Max & Mommy Go Deluxe - Eat Like Pooh, Bounce Like Tigger, Lose a Pound! Lots-o-Pix!
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Tell Max that I am going to get him for wasting that Fried Rice...especially since I am here drooling over it!
The wontons look absolutely delish!!!
Great update!!!
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I'm sending my weight watchers bill to you!!!
Max and I both love fried rice... but I kept reading reviews that the Y&Y fried rice was odd... nothing specific, but it's just not that good and no one can seem to pinpoint just why.
I tasted the rice and it wasn't very good, so I have to agree with the reviews. It was just a little off, kind of bland and the flavor just wasn't normal for fried rice.
No way am I paying for your WW bill... but man, I was looking at these pictures as I was posting them and was practically drooling for that tuna and salmon again. Maybe I'll take Max out for Japanese food tomorrow night!!!
Time to get down to business!!! Who's ready for Jiko???
Dinner Jiko
We checked out the Zawadi Marketplace for a while to kill some time, and headed to Jiko at 5:30 for our 5:55 ADR. We were seated in about 5 minutes.
For my appetizer I ordered the Kalamata Flatbread
I was having a hard time deciding between that and the Cucumber, Tomato, Onion Salad. It was very good, but I kind of wished I had gotten the salad. The flatbread was really nothing special but it was big, filling and tasty. Max enjoyed it!
For my entrée I had the Maize Crusted Sturgeon with Vegetables of the Moment in a Tomato Butter Sauce.
It was absolutely delightful. What a fantastic piece of white fish, cooked to perfection, and what a sauce! It was served atop Brocollini, Baby Bok Choy, Sugar Snap Peas, Edamame, Tomatoes, and Green Beans (as far as I could tell); all were cooked perfectly and really went well with the fish and the sauce.
For dessert it was another toss up between the Pistachio Crème Brulee and the Lemon Curd with Blueberries and Sour Cream Ice Cream this is what I went with and it was wonderful.
Creamy, tart ice cream, perfect blueberries, and creamy, gooey lemon curd. It was very nice and not too filling. I didnt make much of a dent in it, but Im not a big dessert person and I definitely had enough to get my fill.
Max had he kids Peas and Carrots for his appetizer I dont know why he ordered this, and he really didnt want to eat it when it arrived.
He got the kids Tomato and Cheese Pizza and it looked almost like the flatbread I had for my appetizer without the additional toppings. He said it was good.
For dessert he had the Ice Cream Sundae and White Chocolate Mickey Mouse Puzzle. He didnt eat it well, he finally ate one puzzle piece and enjoyed it, but that was it.
Jiko is amazing and I highly recommend trying it if you haven't already... if you have tried it, I know I don't have to tell you!!!
Dinner Jiko
We checked out the Zawadi Marketplace for a while to kill some time, and headed to Jiko at 5:30 for our 5:55 ADR. We were seated in about 5 minutes.
For my appetizer I ordered the Kalamata Flatbread
I was having a hard time deciding between that and the Cucumber, Tomato, Onion Salad. It was very good, but I kind of wished I had gotten the salad. The flatbread was really nothing special but it was big, filling and tasty. Max enjoyed it!
For my entrée I had the Maize Crusted Sturgeon with Vegetables of the Moment in a Tomato Butter Sauce.
It was absolutely delightful. What a fantastic piece of white fish, cooked to perfection, and what a sauce! It was served atop Brocollini, Baby Bok Choy, Sugar Snap Peas, Edamame, Tomatoes, and Green Beans (as far as I could tell); all were cooked perfectly and really went well with the fish and the sauce.
For dessert it was another toss up between the Pistachio Crème Brulee and the Lemon Curd with Blueberries and Sour Cream Ice Cream this is what I went with and it was wonderful.
Creamy, tart ice cream, perfect blueberries, and creamy, gooey lemon curd. It was very nice and not too filling. I didnt make much of a dent in it, but Im not a big dessert person and I definitely had enough to get my fill.
Max had he kids Peas and Carrots for his appetizer I dont know why he ordered this, and he really didnt want to eat it when it arrived.
He got the kids Tomato and Cheese Pizza and it looked almost like the flatbread I had for my appetizer without the additional toppings. He said it was good.
