luckytobeme88
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Just caught up with your report! Better late then never.
Never Eat More than You Can Lift~Miss Piggy,6/22 Update
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PrincessTrisha
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Yes.....but how was the food?
Just kidding around.
Glad to see you're back and can't wait for the reviews!
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Oooh Dh is going to be thrilled! He could live off that stuff if I let him, that and chipped beef on toast..ICK!
I wonder if I can ask for a side of powdered sugar
POFQ here we come!
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Sunshine Seasons, Epcot The Land
We arrived at POFQ about 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, checked in, got our magic cards and headed to Epcot. We went immediately to Soarin’ to get Fast Passes for later that evening (return time was 6:45 P.M., stand-by wait time was 55 minutes at 10:40.) We don’t do waits like that, so we hopped on Living With the Land – about a 5 minute stand-by wait. Followed by a ride on SSE – that took about 10 minutes in stand-by. So far, we were having us some fun in the sun (and it was HOT! Close to 90, and humid. With big thunderheads building in the sky.)
By then it was time for lunch. Our Saturday lunch choice was Sunshine Seasons in The Land – we went there for lunch years ago (like in 2000) and really didn’t recall much about it except we liked it then. Don’t even know how it was set up back then. Anyway, it looked very busy but there were only a couple people in line ahead of us, and they are very efficient at moving the people through the lines there. We had no trouble finding a table for four, but have to say that place is very, very noisy. And we sat over to the side near where Living with the Land snake lines are—somehow we sat under an A/C vent, so it was too cold…but by the time we figured that out, we’d already started eating so just stayed there. DH & I both chose the Mongolian ginger beef (top of Plate), sweet & sour chicken (directly below the beef on the plate), white rice (right side of plate) and stir-fry vegetables (left side of plate).
The meat entrees & veggies were just plain lick-your-plate-good. We really would have preferred stir-fry rice, but the white rice was o.k. (especially when mixed with the other portions.) These were very generous servings – neither of us come close to finishing - had to save room for the desserts! We probably could have just split this meal. We both had cherry cokes for our beverage…nice to get the fountain cherry coke! For our desserts, DH chose the Butterfinger cheesecake, and I chose the strawberry shortcake:
OMG!!! Both of these desserts were OUTSTANDING…worth a trip to Sunshine Seasons just for these two bites-o’heaven-on-a-plate. We were stuffed, but actually ate every bit of these yummy concoctions – couldn’t leave a bit on the plate.
Now I have to make a comment here – the way Sunshine Seasons is set up, there is the Grill Station, the Asian Station, the Sandwich Station, etc. And way over to the left, just before the soda fountain/beverage area is a bakery counter with both baked goods & creamy refrigerated items like the cheesecakes. In between the entrée stations there are those open coolers with bottled beverage choices, and a selection of the small pre-packaged desserts that are available at most counter service restaurants…you know, the little carrot cake, the little chocolate fudge cake, etc. Many, many people got their entrée & sides, then grabbed one of those dinky, boring little repeats…guess they didn’t know they could choose from the fresh, much more elaborate (and bigger) bakery items for dessert.
Anyway, to continue, the girls both went for the Asian station also, but they both got Spicy Thai Chicken, the Sweet & sour Chicken, Garlic Udon Noodles and Stir-fry Veggies:
They both really liked both chicken entrees (said the spicy Thai chicken was not very spicy, but good. DD said it was probably too spicy for me – she knows I’m a wimp with hot/spicy stuff.) They said the noodles were among the best they’ve had, but thought the stir fry veggies were too bland. Neither of them could finish either, agreed they could have split the plate & had plenty. BFF got the Butterfinger cheesecake – she loves cheesecake and thought this was superb (same picture as above, sorry.)
DD got the crème brulee…said it was just O.K. – she makes crème brulee and said her own is better. She did eat most of it, though.
O.K., now I have to confess that though we saved the receipts, somehow I didn’t get the actual totals written down on these, so the best I can do is give approximates – the total for all 4 of us was about $68.00…but of course we were on the DDP, so it was 4 counter service credits instead.
