Nebula
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Nov 3, 2009
Day 4 - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - Tangierine Cafe, Margarita Stand and Rose & Crown
Day 4 was one I was really looking forward to - I love Epcot - especially the World Showcase - and the Flower and Garden Festival had recently started. It was a beautiful day and Florida was finally getting some hot weather!
For breakfast, I grabbed a cheese danish from Roaring Fork. Sorry, no pic, but it wasn't anything special. It was tasty and quick, just what I needed.
For lunch, Aunt #1, Uncle and I headed for Tangierine Cafe in Morocco. This was one of the places I was most looking forward to eating at. I'd heard lots of great things about it, and everything looked delicious!
My uncle and I got the Chicken & Lamb Combo Shawarma Platter, and my aunt got the Lamb Combo Schwarma Platter. Along with the meat, you also get hummus, tabouleh, a couscous salad and Moroccan bread.
For dessert, there are no choices. You get the baklava:
Hands down, Tangierine Cafe was the best counter service meal I had. The lamb and chicken were so tender and the flavor was amazing. The hummus and couscous salad were also very good. Now, I had no idea what tabouleh was, so I don't know why I was surprised to see so much parsley But it was very light and refreshing (duh, it was loaded with parsley! ). I should say here that the portions are HUGE, so I was really slowing down by the time I got to the tabouleh. I couldn't finish that or the bread (which was OK but didn't set my world on fire). I did, however, manage to throw myself on the grenade, so to speak, to finish the baklava. In the name of a good review, I had to! It was baklava, what can I say? It was awesome!
I should point out here that the restaurant was packed, so we ended up eating outside on the edge of something - I think it was a fountain. There wasn't an available table to be had. So if you plan to eat here, try to go at an off time.
Later in the afternoon, Aunt #1 and I saw lots of people with Margaritas from Mexico, so we decided we needed to join in! I got the Fiesta Margarita:
It's mango, strawberry and lime. This drink hit the spot like nothing else could! I drank it a little too fast at first and got brain freeze There wasn't a lot of alcohol in it, but it was still quite tasty!
That night, we ate at Rose & Crown. The place was really bustling. We were seated at the very end of the terrace, so getting inside to use the facilities was... interesting. We had to dodge people left and right, and make our way through the pub. One bright side to this was that we got to hear The Hat Lady! I'd love to go back just to hear more of her act.
Anyway, back to the food!
First, we were served some rolls:
They were OK, but not as impressive as Mama Melrose's were.
The majority of us got the Surf and Turf, which includes grilled steak, fried fish, Yorkshire pudding, Irish potato gratin, veggies and shallot gravy:
Let's start with the good. The steak was decent, and the fish was fantastic. Sure, you can get fried fish anywhere, but this was the best I've had in a long time. Nice and crisp, not greasy at all. The potatoes were very good as well. The veggies were pretty decent, nice and tender. I wasn't too excited about them, as there were carrots involved. For some reason, I have a texture issue with cooked carrots, so I only had a couple bites, for review purposes
Now for the bad. I had never had Yorkshire pudding before, so I'm not sure how it's supposed to taste. But it was very bland and a little tough. I didn't finish it; I just couldn't eat more than a couple bites. I really didn't like it.
My uncle had a new dish, so new that it's not on the online menu yet. It was a Fisherman's Stew:
He didn't give me much of a review, and I have no idea what's in it. Pretty much all I got was that it had seafood and meat, and it was yummy enough for him to clean the bowl
My cousin had the Grilled Pork Loin:
She really liked it! She finished the whole thing. It looked really good - I was kind of wishing I ordered it!
For dessert, most of us ordered the Sticky Toffee Pudding:
The above picture may look awesome, but when I went to take a bite of the pudding, I was disappointed to discover that it was hard as a rock. I couldn't get my fork into it at all! I was about to say something, but Aunt #2 (who had her pudding wrapped to go) gave me hers. I didn't want to take it, but she insisted. Looking back, I still should have said something, but I didn't.
So anyway, Sticky Toffee Pudding Take Two was what I expected it to be: sweet and warm and OMGAMAZING Words can not describe how much I loved this dessert!
My cousin ordered some ice cream from the kid's menu:
Again, she's 11, it was ice cream, it was eaten in a flash. No complaints from her!
About halfway through our meal, we started to wonder if we would be allowed to stay put until IllumiNations. Since the place was really hopping, service was a bit slow, so we finished our meal around 8:15ish (we were seated at 7:10). We were told that yes, we could stick around, so my uncle, Aunt #1 and I each ordered a Bass Ale in a souvenir glass. What we got was Bass Ale in regular glasses. As we weren't charged for the souvenir glasses, we kept our mouths shut and just drank the beer. Notice a pattern here?
All in all, I liked Rose & Crown, but there is room for improvement. If you can get lucky and are seated on the Terrace, you're in for an awesome view of IllumiNations, which helped to make our meal worthwhile.
