Queso Fundido is gone at San Angel

[BCV23]

Since Epcot opened, my family has enjoyed the Queso Fundido every time we've dined at San Angel. My son and his wife had dinner there last weekend and it is off the menu. Their waiter told them he/she didn't expect it to reappear.

Over the years it had lost most of its zing and also was downsized but we still enjoyed it.

 

[Forever42]

I'm sorry that you're disappointed I will say, though, that it wasn't like any queso fundido we've had at traditional Mexican restaurants, so I'm kind of glad to see it go. We'd only had it in the last four years, so maybe it was different before that, as you say?

All of these menu changes are making me nervous :/

 

[Peter Pirate]

"All of these restaurant changes are making me nervous."
Me too Forever 42...Me too.

 

[BCV23]

The changes don't make me nervous but rather sadden me. Menus in general seem shorter and just not as adventuresome.

Forever42, the queso fundido used to have quite a bit of nicely spiced chorizo in it as well as a fair amount of peppers. Lots more taste. The tortillas were even better...softer and fresher. But it was still a tradition for us to have it. And our DIL has only had it in the last two years and still really loved it.

PP, my DS and DIL live in Celebration too.

 

[Forever42]

Forever42, the queso fundido used to have quite a bit of nicely spiced chorizo in it as well as a fair amount of peppers. Lots more taste. The tortillas were even better...softer and fresher. But it was still a tradition for us to have it. And our DIL has only had it in the last two years and still really loved it.

I understand I really am sorry that a family tradition for you is gone, now.

I mean nervous for what's going to happen next, it seems a slow progression of things getting worse.

 

[bicker]

Things change in both directions, enhancements as well as retirements. Just a few years ago, there was no Tangierine Cafe, and the Studio Catering Company wasn't anything special. A few years back Artist Point went through some very rough years, culinarily, and now is back at the top of the heap.

 

[Belle5]

the queso fundido used to have quite a bit of nicely spiced chorizo in it as well as a fair amount of peppers. Lots more taste. The tortillas were even better...softer and fresher. But it was still a tradition for us to have it. And our DIL has only had it in the last two years and still really loved it.

BCV23, I feel your pain! That was one of my very favorite food items and one of the only reasons left to go to San Angel. I am really sad to see that gone! I am pretty sure it is gone because of the dining plan. That was by far their most expensive appetizer last time I looked and it probably hurt them when diners kept getting that with their meal plan.

 

[Peter Pirate]

Artist Point certainly is a great restaurant (one of my favorites) but the move away from what it once was to the more generic version can't have been a good thing for 'foodie' fans of the original...

 

[bicker]

There were a few years there I wasn't happy, even with the menu, at Artist Point. However, it seems they've not only turne the restaurant around in the hearts and minds of typical guests, but if the posted menu is any indication, the menu has come-around as well. Almost all our favorites are there: The smoked pork chop, the cedar plank salmon, and the berry cobbler. They've gotten rid of the horrendous smoked prime rib, which was never any good, and added some choices that I'm really hoping someone at our table will try, such as the scallops.

 

[BCV23]

BCV23, I feel your pain! That was one of my very favorite food items and one of the only reasons left to go to San Angel. I am really sad to see that gone! I am pretty That was by far their most expensive appetizer last time I looked and it probably hurt them when diners kept getting that with their meal plan.

Belle5, that was my guess as well. Have a wonderful trip!

Bicker, I agree with you about AP. It is better again. I don't miss the more exotic game these days because of that scare about venison and other game meats a few years ago. I can't remember what disease was involved but still avoid wild game. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

And I also agree that enhancements occur as well but do think there is a current downturn at least in variety at some of the restaurants. But of course that could just be my perception and after next trip I may be seeing things through rosier glasses again.

 

[westcliffemom]

I've had this before, it's good. Too bad it's gone!

 

[mitros]

Speaking of Artists Point, we really miss the crab fillet dish they had the first year or two after they opened. We were told that the crab became so expensive that no one would be able to afford it after Disney tacked on their profit.

 

[bicker]

That maps with our own experience trying to find anything close to the dungeness crab dishes that Artist Point served in the beginning. When we can find it it's often just too expensive for me.