GoofySon'sMom
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I'm in! Can't wait for the reviews!
Team Bilp's 21-Day Dining Extravaganza- Lots of PICS- 24/7-14/8 UPDATED 8/21 Boma
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I'm in - can't wait to read the reviews.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for including Sea World and Universal Orlando. This will be very helpful in doing my planning!
World Bouncer
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That is quite a list!
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Can't wait. By the way, LOVE that you have included "drink interludes." I think we'd get along quite well!
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Sounds like it's going to be a great review. I'm in.
Thank Matt for tolerating the Must take pictures of every meal...
Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thank Matt for tolerating the Must take pictures of every meal...
Thanks for taking the time to share.
bolgers love wdw
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I can't wait either!!! You had me laughing at your introduction, so I am sure the rest of your review is going to be very entertaining!!!!
spincandy
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Friday 25th July 2008- The Blue Planet
Ok, so here we go!
Thanks for all the positive responses , I hope I can live up to all your expectations!!! I figured you guys would rather get into the porn than have me respond to things, so I'll do this first and then chat to you wonderful people! 
Now, firstly, apologies for the first couple of meals- our camera charger broke so we were without piccys. I think we took some on the disposable camera but they havent been developed yet; Ill scan them when they are. Once we get to the Crystal Palace the real food porn kicks in. Until then Ill try to use my powers of describe-ation.
Its tradition with Matt and I to head to Planet Hollywood for our first-full-day dinner. We got there around 7.30-ish after a play and a bit (ok, a lot) of shopping with all the vacation money burning a hole in my pretty orange backpack. I dont know what came over me but Id managed to convince myself that the lines for PH (on a Friday night. In the middle of Summer) werent that bad.
I was really really wrong.
We got there and hot, tired vacationers were queued all the way down the outside stairs with their hotter, tireder, crankier kids in hand. We stood in line and eventually made it to the front, me unsuccessfully trying to convince Matt that it couldnt possibly be more than a 15 minute wait. It's a huge place, right? Then the party of four in front of us get told Its going to be around a two hour wait. Eep. Matt gives me a look that says I told you McDonalds wasnt such a bad idea. So I nervously ask about the wait for a party of two and yay! Straight up! Straight past all the people waiting on the stairs, in the lobby-thing, in the bar and on the next floor up. Oops but, yay, I love being a twosome!
We ordered up a celebration cocktail, well I did, Matt ordered a celebration Bud. I had a Blue Lagoon which is a mix of Ketel One, blue curacao, pineapple juice and pink lemonade. The drink comes with a free shark (not real because that would just be scary. And pretty impractical.) and tastes So Good. Very fruity and very addictive. So addictive I made my way through two of the puppies.
We split an appetizer of Chicken Crunch which are tender strips of chicken breast with a crunchy sweet coating served with Creole mustard. The chicken itself was tasty and the outer coating was tangy and yummy. The mustard dip was good too- very sweet and light. We didnt like the grated carrot that came with it- it wasnt fresh and was all soggy. There was really no point in sacrificing those poor carrots.
For my dinner I ordered the Chicken Caesar Salad. Matt always tells me Im boring for ordering this but PH do it SO well. Theres something just different about the Caesar sauce here that makes it so yummy (I get the feeling Im going to be using the word yummy a lot ). With crunchy croutons and fresh lettuce, this salad is my favourite anywhere. The chicken was a bit dry but who cares when youve got yummy sauce to drown it in.
Matty had the New York Strip Steak and swapped the baked potato that came with it for PH fries. Mmmm PH fries. Theyre so crunchy and well seasoned and goooood. I helped Matt finish his because Im that kind. (I promise my taste gets a bit more high brow than Caesar sauce and PH fries soon.. at this point Ill just take anything that isnt airline food) Matt said his steak was cooked to perfection- the vast majority of the time he has it charred to death and this time they got it spot on.
The atmosphere, for those of you whove never visited, is loud and busy. There are three levels packed with tables surrounded by film memorabilia. Huge screens play movie clips and music vids and later on in the night theres a DJ. Talking is pretty much replaced by shouting. But its a fun meal, the food is ok and theres plenty to look at. We like going for lunch too- its quieter and gives you more time to browse around.
