After our morning at Animal Kingdom, we opted to relax for the rest of the day and decided to go to Downtown Disney for dinner.
We chose WOLFGANG PUCK EXPRESS for dinner. We hadn't been there in years--I think it used to be in a different location, or at least they changed it enough so it seemed like it. Or maybe it's just my 40-year old memory.
Anyway, I read so many good things about this place that I was looking forward to it.
I had the mediterranean focaccia melt. I was thrown off because I was going to get the roasted vegetable pizza, but they said it is pre-mixed with eggplant. I am not a fan of eggplant. I like to say I am allergic to it, because it makes my mouth itch. My mother says I say that about things I don't like as an excuse. Maybe she's right. I did not, however, want eggplant on my pizza. So I made another choice. It was really good and I was happy with it, and the chips were warm and great. I also had a small ceasar, which was good. Sometimes I crave salads when we have been eating frequently in restaurants.
DH and DS17 each had the barbeque chicken quesadilla and they didn't talk at all while they were eating it, which means they really liked it. DS17 had a side of the four-cheese macaroni. He liked it--and he also couldn't keep his fingers out of my potato chips!
DS13 had buttered noodles. Every time we order buttered noodles for him, we have to make sure to tell them no herb garnish, no parm cheese. He won't eat it if it has been touched by either garnish, no matter how hard you try to camoflauge it. I know, I am not going to win any parenting awards over his eating habits. But he is nothing if not stubborn, and we have sought medical attention for it. As I said before, His Pickiness is generally healthy (though he did come home this time from WDW with pneumonia, but that's another story) and is a good student, athlete and kid, so I guess it is just a waiting game. Trust me, he has been exposed to many kinds of foods and he even ate well until he was three, so I don't know what happened to him. I pity the woman who marries him and has to deal with him ordering kid's chicken strips and white rice when he is 30--let alone cooking for him.
Sorry for the aside. He liked the buttered noodles and they arrived just that--plain. We rounded out the meal with the famous creme brulee. DS17 ate most of it and threatened to stab anyone with a spoon who came near it.
I didn't put up much of a fight, because I knew we were going to go to GOOFY'S CANDY KITCHEN. Neither DS was very interested in the process, which shocked me, because DS13 is all about chocolate and DS17 is a bottomless pit. Once they watched a couple people make their choices, they got a little more into it. DS13 had pretzels dipped in milk chocolate and then in order: oreos, M and M's and Reese's Pieces. He liked the ones with Reese's Pieces best. DH and I shared pretzels with milk chocolate, peanuts and a caramel drizzle and DS17 had a rice krispie treat with chocolate and Butterfingers. He didn't eat it right then because he was too busy texting.
That's another major aside: texting. He was having SERIOUS withdrawal from his girlfriend and spent the majority of the trip texting. We didn't allow him to text at the table during meals, so his phone would vibrate like crazy and then he would spend the next hour after the meal texting. I like his girlfriend, but all the texting drives me crazy! I told him he needs to live his life and have fun on his own vacation, not text it!
After all that, we went to a movie at Downtown Disney--I was mad at them because they didn't want to go back to a park--but I was overruled. Of course, even after the huge meal and double desserts, we had to get popcorn and Cokes to go with the movie, which turned out to not be a bad choice. It was nice to relax in the dark!
After the movie, I talked them into going to POP CENTURY to try the tye-dyed cheesecake. DH was not thrilled, but he will generally go along with my crazy ideas. I wanted to see POP, too, since we have never stayed there and I've read so much about it. We got one piece of cheesecake and a water, and took the requisite pics of the cake and the colored tongues before we called it a night. I won't say the cheesecake was great, but it was one of those things you have to do.
Next up:We finally make it the MK and split our dining choices. Thumbs up for Columbia Harbor House, egg rolls, and corn dogs; Thumbs down for The Wave.
We chose WOLFGANG PUCK EXPRESS for dinner. We hadn't been there in years--I think it used to be in a different location, or at least they changed it enough so it seemed like it. Or maybe it's just my 40-year old memory.