For dessert he had the Ice Cream Sundae and White Chocolate Mickey Mouse Puzzle. He didnt eat it well, he finally ate one puzzle piece and enjoyed it, but that was it.
Jiko is amazing and I highly recommend trying it if you haven't already... if you have tried it, I know I don't have to tell you!!!
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We went to Jiko our first night last trip, and boy did we enjoy the food. I had that flatbread also. I don't remember what i had for dessert as I took it to go and stuck in the fridge. I'm enjoying your reviews.
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Thanks, I still can't believe I won!
Yummy! Now I didn't care for Boma's dinner but I could really try Jiko! Great update...as always!
Jiko is fabulous... you should definitely give it a try.
Jiko = yum! Glad you're enjoying the reviews!
That's awesome!
Okay, now Jiko is on my list. It looks fabulous!
Yeah, don't miss out on Jiko, it is amazing. I can't wait for our DL trip now... more planning to do!
Now that you mention it, I seem to recall seeing these with paints too, but his didn't come with them.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Breakfast The Mara
Up early again this morning, and were raring to go to the Studios. First, we stopped in at the Mara for a quick bite. We split a Breakfast Croissant Sandwich with a Juice for Max and a Coffee for me, and Max had a Cinnamon Roll (Snack Credit). This was pretty good, but I wouldnt have wanted to eat the entire croissant too fattening! Im glad we shared this. Sorry I totally forgot to take pictures of this meal, but we enjoyed it and would split the sandwich again!!!
I'll be back later with lunch at Sci-Fi Dine-In!!!
Breakfast The Mara
Up early again this morning, and were raring to go to the Studios. First, we stopped in at the Mara for a quick bite. We split a Breakfast Croissant Sandwich with a Juice for Max and a Coffee for me, and Max had a Cinnamon Roll (Snack Credit). This was pretty good, but I wouldnt have wanted to eat the entire croissant too fattening! Im glad we shared this. Sorry I totally forgot to take pictures of this meal, but we enjoyed it and would split the sandwich again!!!
I'll be back later with lunch at Sci-Fi Dine-In!!!
It was on the dining plan when we were there. I don't know if it still is this year, or if the dining plan has even been finalized yet for 2009... it seems like there is a huge amount of confusion about which restaurants contracted for 2009 still.
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I found this earlier when I was looking for DDP restaurants - its off Disney's website so should hopefully be accurate! It shows San Angel inn!
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/me...09 Disney Dining Plan - Walt Disney World.pdf
Lunch Sci-Fi Dine-In
After two consecutive rides on Rock n Roller Coaster I realized we were very late for our 11:00 lunch ADR at Sci-Fi, for some reason I had it in my head that our ADR was at 11:40 oops! No problem, they seated us immediately and we had a great time not only watching fun movies and eating in a great car, but also chatting with the family from England in the front of the car, both of us were on the Deluxe Dining Plan and we were discussing the amount of food we'd been eating!
I couldnt resist getting those Onion Rings for my appetizer, and I shared them with Max but we still didnt finish them.
Max made his own Hidden Mickey with his cute!
They were superb perfectly seasoned, just the right amount of batter, and perfectly cooked so they were golden and crispy on the outside with wonderfully plump, soft big onion rings on the inside. Great choice!
For my entrée I chose the Shrimp Pasta, it was good, but way too huge. Plus I couldnt see what I was eating so I had to hunt for the artichokes didnt want to miss out on those! The shrimps were huge and the pasta was cooked perfectly. I would order this again, but I would also like to try other items this dish wasnt extraordinary or anything, and it seemed a little oily, but I dont know for sure, since I couldnt see it!
Ohhhhh and I had a Cherry Vanilla Coke for my beverage and man was it good!!! Soooo sweet!
For dessert I had about 4 bites of the Apple Crisp. It was sooooo very good, it would be worth it just to come for this! It was huge and there is no way I could even have finished half of it on any given day, but I just dont do dessert, so it is mostly wasted on me the most I usually will eat is half of any dessert.
Max had the kids Cheese Pizza with Salad and Fruit Salad oh yes, and he had Chocolate Milk! He devoured his pizza with gusto, and ate some of his fruit and none of his salad.
Oh, he also had another untouched sundae
We really enjoyed this lunch. The atmosphere is so unique and the food was better than Id expected. Our server was GREAT too. She brought Max a drivers license and offered to take pictures of us something I wouldnt have even thought to ask, its really nice to have the pictures to see now!
