The MCLOVINS Hit the World - HARD!!!!! *COMPLETED*

[PrincessCaitlin]

Wow great luck on your friend working in Canada!

Yay for getting in!!!!

 

[MarieTheCat24]

OMG. HOW LUCKY ARE YOU, YOU "SPECIAL RESERVATION" GETTER? And you didn't even have to pull out the dramatics. I, personally, thought that the running into the restaurant threatening to vomit on everyone was a good idea, but I guess the way you did it worked better.

But hooray for Dave! And hooray that he just happened to come walking out of the restaurant at the exact time you needed him to be!

I'm dying laughing at the fact that one of the hostesses was pretty much President of the Dave Fan Club. Although, I can't say I blame her because those Le Cellier CMs are hot. I thought about asking my server in July to elope and then run off to Canada together and have little hockey playing babies, but I forgot when he distracted me by bringing out my Chocolate Moose. He seriously must have to fend off crazy lovestruck girls a lot because I'm pretty sure he knew exactly what he was doing. The timing was just too perfect.

Anyway, I'm really glad you got in and I can't wait to hear about your meal!!!!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Wow, that is awesome about your friend getting you into Le Cellier. I have never eaten there but I am sure it was a big deal. I know a lot of people really like it there.

 

[__disneygirl]

You got into Le Cellier!! How awesome is that!?! I mean, like you said, of all places that they could be working...they were working THERE! And I loved your little "Thank you Walt".

Ugh, the CM at the check-in did not sound very nice. And the other one...sounds like she just might have thousands of pics of Dave all over her room. And you mentioned that it was like you mentioned Rob Pattinson. Then, i started picturing the girl as one of the teen girls that are attacking each other with shovels in the preview for that movie making fun of the Twilight movies.

I know, I couldn't believe it!! I always do the "Thank you Walt" thing when I'm there, it's just so amazing to me that he dreamt all this up and now here I am in the middle of it!

hahaha yeah, that's why I put the Rob reference in there because that's exactly what she reminded me of, one of those crazy Twilight fans! Glad it was effective

Wow, a whole post on getting into a restaurant. But I hear it's worth every gushing word. I'm glad you got in! Yay "Dave"!

Girl did I or did I not warn everyone about the lengthiness of this report? There may be an entire update just on walking from the bus to the turnstiles next, you never know!! And yes, BIGTIME yay Dave!!

 

[__disneygirl]

Wow great luck on your friend working in Canada!

Yay for getting in!!!!

I know, right? Wahooo!!

OMG. HOW LUCKY ARE YOU, YOU "SPECIAL RESERVATION" GETTER? And you didn't even have to pull out the dramatics. I, personally, thought that the running into the restaurant threatening to vomit on everyone was a good idea, but I guess the way you did it worked better.

But hooray for Dave! And hooray that he just happened to come walking out of the restaurant at the exact time you needed him to be!

I'm dying laughing at the fact that one of the hostesses was pretty much President of the Dave Fan Club. Although, I can't say I blame her because those Le Cellier CMs are hot. I thought about asking my server in July to elope and then run off to Canada together and have little hockey playing babies, but I forgot when he distracted me by bringing out my Chocolate Moose. He seriously must have to fend off crazy lovestruck girls a lot because I'm pretty sure he knew exactly what he was doing. The timing was just too perfect.

Anyway, I'm really glad you got in and I can't wait to hear about your meal!!!!

hahahahaha OH TRUST ME, I was preparing my "sick face" as a back-up plan because I was sure that at any second someone was going to tap me on the shoulder and be like "Excuse me miss, you didn't have a real ADR did you? Can you come with us, please?"

Omg. I can't even tell you how many World Showcase male CMs I remember by name. Disney doesn't just hire decent looking people to work at WS. They hire MODEL TYPES. I have a whole story about this coming in chapter 78 of this report, but yeah. More than one story really. GOD I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, I'LL GET TOO EXCITED. loololol

Wow, that is awesome about your friend getting you into Le Cellier. I have never eaten there but I am sure it was a big deal. I know a lot of people really like it there.

I had never eaten there either prior to this, and I was worried it wasn't going to end up living up to the hype... whether or not it did, you will see in the next update! ;D

 

[RAPstar]

OMG, that is the most fabulous story ever!! Yes, I said fabulous. I'm feeling a little.....well........let's just say my inner pixie is a little over active tonight. Anywho....that is really an awesome story. I'd be soooooo jealous if I hadn't scored a last minute Le Cellier reservation out of the blue one night. Not that I'm trying to brag, I jst still can't believe it. lol Now, let's just hope its actually there and not a figment of my imagination (and now "One Little Spark" will be in my head the rest of the night).

 

[tinkgurl]

I have to admit, now everytime I will read or see Le Cellier, I am going to think of you and this story.

 

[__disneygirl]

OMG, that is the most fabulous story ever!! Yes, I said fabulous. I'm feeling a little.....well........let's just say my inner pixie is a little over active tonight. Anywho....that is really an awesome story. I'd be soooooo jealous if I hadn't scored a last minute Le Cellier reservation out of the blue one night. Not that I'm trying to brag, I jst still can't believe it. lol Now, let's just hope its actually there and not a figment of my imagination (and now "One Little Spark" will be in my head the rest of the night).

hahaha well I'm glad to see your inner pixie is out! That's awesome that you scored a last minute reservation. I much rather would have just had one of those LOL but typical of my life, things got all crazy as usual!

I have to admit, now everytime I will read or see Le Cellier, I am going to think of you and this story.

Awesome!

 

[DisneyGuy758]

This morning, I had this on my phone from Twitter.

I thought of you instantly and had to post it here.