So a thumbs up for Planet Hollywood. Good, fast food, served with a smile. What more can two jet-lagged bunnies ask for? Next up is PF Changs and then we get into the pics!!! Yay!
Ok, so here we go!
Thanks for all the positive responses
, I hope I can live up to all your expectations!!! I figured you guys would rather get into the porn than have me respond to things, so I'll do this first and then chat to you wonderful people! Now, firstly, apologies for the first couple of meals- our camera charger broke so we were without piccys. I think we took some on the disposable camera but they havent been developed yet; Ill scan them when they are. Once we get to the Crystal Palace the real food porn kicks in. Until then Ill try to use my powers of describe-ation.
Its tradition with Matt and I to head to Planet Hollywood for our first-full-day dinner. We got there around 7.30-ish after a play and a bit (ok, a lot) of shopping with all the vacation money burning a hole in my pretty orange backpack. I dont know what came over me but Id managed to convince myself that the lines for PH (on a Friday night. In the middle of Summer) werent that bad.
I was really really wrong.
We got there and hot, tired vacationers were queued all the way down the outside stairs with their hotter, tireder, crankier kids in hand. We stood in line and eventually made it to the front, me unsuccessfully trying to convince Matt that it couldnt possibly be more than a 15 minute wait. It's a huge place, right? Then the party of four in front of us get told Its going to be around a two hour wait. Eep. Matt gives me a look that says I told you McDonalds wasnt such a bad idea. So I nervously ask about the wait for a party of two and yay! Straight up! Straight past all the people waiting on the stairs, in the lobby-thing, in the bar and on the next floor up. Oops but, yay, I love being a twosome!
We ordered up a celebration cocktail, well I did, Matt ordered a celebration Bud. I had a Blue Lagoon which is a mix of Ketel One, blue curacao, pineapple juice and pink lemonade. The drink comes with a free shark (not real because that would just be scary. And pretty impractical.) and tastes So Good. Very fruity and very addictive. So addictive I made my way through two of the puppies.
We split an appetizer of Chicken Crunch which are tender strips of chicken breast with a crunchy sweet coating served with Creole mustard. The chicken itself was tasty and the outer coating was tangy and yummy. The mustard dip was good too- very sweet and light. We didnt like the grated carrot that came with it- it wasnt fresh and was all soggy. There was really no point in sacrificing those poor carrots.
For my dinner I ordered the Chicken Caesar Salad. Matt always tells me Im boring for ordering this but PH do it SO well. Theres something just different about the Caesar sauce here that makes it so yummy (I get the feeling Im going to be using the word yummy a lot
). With crunchy croutons and fresh lettuce, this salad is my favourite anywhere. The chicken was a bit dry but who cares when youve got yummy sauce to drown it in. Matty had the New York Strip Steak and swapped the baked potato that came with it for PH fries. Mmmm PH fries. Theyre so crunchy and well seasoned and goooood. I helped Matt finish his because Im that kind. (I promise my taste gets a bit more high brow than Caesar sauce and PH fries soon.. at this point Ill just take anything that isnt airline food
) Matt said his steak was cooked to perfection- the vast majority of the time he has it charred to death and this time they got it spot on.The atmosphere, for those of you whove never visited, is loud and busy. There are three levels packed with tables surrounded by film memorabilia. Huge screens play movie clips and music vids and later on in the night theres a DJ. Talking is pretty much replaced by shouting. But its a fun meal, the food is ok and theres plenty to look at. We like going for lunch too- its quieter and gives you more time to browse around.
So a thumbs up for Planet Hollywood. Good, fast food, served with a smile. What more can two jet-lagged bunnies ask for? Next up is PF Changs and then we get into the pics!!! Yay!
spincandy
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Saturday 26th July 2008- It sure aint takeout!
Ok, so are you ready for a shameful confession? Its the second (third if you count the day we arrived) day of our vacation and, apart from DTD, we still havent hit WDW. I know! The shame!
However, at this point we were like Three weeks? Thats forEVER, we have all the time in the world. Which of course, we didnt.
