tomorrow since everyone was full.

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Day 2 – 9/6/07 Thursday
Main Street Bakery, Columbia Harbour House, & Boma

Main Street Bakery – 8:30am

Today we went to Magic Kingdom for morning emh. We stopped by the Main Street Bake Shop for breakfast. It took about 5 minutes to pick out and pay for our food and we got a table right away. We got an apple turnover, ham egg & cheese croissant, and a cinnamon roll to share. We paid OOP for this meal.

Cost: $15.82

The apple turnover was ok, nothing special. It tasted like one of those packaged pastries you can buy at the supermarket. I think it would have tasted better if it had been warmed up a little bit. The ham egg & cheese croissant was delicious. It was hot and fresh, the whole thing just kind of melted in your mouth. The cinnamon roll was huge. It was light, sweet, and very good.

*Note: We paid OOP for this meal because we wanted to “save” our credits. We were afraid to use up so many credits on the first day, but at the end of our trip we still had a lot of our credits to spare. We had about 10 left over the day before we left. So, the lesson here is: don’t hoard your credits because there are plenty of them.


Columbia Harbour House – 11:00am

Cost: $27.72

After we got off IASW, we were heading into Frontierland towards Splash Mountain when we felt hungry again. We stopped in Pecos Bill to look at the menu, but didn’t see anything we liked. We decided to walk back and go to Columbia Harbour House. It was almost completely empty when we got inside. We were second on line to order our food. We decided to order 2 meals here and share since we had an ADR for 4:40pm at Boma.

Columbia Harbour House menu

Jesse and I ordered the Captain's Special which came with french fries, a bottle of water, and the apple crisp for dessert. He ate the chicken strips and I ate the fish. Phil ordered the Half Sandwich and Cup of Soup. He got the Starboard Deck sandwich and the New England clam chowder, fountain drink, and the chocolate cake for dessert.

(Jesse & Me) Fried Chicken Strips and Fish with french fries & Apple Crisp

Jesse loves the chicken strips at WDW (so do I) and this was my first time eating the fish at Columbia Harbour House. After blotting some of the oil off the fish and dipped in tartar sauce, it was very good. The fries were also good and helped fill us up. We only took a few bites of the apple crisp because it was not very good. It was very bland.

(Phil) This sandwich has ham with tomatoes, broccoli slaw and cheese.

Phil really like his sandwich, he said it was a pretty good size for it being only half a sandwich. He also really enjoyed the clam chowder, it was rich, creamy and had a lot of flavor. The chocolate cake was moist and fudgy. Elaine mostly picked at each of the 2 meals and also ate the cup cake that we saved from Earl of Sandwich he night before.


Boma – 4:40pm

Cost: $129.43

Michele had called to tell me that she wasn’t working today and wanted to join us for dinner. Since our ADR was booked for a party of 4, I had to call Disney dining and see if I could add another person on. Unfortunately, they were all booked up and then next available seating for a party of 5 wasn’t until 9:00pm. So it doesn’t look like she will be eating with us tonight.

We starting heading over to Animal Kingdom Lodge around 4:15pm for our 4:40pm ADR. We got there right at 4:40 and checked in. They handed me a pager and told us it would go off when our table was ready. I gave the pager to Jesse and went into the bathroom to wash my hands. When I came out, the pager had just gone off and we were headed to our table. Our server Maureen, came to our table to greet us right away. She took our drink orders and explained how the buffet works and what kinds of foods were being offered. Maureen was very friendly and attentive. Our drinks were refilled in a timely manner and as soon as we were finished with a plate, she was right there to take them away. For drinks, Jesse and Elaine got coke. A lot of people on Dis rave about the frunch that they serve here during breakfast. I really wanted to try it, so I asked Maureen if I could still have it even though it was dinner time. She said sure, so Phil and I ordered it. I am so glad that I did because it was delicious. During this meal, I just took pictures and reviewed what I ate. I was too hard to keep track of what everyone else was eating on top of it, so I hope that’s ok.

FuFu, pap & sheeba, 3 kinds of hummus (sun dried tomato, black olive, & white bean), potatoes with afritude, geelry’s rice, and potato & bacon soup.

The FuFu I believe was kind of sweet potato and regular potato mash. I thought it was ok. The pap & sheeba was excellent. It tasted like rice pudding and had tomatoes on top of it. It was a little bit sweet and really good. The hummus was also excellent. They were seasoned really well and tasted great with the “crackers” (sorry, they had an actual name for them, but I don’t remember what it was) they came with. The potatoes with afritude were basically potatoes with a lot of seasoning. It was interesting, but I did not have seconds of these. The Geelry’s rice was a seasoned yellow rice, but didn’t have that much flavor. The soup was really good. I was creamy, rich, and the bacon gave it a little bit of a smoky flavor.

Coca Cola pork loin, more Pap, shrimp cous cous, mushroom soup, and bobotie.