We’d all give Sunshine Seasons Asian station a 9 out of 10 on food (marked down just a tad because DH & I are not fans of plain white rice, and girls thought the veggies looked great but tasted blah. But we all gave 11 out of 10 on the strawberry shortcake & Butterfinger cheesecake! Yep, it was over-the-top good.) Ambiance – NONE…with that noise level being really, really high in there. But we’d put up with the noise again just to enjoy that kind of food for lunch. (Would make a great dinner, for that matter. If you’re on the Quick Service plan, this place should be on your list for several meals - so many entree choices.) Would we go back – you betcha! In fact, we did, later in the week. Sunshine Seasons is a WINNER.
We arrived at POFQ about 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, checked in, got our magic cards and headed to Epcot. We went immediately to Soarin’ to get Fast Passes for later that evening (return time was 6:45 P.M., stand-by wait time was 55 minutes at 10:40.) We don’t do waits like that, so we hopped on Living With the Land – about a 5 minute stand-by wait. Followed by a ride on SSE – that took about 10 minutes in stand-by. So far, we were having us some fun in the sun (and it was HOT! Close to 90, and humid. With big thunderheads building in the sky.)
By then it was time for lunch. Our Saturday lunch choice was Sunshine Seasons in The Land – we went there for lunch years ago (like in 2000) and really didn’t recall much about it except we liked it then. Don’t even know how it was set up back then. Anyway, it looked very busy but there were only a couple people in line ahead of us, and they are very efficient at moving the people through the lines there. We had no trouble finding a table for four, but have to say that place is very, very noisy. And we sat over to the side near where Living with the Land snake lines are—somehow we sat under an A/C vent, so it was too cold…but by the time we figured that out, we’d already started eating so just stayed there. DH & I both chose the Mongolian ginger beef (top of Plate), sweet & sour chicken (directly below the beef on the plate), white rice (right side of plate) and stir-fry vegetables (left side of plate).
OMG!!! Both of these desserts were OUTSTANDING…worth a trip to Sunshine Seasons just for these two bites-o’heaven-on-a-plate. We were stuffed, but actually ate every bit of these yummy concoctions – couldn’t leave a bit on the plate.
Now I have to make a comment here – the way Sunshine Seasons is set up, there is the Grill Station, the Asian Station, the Sandwich Station, etc. And way over to the left, just before the soda fountain/beverage area is a bakery counter with both baked goods & creamy refrigerated items like the cheesecakes. In between the entrée stations there are those open coolers with bottled beverage choices, and a selection of the small pre-packaged desserts that are available at most counter service restaurants…you know, the little carrot cake, the little chocolate fudge cake, etc. Many, many people got their entrée & sides, then grabbed one of those dinky, boring little repeats…guess they didn’t know they could choose from the fresh, much more elaborate (and bigger) bakery items for dessert.
Anyway, to continue, the girls both went for the Asian station also, but they both got Spicy Thai Chicken, the Sweet & sour Chicken, Garlic Udon Noodles and Stir-fry Veggies:
They both really liked both chicken entrees (said the spicy Thai chicken was not very spicy, but good. DD said it was probably too spicy for me – she knows I’m a wimp with hot/spicy stuff.) They said the noodles were among the best they’ve had, but thought the stir fry veggies were too bland. Neither of them could finish either, agreed they could have split the plate & had plenty. BFF got the Butterfinger cheesecake – she loves cheesecake and thought this was superb (same picture as above, sorry.)
DD got the crème brulee…said it was just O.K. – she makes crème brulee and said her own is better. She did eat most of it, though.
O.K., now I have to confess that though we saved the receipts, somehow I didn’t get the actual totals written down on these, so the best I can do is give approximates – the total for all 4 of us was about $68.00…but of course we were on the DDP, so it was 4 counter service credits instead.
We’d all give Sunshine Seasons Asian station a 9 out of 10 on food (marked down just a tad because DH & I are not fans of plain white rice, and girls thought the veggies looked great but tasted blah. But we all gave 11 out of 10 on the strawberry shortcake & Butterfinger cheesecake! Yep, it was over-the-top good.) Ambiance – NONE…with that noise level being really, really high in there. But we’d put up with the noise again just to enjoy that kind of food for lunch. (Would make a great dinner, for that matter. If you’re on the Quick Service plan, this place should be on your list for several meals - so many entree choices.) Would we go back – you betcha! In fact, we did, later in the week. Sunshine Seasons is a WINNER.