Anyway, I read so many good things about this place that I was looking forward to it.
I had the mediterranean focaccia melt. I was thrown off because I was going to get the roasted vegetable pizza, but they said it is pre-mixed with eggplant. I am not a fan of eggplant. I like to say I am allergic to it, because it makes my mouth itch. My mother says I say that about things I don't like as an excuse. Maybe she's right. I did not, however, want eggplant on my pizza. So I made another choice. It was really good and I was happy with it, and the chips were warm and great. I also had a small ceasar, which was good. Sometimes I crave salads when we have been eating frequently in restaurants.
DH and DS17 each had the barbeque chicken quesadilla and they didn't talk at all while they were eating it, which means they really liked it. DS17 had a side of the four-cheese macaroni. He liked it--and he also couldn't keep his fingers out of my potato chips!
DS13 had buttered noodles. Every time we order buttered noodles for him, we have to make sure to tell them no herb garnish, no parm cheese. He won't eat it if it has been touched by either garnish, no matter how hard you try to camoflauge it. I know, I am not going to win any parenting awards over his eating habits. But he is nothing if not stubborn, and we have sought medical attention for it. As I said before, His Pickiness is generally healthy (though he did come home this time from WDW with pneumonia, but that's another story) and is a good student, athlete and kid, so I guess it is just a waiting game. Trust me, he has been exposed to many kinds of foods and he even ate well until he was three, so I don't know what happened to him. I pity the woman who marries him and has to deal with him ordering kid's chicken strips and white rice when he is 30--let alone cooking for him.
Sorry for the aside. He liked the buttered noodles and they arrived just that--plain. We rounded out the meal with the famous creme brulee. DS17 ate most of it and threatened to stab anyone with a spoon who came near it.
I didn't put up much of a fight, because I knew we were going to go to GOOFY'S CANDY KITCHEN. Neither DS was very interested in the process, which shocked me, because DS13 is all about chocolate and DS17 is a bottomless pit. Once they watched a couple people make their choices, they got a little more into it. DS13 had pretzels dipped in milk chocolate and then in order: oreos, M and M's and Reese's Pieces. He liked the ones with Reese's Pieces best. DH and I shared pretzels with milk chocolate, peanuts and a caramel drizzle and DS17 had a rice krispie treat with chocolate and Butterfingers. He didn't eat it right then because he was too busy texting.
That's another major aside: texting. He was having SERIOUS withdrawal from his girlfriend and spent the majority of the trip texting. We didn't allow him to text at the table during meals, so his phone would vibrate like crazy and then he would spend the next hour after the meal texting. I like his girlfriend, but all the texting drives me crazy! I told him he needs to live his life and have fun on his own vacation, not text it!
After all that, we went to a movie at Downtown Disney--I was mad at them because they didn't want to go back to a park--but I was overruled. Of course, even after the huge meal and double desserts, we had to get popcorn and Cokes to go with the movie, which turned out to not be a bad choice. It was nice to relax in the dark!
After the movie, I talked them into going to POP CENTURY to try the tye-dyed cheesecake. DH was not thrilled, but he will generally go along with my crazy ideas. I wanted to see POP, too, since we have never stayed there and I've read so much about it. We got one piece of cheesecake and a water, and took the requisite pics of the cake and the colored tongues before we called it a night. I won't say the cheesecake was great, but it was one of those things you have to do.
Next up:We finally make it the MK and split our dining choices. Thumbs up for Columbia Harbor House, egg rolls, and corn dogs; Thumbs down for The Wave.
over your DS13's eating habits!!!
Great reports we are going in 
I think I have married the adult version of your DS13. He likes pasta and vegetables, bread and apples. Raw apples. No beef, no pork, no soup, no sauces (except on pasta), no peaches, only seedless oranges and grapes, no fruit in a chicken dish, no chili, dislikes all breakfast foods such as pancakes, omlettes, bacon, french toast. Yes, he is generally healthy and is a good husband, athlete and father, so I guess I'm keeping him, 
