Ok, so I have a shameful secret
.I didnt realize that Janas husband was coming with her to meet us for the PS. Now, of course he wasnt interested in the first half, but who wouldnt want to go to the menu tasting? So, we just showed up with 4 instead of the 3 people who I signed up for. Well, it turns out that Pamelas baby was sick so she wasnt able to be there for our tasting. This sucked, but what can you do? Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches and they gave us a lovely intern named Katie to go with us, along with Vita from that morning. They pulled one car around and then realized we had 4 guests instead of 3, but they didnt say a thing. They just went and got a bigger vehicle and we all headed over to the EPCOT kitchens. It was the last few days of the Food and Wine Festival, so it was pretty crazy in the kitchen, but they had a nice set up for us and the two chefs we had were so nice!
We had a hard time picking out stuff to taste. But we started with a salad of Boston bibb lettuce and I had them add edible flowers because I think theyre pretty. Now, Im not the biggest salad fan, but this was delicious! It came with some scrumptious shrimp on top which we were not expecting. We all loved it. Oh, since Mark was unexpectedly along for the ride I made him the official picture taker and he took his duties very seriously!
Oh, and we chose the bird of paradise napkin fold. We thought it fit the tropical theme well.
Next up main dishes: We wanted a dish similar to the famous Jiko filet with mac and cheese. We all loved the steak and the mac and cheese, so this is definitely making it on the menu along with the salad. We also really liked the plating because the dish containing the oh so delicious mac and cheese kind of looks like a fish.
The second main dish was bacon wrapped scallops with a barbeque sauce and roasted potatoes. The scallops were so yummy, but Adam and I felt like the bacon was not adding to the flavor and kind of ruining the fresh, clean taste. So we decided to do just the scallopsno bacon. The roasted potatoes were fine, but nothing to write home about. The group decided they would rather have mashed potatoesfine by me. We decided to have the same veggies (carrots and green beans) with each main dish.
Last up for main dishes was a trio of tuna medallions. I LOVE tuna, but this was overcooked and dry. No one was really impressed. Im used to eating my tuna on the rare side and I know not everyone likes it that way, so I think it would be a hard thing to cook it to where the majority of people would enjoy it. Oh, and the green log is wasabi. I added a second sheet to the tasting checklist with flavors we like and dislike as well things that must be avoided at all costs (mainly cilantro and copious amounts of onions and peppers). I think Adam thought the wasabi was guacamole and he almost had a nuclear meltdown at the table after eating a sizable dollop. He held it together it well.
So, our dessert party is over at Sago Cay but I still wanted to try a few desserts. We arent really doing standard stuff at our DP so I figured they could always just pass the recipe along. They made as some caramelized bananas with ice cream similar to what we would get with the banana flambé action station. Very yummy and refreshing!
They made us not one, but two types of bread pudding. They were both so yummy, but the one with chocolate chips sprinkled on the top won out. It was all Adam and I could do to not sit there and eat both large dishes and then lick the plate.
And for fun I asked for the slipper dessert. Turns out the actual dessert part is the little chocolate teardroptasty. Of course you can eat the slipper too although, its hard to do so gracefully. Theres a lot of wow factor, but its so pricey and I guess I dont see the point if you are having cake.
At the end they gave us our little whisks and we went back over to the GF and we said goodbye to Jana and Mark. Overall thought on the PS: It was a lot of fun and I felt like we ironed out a lot of details. I wish that Pamela could have been there for the whole thing just for continuitys sake and so I could ask any follow up questions. I did send her an email the next day with my additional thoughts on the tasting and a few follow questions. Up next: we top of the PS day with Mickeys Very Merry X-mas Party!!
I hope to do that someday when I have more room!
2 funny! I think the cake design will b different & cute... That was sweet of ur MOH 2 buy ur cake server set.. Things r looking good 