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U can't wait to try that strawberry shortcake---it looks divine!! 
do you know if you can sub fried rice instead of plain white rice???
do you know if you can sub fried rice instead of plain white rice???
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U can't wait to try that strawberry shortcake---it looks divine!!
do you know if you can sub fried rice instead of plain white rice???
That strawberry shortcake IS divine...and huge. That chunk is like 5" x 5"...amazing. No doubt about it, was the best strawberry shortcake I've ever had - loaded with strawberries. I think you can also get it for a snack credit if you're not there during a meal time (it was under $4.00 so it should meet the criteria for snacks.)
They did not have fried rice as an option when we were there - the sides choices were the plain white rice, the udon noodles, broccoli and the stir-fry veggies. The entree choices were sweet/sour chicken, Spicy Thai chicken and Mongolian Beef. For the combo meal you chose two from the entrees and two from the sides.
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Yum those deserts look awesome! I'm in 
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Yummo, cant wait to see more.
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Looking forward to reading more!
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Saturday Beverage Break in the World
Well, after that humongous lunch at Sunshine Seasons, no way were we going to be hungry for snacks that afternoon, even though wed been talking about Mickey bars since Thursday all the way down on our road trip to WDW.
But Saturday, May 23 was very hot & humid, and we were ambling towards the World Showcase after getting a FastPass for Test Track (stand-by was 70 minutes no way! We knew we would be in the park that evening, so we were stocking up on FastPasses.)
As soon as we got to Mexico and heard the mariachi band playing, we got in the mood for a margarita. Last year, we tried the Fiesta Margarita that multi-layered/multi-colored drink that looks so pretty. But we really didnt like it because we thought the flavors were the wrong choices - it really made for a very strange tasting combination. Only reason we finished it last year was because we were very thirsty on a hot day. So here we were again, very thirsty on a hot day. This time we decided to be extra clever and avoid the Fiesta despite its visual appeal. We would go with a single-flavor beverage. Wouldnt you know it, my favorite margarita flavor strawberry was all gone (at 2:00 in the afternoon? On a very hot day what kind of planning is that?) Anyway, we knew we hated the green apple flavor that was what really made the Fiesta taste odd last year - so DH went for the lime and I chose the mango. Heres the two drinks they were $9.50 each. Don't they look wonderful?
I dont know why I even tried another Margarita there, or why on earth I chose Mango! It looked so appealing, and mango always sounds exotic and tropical to me but frankly, it tastes like a cross between fake pumpkin & an old sock (o.k., thats an exaggeration, I admit it - skip the old sock part. But it did taste vaguely like fakey-pumpkin.) But its certainly not sweet, nor fruity it's more like a veggie-fruit. I know what it's like - just like a kids chewable vitamin - you know how they look appealing & smell good but they just can't cover the taste of vitamins & minerals? That's what this tasted like. Who wants a frozen cocktail that tastes like a way-too-good-for-you-veggie? A mega-vitamin slushie? SUPER YUCK! Anyway, total waste of over $9 DH who rarely meets a drink he doesnt like after one sip, he didnt want it, either. Heres him agreeing with me on the yuck-factor of the mango flavor:
So after just two sips total, the mango margarita went in the trash. I tasted his lime margarita, and was not impressed. It was better than the mango, but very light on the lime flavor, and exceptionally light on the alcohol. As in you could just barely tell there was any alcohol in the thing maybe a thimble in 12 ounces of slightly lime flavored slushy. Hardly worthy of the price tag, thats for sure. DH did drink all of it, though, while we continued meandering around the World.
As we approached China, I had a lightening flash (or maybe the lightening was in the sky? It was getting stormy looking, lol. But still very hot & humid.)
Anyway, the flash from wherever caused me to remember reading about some wonderful adult beverages from the Tea Cart at China and there it was! I saw a delightful sounding beverage called a Peach Snap on the menu, for $7.50. The description say its a tea slushy made with peach schnapps. That sounds like frozen heaven to me by this point. Heres me feeling much better while slurping on this fabulous beverage:
This drink is WONDERFUL! Very strong peach flavor, and sweet (no confusing this one with veggie vitamins!) Best of all, I could definitely taste, and feel, the alcohol kicker in this one. You get your moneys worth here. Chinas Tea Cart is a WINNER! Well be back for the Peach Snap, and to try the other offerings there. The lady next to me was getting a Green Tea/Plum slushy concoction that also looked very, very good so well have to try that one too.
cheers!
