Some restaurants have sample plates - not edible, but show you the food. For example last month we stopped at Tusker House at the AK. The special sounded good, but we weren't sure. Another guest told us about the display table off to the side with sample plates. It was worth it for Disney to put out the plate so we could see what we ere getting. We later told other guests about the table. At Mara's atthe AKL we were able to actually get some samples of food to try. We weren't sure how spicy the African chicken soup might be. The CM suggested she get us a sample. Does this help?