Our November Grazings Report

[Lizziejane]

I'll pipe in and say I hate the whole "kids running riot" thing too. I know it's Disney World, but get control of those kids, people!!

Your creme brulee pic is making my mouth water. I had 3 of them last week and I'm in withdrawal right now!

 

[prttynpnk]

Your creme brulee pic is making my mouth water. I had 3 of them last week and I'm in withdrawal right now!

3!! You are my new hero. Holy Moses on buttered toast- that is a great week in my book!

 

[oybolshoi]

Hahaha!! Your Boma update was a hoot!

As for posting pics here ... you can't do it until you have ten posts on the DIS and once you do that all you have to do is copy the IMG code from photobucket and then paste into your post. It's easy!

 

[RachaelRol]

Subbing and laughing!

 

[prttynpnk]

So after we have a nice little scavenger hunt to find the waiter (the prize being that we have to tip him) we head back into the park and Mr B enjoyed the single rider line for 2 rounds of Rockin’ Rollercoaster while I found a shady spot for some people watching. This is an excellent vantage point- quite the humanity crossroads. I also snuck in a mickey bar to try to bribe my stomache that was still seeking that crème brulee.
Later we took the boat to the boardwalk area for our ressies at Kouzzina. I love that area and was a serious Spoodles fan so I was ready to see how they had changed things.
Mr B was spoiling to hate this dinner- he was a serious hate-on for the only female Iron Chef. One of my husbands best qualities is his ability to hate with the intensity of a 3rd grader who never has a pudding in his lunch bag and sits by the kid with a pastry chef Mom. You get the idea?
So here we go-
I liked the décor- warm, homey, etc. We had a nice table with a view into the kitchen area.
Apps were as follows:
I got the Brick Oven bread and it was probably not the best choice but gees, I got menu dazzled- that’s kind of a big menu and I was starting my weasel toe panic. It was good, I think with preparation and hidden note cards I can order better next time.

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Mr B had the calamari in a basket that seems to be popping up everywhere lately- must be a bulk restaraunt supply discount.

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He liked it- oh, merciful heavens he liked it! See that paper in the basket? Add 3 sesame seeds and I would have eaten it assuming it was like lunch.

My entrée was the really, really good fishermans stew. This was amazing- the broth was so rich and I was ready to get a straw down in there in case any was trying to escape by hiding in a clam shell. Don’t try to fool me, creamy stew!
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Once more, the carnivore of my heart went for the oven braised lamb shank. He loved it!
I got my fork very close to his beans but I couldn’t quite make contact- that was a very good sign.

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On to the dessert round! I went safe- I love some baklava! When I still lived in the graceful North it was so easy to get, but in SC it’s like finding decent Chinese food- forget it. You moved there, so just accept your deep-fried destiny.

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I was expecting a pistachio base, but the walnuts gave it a woodsy thing I wasn’t used to, but really liked. The pistachio ice cream was a perfect fit.

Mr B surprised me with his Galaktoboureko- I thought it would be too delicate for his usual tastes, but he was very impressed.

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All in all a very favorable feeling was had and Mr b didn’t feel like he needed to leave quickly and punch out the mime outside to vent his feelings of Kat Cora loathing.
1 Sidebar complaint- we ordered the sautéed brussel sprouts, but no pictuire is available- it got lost in the shuffle and we never got it. Alas, I will have to get them next time.

 

[prttynpnk]

Our last whole day- sigh. We went right to Epcot and got on Soarin' in under 3 hours! Go us!
Now the hard part of the mornign was keeping Mr B focused and away from those food boothes opening so close to our early lunch at Chefs. It was like guiding a lion thru a buttered gazelle field.
This was our 1st trip to Chefs and I was a little leary. I like French food in theory, but hey, we live in a Ponderosa-style town and I'm not as familiar with it as I'd like to be. I know crepe, I know eclair, you get it.
I loved the interior- it was just like a movie- I wanted to read a novel and watch locals have romantic misundertanings by the fern for my entertainment.
In an amazingly out of character appetizer moment I got the Assiette Campagnarde and he got a salad! Yes, I went down the carnivore path while he ate foliage- to know him is to be surprised.
The pates were excellent, I moved the onion relish around a bit, but didn't enjoy, the salad was great too.
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For entrees I felt that when in Rome (or actually somewhere French) I should go obvious- Crepe Basquaise. The filling was wonderful, but I wasn't used to a crisp crepe, it was sort of like those fish in parchment deals for me- I was feeling very 'country mouse' at this point. But it had more of that yummy salad from my appetizer, so that was a good thing.
Mr B continued to surprise me- he had chicken. He loved the sauce and the potatoes and had few other comments. I sensed that he was up to something. Or that Aliens had replaced him while I was in the bathroom.
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Dessert was the best part (of course!) I could write songs about my profiteroles, they were so good and baby, they were not stingy with the chocolate! Mr B's creme brulee was 2nd only to Narcoosees he said.
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All in all, a very good experience!
As I was starting to suspect, Mr B had restrained himself to concur food boothes earlier denied him, I should have seen it when he got chicken!!

Next up- Artist Point- where the buffalo roam tastily.