Taking a shot at a dining review - Our Honeymoon - Now Complete

[keenercam]

I'm glad it has been helpful. Let me know if you have any questions that I can try to help you with. I bet you are super excited that your trip and Vow Renewal is almost here. Congrats!

Michelle - You are SUCH a sweetie. I LOVE reading all about your wonderful honeymoon dining experiences. I am so excited for ours that I can barely stand it. I hope you get to go back again soon!

 

[bluechic03]

Wow Michelle great reviews! Congrats on the marriage too! I was also wondering where you got those cute Disney T-Shirts. I am also a larger woman and would love to know where you got them.
Thanks

 

[Krissalee]

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!

We are going to TRY to go back at the end of January next year!!!

That is unless the crowds decide to all attend then too.

I'm SO excited!!! We are going to try to do all we have to and this. YAY!!!

I am so glad for you! Another trip! That is what keeps me going when life gets me down - planning for the next trip to WDW! Check out the budget board for tips on how to make that next trip a reality. Great tips over there!

BTW, looking forward to the rest of your reviews!

 

[chell]

EXCELLENT!
Having a WDW vacation to plan alleviates post-trip depression. In spite of all the problems of travel (I have muscular dystrophy, so we haul powerchair, ventilator and my nurse), DH has promised a Nov.-Dec. trip, and agreed on the Grand Floridian. I think it was the food that sold him!
Oh-- my nurse ordered EXACTLY the same meal your DH did, and he thought it was heavenly.
I'm loving your reviews.

Miri
aka
DizWisher

It sure does! When I told my sister this evening that we were trying to plan a trip then she said that is when they want to take my nephews (currently ages 6 & 4) back. OOOHHH!!! I can finally go on a trip with the boys!!! That is so thrilling. I've wanted to see it through their eyes. I couldn't stand the fact that I didn't get to go with them the first time they went.

I hope you have an awesome trip! What dates are you looking at? The second week of December is PACKED. Well it was last year. I couldn't believe how crowded it was.

Love your Reviews...I'm so excited about our honeymoon trip...I wish it would get here already!

It will be here before you know it. Just make sure to take time to enjoy every single second of it. Take time to just sit together and take it all in.

I didn't know about the magnet pins, I like the sound of them. We've got t-shirts and bridal ears so it is going to be a blast!

Mom and Dad are paying for our accommodation which is a huge wedding present so the least we could do was take them somewhere really nice for dinner. We loved the theming at AK and Boma was brilliant, so we thought Jiko was a good choice.

The other one was Victoria and Alberts but I'm not sure that it is really 'us'. There are a lot of things on the menu that we wouldn't eat too.

Mom and Dad went to Orlando about 15 years ago so we've got a lot to show them, and they would love AK.

Roll on next December

Sounds like you are going to have such a wonderful time! We wanted to eat at V&A so bad but it isn't really 'us' either. We tried to get the Chef's Table but it was booked up. They do have a lot to see!

Michelle - You are SUCH a sweetie. I LOVE reading all about your wonderful honeymoon dining experiences. I am so excited for ours that I can barely stand it. I hope you get to go back again soon!

Thank you! Have you started an hourly countdown yet? I had to for our Honeymoon. hehe I hope you have an amazing time!

Wow Michelle great reviews! Congrats on the marriage too! I was also wondering where you got those cute Disney T-Shirts. I am also a larger woman and would love to know where you got them.
Thanks

Thank you. The shirts were from the Disney Store over a year ago. They had them on sale for about $2 each. I really wish I had bought more. They are so comfortable and soft.

I am so glad for you! Another trip! That is what keeps me going when life gets me down - planning for the next trip to WDW! Check out the budget board for tips on how to make that next trip a reality. Great tips over there!

BTW, looking forward to the rest of your reviews!

Thank you!!!

I'm going to try to get up more reviews tomorrow or at least this weekend. This week just hasn't been very productive for me at home. We are doing year-end stuff at work and I've been trying to get a ton done. I've been super tired this week and I've had to rest a bit more than usual. I've got Fibro like some of my other DISer friends and this weather here is really bad for me right now. The weather is also making my arthritis act up. At least I know it will get better when it warms up. Enough of that babble.

We only have 5 more reviews to do:
Teppan Edo
Garden Grill
Brown Derby
Narcoossee's
Yak & Yeti again

 

[chell]

We are finally making it to Friday. That sucks because that means we go home all over again in only two days. *sigh* By now I think you have caught on that we aren’t big breakfast people so we didn’t have breakfast again this morning. We slept in a little and took off for Epcot to have lunch at Teppan Edo. YUM!!! This is another of my WDW must do restaurants. I don’t know what it is about their rice but to me it is some of the best in the world.

