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

[DearDaisyinDurham]

Loving your reviews!!!!

 

[iluvpluto27]

Great updates, and we also enjoyed the Garden Grill when we tried it. I thought the food was tasty and the characters were great.

 

[MickeyNicki]

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.....

You are my soul sister....those are some of my favs!

 

[msce2]

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.....

I'm really enjoying the dining reviews!

I loved the Bachelor. I felt like a teenager again trying to fit my shower into the commercial break. I ran out of the bathroom in a towel asking my husband if I had missed anything.

 

[momofdbsdc]

Thank you for sharing your photos and reviews Michelle! Congratulations on your marriage!

Blessings,
Kim

 

[CedarDisney]

Thank you for the great reviews. I was wondering if the Lunch at Teppan Edo is a bit less expensive than Dinner and smaller portions? The allears site doesn't distinguish between the two meals.

Thank you,

 

[Disneylover87]

Great Reviews I cant wait to eat at tappen edo, yak and yeti and I think were going to try coral reef just for the scenery hahah neither of us like fish.. but we want to see the aquriaum

 

[chell]

Thank you for the great reviews. I was wondering if the Lunch at Teppan Edo is a bit less expensive than Dinner and smaller portions? The allears site doesn't distinguish between the two meals.

Thank you,

You are welcome. We were on the dining plan so I'm not sure how the lunch prices compare. I'm sorry. But I believe the portions are the same for both meals, they have been in the past.

 

[chell]

Great Reviews I cant wait to eat at tappen edo, yak and yeti and I think were going to try coral reef just for the scenery hahah neither of us like fish.. but we want to see the aquriaum

Like I said in my review the steak was pretty awesome. Go for it! I hope you get a seat at the tank.

I'm going to try to finish this weekend. I was sick this week and haven't been on too much.

 

[TigerKat]

You are my soul sister....those are some of my favs!

I'm not surprised Nick! We must meet in October girlfriend.....

ETA: Grey's Anatomy & Private Practice tonight, anyone else???????

 

[chell]

Saturday rolls around and we decided to go back to the Studios and have lunch at the Brown Derby since we had some extra credits to burn with all those skipped breakfasts.

Here are some lobby pictures.

For our appetizers Larry ordered the Coconut Fried Shrimp and I ordered the Market Greens Salad. I really would have liked to see more options on their appetizer list for non-seafood eaters.

This was good but not outstanding.

The salad was good and everything worked very well together.

For our entrees we both ordered the Grilled Rib Eye Steak. Larry wasn’t happy with the presentation of the steak. He didn’t like everything piled on top of it. Sorry that we did not get any pictures of either steak. We spent too much time talking about his steak. He finally got the greens and potatoes off of the steak and got into his steak, which wasn’t appealing at all. It took a while to get the attention of our server who wasn’t very attentive in the first place. Larry tried a bite of my steak while waiting for the server to notice him. He loved mine. His was just a bad piece of steak. He told the server when he finally came that it had a bad flavor and texture. The server asked if he wanted the same thing or something else because he wouldn’t like the same thing since it is marinated. By then I was getting antsy and fussy. He was basically arguing with Larry saying he just didn’t like the taste of the marinade, not that it was just a bad steak. Hey it does happen. We weren’t upset over that fact, but we did get upset over the fact that the server wasn’t polite and wasn’t listening. Finally I stepped in and told him it was a bad steak, a bad cut of meat that it does happen. So he finally agrees to order Larry a new steak. Who knew it would be so dang difficult?!!? The second steak was perfect.

Finally we get to desserts. I ordered the Pumpkin Cheesecake and Larry ordered the Banana White Chocolate Toffee Tower.

Have I already said how much I love pumpkin? YUM! We just don’t eat enough pumpkin flavored things in our culture. When they had the Pumpkin Coffee Creamers out last year I bought up 4 to have for a long time for my oatmeal at work. Now I have to keep the one in the work fridge hidden so others don’t use it all up.

Here are the pictures of our desserts, starting with Larry’s.

He thought it had a great taste and wasn’t too strong or heavy.

After desserts our now attentive server comes up to us with the bill and points out the gratuity and asks us to let him know which one we will be paying and how we will be paying it. I’ve never been asked that! He wasn’t asking us to simply indicate it on the receipt but he wanted us to tell him right then. So that made his bad service even worse.

