Our November Food Porn - Lots of Places & Loads of Pictures

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Our first evening we were very tired after the flight that seemed to take forever, so strolled over to Kona.

A cocktail for me and beer for Al while we pretended to read the menu because we were going to try something new. :whistle:
Not sure what this was, i think it was the Magical Star cocktail.

I chose the Pot Stickers.....for a change!

Coconut Curry Shrimp Soup for Al.....quelle suprise huh?! :lol:

Lois didn't fancy anything off the kids or adults, so asked for Pot Stickers and Fries. :hehe:

Shrimp and Scallops........YUM!!! :eat:

Ginger Crusted Ribeye. While this was tasty, I wish they would bring back the filet!

Kids Cheeseburger...the first of many for Callie! :hehe: She barely touched it.

Everything was tasty, no complaints at all. Service was excellent and we were in there less than an hour. We were finding it hard to keep our eyes open and went straight back to the room, skipping dessert. I even slept through the EWP and Wishes. :fworks:

 

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Up next, more Kona Cafe but breakfast this time. We got a walk in at opening as we were up so early.


Adult french toast for me. I thought about the Tonga Toast, but couldn't do it justice. :hehe: This was tasty, but I couldn't finish it all!

2 eggs for Miss Lois. Very good apparently, but she only ever eats the yolk, a strange habit she got from her dad!

Ribeye steak + 2 eggs. Al thought it'd be rude not to when they put a steak on the breakfast menu. Think it was good, it all disappeared anyway!

Kids french toast

Great service again. Not difficult as there were only about 3 other tables in at opening. :hehe: We all enjoyed it and will definitely go back.

With 3 OJ's and a chocolate milk, the bill was $51 after our TIW discount.

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Joining in. Great start and LOVE the pictures. The only part of the egg I eat is the yolk too.
Can't wait for more yummy pictures

 

[Linda67]

Looking great - joining in

 

[pinkxray]

great pictures so far, signing on for the rest

 

[MomsOf2boys]

I'm in! The problem with reading these reports are the fact that it makes me terribly hungry and i still have 2 hours before lunch!

 

[bubblefactory]

Next up was the one we were looking forward to most, Lois' birthday dinner at Citrico's! Several emails had gone back and forth beforehand and we were not disappointed. We had requested our favourite server (and friend!) Jaime and were shown to a window table in his section. Lois was presented with a personalised menu wishing her a happy birthday.

First up we ordered a bottle of champers and Shirley T's for the girls which were brought in champers glasses. :hehe:

We were then brought an amuse bouche:

Roquefort cheese and beetroot mousse

It was really tasty, the kids said it was like eating purple Spongebob! :lol:

Bread to share. Yum as always! Don't ask me why someone took a photo of the butter. Maybe it was because it wasn't that vile whippy stuff. :lol:

To start, Al tried the quail tortellini

Lois had the potato and leek soup. This was soooo good!

I had the goat cheese truffle salad which was perfect. very tasty and a nice size portion.

Cal had the cheese and grapes off the kids menu.

We re-arranged the menu as usual and asked for kids filet with mickey pasta

I had the pan seared halibut with red wine risotto, mushrooms and lemon thyme broth. OMG, I can't tell you enough how good this was! :eat:

Al had the berkshire pork two ways - pork tenderloin and braised pork belly with herbed gnocchi, heirloom apples, swiss chard and madeira broth. Also disappeared completely so must have been good!

Lois had the filet scilian ~ oak grilled filet of beef with sweet vidalia onions,peppadew and banana peppers, quattro formaggi crushed potatoes and veal demi glace

We weren't shown a desert menu as the surprise cake was waiting in the back. It was brought out to put the candles on behind us and caused quite a stir. The table close to the counter all decided to get up and take photos and caused quite a commotion. So much so that everyone else wanted to know what they were looking at and Lois looked too. I had to tell her not to turn around! Luckily there were so many people blocking her view she couldn't make out what it was, but knew it was a cake. It kinda spoiled the surprise.

Her favourite character is Donald. We asked for him in white choc and left it up to Pat at the GF bakery to design the rest. I feel the more creativity you give them, the better job they do. They have never let us down yet and didn't this time.

