Saltiness of the food

[katoot]

My wife doesn't like her food to be very salty, so I was wondering how salty the food at some of the restaurants are. Specifically, the dinner at 1900, California Grill, and 50's Prime Time Cafe, as well as your average counter service.

 

[ancestry]

I haven't found the food to be salty at any of the places you mentioned but salty really is a personal preference. It is hard to judge as what is salty to one maybe not be salty at all to another.

 

[Sweettears]

We never salt our food (at the table) and have not run into any issues at any of the WDW restaurants. Although I've never been there it seems that the most complaints of salty food revolve around Le Cellier.

 

[pearlieq]

I generally find most WDW food to be quite salty. Not necessarily in a bad or unpleasant way, but just moreso in the way that most Americans are conditioned to expect very salty food.

 

[catne]

We don't find it too salty (neither counter service nor table service...in general we really like the level of salt & spice.) However, one of my adult kids never salts food at the table or when cooking (skips it in all recipes, too)

He's been to Disney with us several times and has rarely commented that the food was salty. Certainly never sent anything back as too salty.

If you're concerned about salt content, at the table service you can always ask if no added salt is possible. There may be some dishes they can't do that (like those that come covered in gravy or sauce) but even there, you may be able to get the sauce on the side.

 

[Micca]

Disney cuts costs at all costs. Salt??? Leave it out, salt costs extra!

 

[DCDisney]

If she doesn't normally eat much salt I think she'll find the food salty at many places. I stopped eating much salt and found things tasted very salty to me at wdw on our last trip. 50's it depends on what you order but the fried chicken though very yummy was very salty as are their mashed potatoes and veggies. They serve salads and other healthier fare which I'd expect to be less salty. 1900 wasn't too bad for a buffet in terms of salt but we didn't care for most of the food there. If she finds things salty she should start to request less salt when she orders as for TS foods they can usually adapt to your preferences and even QS places will adapt if they can if you are willing to wait a few minutes. CA Grill should have no problem accomodating.

 

[katoot]

Yeah, Korean cooking doesn't usually have very much (if any) salt in their recipes, so she would probably think some of the food is pretty salty. And I also agree that too much or too little salt is personal preference (or even cultural habit). When I first came to Korea, I was just starting to enjoy spicy foods. DW would tell me something was not spicy, so I would eat it, only to find out that I can barely breath from the spiciness.

 

[Tiger926]

Disney cuts costs at all costs. Salt??? Leave it out, salt costs extra!

I'm thinking this might be a joke, but not sure, so wanted to clarify, as I've spoken to many Disney chefs, as we have allergies/food sensitivities over here. Disney uses a lot of pre-packed foods and processed foods, which are very high in sodium. As well, there are many restaurants that serve steak, such as Le Cellier and Yachtsman that go very heavy on the salt. There are many sauses that we find are heavy on salt as well due to them using base, stock or boullion cubes. They also use salted butter in some restaurants too, and salt in the water to boil pasta, just as a few examples.

That being said, we don't find the buffet foods to be over salty on a general basis, but there are a few dishes here and there on buffets that are.

The CS meals, especially fries and onion rings, are also full of sodium. That is the nature of the beast.

We don't eat salt, nor cook with salt, so we can recognize the salt right away, so as others have mentioned, it is personal preference, but Disney does use salt.

Disney uses salt and heavy amounts of sodium in many of their foods - there are certain dishes that you can't make sit for hours without using sodium or preservatives of some kind.

Tiger

 

[Mamu]

I use very little salt , use mostly herbs to add flavor or a light dusting of sea salt, so I'm very salt sensitive. Many of the restaurants at Disney use a lot of salt, especially the CS Restaurants.

But there no different then any restaurant you visit. There's something about a chef and salt that you just can't separate.

 

[MickeyNicki]

We have found dinner buffets to be so salty...they are terrible with the exception of Cape May Clambake, that is the only dinner buffet we will eat at.

 

[jasonfc13]

What is great about the disney restaurants is that they will tailor their cooking to anyone. Last time we were at 50's primetime there was a mother and daughter with food allergies and the chef came out on the floor to discuss what they would like and he explained what he was able to do. He was there for over 10 mins and finally worked out meals for both of them that they liked and he was able to adjust. Remember they are always looking to provide wonderful guest experiences.

 

[coopersmom]

I'm thinking this might be a joke, but not sure, so wanted to clarify, as I've spoken to many Disney chefs, as we have allergies/food sensitivities over here. Disney uses a lot of pre-packed foods and processed foods, which are very high in sodium. As well, there are many restaurants that serve steak, such as Le Cellier and Yachtsman that go very heavy on the salt. There are many sauses that we find are heavy on salt as well due to them using base, stock or boullion cubes. They also use salted butter in some restaurants too, and salt in the water to boil pasta, just as a few examples...

I didn't eat at any of the restaurants the original poster lists, but did only eat at other table service establishments, and found the food at Walt Disney World to be EXTREMELY salty, in general, some to point of being inedible, and I'd agree that the above is likely the reason. The sodium content of pre-cooked, processed foods is just incredibly high. If you have someone in the kitchen adding seasoning on top of that, or letting things like sauces and soups reduce during reheating, it's a really over the top.

I am not "salt sensitive," per se--though I never add salt to finished food, I do cook with it--but it was really bad, and my husband noticed it too. I actually joked at one point that Morton's must own a stake in Disney, because much of what I tasted (and it was only a taste, because it was bad) was just caked in salt--to the point where it had no other flavor. And this was across multiple Disney-owned eating establishments, not just one restaurant. (Any potato product we saw was just a salt lick. Yuck!)

I also would highly disagree that it is "the same as any other restaurant." I found Disney dishes to be saltier even than McDonald's ... And many of that fast food chain's offerings are little more than compressed salt tablets.

 

[si-am]

Avoid Ohana. Saltiest EVER!

Everywhere else is okay though.

 

[MrsLS]

I havent found the food to be very salty and I dont cook with a lot of salt and I use sodium free products at home. Obviously if you get a burger and fries it would be loaded with salt but otherwise it's not that bad but we only got to TS and signatures at night. No CS.