The pork loin was very tender and moist. The shrimp cous cous was served cold and was very refreshing. The mushroom soup was good in the beginning, but would get kind of overwhelming as the mushroom flavor was so strong. If you really like mushrooms, then you will probably like this soup. The bobotie was excellent. It kind of looks like a beef patty. It had very well seasoned ground beef on the inside of this sort of puff pastry. It was spicy, but not hot. At this point I was getting really full and was ready for dessert.

Zebra dome, fruit tartlet, passion fruit meringue, chocolate chip cookie & apple crumble

The zebra domes were so good, very rich and just melted in your mouth. I also really liked the fruit tartlet. They had strawberry and blueberry tartlets. The passion fruit meringue was very tart, just took a bite of it. The apple crumble tasted kind of weird. I think it was cooked with some sort of alcohol and you can really taste it. I was way too full to even take a bite that cookie.
At the end of our meal, Maureen told us that coffee, tea, and hot chocolate were also included in the dining plan. Jesse and Elaine ordered coffee, Phil ordered tea, and I was too stuffed to have anything else. Maureen brought us our bill, we signed it and left her an extra $10. Overall everyone enjoyed this meal. There were a lot of new and interesting foods to try. I think we would definitely come back to Boma again.

Up next, Day 3 - Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory (P.O.F.Q food court), Coral Reef, & Sunshine Seasons

 

[swankybeth]

Great reviews so far, looking forward to more!

 

[JamesLynn]

I am loving your reviews. I'm thinking about trying Boma in the future.
Would you recommend it as a must-go-to place?

 

[dmja716]

Looking forward to the rest!
Thank you

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory (P.O.F.Q food court), Coral Reef, Sunshine Seasons

Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory – 9:21am

Cost: $34.92

The food court was surprisingly calm today. I thought that with it being free dining, it would be a mad house. Everyone got their food, paid, at sat down in about 10minutes. I ordered the Mickey waffles with sausage, a bottle of water and orange juice. Jesse got the Bounty Platter with 2 bottles of apple juice. Phil ordered the King Creole Platter with an orange juice and bottle of water. Elaine shared with us and had a cup of coffee with my souvenir mug.

(Me) Mickey waffles with sausage

(Jesse) Bounty Platter

(Phil) King Creole Platter

The Mickey waffles and sausage we great as always (I’m a sucker for things shaped like Mickeys). Phil said the home fries were excellent, eggs were good, and bacon was overdone. Jesse’s meal was almost the same as Phil’s and agreed with his comments.


Tri City Popcorn stand– 11:56am

Cost: $3.29

After breakfast we headed over to MGM. It was really hot and humid that day so Elaine decided to use a snack credit for a Minute Maid strawberry frozen lemonade (sorry, no picture – I wasn’t there when she got it). It was cold and delicious, the perfect snack for a hot day.

Beverly Sunset – 1:44pm

Cost: $3.95

Jesse and Phil wanted to go on ToT, so Elaine and I walked around in some of the shops while we waited for them. Elaine really wanted to try a piece of fudge, so we used another snack credit. By the time we paid for the fudge, the boys got back and we were heading to Epcot for our lunch ADR at Coral Reef.

Rocky Road fudge

Elaine ate the fudge while we waited for the Epcot bus. I didn’t have any, but it looked really good. Elaine really enjoyed it.

Up next: Coral Reef, Sunshine Season, & Wolfgang Puck Express

 

[BaBeeCee14]

Great reviews so far, looking forward to more!

Thanks for reading along!

I am loving your reviews. I'm thinking about trying Boma in the future.
Would you recommend it as a must-go-to place?

I would definitely recommend it. They have a lot of interesting foods and there is something for everyone. I also really like the atmosphere. Thanks for reading!

Looking forward to the rest!
Thank you

Thank you! There's a lot more to come!

 

[donaldtutter]

Awesome reviews so far! Looking forward to more.

 

[medicgirl911]

Loving all the breakfast food pics, We never seem to have time to enjoy breakfast while we are there..but boy I want a mickey waffle LOL!

 

[my3disneygirls]

Great reviews. Thanks for taking the time to post them.

 

[Schucraig]

Great reviews! I can't wait for more!

 

[i3utterfli82]

I really can't wait for BOMA, good to know about the Frunch at dinner!

 

[BabyPiglet]

Great reviews and pictures!

 

[Mystic]

Thanks for the cool pictures and the opinions! DH and I really liked Boma. I must have eaten 4 or 5 zebra domes! practically rolled out of the restaurant.

 

[Minniespal]

Lovely photos!

 

[granmaz]

Enjoying your report and pictures, thanks.

 

[mt mommy]

Love all the pictures!! Makes me hungry!

 

[lucky978]

Subscribing! Enjoying your report and pics!

 

[ibouncetoo]

anxiously awaiting the review of Narcoosee...will be trying it for the first time in December!

 

[TigerKat]

Great reviews & pics!!