Well, after that humongous lunch at Sunshine Seasons, no way were we going to be hungry for snacks that afternoon, even though wed been talking about Mickey bars since Thursday all the way down on our road trip to WDW.
But Saturday, May 23 was very hot & humid, and we were ambling towards the World Showcase after getting a FastPass for Test Track (stand-by was 70 minutes no way! We knew we would be in the park that evening, so we were stocking up on FastPasses.)
As soon as we got to Mexico and heard the mariachi band playing, we got in the mood for a margarita. Last year, we tried the Fiesta Margarita that multi-layered/multi-colored drink that looks so pretty. But we really didnt like it because we thought the flavors were the wrong choices - it really made for a very strange tasting combination. Only reason we finished it last year was because we were very thirsty on a hot day. So here we were again, very thirsty on a hot day. This time we decided to be extra clever and avoid the Fiesta despite its visual appeal. We would go with a single-flavor beverage. Wouldnt you know it, my favorite margarita flavor strawberry was all gone (at 2:00 in the afternoon? On a very hot day what kind of planning is that?) Anyway, we knew we hated the green apple flavor that was what really made the Fiesta taste odd last year - so DH went for the lime and I chose the mango. Heres the two drinks they were $9.50 each. Don't they look wonderful?
I dont know why I even tried another Margarita there, or why on earth I chose Mango! It looked so appealing, and mango always sounds exotic and tropical to me but frankly, it tastes like a cross between fake pumpkin & an old sock (o.k., thats an exaggeration, I admit it - skip the old sock part. But it did taste vaguely like fakey-pumpkin.) But its certainly not sweet, nor fruity it's more like a veggie-fruit. I know what it's like - just like a kids chewable vitamin - you know how they look appealing & smell good but they just can't cover the taste of vitamins & minerals? That's what this tasted like. Who wants a frozen cocktail that tastes like a way-too-good-for-you-veggie? A mega-vitamin slushie? SUPER YUCK! Anyway, total waste of over $9 DH who rarely meets a drink he doesnt like after one sip, he didnt want it, either. Heres him agreeing with me on the yuck-factor of the mango flavor:
So after just two sips total, the mango margarita went in the trash. I tasted his lime margarita, and was not impressed. It was better than the mango, but very light on the lime flavor, and exceptionally light on the alcohol. As in you could just barely tell there was any alcohol in the thing maybe a thimble in 12 ounces of slightly lime flavored slushy. Hardly worthy of the price tag, thats for sure. DH did drink all of it, though, while we continued meandering around the World.
As we approached China, I had a lightening flash (or maybe the lightening was in the sky? It was getting stormy looking, lol. But still very hot & humid.)
Anyway, the flash from wherever caused me to remember reading about some wonderful adult beverages from the Tea Cart at China and there it was! I saw a delightful sounding beverage called a Peach Snap on the menu, for $7.50. The description say its a tea slushy made with peach schnapps. That sounds like frozen heaven to me by this point. Heres me feeling much better while slurping on this fabulous beverage:
This drink is WONDERFUL! Very strong peach flavor, and sweet (no confusing this one with veggie vitamins!) Best of all, I could definitely taste, and feel, the alcohol kicker in this one. You get your moneys worth here. Chinas Tea Cart is a WINNER! Well be back for the Peach Snap, and to try the other offerings there. The lady next to me was getting a Green Tea/Plum slushy concoction that also looked very, very good so well have to try that one too.
cheers!
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Oh, I had a Peach Snap last trip. They are really yummy. You know I have heard several times that the Margarita's in Mexico are not that great. Thats a shame, such a wonderful drink usually. Thats why I stick with my Dos Equis in Mexico.
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I have been hooked on the Peach Snap! since the tea stand first opened, so refreshing and wonderful!
We tried the margaritas this past March, we always see a ton of people drinking them so we plopped down our $9 and got the fiesta...well it was horrid! Tasted like bitter lighter fluid. All 4 flavors were blech so we ditched it and got another Peach Snap!