It was vanilla cake with white choc filling. :eat: The cake was cut and brought out. Donald was boxed up separately to keep him in one piece.

We had a wonderful evening. Service was top notch as always from J and the girls were sent home with a bag full of Mickey straws. :hehe: We were checking out of the Poly next day so the club level CM's enjoyed the cake.
10 out of 10 for a perfect evening! How do we top it next year?!

 

[mossyflossy]

wow it looks great and superb photos!

 

[mossyflossy]

wow it looks great and superb photos!

 

[MickeyNicki]

Gorgeous pictures! I am a yolk only eater too!

Enjoyed your Citricos pics, reminds me of our wonderful dinner there last month

 

[tinkgurl]

Wow, great pics! You've got me drooling!

 

[Euphoria027]

This is my favorite picture ever.

 

[bubblefactory]

Thanks for all the positive feedback everyone ! Here's the next one:

Captain's Grille (formerly Yacht Club Galley) ~ Lunch



This was another spur of the moment walk in. We were in the area and decided to try it out after having a nice breakfast here a few trips ago. We were given a pager and told 15 minutes but it went off after only about 5. I was surprised how busy it was, looked like the convention gang had almost filled the place. I decided i'm having a fake AGM here next year! :whistle:

On to the food.....

Clam Chowder for Al - :thumbs:

Shrimp & Crab cake for me :eat:

Kids salad

Lobster roll ~ I give this :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: There was lots of lobster in it compared to others i've had and it was delicious!

Fish 'n' Chips ~ very nice!

Chicken Caesar Salad for Lois ~ it was nice but didn't seem to go down no matter how much she ate! :hehe:

Kids nuggets

Chocolate Profiterole

Key Lime Pie ~ TDF!!! This was sooooo good and I loved the choc on top.

This is supposed to be chocolate cheesecake according to the bill but doesn't look very chocolatey? :unsure: Anyway, it disappeared.

Kids sundae ~ cue 20 minutes of making it look pretty only to scrape it all back off and only eat the ice-cream.

We spent the afternoon veg'd out by the pool and skipped dinner. :hehe: The bill with 4 drinks was $95.

 

[Linda67]

Wow - this food looks great
Thanks for another great review

 

[bubblefactory]

A quick trip off site and we found ourselves near the new Fuddruckers at the Crossroads. We've been to the one at Festival bay so decided to go in.

The burgers here are huge and when you go in, you can see the size of the half pund, etc. in the fridges. You place your order, get your cups to choose your own drink, find a table and wait for your name to be shouted over the tannoy. We waited about 15 minutes for it all to be cooked fresh. They have servers that will go and get your refills or dessert etc.

Alec had the mushroom & swiss chicken burger ~ $7.59 & $2.59 for onion rings.

3 cheese burger for me! ~ (think it was 1/3 lb as that was the smallest? :unsure: a drink and fries for $10.29 The 'fries' are actually very nice wedges and I usually hate wedges.

Chicken Caesar Salad ~ $8.29

Kids Cheeseburger ~ $4.49 included a drink and a cookie

The whole bill with 2 more drinks was $40. We left a small tip for the server guy as he brought Cal's cookie over and an extra one for Lois too. :hehe: Burgers were good but they did have that cooked on the grill slightly greasy taste to them. At least they're not like sawdust though. The salad was pretty good, you can't really mess that up though can you :hehe:

Fudd's gets a 7 out of 10. The loos were a bit tatty (not dirty though) with broken locks on some doors etc. despite it being fairly new. Little things like that bug me. :whistle: Definitely somewhere to visit that's quite cheap and fast if you're in the area though.

 

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With no ADR booked, we decided to try for a walk in at Maya Grill. We were told it would be a 5 minute wait which it was. Got a nice booth at the back of the restaurant. I really like it here, it has a nice feel to it. Our server was called Cecilia and she was on the ball with drinks a few minutes after we were seated.

First we were brought some bread and dipping oil

Mozzarella sticks for Lois!

Scallops to start for me, they were *really* good!

