The Magic, the Memories and the Food! February11 Update July 23 WPuck's Express

[dizneeat]

Karin,
I am laughing over your Aldi pictures! Thanks for sharing! I'm glad I'm not the only one that takes grocery store pictures. I even have pictures of my local Aldi that I took for my blog before we left for Europe. Here you go:

How about inside.

As you can see we love Aldi! I shop there all the time. I find I can feed two very hungry teenagers very nicely by going there. And there chocolate is to die for. YUM!


I loved your update! I love reading all about the airplane ride to someones destination. I even love the food pictures! I'm a nerd I know! Thanks for sharing.

Tom and I shop at Hofer a lot too! In the beginning the quality of some articles was pretty bad, but they have improved A WHOLE LOT and whatever they offer is really good right now!

Even Tom's computer is a Hofer one! They sell top notch technology to very affordable prices!
Thanks for sharing your pics! It is amazing to see that they use exactly the same concept worldwide! Ours look exactly the same as yours!

thanks for the update,

More coming up pretty soon!
I am glad I am on Easter break and I should be able to update a bit during that time, but keeping up with all the threads I am subscribed to and my own few threads can get quite time consuming sometimes!

Can't wait for your WDW reviews! Im so bummed we dont have Aldi where I live now, in Maine, I used to love them

Only one more review before we move to the WDW portion! Even though we only were there for a week we had quite a lot of food come to about it!
Sorry you don't have Aldi where you live!

you guys are cracking me up with your Aldi pictures. I just went yesterday!

Do you find sometimes there is some less than desirable people there though. Now I know normal people go...after I all I go to... but it seems like I always run into some strange folks there.
Yesterday a very strange lady was there with her DD who was very chubby. She was probably close to Claires age and very overweight, the poor girl. She wanted something and the mother yelled really loud she couldn't have it because the Dr said she was too fat and needed to be on a diet. I felt so bad for the little girl, but she just smiled and seemed oblivious to her mother...thank goodness.
And then as we were bagging another mom was checking out them bagging and she was screaming at her DD (again around Claire's age) to behave. The little girl was doing nothing but looking at a bench. Her mom then told her to sit on the bench till she was done bagging. Then the mom just kept screaming at the kid about what a brat she was. The kid was doing nothing but sitting there. We left before they did and as I was pulling out I saw the mom come out with no kid. a minute later the kid came out alone crying. Walking in a parking lot way behind the mom. I was shocked that this lady would let her kid walk in a parking lot unattended.

Of course I saw some less than desirable people at the Krogers today. I know this lady from story time and she is what we refer to as a "skumbag".
She had her DD and her nephew and those kids were running in the parking lot while she yelled at them to stop. (both again around Claire's age) And then in the store you could here her yelling all through out the store. She even said, "why can't you 2 stay with me like Claire stays with her mom". I wanted to hide. I didn't want anyone to know I knew this lady.

Maybe I attract them.

Isn't it funny to realize that we live actually on opposite sides of this globe and we all have the same habits, like shopping at Aldi?
Now, those people in the shop sound really scary! Sometimes you think if you are the only sane person in the world, but thank god there are lots of sane people on this board!

That is horrible. Some people should not have kids. Where in Ohio do you live? Are you from Toledo Area?

You are right, everything you do requires a test or a licence, some parents would need to go through that too!

 

[dizneeat]

Ooh that cake looks good

It was pretty good. I love some nice moist chocolate cake! And I didn't even mind it came in a little plastic container!

So I decided to be good and actually subscribe this time! Can't wait to read more!!!!

Yeah! Welcome!
I just love it when people "are good" and come out of lurkdome!
Now I only hope I won't let you down and that you will chime in often!

Great update Karin! It's hard to make airplane food look good but I think you explained why - it's was coming FROM Europe to the US!! lol

Heather

Thank you, Heather!
It's easy to make airplane food look good, when it IS good! I think that coming from Europe they cater there and most airlines take great pride in serving "better" food. Going home, the food they cater in the US is mostly overcooked and tastes of nothing, sorry.
And MAYBE the anticipation of going on vacation helps as well!

Signing on for this round of reviews! I've enjoyed your previous reviews - I just don't always have the opportunity to comment. But wanted to make sure you know I'm reading and enjoying and appreciating all the effort you put into these reviews!

Welcome!
So nice to have you around as well! It is so nice to know that so many people like what they are reading - I love to share our WDW experiences with you all!