We would definitely return to Sci-Fi in the future. It was a very good experience for us - I'm sorry not everyone has had the same fortune as we had.
Later I grabbed a Coke and a snack pack of Carrots and Celery with Lite Ranch Dressing to share and Max ate almost all of the carrots while I ate most of the celery there, so Im glad I got a few more vegetables into him (and me I always feel extremely veggie deprived at WDW). This snack hit the spot and it was nice to sit on a bench and take a little break to refresh.
After two consecutive rides on Rock n Roller Coaster I realized we were very late for our 11:00 lunch ADR at Sci-Fi, for some reason I had it in my head that our ADR was at 11:40 oops! No problem, they seated us immediately and we had a great time not only watching fun movies and eating in a great car, but also chatting with the family from England in the front of the car, both of us were on the Deluxe Dining Plan and we were discussing the amount of food we'd been eating!
I couldnt resist getting those Onion Rings for my appetizer, and I shared them with Max but we still didnt finish them.
Max made his own Hidden Mickey with his cute!
They were superb perfectly seasoned, just the right amount of batter, and perfectly cooked so they were golden and crispy on the outside with wonderfully plump, soft big onion rings on the inside. Great choice!
For my entrée I chose the Shrimp Pasta, it was good, but way too huge. Plus I couldnt see what I was eating so I had to hunt for the artichokes didnt want to miss out on those! The shrimps were huge and the pasta was cooked perfectly. I would order this again, but I would also like to try other items this dish wasnt extraordinary or anything, and it seemed a little oily, but I dont know for sure, since I couldnt see it!
Ohhhhh and I had a Cherry Vanilla Coke for my beverage and man was it good!!! Soooo sweet!
For dessert I had about 4 bites of the Apple Crisp. It was sooooo very good, it would be worth it just to come for this! It was huge and there is no way I could even have finished half of it on any given day, but I just dont do dessert, so it is mostly wasted on me the most I usually will eat is half of any dessert.
Max had the kids Cheese Pizza with Salad and Fruit Salad oh yes, and he had Chocolate Milk! He devoured his pizza with gusto, and ate some of his fruit and none of his salad.
Oh, he also had another untouched sundae
We really enjoyed this lunch. The atmosphere is so unique and the food was better than Id expected. Our server was GREAT too. She brought Max a drivers license and offered to take pictures of us something I wouldnt have even thought to ask, its really nice to have the pictures to see now!
We would definitely return to Sci-Fi in the future. It was a very good experience for us - I'm sorry not everyone has had the same fortune as we had.
Later I grabbed a Coke and a snack pack of Carrots and Celery with Lite Ranch Dressing to share and Max ate almost all of the carrots while I ate most of the celery there, so Im glad I got a few more vegetables into him (and me I always feel extremely veggie deprived at WDW). This snack hit the spot and it was nice to sit on a bench and take a little break to refresh.
Dinner The Hollywood Brown Derby
The posted wait time for Rock n Roller Coaster was 40 minutes, but we waited about an hour and twenty minutes!!! Yikes. This made us about 20 minutes late for our dinner ADR. Once again, it wasnt a problem.
We arrived at The Hollywood Brown Derby at 6:23 for our 6:05 ADR and were seated within 10 minutes. For the first time, we didnt get seated at the booth in the center of the right hand section of the restaurant for some reason we always get that same booth. This time we were on the upper level just past the lobby to the left overlooking the rest of the dining room. Our server was good, but not the best weve had there.
I ordered a Pomegranate Cosmo, which was super delish! He never asked if I wanted anything else to drink.
I had the Blue Jumbo Lump Crab Cake for my appetizer.
Ive had this before and it is good, but I really, really shouldve ordered a salad I must get more veggies soon!!!
Of course for my entrée I ordered the Grilled Salmon over Gorgonzola Polenta with Balsamic Reduction.
This dish is sooooo good, I cant help but order it. I hope next time to finally try something else though, as good as this is, I really ought to venture out a little more.
For dessert I had the Pumpkin Cheesecake which was fantastic I ate almost half of it! Yay.
For his appetizer Max had the kids Chicken Noodle Soup and ate quite a bit of it.
He had the Meaty Macaroni with Marinara and Mozarella and had a few bites, but didnt eat much.