Ooh just a few more hours until I can get my booze on!
We tried the margaritas this past March, we always see a ton of people drinking them so we plopped down our $9 and got the fiesta...well it was horrid! Tasted like bitter lighter fluid. All 4 flavors were blech so we ditched it and got another Peach Snap!
Ooh just a few more hours until I can get my booze on!
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Another tidbit for you about POFQ -- the pool bar, Mardi-Grogs, is great on a hot day. The bartender during the day (sorry, I had her name written down but can't find it now) was just amazingly fast & efficient. We had pina-colavas there our 2nd day...fabulous.
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Thanks, that is great info! I cannot wait to check in tonight!
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Saturday Dinner - Rose & Crown, United Kingdom/Epcot
We had an ADR for 6:00 p.m. arrived about 5:45 just as it started to rain a little. There was a long line of people getting beer at the outside bar, and quite a few asking about walk-up seating inside (skies looked really bad, although it was just barely sprinkling at that point people were planning ahead for the upcoming downpour.) The place looked very, very busy so I was afraid wed be standing outside in the rain waiting for a seat for a long time, but we were seated just inside the main door, within 10 minutes of checking in. So, good for us, it was actually a few minutes before our ADR time. Just after we walked inside through the covered outdoor seating area to go to our table, the rain came pouring down blinding sheets of rain! This was a pattern we were going to encounter all week somehow we managed to be inside at our table service meal during the pouring-rain portion of the day. Over & over wed just get seated, almost always at a window seat & it would rain buckets & buckets. We were so Lucky!
When we got to our table, we could hear the live entertainment from the pub our table was only a few feet away from the pub entrance. DH & I thought it sounded like fun, but girls were not impressed (19 & 20 their idea of entertainment doesnt involve tipsy adults singing along to old standards, Disney songs & pub drinking songs, lol.
Heres a photo of DD (green striped shirt) and her BFF (white shirt) at our table
DD really enjoyed getting to see the inside of this place because shes going to London for a semester abroad this Fall so soon shell be able to compare the real deal with Epcots version (and shes looking forward to being legal over there, 4 months early. But then she comes back in December, and a few weeks later shell be legal in the USA, too.) Anyway, you can see how close our table was to the pub section of the Rose & Crown thats part of the very impressive bar in the background. We really liked the décor all that dark wood paneling made for a cozy feel.
Heres very happy DH with the Imperial Beer flight. They did not serve it with the cute little grid showing whats what, though. Mel, our waitress, just gave the names as she lined them up. DH thought this was a great value ($11 for 5 glasses of beer each was about 6 ounces)
Thats Harp, Stella Artois, Bass, Tennents and Guinness. He preferred the lighter colored ones Bass, Stella and Tennents but he finished every one of them (just to be sure he wasnt slighting any on the taste test, of course)
I really, really meant to try one of the Rose & Crowns specialty drinks liked the names of them drinks named "english rose" or dragon just sound so interesting, right? But then I wasnt really sure Id like the flavors when I read the ingredients, so chickened out and just ordered off the generic drinks menu thats in all the Disney restaurants. I had the Magical Star cocktail:
Magical Star Cocktail which is described as: X-Fusion Organic Mango and Passion Fruit Liqueur, Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Pineapple Juice, and a souvenir Multicolored Glow Cube. Delicious way to start the vacation table service meals very fruity/tropical tasting drink but not the icky-sweet variety: more of a tart & tangy beverage, which hit the spot on a hot & humid day. (And I had great fun with the multi-colored glow cube it doesn't show up the well in the photo, but it actually changed color red-green-blue, and we were next to the door, so slightly tipsy people kept stopping in the doorway to stare at the glass and ask how the drink did that trick! I finally had to turn the glow cube off because our meal was interrupted too much, lol. Friendly bunch hangs out in the pub.)