Great reviews! I'm totally in!

Welcome!
I know you from the September thread! We are going to be at WDW in September too!
I am glad you enjoyed the reviews so far!

 

[dizneeat]

Oh how I have missed your food reviews and pictures during my disboards hiatus! I'm happy to be back and reading along!!!

Great job as always!!!

Welcome back!
How wonderful to know that you are back to one of MY threads! More coming up shortly!

Wow I missed the Airplane food update !!!! Looks good for airplane food !!Of course on my short flight I am used to a bag of nuts !!!We too have an Aldis and although we don't shop there often it is good value , but they don't take cou[pons and I can do so much better using them !! Our local grocery chain is now offering extra gas points for each coupon you use and I am raking up the points to get 50c of a gallon on gas !!

Rosie!!! How could you miss one of MY updates! Just kidding!

Before Lufthansa offered the non stop flight to Orlando we had a stopover in Washington and change to United and I KNOW what they offer! We did not even get a bag of nuts if I remember correctly, just a soft drink.
We don't have any coupon shops here. We have some that offer a membership and then you get some items, which change all the time, cheaper. So when it comes to shopping good value for money, we always choose Aldi!
for getting cheaper gas! You rock, girl!

Karin, you marking papers this weekend? (We miss you.)

No, I did not mark papers, thankfully! Tom and I were out to get new cars for both of us for a few days and yesterday it was nice enough outside to plant some flowers on my patio and start my "herb pot" again! But I am back now, hoping that the boards don't shut down as they have the last few times I tried to update in the morning (MY morning - USA night!)

I love your airplane food shots! I miss not getting those meals anymore. I remember getting meals just flying from MHT to BWI 30 years ago or so. I haven't flown very far for a long time so when I see the airplane food it makes me so nostalgic.

I know we are lucky to get fed on even short flights! Not many airlines still do it, so we are lucky to be able to travel Lufthansa!

I thought of your airplane food report as I flew 2 1/2 hours from Dallas today; all I got was a plastic cup of Sprite Zero.
I knew to bring something so I had some almonds and dried pineapple but thought with longing of your airlines snacks.
Another thing; my friend in Dallas had a bite-size Nussini candy bar on her counter! I froze like a bird dog on point and choked out "Where did you get that?! Do they come in BAGS?!". She looked at me strangely and said "I don't know" and shrugged.

Did you travel United? This is what we got when we still had a stopover in Washington and had to use United for the US part of the flight.

Did you get to try the Nussini? I hope you did! And I hope they do sell them in the US too. They are pretty nice!

 

[dizneeat]

I am VERY sorry I have not updated here in quite a few days, but we had some real life things going on that kept me occupied. Here is a link to an update I posted on my pre-trip report for August/September 2011.

Click to read the Real life update

 

[dizneeat]

Day 1, February 19

Dinner provided by Lufthansa

After we had finished our lunch we both took some sleeping aid, closed the blinds and closed our eyes and went off into dreamland - Mickey dreams of course!
We both woke up quite often and finally the time had come they started to hand out hot towels and were preparing dinner.

I got some Coke to get a bit more energy and they handed out the little trays. No choice at dinner, everyone had the same meal.
Since the roll was cold and a bit hard we put it on top of the hot container with our food, while taking pictures.

Dinner was cheese filled ravioli with creamed leaf spinach and tomato sauce. To be honest for airplane food it was pretty decent, even though the pasta was cooked a bit too much, but the spinach and sauce were well flavoured, it was a hot meal and we were actually close to our destination!

Dessert was a plastic container of "vanilla pudding" (blancmange). It was made with cream, so was very creamy and had real vanilla seeds in it. I am not a huge fan of vanilla pudding, but this was not too sweet and actually very good.

Again we declined on the tea or coffee offering and enjoyed the rest of our flight to Orlando.

Coming up: A very late night take away dinner from Wolfgang Puck's Express

 

[lizzyb]

Welcome!
I know you from the September thread! We are going to be at WDW in September too!
I am glad you enjoyed the reviews so far!

Actually its from the August thread, but close enough I'm assuming there will be another review for that vacation

 

[deenbrad]

Congrats to both of you on the new cars! Enjoy!

 

[DisneyMamato4]

Wow, I'm suprised at how edible the airplane food looks. Looks pretty good actually, and I love vanilla pudding!

