Le Cellier for ex-alcoholics.....soup and cake.

[Albertan mom]

According to Le Cellier, Canadians have to have booze in not only their soup, but their cake too!!!

We have an alcoholic in our group of 6 adults. This person hasn't had a drink in over 10 years.
So my questions are:
Can you taste the beer in the cheddar cheese soup?
What about the whiskey in the chocolate cake?

Is the alcohol very very strong tasting? Like could the kids eat the soup or cake, or is the taste overwhelming?

Now the person doesn't crave alcohol, and doesn't have the desire to drinking again, and the taste of it isn't going to send said person into a falling off the wagon beer-craving, whiskey-wanting tizzy or anything, but just wanted to know....!!
Thanks!!

 

[Nienor]

My DS (then 5) at the soup last summer. He liked it. But I tasted his soup and could definitely taste the beer in it. Although I'd imagine the alcohol had cooked out of it.

 

[Sleeping Jedi Beauty]

The whiskey is not cooked out of the cake at Le Cellier, so avoid that. Our waitress told us the whiskey is poured over the cake after it is baked and shortly before it is served to you. I've never taken a drink of alcohol in my life and found the soup to be excellent, but obviously can't speak for the taste of beer in the soup. It is cooked out though. If you're really concerned, there is a lot of great food there that doesn't have alcohol at all. Enjoy. Le Cellier was one of our favorite restaurants last trip.

 

[Slapster]

Most recovering alcoholics stay away from anything that has alcohol in it, not just something that you can TASTE the alcohol in - but it should be a choice left up to the individual.

 

[minkydog]

Yes, you can taste the beer in the cheese soup. The alcohol evaporates when it's heated, at least that is my understanding. It is delightful. I made some at home from the WDW cookbook and my kids ate it up. Neither was bothered by the beer taste(we are a teetotalling family, too.)

 

[the Fidge]

OK so here goes, I am a recovering alcoholic for 10+ years. I do not order anything that maybe cooked in my desserts. Personal tastes of chef sometimes will add the alcohol over it. No it will not sned me running over to the bar. It is just wierd to taste and soemthing I prefer not to do. I do on the other hand use white cooking wine in my scampi and it is well cooked out.

As long as the alcohol has gone to its boiling point then it is merely the flavor one is left with.

Have no fear your family member already knows what to do and not do. Their sobriety is in their able hands and would not like you worrying about it! Relax and have fun! Life goes on for us, we do not need to avoid situations where alcohol is involved. We learn to live in society. For me I still love a good jazz club, I order cranberry and club with a twist of lime and always watch them make my drinks, sometimes bartenders make mistakes!

Going to DIsney sober is one of the gifts of giving up alcohol and allowing ourselves to kids! Please, do not concern yourself I mean it in the kindess way. It is very thoughtful of you to care! God Bless and have a great time! By the way, at my wedding the loudest funnest table was my buddies from AA, they were the ones dancing and having a great time! The other tables wanted to know what they were having so they could to, it is true! The waitress came and told me! Too funny !

So have a great time!

 

[Albertan mom]

Thanks so much for all your answers.

The whiskey is not cooked out of the cake at Le Cellier, so avoid that. Our waitress told us the whiskey is poured over the cake after it is baked and shortly before it is served to you.

I wonder then if you can order the cake "hold the whiskey"???!!

Or if it actually also has some in it....

 

[the Fidge]

I did ask about the dessert that walked passed me, a lovely chocolate wonder. It was the Whiskey cake and yes it is insde uncooked, had to ask looked delightful!

 

[SassyLassy]

Have no fear your family member already knows what to do and not do. Their sobriety is in their able hands and would not like you worrying about it! Relax and have fun! Life goes on for us, we do not need to avoid situations where alcohol is involved. We learn to live in society. For me I still love a good jazz club, I order cranberry and club with a twist of lime and always watch them make my drinks, sometimes bartenders make mistakes!

Going to DIsney sober is one of the gifts of giving up alcohol and allowing ourselves to kids! Please, do not concern yourself I mean it in the kindess way. It is very thoughtful of you to care! God Bless and have a great time! By the way, at my wedding the loudest funnest table was my buddies from AA, they were the ones dancing and having a great time! The other tables wanted to know what they were having so they could to, it is true! The waitress came and told me! Too funny !

So have a great time!

Very well stated! I am not a recovering alcoholic but my mother has been for 14 years now. We went to Disney about 4 years ago and as Fidge states that its in their hands and heart and would not want you worrying over it is beautiful said! I used to pre-plan so many things with my mother and myself but learned that its her soberity and I had to trust her.

Have a wonderful time and I hope you enjoy all of your meals!

 

[tinkerbell6]

I tasted some of my DH's cheese soup and couldn't taste any beer at all really. Maybe it depends on who made it on any given day? I don't like anything that tastes like beer, so I wouldn't have eaten it if it did. I would also assume that the alcohol content is pretty much nil at that point.

The whiskey cake, on the other hand....we didn't try it and I wouldn't, especially now that another post said they pour it over top!

 

[Corinne]

I tasted some of my DH's cheese soup and couldn't taste any beer at all really. Maybe it depends on who made it on any given day? I don't like anything that tastes like beer, so I wouldn't have eaten it if it did. I would also assume that the alcohol content is pretty much nil at that point.

The whiskey cake, on the other hand....we didn't try it and I wouldn't, especially now that another post said they pour it over top!

I agree with you on both counts! Must be 'cuz we both like

 

[MartDM]

My DH is a recovered alcoholic of 18 years and he agrees wholeheartedly with those who say don't worry about it & leave it in the person's own hands. They know their limitations and will make their choices appropriately.

For example, DH wouldn't hesitate to have the soup & has been known to have a slice of rum cake on occasion too, so I think he might even try the cake. Your relative may not be comfortable with that or simply may not enjoy the taste of alcohol in something after all this time so he/she will choose something different.

In DH's opinion, your relative is far more likely to feel uncomfortable about the fact that you are making an issue of his/her alcoholism than they would about having alcohoic ingredients in menu items at a restaurant. This person has a decade of sobriety and surely has earned the right to their privacy in these decisions.

 

[Hoosier Mom]

So is the whiskey cake strong? I'm a little disappointed now. I was going to try that. I dislike the taste and smell of alcohol, but I like things like beer battered onion rings. Does the whiskey just make it more moist? Perhaps I could just eat the top if most of the liquor is in the bottom?