Anywho, the girl in me wanted to go shopping. And I persuaded the boy that it would be super fun, promising him at least one sports store and reminding him he still needed a suit for V&As.
So we hit Mall at Millennia. Thats the place that makes your eyes water when you check out prices. Seriously. We went in Tiffanys and I spotted a gorgeous necklace with stars on and, ok, I know its Tiffanys but I thought, its a necklace, its costume jewellery, how bad can it be? Matt said I could have it as my Christmas present from him. Cool. So we asked the sales assistant if we could look. I spotted the price tag: $20000.
Cue, you know what honey? Maybe we should look some other places first? aka if you break it, Ill have to sell my car and all my worldly possessions so lets scram.
Anywho, food. I honestly hadnt ever heard of PF Changs.
Chinese is my absolute favourite though, so it was pretty much a that place does Chinese, lets eat. Again, no pics here *yet* but as soon as the lovely folks at Asda develop my camera theyll be scanned and up!
Now this place was much more full of your adult couples than your theme park crowd so no luck on the party of two fastpass front. It was an hour wait. But I wanted to eat there and there was a bar so, whats the problem? We sat at the bar and ordered a Changs Mai Tai for me, a Bud for Bud Boy and some chicken noodle soup to be munching on.
Changs Mai Tai= yum. The bar chick was super-generous with the rum, so much so I figured there must be some pirate in her blood. It was Bacardi, Myers Dark Rum, orange curacao (they do orange? New to me!) and some random juices. It was yummy and boy did it have a kick! I didnt need another (but dont worry, fellow drink-lovers, I managed to squeeze one in! ). Oh, Matts Bud was good old Bud. Hes our lovely designated driver so he doesnt manage to get too adventurous (hey, you whine for an upgraded rental car, you drive it buster!). He will make up for it soon, however.
The chicken noodle soup was good too. I am a MASSIVE chicken noodle soup fan so was very excited. Heres its made with shiitake mushrooms, tomatoes and cilantro. I think the cilantro (which I didnt know until I asked are coriander leaves) totally took the flavour of the broth away though, I ended up picking through them. On the other hand, Matt LOVED them so I guess its just personal taste. And you cant beat shiitake mushrooms. Mmmmm.. The bowls are MASSIVE though. We were going to order one each but the waitress was like you wont need it. And we didnt. We got a huge serving bowl and made about four smaller bowls out of it, with some left over.
About half an hour after that our pager, which we were just bashing on the counter to try and bring to life, buzzed and we were led to our table. We were soooo hungry (yes, I know weve just eaten soup big enough to feed a small country, but we had no lunch!) so we quickly ordered Changs chicken lettuce wraps. Matt was busy frowning at this because he doesnt believe in salad as part of the major food groups but I promised itd be good (not that I had any basis for promising whatsoever!). And it was good!!! Spicy minced chicken served in crispy lettuce cups, whats not to like? And it was nice and light, leaving plenty of room. We both gobbled this up and it even pleased the Anti-Salad Party Leader.
Next I thought it was time for another drink. So I got a Royal Poolside. This was Captain Morgan and Malibu rum, blue curacao, oj and pineapple juice. Yum! So refreshing! And Blue curacao is quickly becoming my favourite spirity-thing.
For dinner I had Chicken with Black Bean sauce. Now, this is my staple diet back home and you have to be really good to impress me. And they did! The sauce was spicy, but not too spicy, it was thick and there was plenty of it. The chicken was tender and juicy and the veg that came with it were cooked just to crunch and very fresh. So good! We split an order of chicken fried rice which was good, but nothing special. I like mine drowned in soy sauce so I had to add more. Matt was way disappointed duck didnt appear in any form on the menu but got over it and ordered Wok Charred Beef. This was beef with marinated mushrooms and roasted sweet peppers. He said it was good, the beef was very well cooked but the sauce was a bit too sweet. I didnt try this one but it really must have been for him to say something as hes a big fan of sweet sauces usually.
No dessert for us here because we were stuffed! But overall I loved this place and we will definitely be back, just with reservations next time!
Next up, the real food porn starts with piccys and a buffet-fest- Crystal Palace and Boma!!! Thanks for reading!!!
