I finally managed to write new reviews, so here they are:
Tuesday, February 13
We were still very full from our feast at California Grill, so no breakfast for us this morning.
Lunch at Cosmic Ray's (Magic Kingdom)
Another very early lunch around 11:30 am. Cosmic Ray was not crowded at all and both Carola and I had difficulties deciding what we wanted to eat. There are many different choices at this restaurant, but you have to make up your mind what you want to get before you get in line as every outlet has a different line. I found this a bit confusing and even though there was only one family in front of me, it still took me some time to get to my food. I really cannot complain, but made a metal note that this might be a problematic restaurant when it is busy in there!
We ended up with rather standard choices:
I had another burger (I really like burgers, I always think of bugers and ceasar's salad as the standard American food, so I tend to eat many burgers when I am in the USA). I liked the burger and the fixing bar. Since I now knew what a fixing bar is, I absolutely love this concept and it was a great addition to the burger! But I preferred the Pecos Bill one. Mainly because the fried mushrooms were more fried at Pecos Bill while at Cosmic Ray they seemed to be a bit more cooked, less fried. Otherwise I could not really find any difference.
This is my bacon double cheeseburger:
I again got carrots with it, but asked whether I could substitute my dessert for a side order of fries. The cast member at the register said at first it was not possible, so I was going to pay for them seperately and did not get a dessert. When I then was getting ready to give her the money for the fries, she said that she had substituted the dessert anyway...
Carola finally settled on a hot dog, I think it is the chili cheese dog:
I can't remember what kind of dessert she got, it looks like something with chocolate. I can tell you however that she liked her meal including the dessert!
Dinner at Boma (Animal Kingdom Lodge)
Unfortunately this is the end of the pictures in this report!! Both on our last evenings at AKL we ate at out hotel and were so unorganised that we needed to rush to our ADRs and totally forgot about the camera... I am still mad at me for forgetting to take it to Jiko. I think Boma is not such a great loss, as lawyergirl has achieved the ultimate Boma pictures: the entire buffet line! You can see it here:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=13639539&postcount=3808
Our ADR was for 8 pm and when we checked in we encountered a not very competent CM. She claimed that we had no ADR. I was certain that we had one as I had gotten a print out of all our ADRs from Lobby concierge after check in (which was a good thing, as that CM had found out that my name was misspelled on a number of our ADRs and I actually knew how to "misspell" my name at the different restaurants when checking in
). I could actually see how she was looking for my name and scrolling over it repeatedly on her computer screen. Well, she finally found us and we were told it would be a bit of a wait. We walked up to the lobby and sat there for about 5 min until our beeper went off, so not too bad a wait.
We got an ok table, in the corner just to the right of the entrance. It was good as there are a number of 2 person tables in this area, so it was a bit more quiet around us, but we were quite close to the drinks station, so some might not consider this a prime location. I ordered a Safari Martini as a drink as well as water. It is Van De Hum Tangerine liqueur, Absolut Citron, and a splash of cranberry juice and I had read about the Van de Hum and wanted to try it. It was nice, but obviously not memorable. I only remembered that I had it when I looked at the receipts from our meal...
The buffet was great, both Carola and I preferred the appetizers and desserts over the entrees. I thought that the entrees were much less interesting than the other dishes. I absolutely loved the butternut squash soup, it is great! Besides that I had quite a lot of the salads and the hummus with breads. I tried the prime rib (as this is another of those typical American things for me) but I think it is not the way I prefer my beef to be cooked. There was nothing wrong with it, but there were so many other things that I liked much better.
In general I found Boma to be interesting but not overly adventurous. I think most of the food is not spicy as in hot, the spices are mainly there for adding flavour. So things might taste a bit uncommon, often a bit sweet, but not hot.
I like Boma a lot, I think it is one of the restaurants that are absolutely unique and therefore will most likely return on every trip! However, there supposedly is a rotation of the dinner menu offerings. Recent posts here on the boards have stated that the one circulating here (see for example this post:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=17601631&postcount=6 ) is not up to date, either that it has changed or that there is no strict rotation any more. However, we had dinner at Boma on Novermber 2, 2004 and February 13, 2007. Both days were Tuesdays and the food on the buffet was both time very similar and was what was listed in the rotation for Tuesdays. Also, I took the culinary tour of Jiko and Boma on a Thursday and I remember that the peanut rice was offered as well as the potato and bacon soup (which was delicious, I got to try the soup on the tour!!). So, I will make sure to eat at Boma on another day of the week the next time, preferrably on a Thursday...
If I ever visit Germany, I am going to have difficulty ordering.
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