jknicholas
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SO we just got back this weekend from our quick week staying off-site but visiting the parks daily. We ended up eating @ three places total, two were reservations and one was a walk-in.
The first place we ate at was the BoG Restaurant with a few friends and our god-son. My DW and I started with the assorted meats platter. I think i literally almost ate the board it came on. Good choice of meats and cheeses, believe it or not I tried pate for the first time that comes on the board and it was out of this world. My only complaint about this dish, being from an italian family we dont normal have our italian cold cuts sliced thick - theyre normally thin, especially the Prosciutto. They were a little too thick for my liking, but it didnt stop me from eating it!
Next was the bread/salted butter. Awesome combo - couldn't really mess this up I suppose.
Main course, DW had the shrimp/scallop in the puff pastry and myself I had the braised pork. My server subbed out the cauliflower for me and got me the mac n cheese. Excellent choice, the mac and cheese au gratin was perfectly crispy on the outside, and the cheese was still nice and gooey on the inside. But that braised pork was out of this world! If/when we go back, I will certainly get this again.
Finally, dessert came around and DW and I decided to split. We got the Grey Stuff and the Strawberry Cream Cheese Cake. Both were incredible, but we ended up each liking our respective choices on their own. Lastly, the ambiance was very nice. I ended up spending a little time in each room.
Next, we were able to walk-in @ Mama Melrose's Italian Restaurant @ Hollywood Studios. We said hey lets try it and the woman behind the counter said no reservations, but we're taking walk-ins for lunch (this was around maybe 1:45pm). PERFECT! We were greated by our server, I cannot spell his name unfortunately, but he was from Massachusetts (we are from Rhode Island) so it was good to see a "local." DW and I decided to start off with the Calamari with the three dipping suaces, each sauce was great but the real star was obviously the calamari. We then decided to split one of their pizzas - Carne d'Italia Flatbread. When it came out, it looked just as good as it tasted. We washed down everything with, again, sharing desserts. a Nice cannoli trio and tiramisu. Cant get any better than that.
Lastly, Teppan Edo @ Epcot on Friday for our last dinner just the two of us. The ambiance was great here. We were seated with another couple and a family of 5. The female cook we had put on a standard hibachi show and was very entertaining. I myself ordered the steak and chicken while DW elected for the steak and shrimp. The steak, not the filet mignon, was cooked to perfection. It was so tender and could be cut with a fork truly. The portions of the meat were to be expected, but the noodle/veggie they give you was a heaping mound. So, I had to eat it all obviously.
All in all, I think on my next trip back I would most certainly do BoG again. Teppan Edo, maybe/maybe not it would all depend. And Mama Melrose I would do again just to try some of the pasta dishes - perhaps for dinner this time instead of lunch.
The first place we ate at was the BoG Restaurant with a few friends and our god-son. My DW and I started with the assorted meats platter. I think i literally almost ate the board it came on. Good choice of meats and cheeses, believe it or not I tried pate for the first time that comes on the board and it was out of this world. My only complaint about this dish, being from an italian family we dont normal have our italian cold cuts sliced thick - theyre normally thin, especially the Prosciutto. They were a little too thick for my liking, but it didnt stop me from eating it!
Next was the bread/salted butter. Awesome combo - couldn't really mess this up I suppose.
Main course, DW had the shrimp/scallop in the puff pastry and myself I had the braised pork. My server subbed out the cauliflower for me and got me the mac n cheese. Excellent choice, the mac and cheese au gratin was perfectly crispy on the outside, and the cheese was still nice and gooey on the inside. But that braised pork was out of this world! If/when we go back, I will certainly get this again.
Finally, dessert came around and DW and I decided to split. We got the Grey Stuff and the Strawberry Cream Cheese Cake. Both were incredible, but we ended up each liking our respective choices on their own. Lastly, the ambiance was very nice. I ended up spending a little time in each room.
Next, we were able to walk-in @ Mama Melrose's Italian Restaurant @ Hollywood Studios. We said hey lets try it and the woman behind the counter said no reservations, but we're taking walk-ins for lunch (this was around maybe 1:45pm). PERFECT! We were greated by our server, I cannot spell his name unfortunately, but he was from Massachusetts (we are from Rhode Island) so it was good to see a "local." DW and I decided to start off with the Calamari with the three dipping suaces, each sauce was great but the real star was obviously the calamari. We then decided to split one of their pizzas - Carne d'Italia Flatbread. When it came out, it looked just as good as it tasted. We washed down everything with, again, sharing desserts. a Nice cannoli trio and tiramisu. Cant get any better than that.
Lastly, Teppan Edo @ Epcot on Friday for our last dinner just the two of us. The ambiance was great here. We were seated with another couple and a family of 5. The female cook we had put on a standard hibachi show and was very entertaining. I myself ordered the steak and chicken while DW elected for the steak and shrimp. The steak, not the filet mignon, was cooked to perfection. It was so tender and could be cut with a fork truly. The portions of the meat were to be expected, but the noodle/veggie they give you was a heaping mound. So, I had to eat it all obviously.
All in all, I think on my next trip back I would most certainly do BoG again. Teppan Edo, maybe/maybe not it would all depend. And Mama Melrose I would do again just to try some of the pasta dishes - perhaps for dinner this time instead of lunch.