Cal chose the nachos

Al had the crispy gulf shrimp

For main course Al had the Pork Loin Salteado

I chose the swordfish steak. This was okay, but the seasoning on top was HOT!! I had to scrape it all off.

Lois chose the chicken parmesan

Cal had the kids grilled cheese

We skipped dessert as we were pretty full. The bill was $130 with drinks. The only minus point here was that they made us pay for an adult meal for Lois. No biggie, but it was basically a few more spoons of pasta to justify the price and she hardly touched it. It just seems a waste. :shrug: We'll keep this place on our reserve list, we've never had a problem getting a walk in.

 

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Next up:

I started with an apple and cranberry cocktail. Very festive with a cinnamon stick in it. I can't remember what alcohol was in it, but it was very nice! :cheers:

Bread & Butter

I chose the crab cake and didn't regret it. :eat:

Al had the shrimp cocktail

followed by his favourite; the potato wrapped snapper

I chose the Chef's thunder which changes daily. Today it was oak grilled fragrantly spiced Mahi Mahi

We shared a side of aspargus

Both kids had Mickey pasta

Lois had the Chocolate fondue dessert. This had Happy birthday on it, I guess it had been noted somewhere that we were celebrating a few days earlier.

I had the trio of desserts; Frangelico, caramel and chocolate delice,
rich chocolate and raspberry torta andpetite white chocolate creme brulee

Cal had the chocolate puzzle

Al finished with the cheese selection

Service was great as it always is here and it remains one of our favourites. We're going back in March. :eat: The bill with tip was $250 but $45 was on a bottle of wine. I can't resist a King Estate Pinot Gris when it's on the wine list!

 

[msce2]

The food looks so good! Can't wait to try Flying Fish in June.

Thank you for your reviews!

 

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It's been a long time since we ate at Tony's so decided to call in at City Hall to see if there was any availability after looking at a menu. Noon was available so we took it as we'd had no breakfast.

Despite it being almost empty when we arrived, it took forever for our server to appear with menus and take our drinks order and we were seconds from walking out.

The menu isn't huge, but we all found something we fancied trying. For starters, I chose the Pumpkin soup. It was really nice what I got, Cal decided she'd share it too! :hehe:

Al had the tomato mozzarella salad. Looks thrilling huh? :hehe:

After the starters, we commented that things may have got better since we were last here........


I had the panini of the day. It was SMOTHERED in some kind of sauce that was similar to horseradish which I hate. There was no mention of this from our server, he just said it was ham and cheese and I couldn't eat it. It was HORRIBLE!

Lois had the Bianca cheese flatbread

Al had the shrimp pasta which he said was oily and tasteless!

Cheeseburger calzone for Cal. The idea of a burger in a calzone sounded weird to me but she insisted on trying it. After one small bite, she declared it "puke" and I have to agree. It was like eating cardboard and had a weird aniseed taste?!

We decided not to waste another cent and ran from there as fast as we could. We now remember why we had avoided it so long. Bad service and bad food. I was really ill later that day too. Never again!

 

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We set off from The Poly for a shopping day and managed to get all of 20 yards before the kids started whining in the back seat that we hadn't fed them. They're not quite understanding that we pay for club level so they can go and get breakfast anytime they like without paying. I knew my shopping trip would be a nightmare if we didn't shut them up, so we diverted to the nearest resort with a restaurant which happened to be Olivia's at OKW.

We were seated immediately and our server was straight over to offer us juice and coffee. I accepted both and the kids had chocolate milk. The breakfast menu is very good here and there were several things we all could've eaten but we eventually decided on:

Good Morning Donald for Miss Callie. She did well with this and it was just enough without overfacing her.

Pancake and eggs for Lois. Waaay too much, but it was good. :eat:

I chose the banana bread french toast. This was soooo good, but half would have been plenty! :hehe:

Cuban breakfast for Al.

Service was excellent and friendly throughout. The manager came around to see how things were going and he brought us more juice. We'll definitely be going back here in the future, maybe for dinner. A good experience overall! :thumbs:

The bill was $49 after discount and tip.