 

[chell]

After dropping in the Tower of Terror and some shopping we headed for the Grand Floridian for dinner at Narcoossee’s. Am I the only one who has trouble remembering how to pronounce that name?

***IMPORTANT ADDITION*** Do NOT ride the Tower of Terror the day before you go home if you are already afraid of flying. I swear the whole way home I kept waiting for us to start dropping like on the Tower. SCARY!!!

Sorry but we didn’t take any pictures of our dinner here. I don’t know why we didn’t.

For our appetizers Larry ordered the Crab Cakes and I ordered the Crispy Duck Roll. Both of these were nice starters. Larry says the crab cake wasn’t as good as it should have been and the breading wasn’t very good. The dipping sauce with mine was great.

Four our entrees Larry ordered the Steamed Whole Maine Lobster and I ordered the Grilled Filet. Larry isn’t really a fan of lobster but thought he would give it a try. He said it was the best lobster he had ever had. It was very, very rich. My filet was good, nothing outstanding.

Just before desserts the lights dimmed for Wishes. It was amazing to see Wishes again while dining. We snuggled and enjoyed it.

For dessert we were torn. I wanted to try the Almond-crusted Cheesecake that I had read so much about here on the boards but at the same time I really wanted to try the Key Lime Crème Brulee. I wasn’t telling Larry the ones I was torn between because I knew he would order one just so I could try both. So I finally convinced him to tell me which two he was torn between. Luckily we were both torn between the same ones! So we ordered one of each. OMG! They were so good. I honestly don’t know which I liked better. The tang of the Key Lime Crème Brulee was perfect as was the creaminess and the slight crunch to the cheesecake. Both of those desserts were worth making the trip there for the meal.

 

[chell]

After dinner we went to the boat dock but the boat was full and the captain was a little rude. So we decided we would head back to the main lobby to look around and then take the monorail. We looked around at all the wonderful Christmas decorations in the lobby including the huge Christmas Tree and the Gingerbread House. I hope it is okay to post pictures of the Gingerbread House here since it is technically food, even though now one was eating it.

 

[chell]

 

[chell]

I love this little sofa!

 

[chell]

The door they use to get in and out of the Gingerbread House

 

[chell]

Now we are on to our last meal before heading back home. Since we loved Yak & Yeti so much we cancelled Le Cellier so that we could dine here again.

This time Larry ordered the Lettuce Cups for his appetizer. When I told his mom this yesterday she was shocked that her son ordered the Lettuce Cups. I ordered the Wonton Soup.

Of course we both enjoyed a lettuce cup. When Larry made his first one it fell apart on him so I told him I would make the next. I like taking care of him anyway. The Wonton Soup had a great flavor. You know how some are rather bland and some are over salty? Well this one was just right. I want some now.

Yes, you will be shocked to see that I ordered the ribs for my entrée. Hehe Okay, yeah I had to have them again before heading home. Larry decided to order the Duck with Anandapur Glaze.

The ribs were just as awesome as they were earlier in the week. The seasoning was perfect and just enough stickiness on the outside of the meat. Then the meat just slid off the bone.

Larry said the duck was good but it came nowhere close to their Crispy Mahi Mahi or San Angel’s duck.

Once again for dessert Larry ordered the Mango Pie and I ordered the Fried Wontons. YUMMY!!!

 

[chell]

Sadly after lunch we had to head back to our resort to catch our ride back to the airport. We rented a town car and apparently the car we rented wasn’t available so they upgraded us to a huge stretch Limo. Larry had to act uppity drinking his coke on the way to the airport.

It was an amazing trip and we had a ton of wonderful food. We can’t wait to go back and experience more.

We did have the Deluxe Dining Plan and it was a lot of food but it was good and it was worth it for our Honeymoon.

If I can answer any questions for you please let me know.

Thank you all for your wonderful comments and for reading through this with me.

We do have more interior pictures of Yak & Yeti if anyone is interested.

 

[engle]

Wow....every pic I have seen of Yak and Yeti looks amazing. I can't wait to go!! I love duck prepared any way and the lettuce cups look like enough for a meal!!! Thanks for the great reviews.

 

[chell]

Wow....every pic I have seen of Yak and Yeti looks amazing. I can't wait to go!! I love duck prepared any way and the lettuce cups look like enough for a meal!!! Thanks for the great reviews.

You are welcome! I think the lettuce cups could be a meal because they give you plenty of meat. We never did finish them. Larry said the sauce on the duck was great.