Starting off with the two items I did not try;
Slow roasted brined pork belly with molasses baked beans, brown bread, and pickled cabbage made by Matt Gennuso from Chez Pascal restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island.
and
"Denver" lamb ribs, fried potatoes, and braised greens. Made by Charles D. Dolson IV from Magic Kingdom. Kind of wish I had been able to try this one, since I love lamb, but I just couldn't eat anything else by the end of the night.
Moving on to the food I did eat, with pictures.
Angus braised beef short rib dumpling, with white cheddar corn pudding.
Made by Larry Walker from Grand Floridian Resort.
This was actually the first thing I tried this evening. The dumpling was very flavorful, but the pudding was kind of bland.
It gets an;
Goat cheese mousse with roasted baby golden beets and micro arugula, in a blood orange vinaigrette.
Made by Bob Waggoner from PBS's U Cook with Chef Bob.
This was like the perfect mouthful of food. I absolutly loved it, especially the goat cheese mousse, which was light and fluffy, and wonderful. It gets an;
Then there were the rest of the evening's desserts. These were served to Wine View Lounge guests, but we did have the option of going to the cooking areas to get them ourselves. I enjoyed being served later in the night though, as I just had no energy left, and at that point was a little tipsy.
Chocolate-peanut butter cup parfait, made by Noah French from Setai Hotel in Miami, Florida.
This was delicious, and tasted just like a Reese's peanut butter cup, except richer, and much more peanut buttery and chocolaty. It gets an
Passionfruit-strawberry shortcake. This was made by Mustapha Khetem from Hollywood Studios.
This was so light and refreshing compared to the other desserts, which were all very rich. I loved it, it gets an;
A selection of brownies from the American Brownie Company, made by Andrea Zelen. There were many different samples at the table, but the three served to us in the Wine View Lounge were grand marnier brownie, Jack Daniel's brownie, and cosmopolitian brownie.
The two chocolate ones were the Jack Daniel's and the grand marnier ones. They were both pretty good, and I could taste the flavors of the alcohol in them, they both get an;
The cosmopolitian brownie is the white one in the middle, and was my favorite of the three. It gets an;
I actually went to their website to see if I could order some, but I couldn't find the cosmopolitian one anywhere on their site.
Still have three more sections of the party to get up, though I only tried two things from each remaining section, so the majority of the food is already posted.
All of the desserts in your review make me really hungry!