The girls both had some sort of lemonade think it was a berry-lemonade, vaguely pink anyway (non-alcohol variety.) We placed our orders and then our server Mel brought out a basket of warm cheese rolls: these were very tasty while it looks like just a little cheese sprinkled on top, they must use some seriously strong cheddar, because the cheesy taste is very good. We all liked these rolls: heres DD doing her hungry face on a roll:
I have to insert a note here about the official Rose & Crown menus posted on Disneys official website. Surprise, surprise, THEY ARE NOT CORRECT. DH & I had both decided we wanted to order the Steak & fish for dinner description sounded good on the menu. Lo & behold no such item on the real menu at the restaurant. Mel told us the menu changed several weeks ago. So anyway, for entrees, DD & I both ordered the Grilled steak, rare it came with broccolini & mashed potatoes.
These are good-sized steaks, probably 10-12 ounces, and they were cooked perfectly thats a whiskey gravy/sauce drizzled over the top of the steak & the taters was lick-your-plate tasty. We found the Disney restaurants to be very good at cooking food to order rare was truly rare. The broccolini was meh dont know why they serve that stuff, but its a popular choice for a veggie side among the Dis restaurants. Looks like it should taste good like broccoli, but its actually fairly tasteless for such a dark green veggie. And its stringy, too. We decided we could skip the green veggie for that meal. The mashed potatoes were delicious some sort of cheesey/sour cream taste to them, could have had them plain and theyd still have been very good with the whiskey gravy they were wonderful. The muffin looking thing was interesting was like a steamed corn muffin very dense, very heavy not like any American version of muffins though. I liked it used it to sop up the gravy. DD ate one bite and made a face.
DDs BFF had the Lamb Two Ways:
BFF was hooked on lamb during a trip to Australia, so this was the first of several times she ordered lamb. (DD frowned on the practice thought ordering lamb was akin to ordering bunny rabbits or something.) BFF didnt care, ordered it anyway (and BFF frowns on our familys practice of ordering rare beef so I guess were even at grossing each other out, lol. We dont look at her lambikins, and she doesnt look at our drippy blood meat, lol.) Anyway, the Lamb two ways is basically a few lamb chops served with shepherds pie (ground lamb on the bottom) She was kind of leery of the onion jam on the menu description, but was relieved to find out that was basically a different name for what tasted like caramelized onions. BFF really like the lamb chops (& onions) as well as the potatoes again a very creamy/cheesey taste. But she said the ground lamb on the bottom of the shepherds pie tasted like bad hamburger, so she left that.
DH had to go with the Harry Ramsdens Fish & Chips, served with English Chips
He really, really scarfed that fish down was the right kind of batter for him! He liked the tartar sauce that came with the fish tasted homemade. The English Chips appeared to me to be exactly the same as American French Fries dont know if thats what they always are. Somehow, I had it in my head that English Chips are different? Anyway, they were hot, fresh & good, even if they were just Amer. French Fries.
On to the desserts we got a variety. DD & DH both ordered the Baileys Irish Trifle
This was wonderful light & airy, similar to a mousse. We all thought this was good, and would order again.
BFF got the warm apple crumble topped with ice cream:
The ice cream is actually off to the side of the bowl. BFF thought it was good but none of us were over impressed with this one. Its a good standard/homey type dessert but the kind of thing youd have at grandmas for Sunday dinner. Not really a go-out-to-eat special dessert.
I had to try the Sticky Toffee Pudding:
This was the SHOWSTOPPER! May not look impressive in the picture, but serious *drool* Food, folks. The cake was kind of a dark pound-cake like concoction-not very sweet, which was a good thing. Because OMG, the sauces on this thing were over-the-top sweet...the kind of sweet that you just know you shouldn't have one more bite of it, but you do anyway cuz it's soooo addictive. That white stuff in the bottom of the bowl is supposed to be vanilla pudding was more like a vanilla sauce made out of frosting our something -- oooh, drooling good. And the hot-butter rum sauce drizzled all over the top this stuff was outstanding! Like take the best caramel sauce you've ever had, and punch it up a notch. Anyway, everyone loved this one would order it again in a flash.
Décor give it a 10 service was excellent, another 10. Food was a 9 main dishes & most of the sides were very good but parts of the meal were not good at all (the broccolini stuff, the ground lamb on the shepherds pie.) 2 out of 3 of the desserts were wonderful the 3rd was not bad, just not nearly as good as the other 2. Wed go back, for sure.