Up next: Ribs, Bad Service and The Best Thing I Ate at WDW.
Day 4 was one I was really looking forward to - I love Epcot - especially the World Showcase - and the Flower and Garden Festival had recently started. It was a beautiful day and Florida was finally getting some hot weather!
For breakfast, I grabbed a cheese danish from Roaring Fork. Sorry, no pic, but it wasn't anything special. It was tasty and quick, just what I needed.
For lunch, Aunt #1, Uncle and I headed for Tangierine Cafe in Morocco. This was one of the places I was most looking forward to eating at. I'd heard lots of great things about it, and everything looked delicious!
My uncle and I got the Chicken & Lamb Combo Shawarma Platter, and my aunt got the Lamb Combo Schwarma Platter. Along with the meat, you also get hummus, tabouleh, a couscous salad and Moroccan bread.
For dessert, there are no choices. You get the baklava:
Hands down, Tangierine Cafe was the best counter service meal I had. The lamb and chicken were so tender and the flavor was amazing. The hummus and couscous salad were also very good. Now, I had no idea what tabouleh was, so I don't know why I was surprised to see so much parsley But it was very light and refreshing (duh, it was loaded with parsley! ). I should say here that the portions are HUGE, so I was really slowing down by the time I got to the tabouleh. I couldn't finish that or the bread (which was OK but didn't set my world on fire). I did, however, manage to throw myself on the grenade, so to speak, to finish the baklava. In the name of a good review, I had to! It was baklava, what can I say? It was awesome!
I should point out here that the restaurant was packed, so we ended up eating outside on the edge of something - I think it was a fountain. There wasn't an available table to be had. So if you plan to eat here, try to go at an off time.
Later in the afternoon, Aunt #1 and I saw lots of people with Margaritas from Mexico, so we decided we needed to join in! I got the Fiesta Margarita:
It's mango, strawberry and lime. This drink hit the spot like nothing else could! I drank it a little too fast at first and got brain freeze There wasn't a lot of alcohol in it, but it was still quite tasty!
That night, we ate at Rose & Crown. The place was really bustling. We were seated at the very end of the terrace, so getting inside to use the facilities was... interesting. We had to dodge people left and right, and make our way through the pub. One bright side to this was that we got to hear The Hat Lady! I'd love to go back just to hear more of her act.
Anyway, back to the food!
First, we were served some rolls:
They were OK, but not as impressive as Mama Melrose's were.
The majority of us got the Surf and Turf, which includes grilled steak, fried fish, Yorkshire pudding, Irish potato gratin, veggies and shallot gravy:
Let's start with the good. The steak was decent, and the fish was fantastic. Sure, you can get fried fish anywhere, but this was the best I've had in a long time. Nice and crisp, not greasy at all. The potatoes were very good as well. The veggies were pretty decent, nice and tender. I wasn't too excited about them, as there were carrots involved. For some reason, I have a texture issue with cooked carrots, so I only had a couple bites, for review purposes
Now for the bad. I had never had Yorkshire pudding before, so I'm not sure how it's supposed to taste. But it was very bland and a little tough. I didn't finish it; I just couldn't eat more than a couple bites. I really didn't like it.
My uncle had a new dish, so new that it's not on the online menu yet. It was a Fisherman's Stew:
He didn't give me much of a review, and I have no idea what's in it. Pretty much all I got was that it had seafood and meat, and it was yummy enough for him to clean the bowl
My cousin had the Grilled Pork Loin:
She really liked it! She finished the whole thing. It looked really good - I was kind of wishing I ordered it!
For dessert, most of us ordered the Sticky Toffee Pudding:
The above picture may look awesome, but when I went to take a bite of the pudding, I was disappointed to discover that it was hard as a rock. I couldn't get my fork into it at all! I was about to say something, but Aunt #2 (who had her pudding wrapped to go) gave me hers. I didn't want to take it, but she insisted. Looking back, I still should have said something, but I didn't.
So anyway, Sticky Toffee Pudding Take Two was what I expected it to be: sweet and warm and OMGAMAZING Words can not describe how much I loved this dessert!
My cousin ordered some ice cream from the kid's menu:
Again, she's 11, it was ice cream, it was eaten in a flash. No complaints from her!
About halfway through our meal, we started to wonder if we would be allowed to stay put until IllumiNations. Since the place was really hopping, service was a bit slow, so we finished our meal around 8:15ish (we were seated at 7:10). We were told that yes, we could stick around, so my uncle, Aunt #1 and I each ordered a Bass Ale in a souvenir glass. What we got was Bass Ale in regular glasses. As we weren't charged for the souvenir glasses, we kept our mouths shut and just drank the beer. Notice a pattern here?
All in all, I liked Rose & Crown, but there is room for improvement. If you can get lucky and are seated on the Terrace, you're in for an awesome view of IllumiNations, which helped to make our meal worthwhile.
Up next: Ribs, Bad Service and The Best Thing I Ate at WDW.