Just Back...My BEST WDW Meal Ever / Flying Fish

[Peter Pirate]

OK, just back from the long weekend and my meal reviews follow:

Thursday night: Celebration Town Tavern. When we get in late this is usually our stop for that night. I like it because they have 99 beers on the menu! As an app we always have their onion rings, I don't think I've ever had better and these were no exception. For dinner my oldest daughter had the Seafood medly (shrimp, scallops and grouper) over pasta. She ate it all. Youngest daughter, wife and I split a blackend prime rib sandwich and a french dip. My PR sandwich was spicy which I liked and lean (yum) and the FD was tender and tasty. Thumbs up. For Uncle's edification, I had Peroni as my beverage, is that up to snuff?

Friday night was my youngest daughters 13th birthday at Flying Fish. We started with lobster bisque (Very good. Not spicy but tasty). Then we split a frisee salad. It was good but maybe not as good as some variations in the past. Entree's: Oldest daughter had the usual charred NY Strip which was perfectly cooked M-rare, tender and oh so tasty. A "10" again for sure. I had the Tile fish special with a corn and ****ake mix which was one of the best fish meals I've ever had. I also had a side of risotto which the Chef explained was a whole wheat risotto (healthier than previous offerings) and as a family we thought it FANTASTIC! My wife had the grilled halibut(just for the halibut) and claimed it was better than mine (no way, but this is the way great meals are, right?). Birthday girl had mickey pasta with butter and toasted garlic bread (not on the menu, but prepared just the same) and a little of everyone else's. For dessert we had the chocolate valharona (sp?) and banana creme brulee. Not a spec was left. This meal was extraordinary and we nearly rolled out of the restaurant!

Saturday night we ate at Tchoup Chop at USO. It was an excellent meal. We started with an Asian Ceasar Salad with shrimp which everyone thought very good and seared scallops over plantains which were deemed EXCELLENT. Youngest D and wife split the NY Strip, which was coated with a pepper soy sauce mixture and was A-1. No waste to be seen. I had an Asian style grouper in a corn and mushroom sauce. Very, very good, but a just a tad below the fish at FF. Oldest D had the double porkchop with tamarind sauce and citrus infusion. It was huge, very tasty and tender. But it was huge. Really big...She couldn't finish it even with my help! This was one of the better pork chops I've ever tasted!

That's it for this trip but in closing I want to reiterate my extreme happiness with the food and staff of Flying Fish!

 

[donaldtutter]

Glad you enjoyed Flying Fish.

 

[Cass]

That review made me soooooo hungry

 

[wildernesslodgelover]

Hi PP!

Thanks for the review. I STILL have not eaten at FF, but plan to do so next trip. LOL at the censorship fo the word "****ake." It took me awhile to figure out what that word was!

Celebration Town Tavern sounds like an interesting stop. My DH is a onion ring connoisseur, so that sounds great! We will don our thongs and head there on our way home!

 

[Kaycee]

Thanks for the excellent reviews. We haven't tried Flying Fish yet, but it's high on our list, and after reading your review it has moved even higher up the list.

 

[Forever a Princess]

Thanks for your review.

We plan on trying the Flying Fish for the first time in October.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Man, I wish there were enough nights to hit all these great spots! Flying Fish is one that we need to try soon.

Glad you had some great experiences!

 

[Redwitch]

I second your opinion of FF. Great food! We ate there in January and have ADR for this fall. Gotta love the DDP!

 

[Bbgrizzle]

Flying Fish is my very least favorite restaurant I have tried at WDW. However, since you had such a great experience, I might have to reconsider and give it a second chance. Glad you had a great time.

 

[Minniespal]

Enjoyed reading your review ~ Thanx for sharing.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Enjoyed the reviews!!
I'll have to try that FF steak--I came very close this last trip--

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Thanks for the review. I also loved my meal at Flying Fish on our last trip. I had the Red Snapper and it was my favorite meal of our whole trip.

 

[Laura]

Thanks for the review.

I'm puzzled, though, by a comment about a side at FF. Risotto is made with rice; how can it be whole wheat?

 

[Tinkerbellmom33]

I have to agree!!
We ate there a couple of weeks ago (have to get my act together and attempt some reviews) THE best meal of the trip!! Top notch place, food was soo good.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Pirate:
Just wondering a bit about those 99 bottles of beer at Celebration Town Tavern. I always thought they had 100--maybe one of the bottles just happened to fall???

Peroni was just fine. When we ate there a few trips ago, I had a Lion Lager and a Blue Moon.

 

[Dana49]

Thanks for the taking the time to write such informative reviews. It's seems like the Flying Fish is receiving much better reviews than it has in the past. Perhaps we will place it on the agenda for our next visit.

 

[Luv2Roam]

My BEST WDW Meal Ever / Flying Fish

Not a bit surprised.

 

[jeankeri]

We ate at FF on our first night in WDW last November. It was by default since we were tired and hungry and every other Boardwalk eatery had a wait for a table. It was a splurge/ treat for us, and the food was very good. My DS10 wants to return, it is his favorite WDW restaurant, but I cannot justify the $$ unless there is free dining offered during our next trip .

 

[ufgator]

Thanks for your reviews. I love Flying Fish - the potato snapper is one of my favorites!

 

[MAKmom]

Flying Fish is my very least favorite restaurant I have tried at WDW. However, since you had such a great experience, I might have to reconsider and give it a second chance. Glad you had a great time.

What others did you like better? We are going to the FF this month for the first time.