Cash cost for the food & the girls beverages would have been $115.23, but on the DDP it took 4 TS credits total. Our OOP expenses here was the tip + $22.10 for the beer flight & my cocktail. Very enjoyable meal, and much better than standing outside in the pouring rain! It was still raining when we came out in fact, pretty much rained the rest of Saturday evening but the hardest rain did happen while we were eating. Rest of the night it was just that annoying amount of rain where you need a poncho, but dont want to wear it but we were full, already feeling fat & happy...after all, we were at Disneyworld, even if it was in the rain.
We had an ADR for 6:00 p.m. arrived about 5:45 just as it started to rain a little. There was a long line of people getting beer at the outside bar, and quite a few asking about walk-up seating inside (skies looked really bad, although it was just barely sprinkling at that point people were planning ahead for the upcoming downpour.) The place looked very, very busy so I was afraid wed be standing outside in the rain waiting for a seat for a long time, but we were seated just inside the main door, within 10 minutes of checking in. So, good for us, it was actually a few minutes before our ADR time. Just after we walked inside through the covered outdoor seating area to go to our table, the rain came pouring down blinding sheets of rain! This was a pattern we were going to encounter all week somehow we managed to be inside at our table service meal during the pouring-rain portion of the day. Over & over wed just get seated, almost always at a window seat & it would rain buckets & buckets. We were so Lucky!
When we got to our table, we could hear the live entertainment from the pub our table was only a few feet away from the pub entrance. DH & I thought it sounded like fun, but girls were not impressed (19 & 20 their idea of entertainment doesnt involve tipsy adults singing along to old standards, Disney songs & pub drinking songs, lol.
Heres a photo of DD (green striped shirt) and her BFF (white shirt) at our table
DD really enjoyed getting to see the inside of this place because shes going to London for a semester abroad this Fall so soon shell be able to compare the real deal with Epcots version (and shes looking forward to being legal over there, 4 months early. But then she comes back in December, and a few weeks later shell be legal in the USA, too.) Anyway, you can see how close our table was to the pub section of the Rose & Crown thats part of the very impressive bar in the background. We really liked the décor all that dark wood paneling made for a cozy feel.
Heres very happy DH with the Imperial Beer flight. They did not serve it with the cute little grid showing whats what, though. Mel, our waitress, just gave the names as she lined them up. DH thought this was a great value ($11 for 5 glasses of beer each was about 6 ounces)
Thats Harp, Stella Artois, Bass, Tennents and Guinness. He preferred the lighter colored ones Bass, Stella and Tennents but he finished every one of them (just to be sure he wasnt slighting any on the taste test, of course)
I really, really meant to try one of the Rose & Crowns specialty drinks liked the names of them drinks named "english rose" or dragon just sound so interesting, right? But then I wasnt really sure Id like the flavors when I read the ingredients, so chickened out and just ordered off the generic drinks menu thats in all the Disney restaurants. I had the Magical Star cocktail:
Magical Star Cocktail which is described as: X-Fusion Organic Mango and Passion Fruit Liqueur, Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Pineapple Juice, and a souvenir Multicolored Glow Cube. Delicious way to start the vacation table service meals very fruity/tropical tasting drink but not the icky-sweet variety: more of a tart & tangy beverage, which hit the spot on a hot & humid day. (And I had great fun with the multi-colored glow cube it doesn't show up the well in the photo, but it actually changed color red-green-blue, and we were next to the door, so slightly tipsy people kept stopping in the doorway to stare at the glass and ask how the drink did that trick! I finally had to turn the glow cube off because our meal was interrupted too much, lol. Friendly bunch hangs out in the pub.)
The girls both had some sort of lemonade think it was a berry-lemonade, vaguely pink anyway (non-alcohol variety.) We placed our orders and then our server Mel brought out a basket of warm cheese rolls: these were very tasty while it looks like just a little cheese sprinkled on top, they must use some seriously strong cheddar, because the cheesy taste is very good. We all liked these rolls: heres DD doing her hungry face on a roll:
I have to insert a note here about the official Rose & Crown menus posted on Disneys official website. Surprise, surprise, THEY ARE NOT CORRECT. DH & I had both decided we wanted to order the Steak & fish for dinner description sounded good on the menu. Lo & behold no such item on the real menu at the restaurant. Mel told us the menu changed several weeks ago. So anyway, for entrees, DD & I both ordered the Grilled steak, rare it came with broccolini & mashed potatoes.