Our reservation was for noon so we slowly strolled through World Showcase on our way for lunch. Larry got some really cool pics of some of the buildings on the way to Japan. Apparently they don’t start serving lunch until noon so they were just getting started when we got there.

Here is the other dining room.

And here a are a few others of the waiting area.

This young man was apparently there on a field trip like other kids we had seen that day. His parents should be proud of him. He was looking for some take out food and was so polite to this lady. His manners were incredible! Not something you see very often in kids anymore. She didn’t really understand what he was looking for so we told him about the CS just outside. Why can’t more kids be as kind as he was?

Such a relaxing atmosphere.

Notice the napkins? I’d love to sit in here for a while just to watch them.

The staff came out to welcome everyone to Teppan Edo. I missed it because it was time to empty the bladder yet again. If you ever need to know where a restroom is on WDW property I’m the person to ask. I’ve got the smallest bladder in the world. I’ve always thought that the Epcot restrooms should be a bit more technically advanced. Don’t you?

This restaurant has some very cool bathrooms! If you don’t eat here you should at least stop by to check out the restrooms.

Okay, back to the food. But you have to agree that the restrooms are very important even dining. ;-)

 

[chell]

The grill heating up while we were waiting for the chef to come out and start.

I can’t imagine their cleaning regimen to keep these so shiny and clean.

Larry ordered the Shrimp Cocktail and I got the Tempura App. We also ordered the Sake Sampler. Have I already mentioned we aren’t big drinkers? We don’t usually drink but thought we would try a few things on our Honeymoon. Somehow we didn’t take a picture of the Sake Sampler. One was good and easy to drink but to me the others were too harsh. I think the only drink either of us really enjoyed and could drink over and over would be the Peach Tea Slushie in China. OMG! I could drink those things every single day. YUM. Have I already told you about it? I’ve got a picture of me sucking one down if you want to see it.

Larry got my shrimp since I forgot to ask them to sub something. The Tempura was okay but nothing special.

For the entrée I ordered the steak and Larry ordered the chicken & shrimp combo. The chef we had was very fun. He wanted me to come pose with him for some pics. The way I had my hair pulled back kept his hat from fitting on my head very well but it was FUN!

 

[chell]

Now on to the food. Right?

They were short one piece of chicken, which happened to be Larry’s. The chef was great about it and had them bring another piece out as soon as he caught on to it but Larry’s chicken was a little late to the game.

My steak had a great flavor, as did Larry’s chicken. He said the shrimp was good too. Of course the rice was YUMMY! As you can see they now offer 3 sauces instead of just one. One is a mustard base, one is like shrimp or white sauce you get at home and I think the other was a ginger soy sauce. I only ate the shrimp sauce as I don’t like the others. Maybe I got the combo with chicken too. I believe I did.

 

[chell]

For dessert I thought about ordering nothing because I do not like the taste of ginger. YUCK! I take ginger pills daily for my stomach and for inflammation and can’t stand the taste of it. My sister suggested crystallized ginger – nope, just as nasty. Anyway, I didn’t want just ice cream or the fruit tart, actually I don’t remember the fruit tart being an option. I thought I would be brave and try the Green Tea Pudding. The times I’ve tried green tea I just didn’t like it. It seems to have a bitter taste to me.

This is what it looks like. Didn’t look very appetizing to me but I was brave and took a taste. Have I mentioned that I have texture issues?

Can you believe it was good? I really enjoyed the taste and the texture wasn’t so bad. I would definitely recommend this and I would order it again. It was very light and tasty. I was extremely impressed.

Larry ordered the ginger cake and it came out with two umbrellas on top for our Honeymoon. Aww. Yep, we saved the umbrellas and bought them home with us. At first Larry didn’t realize they would close.

This was a pretty dessert and did only have a hint of ginger but it wasn’t something I would order. I have to say the chocolate really did help take the bite of the ginger out. Larry thought it was great.

As you can see the person beside of Larry also ordered the ginger cake. Actually I think everyone at our table who got dessert got that.

 

[chell]

This is a view from the windows in the walkway to the tables. Larry took this picture while I went back to empty the bladder.

So this isn’t food but it was something you put food on in the Japanese stores. Isn’t this beautiful. I’m still kicking myself for not buying it.

Ever want to think about the candies you saw after you got home? Larry took some pictures so we could. I just wish we had done this in every country.

Doesn’t Japan have one of the largest food sections in their shops? I don’t seem to recall any others being this large except for all the chocolate in Germany. Maybe I’m remembering wrong though. One of these years I would love to buy one of everything in the food section from each country.

Larry decided to get this Strawberry bar. It actually had a very good taste. When we bought this we also decided to get a glass of Plum wine. She asked if we wanted to eat the plum but we declined not knowing if we would like it at all.

The wine had a very sweet taste and wasn’t bad at all. It didn’t burn my mouth like grape wines do.