Ok, so are you ready for a shameful confession? Its the second (third if you count the day we arrived) day of our vacation and, apart from DTD, we still havent hit WDW. I know! The shame!
However, at this point we were like Three weeks? Thats forEVER, we have all the time in the world. Which of course, we didnt.Anywho, the girl in me wanted to go shopping. And I persuaded the boy that it would be super fun, promising him at least one sports store and reminding him he still needed a suit for V&As.
So we hit Mall at Millennia. Thats the place that makes your eyes water when you check out prices. Seriously. We went in Tiffanys and I spotted a gorgeous necklace with stars on and, ok, I know its Tiffanys but I thought, its a necklace, its costume jewellery, how bad can it be? Matt said I could have it as my Christmas present from him. Cool. So we asked the sales assistant if we could look. I spotted the price tag: $20000.
Cue, you know what honey? Maybe we should look some other places first? aka if you break it, Ill have to sell my car and all my worldly possessions so lets scram. Anywho, food. I honestly hadnt ever heard of PF Changs.
Chinese is my absolute favourite though, so it was pretty much a that place does Chinese, lets eat. Again, no pics here *yet* but as soon as the lovely folks at Asda develop my camera theyll be scanned and up!Now this place was much more full of your adult couples than your theme park crowd so no luck on the party of two fastpass front. It was an hour wait. But I wanted to eat there and there was a bar so, whats the problem? We sat at the bar and ordered a Changs Mai Tai for me, a Bud for Bud Boy and some chicken noodle soup to be munching on.
Changs Mai Tai= yum. The bar chick was super-generous with the rum, so much so I figured there must be some pirate in her blood. It was Bacardi, Myers Dark Rum, orange curacao (they do orange? New to me!) and some random juices. It was yummy and boy did it have a kick! I didnt need another (but dont worry, fellow drink-lovers, I managed to squeeze one in!
). Oh, Matts Bud was good old Bud. Hes our lovely designated driver so he doesnt manage to get too adventurous (hey, you whine for an upgraded rental car, you drive it buster!). He will make up for it soon, however. The chicken noodle soup was good too. I am a MASSIVE chicken noodle soup fan so was very excited. Heres its made with shiitake mushrooms, tomatoes and cilantro. I think the cilantro (which I didnt know until I asked are coriander leaves) totally took the flavour of the broth away though, I ended up picking through them. On the other hand, Matt LOVED them so I guess its just personal taste. And you cant beat shiitake mushrooms. Mmmmm.. The bowls are MASSIVE though. We were going to order one each but the waitress was like you wont need it. And we didnt. We got a huge serving bowl and made about four smaller bowls out of it, with some left over.
About half an hour after that our pager, which we were just bashing on the counter to try and bring to life, buzzed and we were led to our table. We were soooo hungry (yes, I know weve just eaten soup big enough to feed a small country, but we had no lunch!) so we quickly ordered Changs chicken lettuce wraps. Matt was busy frowning at this because he doesnt believe in salad as part of the major food groups but I promised itd be good (not that I had any basis for promising whatsoever!). And it was good!!! Spicy minced chicken served in crispy lettuce cups, whats not to like? And it was nice and light, leaving plenty of room. We both gobbled this up and it even pleased the Anti-Salad Party Leader.
Next I thought it was time for another drink. So I got a Royal Poolside. This was Captain Morgan and Malibu rum, blue curacao, oj and pineapple juice. Yum! So refreshing! And Blue curacao is quickly becoming my favourite spirity-thing.
For dinner I had Chicken with Black Bean sauce. Now, this is my staple diet back home and you have to be really good to impress me. And they did! The sauce was spicy, but not too spicy, it was thick and there was plenty of it. The chicken was tender and juicy and the veg that came with it were cooked just to crunch and very fresh. So good! We split an order of chicken fried rice which was good, but nothing special. I like mine drowned in soy sauce so I had to add more. Matt was way disappointed duck didnt appear in any form on the menu but got over it and ordered Wok Charred Beef. This was beef with marinated mushrooms and roasted sweet peppers. He said it was good, the beef was very well cooked but the sauce was a bit too sweet. I didnt try this one but it really must have been for him to say something as hes a big fan of sweet sauces usually.