These are good-sized steaks, probably 10-12 ounces, and they were cooked perfectly thats a whiskey gravy/sauce drizzled over the top of the steak & the taters was lick-your-plate tasty. We found the Disney restaurants to be very good at cooking food to order rare was truly rare. The broccolini was meh dont know why they serve that stuff, but its a popular choice for a veggie side among the Dis restaurants. Looks like it should taste good like broccoli, but its actually fairly tasteless for such a dark green veggie. And its stringy, too. We decided we could skip the green veggie for that meal. The mashed potatoes were delicious some sort of cheesey/sour cream taste to them, could have had them plain and theyd still have been very good with the whiskey gravy they were wonderful. The muffin looking thing was interesting was like a steamed corn muffin very dense, very heavy not like any American version of muffins though. I liked it used it to sop up the gravy. DD ate one bite and made a face.
DDs BFF had the Lamb Two Ways:
BFF was hooked on lamb during a trip to Australia, so this was the first of several times she ordered lamb. (DD frowned on the practice thought ordering lamb was akin to ordering bunny rabbits or something.) BFF didnt care, ordered it anyway (and BFF frowns on our familys practice of ordering rare beef so I guess were even at grossing each other out, lol. We dont look at her lambikins, and she doesnt look at our drippy blood meat, lol.) Anyway, the Lamb two ways is basically a few lamb chops served with shepherds pie (ground lamb on the bottom) She was kind of leery of the onion jam on the menu description, but was relieved to find out that was basically a different name for what tasted like caramelized onions. BFF really like the lamb chops (& onions) as well as the potatoes again a very creamy/cheesey taste. But she said the ground lamb on the bottom of the shepherds pie tasted like bad hamburger, so she left that.
DH had to go with the Harry Ramsdens Fish & Chips, served with English Chips
He really, really scarfed that fish down was the right kind of batter for him! He liked the tartar sauce that came with the fish tasted homemade. The English Chips appeared to me to be exactly the same as American French Fries dont know if thats what they always are. Somehow, I had it in my head that English Chips are different? Anyway, they were hot, fresh & good, even if they were just Amer. French Fries.
On to the desserts we got a variety. DD & DH both ordered the Baileys Irish Trifle
This was wonderful light & airy, similar to a mousse. We all thought this was good, and would order again.
BFF got the warm apple crumble topped with ice cream:
The ice cream is actually off to the side of the bowl. BFF thought it was good but none of us were over impressed with this one. Its a good standard/homey type dessert but the kind of thing youd have at grandmas for Sunday dinner. Not really a go-out-to-eat special dessert.
I had to try the Sticky Toffee Pudding:
This was the SHOWSTOPPER! May not look impressive in the picture, but serious *drool* Food, folks. The cake was kind of a dark pound-cake like concoction-not very sweet, which was a good thing. Because OMG, the sauces on this thing were over-the-top sweet...the kind of sweet that you just know you shouldn't have one more bite of it, but you do anyway cuz it's soooo addictive. That white stuff in the bottom of the bowl is supposed to be vanilla pudding was more like a vanilla sauce made out of frosting our something -- oooh, drooling good. And the hot-butter rum sauce drizzled all over the top this stuff was outstanding! Like take the best caramel sauce you've ever had, and punch it up a notch. Anyway, everyone loved this one would order it again in a flash.
Décor give it a 10 service was excellent, another 10. Food was a 9 main dishes & most of the sides were very good but parts of the meal were not good at all (the broccolini stuff, the ground lamb on the shepherds pie.) 2 out of 3 of the desserts were wonderful the 3rd was not bad, just not nearly as good as the other 2. Wed go back, for sure.
Cash cost for the food & the girls beverages would have been $115.23, but on the DDP it took 4 TS credits total. Our OOP expenses here was the tip + $22.10 for the beer flight & my cocktail. Very enjoyable meal, and much better than standing outside in the pouring rain! It was still raining when we came out in fact, pretty much rained the rest of Saturday evening but the hardest rain did happen while we were eating. Rest of the night it was just that annoying amount of rain where you need a poncho, but dont want to wear it but we were full, already feeling fat & happy...after all, we were at Disneyworld, even if it was in the rain.
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