Can't wait to hear what you have a WPE! That is the 1 CS restaurant that I really can't wait to try on our first trip to the world.

 

[Linda67]

Hi Karin

The Airplane food looks a whole lot better than the food served on our flights from the UK

Looking forward to hearing your WPE review

 

[englishrose47]

The Airplane Dinner looks pretty good !!I took a trip down Memory Lane with "Blancmonge" Thanks

 

[dizneeat]

Actually its from the August thread, but close enough I'm assuming there will be another review for that vacation

Ups ....... sorry! I should have done the maths more carefully after looking at your ticker.
There definitely will be a review for that vacation as well!

Congrats to both of you on the new cars! Enjoy!

Thank you! We are both very excited!

Wow, I'm suprised at how edible the airplane food looks. Looks pretty good actually, and I love vanilla pudding!

Can't wait to hear what you have a WPE! That is the 1 CS restaurant that I really can't wait to try on our first trip to the world.

It not only looks edible, it actually, surprisingly IS! The pudding was really nice, not as sweet as some others we can get here.
There will be a few WPE reviews here ..... we LOVE that place, so much that we have CMs who recognize us after a 6 months absense!

Hi Karin

The Airplane food looks a whole lot better than the food served on our flights from the UK

Looking forward to hearing your WPE review

Hi Linda!

You're getting close to your trip!
More dining reviews and a DREAM review are what I hope for!

We haven't flown any UK carriers in a long time, but I remember BA being pretty uninspiring in the late 90s!

Well, you know what we think about WPE, don't you?

The Airplane Dinner looks pretty good !!I took a trip down Memory Lane with "Blancmonge" Thanks

It was pretty good, for airplane food it was really good, to be honest!
I never know what the Americans call our "Pudding", but I remember the strange word "blancmange" from MY school days and learning British English.

 

[tortoni]

Congrats on your new cars, they are lovely.

 

[dizneeat]

Congrats on your new cars, they are lovely.

Thank you! It means the world to me that so many of my DISfriends share our excitement!

 

[KatMark]

Okay....I'm here and can't wait for the first Disney review -- your fabulous DIS meet (where I know a whole lot of food was NOT consumed ).

 

[HuskerFaninIL]

Cant wait for your Disney review, I am now really curious if the Aldi here has good chocolate.

I got my girls some Easter chocolate stuff there because it was cute, now I'm wondering if it is actually good chocolate.

My Dh actually is an engineer for Cadbury, so you'd think we get good chocolate but alas we dont. Hershey's makes it in America.

 

[dizneeat]

Okay....I'm here and can't wait for the first Disney review -- your fabulous DIS meet (where I know a whole lot of food was NOT consumed ).

Hi Kathy!
You made it - it just wouldn't be the same without ya!
Disney reviews coming up shortly, I am working on an update for my trip report at the moment, but there is a lot of distraction on these boards!

Cant wait for your Disney review, I am now really curious if the Aldi here has good chocolate.

I got my girls some Easter chocolate stuff there because it was cute, now I'm wondering if it is actually good chocolate.

My Dh actually is an engineer for Cadbury, so you'd think we get good chocolate but alas we dont. Hershey's makes it in America.

Disney part coming up very soon.
I am not sure about the chocolate Aldi sells in the US - they had a few that were the same as we have here, but that is a brand I don't buy (Moser-Roth). Here they sell a lot of KinderSchokolade products, which are very nice and they have the original Werther caramel chocolate as well.

I am not a huge fan of either Cadbury or Hershey, sorry - we are sooooooo spoiled by Milka and Lindt here. When they melt they feel like silk in your mouth and that is one taste I do not get from any other chocolate.

Hope your Aldi chocolate is a good one!

 

[Tarheel Tink]

Both cars are beautiful!

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

Thanks for the update,
My in-laws always have Cadbury's at their house (I don't like it)... Lindt is my favorite.

 

[Wicket's Mom]

I always remember blanmange due to a skit on Monty Python!

 

[dizneeat]

Both cars are beautiful!

Thank you! We are pretty happy with our purchases!

Thanks for the update,
My in-laws always have Cadbury's at their house (I don't like it)... Lindt is my favorite.

More updates are in the works!
Mmmh, Lindt is just such good chocolate! They are my number one when it comes to dark chocolate and Milka is number one when it comes to milk chocolate!

I always remember blanmange due to a skit on Monty Python!

Thanks for reminding me!