Jambalaya

[Little_Mouse]

Is there any good jambalaya at disney? Nothing too spicey? And jambalaya that you can request shrimp only in?

 

[SteveH]

I was completely unimpressed by the "jambalaya" at POFQ, I picked the good stuff out and called it done. I thought the jambalaya at Blue Bayou at Disneyland was better but the jambalaya at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen, also Disneyland, was the best I've at at a Disney property.

 

[kaytieeldr]

...Not that that matters if OP is going any time soon.

 

[smcabee]

I personally thought the one at the house of blues was really good.

 

[Deb & Bill]

With POR and POFQ both closed, it may be hard to find Jambalaya. It you were coming to my house, you'd get it with chicken and andouille. And plenty of Tony's added.

 

[SteveH]

In fact as @Deb & Bill point out the only place to get it right now is HoB since Boatright's is also closed, those are the only 3 that show up in a search on MDE.

 

[DSLRuser]

I was completely unimpressed by the "jambalaya" at POFQ, I picked the good stuff out and called it done.

I tend to agree.....this was not something to write home about. It was decent enough, but if you have ever had good jambalaya, this was nothing spectacular at all. almost reminded me of a boxed dinner you would make at home.

 

[Deb & Bill]

I tend to agree.....this was not something to write home about. It was decent enough, but if you have ever had good jambalaya, this was nothing spectacular at all. almost reminded me of a boxed dinner you would make at home.

It was pretty terrible.

 

[SteveH]

I tend to agree.....this was not something to write home about. It was decent enough, but if you have ever had good jambalaya, this was nothing spectacular at all. almost reminded me of a boxed dinner you would make at home.

A box of Zaterans and some shirmp & sausage is way better then what I had at POFQ. It was such a big disspointmet for me, I was really shocked how poor it was.

 

[Tess]

Is there any good jambalaya at disney? Nothing too spicey? And jambalaya that you can request shrimp only in?

Add another vote for House of Blues. It has been years, but I enjoyed it.

 

[JZCubed]

Is there any good jambalaya at disney? Nothing too spicey? And jambalaya that you can request shrimp only in?

House of Blues has Jambalaya on the menu.

But be advised, Jambalaya is not rice with food-stuff added afterwards; it's kinda' prepared the other way around.

Jambalaya is gonna' have the New Orleans 'trinity' of onion, celery & bell pepper with something pork added (jam = ham). If the pork is andouille, it's gonna' have a spicy kick....rice & liquid are then added to this savory base to complete the cooking process.

Most cooks I know would add seafood, such as shrimp, only at the very end cooking the rice.

Commercially, seafood may be even be cooked independently of the rice - because the seafood does not reheat very well.

 

[Micca]

I think expecting authentic regional/ethnic cuisine at WDW is pretty much a losing proposition. At the end of the day you're at a theme park resort, the food can be good, perhaps very good, but true examples of excellence are few and far between. At the same time, I live in a medium size U.S. city that has zero good Cajun food. I might very well be pleased with what WDW has to offer.

 

[JZCubed]

I think expecting authentic regional/ethnic cuisine at WDW is pretty much a losing proposition. At the end of the day you're at a theme park resort, the food can be good, perhaps very good, but true examples of excellence are few and far between. At the same time, I live in a medium size U.S. city that has zero good Cajun food. I might very well be pleased with what WDW has to offer.

Ya'know, more often than not, I include some/all of your qualifiers.

By and large, I find Disney does a reasonable job at serving enormous amounts of diverse high-quality food at most every expected price-point, particularly in Disney Springs.

'Bad' restaurants cannot survive very long.

Wow-factor is difficult under the conditions.....but the views and vacation opportunities are potentially priceless.

If I (a self-described food-snob) wanted a taste of New Orleans (where I once lived), House of Blues is reasonable bang-for-buck when visiting Disney Springs; the menus dabble in 'Southern' too with grits & bbq. I'm partial to the VooDoo Shrimp (which are spicy).

Disney Springs is generally easier to get to than attempting to go Resort-to-Resort (because that was never easy at Disney).