He did have a nice hunk of my salmon though. For dessert he had the Hidden Treasure and actually ate a tiny bit of the ice cream and both of the gummy worms.
He had a Chocolate Milk with a Milk chaser. Oh, and I did order a Decaf Coffee to go with my dessert.
When we left the restaurant we had 3 minutes before the park closed, and still held two Fast Passes for ToT, so we ran! Probably not the best idea to run and then ride a gut plunging ride RIGHT after eating a huge meal but it all worked out OK for us. We made it on the ride and had a good one for the last of the night plus this is our only day for Studios.
The posted wait time for Rock n Roller Coaster was 40 minutes, but we waited about an hour and twenty minutes!!! Yikes. This made us about 20 minutes late for our dinner ADR. Once again, it wasnt a problem.
We arrived at The Hollywood Brown Derby at 6:23 for our 6:05 ADR and were seated within 10 minutes. For the first time, we didnt get seated at the booth in the center of the right hand section of the restaurant for some reason we always get that same booth. This time we were on the upper level just past the lobby to the left overlooking the rest of the dining room. Our server was good, but not the best weve had there.
I ordered a Pomegranate Cosmo, which was super delish! He never asked if I wanted anything else to drink.
I had the Blue Jumbo Lump Crab Cake for my appetizer.
Ive had this before and it is good, but I really, really shouldve ordered a salad I must get more veggies soon!!!
Of course for my entrée I ordered the Grilled Salmon over Gorgonzola Polenta with Balsamic Reduction.
This dish is sooooo good, I cant help but order it. I hope next time to finally try something else though, as good as this is, I really ought to venture out a little more.
For dessert I had the Pumpkin Cheesecake which was fantastic I ate almost half of it! Yay.
For his appetizer Max had the kids Chicken Noodle Soup and ate quite a bit of it.
He had the Meaty Macaroni with Marinara and Mozarella and had a few bites, but didnt eat much.
He did have a nice hunk of my salmon though. For dessert he had the Hidden Treasure and actually ate a tiny bit of the ice cream and both of the gummy worms.
He had a Chocolate Milk with a Milk chaser. Oh, and I did order a Decaf Coffee to go with my dessert.
When we left the restaurant we had 3 minutes before the park closed, and still held two Fast Passes for ToT, so we ran! Probably not the best idea to run and then ride a gut plunging ride RIGHT after eating a huge meal but it all worked out OK for us. We made it on the ride and had a good one for the last of the night plus this is our only day for Studios.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Dinner - The Mara
Max had the kids Cheeseburger with French Fries, Grapes, and Chocolate Milk.
I had the Chicken Breast Nuggets with French Fries and a small drink (Sprite Zero).
The server just kept loading more nuggets into my dish; I must have ended up with about 12 of them (and they are BIG) then piled a bunch of fries on top. Max ate all of his burger and a few of my nuggets plus a ton of fries. Ive never seen him eat so much!
He liked his meal, and I liked mine too I dont really eat much meat, so this is something I wouldnt normally eat, but it sounded appealing at the time and it was very good. The chicken was high quality and I liked the batter, it was just right. The fries are never really hot here because they are made in advance and they sit under heat lamps, but theyre still pretty good for sitting around for a while. This meal hit the spot, but I really couldve used some veggies, I shouldve asked about subbing a salad for the fries.
Wow, this looks yummy. I really love fries. Is this served for DDP?
Thanks for sharing this.
Wow, this looks yummy. I really love fries. Is this served for DDP?
Thanks for sharing this.
Yes, you can get this on the dining plan with a large fountain drink or a bottled beverage plus a dessert. This was our first night and we weren't on our dining package yet, so I only purchased what we would normally eat... otherwise I probably would've tested out a little bit of cheesecake or zebra domes... and probably a bigger drink too!
Yeah, it's definitely a good combination! Plus the shrimp were really big and cooked just right. Unlike some other shrimp I had on this trip...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Breakfast Chef Mickeys
We hit morning EMH at the Magic Kingdom before heading out of the park to catch the Monorail to the Contemporary Resort for our 10:10 ADR at Chef Mickeys.
Last year, I didnt make a Chef Mickeys ADR because I didnt think it was that big of a deal the food is nothing special and the characters are fun, but weve seen them many times. Well, Max was really upset that we werent eating there and I kept trying for an opening and never was able to get a reservation, so this year I made sure to get this on our list for Max.