 

[chell]

Here are some of the desserts and different types of baklava in Morocco. I really wish I had tried it there.

Doesn’t all this look delicious? Next time, next time… In case you are wondering about the black specks like I was - nope they are not Mickey droppings even though that is what they look like. They were beside of some chocolate cakes that had chocolate sprinkles on top.

He is my husband at the start of his belly-dancing career.

Nope, it has nothing to do with food but I couldn’t help but share it. Hehe When I suggested that he try it on I didn’t think he would do it. He’s so cute!

They also sold Rose Water here that I wanted to buy but was afraid it wouldn’t make it home unharmed. They also had Tagines that I wanted. I think it would be fun to cook with one.



Here are some pictures from Italy.

I have no idea what I’m pointing at.

The cookbooks and ingredients here looked fabulous.

We can’t get that good of olive oil where we live. Heck we can’t really get any of the good stuff here.

The chocolates at the bottom were very good even if I can’t remember specifics about them.

After some time in Italy we had to head to the Garden Grill for dinner.

 

[chell]

The Garden Grill is one of, if not my favorite, WDW restaurant. I LOVE the food here. I know it gets a bad rap from some people but I LOVE it.

The salad was very fresh and served cold, just like I like it.

Yes, my salad is in the bowl you see in the background. My husband decides not to dirty up the bowl and just eat from the serving bowl. Oh my.

The yummy plate of goodness! No, the beef didn’t have the yellow spots on it. I guess the light was reflecting oddly on it.

I’m not really a fan of the beef and I don’t eat catfish but the turkey is awesome. I’ve also had their roasted pork in the past and it was great too. The veggies have just enough crispiness left that make them wonderful. I did let Larry have a little of the stuffing. I don’t know why I love it so much but I do. The mashed potatoes were very good too. The bread is GOOD too. YUM! Okay, I’m ready to go back.

We did get a few character pictures but thought I’d only post one here for you to see.

Just so you know that after you have meals at your two favorite restaurants you get a little silly. Add to that the fact that you go home the day after tomorrow you get even more silly and just want to be committed to WDW as your own personal psych ward.

See? This was as we were getting ready to go on Spaceship Earth. We had passed by it every other time because the wait was 30 minutes or more. Now you know the parks are crowded when Spaceship Earth has a wait! Have you been on it since it changed? I love how they take your picture now! It was very cool. We laughed so hard at our pictures.

 

[MickeyNicki]

The picture of you with the chef is sooo cute....I must say this is the first time I have ever seen a pic of a bathroom

I am guilty of snapping away in gift stores too....especially if they are not busy....hey food is food right!

 

[chell]

The picture of you with the chef is sooo cute....I must say this is the first time I have ever seen a pic of a bathroom

I am guilty of snapping away in gift stores too....especially if they are not busy....hey food is food right!

Those pics don't do it justice though. I didn't even know Larry took pics of the bathroom until we got home. I was telling him how cool it was and that he should go check it out. Too bad he didn't be pictures of the fixtures, they were real cool.

 

[TigerKat]

Great updates my friend! I love Larry in his belly dancing headgear.

 

[chell]

Great updates my friend! I love Larry in his belly dancing headgear.

Thanks! I'll try to post more tomorrow. Tonight we are rewatching Season 4 of Lost getting ready for Season 5.

 

[TigerKat]

Thanks! I'll try to post more tomorrow. Tonight we are rewatching Season 4 of Lost getting ready for Season 5.

No hurry, everything is starting new on TV, I'm having a hard time deciding what to watch and what to DVR.....

 

[Tink rules]

FYI...

Pop warner football and cheerleading was moved to the second week in Dec. this year... that may have added to your crowds...

Ok... now I have to go back and catch up... great TR!!!

 

[chell]

FYI...

Pop warner football and cheerleading was moved to the second week in Dec. this year... that may have added to your crowds...

Ok... now I have to go back and catch up... great TR!!!

Yeah, we found that out a little too late. But people said to not worry because they wouldn't bother us too much. I think the secret is out about it being a "slow" time. I really wish we had gone the next week because the crowds and weather were better. But there is nothing we can do about it now.

 

[chell]

No hurry, everything is starting new on TV, I'm having a hard time deciding what to watch and what to DVR.....

What shows do you watch? Do you watch The Mentalist? We like it. We just started watching House last weekend. I try not to get hooked on too many new shows because I have a very special power. When I like a new show it gets cancelled.

 

[TigerKat]

What shows do you watch? Do you watch The Mentalist? We like it. We just started watching House last weekend. I try not to get hooked on too many new shows because I have a very special power. When I like a new show it gets cancelled.

No, I'm into the fluff, reality stuff. Anything requiring thought is not my kinda show. Tonight was Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters and the new Dance show on NBC.

And yep, I admit tomorrow night is the Bachelor.....