Nat and Joh make a (Food) Porno

[msce2]

your title!

I'm so to hear about CP's puffed french toast. I guess that means I'm going to have to try making it at home.

Thank you for your reviews! Looking forward to more food porn!!!!

 

[natalielongstaff]

your title!

I'm so to hear about CP's puffed french toast. I guess that means I'm going to have to try making it at home.

Thank you for your reviews! Looking forward to more food porn!!!!

i liked the french toast, ive never had it before though so ive nothing to compare it too

 

[Chilly]

Chocolate waffles!!!!!!

 

[tony64]

Chocolate waffles, even the sound of it starts the waistband expanding.

 

[Cleofish]

Yummy!! Your reviews so far are fab - Crystal Palace looks absolutely lush!! Fancy havig cereal for breakfast in DisneyWorld lol - not something you would catch me doing!!! Can't wait to read more!!

 

[jackieleanne]

Great reviews. I am reading intently as I'm exactly like you Joh I'm a very fussy eater indeed especially when it comes to sauces etc.

 

[darthtatty]

Looking good so far, loving the picture.
keep up the fab work

 

[Verity Chambers]

LOVING it!! can't wait to read more

 

[TigerKat]

Signing on! I enjoyed meeting y'all so much.

 

[bolgers love wdw]

Yum,yum and some more yum!!!
This is going to be a good one!!!

 

[natalielongstaff]

Signing on! I enjoyed meeting y'all so much.

It was fab to meet you hun

 

[wilma-bride]

It's fair to say we had low (or, at least, realistic) expectations of T-Rex. Although we'd read some positive reviews before we made our reservation, most of them said much the same thing - "worth it for the atmosphere, food not much cop" (or words to that effect).

Still, as Nat said, this was for the boys. Poor Matthew had suffered through enough princess meals in his time although my girls were a bit too old for princesses by the time we started visiting Disney World so Daniel never had to endure a princess meal. Still, it's about time the boys had some more dining options at Disney, I have to say.

The first thing I was pleasantly surprised by was the fact that we had no wait. Having dined at Rainforest Cafe a few times, we have nearly always waited past our ADR time. We were eating fairly early (5.30 pm) but, still, we were seated almost immediately. Jose was our server and he was a very pleasant young man - and easy on the eyes for us girlies too, which is always a bonus. I think both of my DDs were quite taken with him (although Sian found a server she preferred much more later in the trip - but that's a story for another time )

I honestly can't remember what area we were sat in but it was to the right of the Kitchen of Fire and Ice Cave. I remember being slightly disappointed at not being in the Ice Cave but, having walked through it to get to the restrooms later in the evening, I actually thought it felt quite cold in there. We had a really nice booth anyway so we were all happy.

Jose invited us to have a good look around the restaurant and take as many pictures as we wished. I have read reviews since, which seem to indicate that you are discouraged from taking photos but we certainly weren't made to feel that way.

We started off by ordering drinks. Nat and I both had cocktails, of course

Frozen Mango Mojito for Nat - no picture, for some reason - possibly because Nat drank it before I had a chance

And Prehistoric Sunset for me

While we were waiting for our food, we did explore and take some pictures.

The food, when it came, was surprising. Not only was there loads of it but it was delicious. Here is what we had:

Me and Nat - Fire-Roasted Rotisserie Chicken with double portion of waffle fries (no, we didn't share - we did order exactly the same though )

Daniel - Jurassic Chicken with carrot sticks and chips

Gary - Mega-Mes-O-Bones and double portion of waffle fries

Sian - Layers of the Earth Lasagne (best lasagne she has ever had, apparently)

Rea - Fire-Roasted Rotisserie Chicken with rice and apples

John - Gigantosaurus Burger with waffle fries

Matthew - Sly Sliders with Cheese and waffle fries

Ellie - Paleo Pizza

All in all, the meal at T-Rex was excellent. At $240, inc tip, it was probably our most expensive meal but we all postitively loved it. At the end of our meal, we were asked to fill in a comment card and the kids decided there was one word which summed up our visit - smashing!

 

[wilma-bride]

You may be wondering why we hadn't eaten dessert at T-Rex.

There was one main reason for this - Ghirardelli's

Following a trip to Build-a-Dino with the boys, we just had to have ice-cream sundaes at Ghirardellis. This was a first for Nat's family and also for my kids (the soda shop had been closed on our visit in April 2008).

Daniel and I shared a Mint bliss sundae (without whipped cream)

Gary had a Hot Fudge Sundae

Rea and Sian shared a Mint Bliss Sundae (no picture but just imagine mine and Daniel's with a big blob of whipped cream on top )

With a 10% DVC discount, the total for our three sundaes was $22.85.

Nat's family had cones with various flavours - no pictures but you can sort-of see them in the picture of Daniel above.

As usual, the sundaes were delicious. There is something about the hot fudge sauce at Ghirardelli's which is indescribable - it almost solidifies when it hits the ice-cream and the resulting combination of hot fudge sauce and cold ice-cream is heaven

 

[DisneyJo]

Fantastic reviews girls, those ice-cream sundaes look delicious

 

[sdchickie]

Hi Nat and Joh, Glad to see you guys making this food porn since I didn't take any picts of our food on the ship! I'll have to re-live it through your pictures.

 

[wishspirit]

Great thread!

Its nice to see some of my fellow Brits get in on the dining action!

Thus far its been smashing, can't wait to hear the rest!

 

[TigerKat]

Great update my friends!

 

[franandaj]

Great pics! Keep em coming!

 

[Linda67]

Great reviews and pictures
I now want ice cream for breakfast

 

[mossyflossy]

signing on, your title is hilarious and your reviews are so funny, I just spat out my tea at the pic of your DH's selection at Crystal palace....

...so as it's now lunchtime, it's not wrong to want that ice cream for lunch, is it?