We got there right on time and checked in at the podium which was right next to a construction area with noise and the smell of power tools and sawdust not such a great thing and I would have been very disappointed if we were seated near this. I really think they shouldve mentioned this at the time of making the ADR it wouldnt have changed our minds on eating there, but some people probably would opt out. Luckily, we were seated in the same section weve been in every single time over at the windows with the castle view. This is a great spot because there are only about 7 tables up there, the buffet is nearby, and the view is great.
Max is always hunting for Hidden Mickeys he really liked the chairs here.
We had a very good time, and our server Michael was excellent and friendly. There was Coffee and cream on the table for us, and Michael came around with his pitcher of Orange Juice and refilled us as needed. The buffet was the same as always. I really like the Vegetable Breakfast Lasagna and the Corned Beef Hash with Cornbread topping. The Challah French Toast was very good and so was the Smoked Salmon with Capers and Cream Cheese. The Watermelon was perfect and I tried the Cheese Blintz with half Cherry topping and half Blueberry Topping it was fine, but Ive had much better, it was a little citrusy tasting. I also found a donut for Max and he was very happy about that!
Max had a really good time posing with Goofy, Mickey, Donald, Pluto, and Minnie, I was happy that he was happy I had a good time too.
Our table neighbor kindly offered to take that last picture of both of us with Minnie after she heard Max trying to sabotage all of my character photos plus Im kind of tired of all of the double-chin pictures that are taken from Maxs level (not that I dont actually have a double chin or anything, but ya know)!!!
Heres one of Maxs plates.
And mine.
We were very pleased with our meal, atmosphere, and character interaction at Chef Mickey's and we'll be back in the future.
Our lunch ADR for today is for Liberty Tree Tavern... we had dinner at LTT last year and we didn't like the food, but the lunch menu looks really good... but, did we actually make it there??? Stay tuned!
Breakfast Chef Mickeys
We hit morning EMH at the Magic Kingdom before heading out of the park to catch the Monorail to the Contemporary Resort for our 10:10 ADR at Chef Mickeys.
Last year, I didnt make a Chef Mickeys ADR because I didnt think it was that big of a deal the food is nothing special and the characters are fun, but weve seen them many times. Well, Max was really upset that we werent eating there and I kept trying for an opening and never was able to get a reservation, so this year I made sure to get this on our list for Max.
We got there right on time and checked in at the podium which was right next to a construction area with noise and the smell of power tools and sawdust not such a great thing and I would have been very disappointed if we were seated near this. I really think they shouldve mentioned this at the time of making the ADR it wouldnt have changed our minds on eating there, but some people probably would opt out. Luckily, we were seated in the same section weve been in every single time over at the windows with the castle view. This is a great spot because there are only about 7 tables up there, the buffet is nearby, and the view is great.
Max is always hunting for Hidden Mickeys he really liked the chairs here.
We had a very good time, and our server Michael was excellent and friendly. There was Coffee and cream on the table for us, and Michael came around with his pitcher of Orange Juice and refilled us as needed. The buffet was the same as always. I really like the Vegetable Breakfast Lasagna and the Corned Beef Hash with Cornbread topping. The Challah French Toast was very good and so was the Smoked Salmon with Capers and Cream Cheese. The Watermelon was perfect and I tried the Cheese Blintz with half Cherry topping and half Blueberry Topping it was fine, but Ive had much better, it was a little citrusy tasting. I also found a donut for Max and he was very happy about that!
Max had a really good time posing with Goofy, Mickey, Donald, Pluto, and Minnie, I was happy that he was happy I had a good time too.
Our table neighbor kindly offered to take that last picture of both of us with Minnie after she heard Max trying to sabotage all of my character photos plus Im kind of tired of all of the double-chin pictures that are taken from Maxs level (not that I dont actually have a double chin or anything, but ya know)!!!
Heres one of Maxs plates.
And mine.
We were very pleased with our meal, atmosphere, and character interaction at Chef Mickey's and we'll be back in the future.
Our lunch ADR for today is for Liberty Tree Tavern... we had dinner at LTT last year and we didn't like the food, but the lunch menu looks really good... but, did we actually make it there??? Stay tuned!
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