I am sorry for the really long delay. I know this is almost silly to finish this now. Oh well!
About this time in our stay at Disney World, we started to look at our receipts to see how many table service and counter service credits we had left. No surprise, our table service credits were right on track. Our counter service credits however were starting to pile up and let's not even mention all the snack credits we had! No more icky cereal and toast in the room for us! Off to the Riverside Mill Foodcourt it was for a Mickey style breakfast.
We were loving the ambiance in here. It was unlike any cafeteria style foodcourt we had ever been to. We were also pleasantly surprised by the number of options we had. The food looked great! The only downside was the long lines. There is nothing worse than standing in a long line several times over (since of course Gary and I wanted different things and he had taken the girls to find a table) with a tray just to get your food and then yet another long line to pay for it. I am known to be a tad grumpy when I am hungry but I managed to be very polite and even crack a smile at the cashier. Somehow they always manage to and they had to have been up since like 4!
Gary wanted a breakfast platter. You know the usual greasy morning fair like waffles, bacon, biscuits, fried potatoes and the requisite scrambles eggs.
I saw the line for the omelets and I was sold. It was delicious, especially after a long week of pop tarts and an apple for breakfast!
The kids got a cute Mickey shaped kid platter with pancakes, bacon and sausage and applesauce.
The whole thing was a great start to our day and soon we were off to the parks for one last day of fun!
At the end of the day after finally having had the chance to ride Expedition Everest (what a rush!) we headed over to Boma for a long anticipated ADR. I am not usually a fan of buffets unless it is breakfast, but I had heard so many great reviews of this place that I was really looking forward to it.
We arrived right on time for our 5:00 adr and it was about 5 minutes before they showed us to a table. The decor in here was fabulous! In fact the whole resort looked unbelievable! One day we will stay here. The wood was just stunning! We waited again for the chef to come out and go over the buffet with Liz to accommodate Maya's allergies and there was plenty for her to sample.
We started with the soup. I got the girls some sort of Ginger carrot soup. I can't remember the name of it but I found it too sweet for my taste. At this point all of the kids were tired and not in the best of moods. Maya in particular was in complete melt down mode so that always sours a meal a bit. That is the way life goes with young kids.
I tried the curried seafood soup and the curried chicken soup and both were wonderful. I am a big fan of seafood so I had a bit of a bias towards that one. I also love curry.
I discovered here too that I love hummus. Who knew? There were three different flavours of hummus and I pretty much liked them all. The red one was my out and out favorite though. I can't remember what it was called. I tried the salads as well and I wasn't a huge fan of the watermelon rind salad. The rest was, well... salad.
We then sampled the meats and the potatoes with Afritude and as most have said before these were darn good potatoes. The pork and the ribs were delicious and the rice with raisins in it was a new flavour and I really liked that as well.
The desserts were great! I liked the zebra domes but I think because I had heard so much hyp about them, they were a bit of a disappointment. I am also not someone who enjoys liqueur in my desserts so I guess I had that coming. I did however, LOVE the little mango tarts. They had a refreshing tart taste (haha a pun!
) and I just couldn't get enough of them.
Here are some pictures of the dessert buffet. I actually ran into a fellow DISer while I was taking pictures. She had guessed why I was taking pictures of a buffet. If she is out there, Ola!
These were Liz's comments on Boma:
"The cinnamon rice with raisins was very good, a nice mix of flavors. The pork was really incredible, tender and flavorful. I was sad that they ran out so soon after we got there. The chips and hummus were great! For dessert I had the zebra domes, 5-6 of them!
They were really yummy with the soft filling. I loved the mango tarts. They were light and creamy, but no doubt not light on calories. I really liked this restaurant, but it was a difficult meal to get thru, as you will remember (reference to Mayas monstrous meltdown)."
Would I go back? Sure, but there are a lot of other restaurants I would like to try first. Maybe Jiko!
Tomorrow is our last day so I will wrap it up with a farewell breakfast at the Crystal Palace along with some random snacks that I will throw in.
). I strongly recommend reading up on these boards to see what you might like to try and then planning with ADR's all of your table service meals. There were so many places that were not even considering walk-ups and if they were it was at least an hour. It is bad enough to be hot and sweaty and to wait in lines for rides all day but with kids, waiting for food is just not a whole lot of fun. 
Oh well it is just an excuse to head back and try it again!
She was happy until she got real close to them, then she'd shake with fear. We had to avoid characters at all costs but if we saw any characters out while she was napping in her stroller, I'd get her pic taken with them then! 
in August 08 and staying at the POP resort the last time we were there was May of 06. This time we will be a grand gathering with 12 people. 
Sunshein