No dessert for us here because we were stuffed! But overall I loved this place and we will definitely be back, just with reservations next time!
Next up, the real food porn starts with piccys and a buffet-fest- Crystal Palace and Boma!!! Thanks for reading!!!
spincandy
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waiting for more
Thanks for stopping by!!!
Oh I'm excited for this one! PF Changs is my addiction......
We love love loved it!!! We're starting the campaign to open one here in the UK!
Count me in.
Yay! Thanks for joining!
cannot wait ............
Thanks for reading!
WOW !!! Can't wait for the reviews
Lol, they're coming up! (I wonder if I can take time off work to finish these?)
Can't wait!! I love how you Brits take such long trips - more reviews for all of us
The only problem now is we seem to be addicted to 21-day-ers. This is now the plan for next year.. oh well, who needs to save for a house, right?
Can't wait!
Thanks for reading! There's more on the way!
Wow! I can't wait for all of the reviews!
Thanks for tuning in!I'm ready...
Coming up!!
subbing in for this line up.
We loved practically everywhere we went so I get the feeling this line up will become our regulars!
Thank you for reading!!!
Lots of good places... looking forward to all the pics!
The pics are coming, I promise! I blame Matt and his camera and lack of charger-fixing ability!
woah!!!! I'm in!
Thanks for tuning in!!!
Well, with 21 days you must have covered pretty much everything so I'm patiently (well not really) waiting for your reviews!
I think we did get pretty much everywhere!!! Ok, counter service suffered but plenty of time for that later.. just an excuse for another trip!!!
spincandy
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Yay! Thanks for reading!!!
really looking forward to your reviews
They're coming up! Day off tomorrow so I'm planning on sitting down and ploughing through them!!!
Lol, hopefully there'll be tons to make you drool!
Thanks for stopping by!!!
subbing!
Thanks for joining!
I'm in! Can't wait for the reviews!
They're on their way!
Glad to help! Matt was like 'this isn't Disney, we don't need to take pics'. And I said 'oh yes we do! Food porn is food porn!'
I know! I didn't realise how many places we'd hit until I typed it out like that! Oh well, much fun was had by all!
Can't wait. By the way, LOVE that you have included "drink interludes." I think we'd get along quite well!
Lol! I love drinks interludes. Although they seemed to happen a LOT! What's a vacation without them, hey?
Coming up!
Aha! You get the finer-detail-spotting prize!
We did stay offsite but managed to stay onsite at the GF and AKL (and the Hard Rock Hotel) for one night each, basically so the boy could have a drinky or two and we could experience Disney hotels! Well spotted!!I'm in...........
You have lots on your list that I am planning to try in December so I am excited to hear your views.
Hope we can help you! I am so jealous of your December trip- nothing now for us until October 2009
Coming at ya!!!
Matt says 'you're welcome' and 'at least someone appreciates me'.
Between you and me, I think he was enjoying it towards the end, he was even the one reminding me!
spincandy
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Sounds like a great trip. Looking forward to the reviews!
It was a great trip *longing sigh*, at least I can relive it through the reviews!!! Thanks for tuning in!
I can't wait either!!! You had me laughing at your introduction, so I am sure the rest of your review is going to be very entertaining!!!!
Awww.. thank you!!! I'll do my best to keep it up!
emmabemmainc
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Great reviews so far!
I love P.F. Changs!! Next time you go, try their Key Lime Pie Martini--WOW--that is probably the best drink I've ever had!
Now I'm hungry for some chinese food!
I love P.F. Changs!! Next time you go, try their Key Lime Pie Martini--WOW--that is probably the best drink I've ever had!
Now I'm hungry for some chinese food!
MinnieMom
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Great reviews so far!
I love P.F. Changs!! Next time you go, try their Key Lime Pie Martini--WOW--that is probably the best drink I've ever had!
Now I'm hungry for some chinese food!
I second this recommendation! I am not a big fan of key lime pie, but that martini . . . OMG, it just doesn't get any better!
PF Chang's is definitely one of my all-time favorite restaurants. I've never had anything there I didn't like.
Can't wait to read more. Your reviews are great!
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