 

[__disneygirl]

You have the DIS Unplugged on Twitter alert too? LOL! I've been in love with the Podcast since like, the second episode in 2006. I liked Pete's review... while I love Kevin's reviews, I find that sometimes he complains about things I probably would never even notice so I usually take them with a grain of salt unless something really horrific happens, which I feel it often does! Those are the most fun to listen to.

 

[DisneyGuy758]

I don't have the podcast on alert...but I do have disboards on alert. They RT'd it.

To be 100% honest...I've never listened to one of their podcasts before.

<hangs head in shame>

Between work, and kids, and kids, and kids, I don't have time to listen...but that's not saying I don't want to listen to them.

 

[__disneygirl]

I understand. I always listen while doing something else myself. It's a great podcast if you ever do have the time.

 

[__disneygirl]

April 13, 2010
Day 3, Part 5 LE FREAKING CELLIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Dear Lia and Mom,

I'm sorry that I had to leave early, I would have really liked to say hi. We can meet up later in the week if that's good for you. I hope you guys are having a great vacation. Thanks again Lia for the concert tickets, that was one of the best nights of my life. I hope you have a great dinner - make sure you get the Cheddar Cheese Soup, it's my favorite.

Dave

Isn't he so sweet? Barbara scored big time with him. Canadians just rock, I'm telling you. Oh, and I cackled at the "make sure you get the cheddar cheese soup" part. If he only knew that was the main source of all of this drama. LOL!

Mom and I were so excited to finally be eating at the famous Le Cellier. My mouth was watering at the idea of eating the soup again.

Our waitress came over and I yelled "CHEDDAR CHEESE SOUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" at her. She scurried away.

Kidding. Actually, she was really cool and one of those people we just clicked with and we talked a lot about her life and why she is in Florida right now and all that throughout the meal. She was awesome and got a good tip at the end.

Here is a view from our table in the corner:

We ordered our cokes, and YES, FINALLY.... the Cheddar Cheese Soup. Well, duh. She brought out the bread first. I told my mom to try the Pretzel Bread first and explained how it is famous, and that so many people ask for more of it that recently I've been hearing that servers have been saying they aren't allowed to bring more.

Of course, it was INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS. BEYOND THE BEYOND. And when we asked for more of it, our server had no problem bringing out more. The other breads were good, I guess, but who cares really. For those who LOVE the Pretzel Bread but have less luck weaseling their way into Le Cellier: I would discover later on that the huge soft pretzels sold in Germany taste exactly the same. DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!

Finally my beloved Cheddar Cheese Soup was delivered:

It was just as delicious, if not even more, then I had remembered. But of course it was, this is Disney World. My mom's eyes widened and she made some interesting noises upon tasting this soup. I expected as much.

While gobbling it up, I remembered that everyone said you should dip the Pretzel Bread in it. I told my mom to do it and we made more noises.

Tables at Le Cellier are very close together. The elderly women at the table beside us gave some looks. Then one of them smiled and said, "Isn't that soup just DIVINE?"

We cracked up. It is the best, we said. Of course.

For my entree, I chose the famous Le Cellier Mushroom Filet Mignon - with wild mushroom risotto, white truffle and herb butter sauce.

I had heard a lot about this, and being that everything else was perfect, I expected this to be too. Thankfully, the filet did end up being cooked to perfection. Exactly how I wanted (Medium - light pink in the middle) and just absolutely delicious. Now, how do I explain my problem with the risotto? Ok, it was too mushroomy. I do not blame Le Cellier for this being that it is supposed to be mushroomy, being that it is wild mushroom risotto. I probably shouldn't have ordered it being that mushrooms aren't my favorite, but I wanted to see if it lived up to the hype. I mean, i'm not an idiot - I do LIKE mushrooms, but I don't know, the flavor was just really, really strong and I didn't end up eating much of it. My mom LOVES mushrooms, so I gave it to her and she agreed that it was super strong even for a mushroom lover like herself. Anyone else agree or do you just think it's perfect? Again, I don't blame them for this, there really was nothing wrong with it, it's just my tastes. Overall I wish I had substituted the mashed potatoes with it instead cause like I said, the filet was perfect.

The inside:

It definitely was not as red as it appears in this photo. I like my steak pink in the middle, and it was perfect.

As delicious as my steak was, my mom's was the winner. She ordered the Coffee-rubbed Kansas City Strip Steak - with hazelnut butter and cream cheese mashed potatoes:

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

BACK THE F UP.

I can't even. Describe. This.

YUM.

My mom is a huge steak lover, and we have eaten at the best steakhouses in Manhattan as well as many other cities. And after eating this steak, she said that it was the best steak she's EVER had. That's quite a statement for her. I couldn't think of a better steak I'd had anywhere, either. It was truly delectable in a way I can not even describe. She was already pretty full from the bread and soup and told me I could have her mashed potatoes, as she just wanted to focus on the steak cause it was THAT good. Well I had no problem with that. The mashed potatoes were probably the best I had ever had as well (besides my mom's homemade ones she makes on Thanksgiving - nothing beats those!).

Needless to say, we were in food heaven. Honestly if it wasn't such a problem to get in, we'd have skipped one of our other ADRs and returned to Le Cellier later in the trip.

It absolutely, 100%, lived up to the hype. If you are skeptical at all of this place, I say GO. I know that it does have its detractors who say it is overrated. I disagree. Try it for yourself if you can get an ADR, or if you know Dave, and you'll see!

Did you think I forgot about dessert? No way!

We were going to get one dessert each, but we were SO incredibly stuffed so we decided to just share one. I had wanted to try the Chocolate Moose for YEARS, so that's what we chose (even though I really wanted the Smores too!)

GOD. Yet again, every little part of this was delicious. The ears and tongue are these special Canadian wafer cookies or something. I searched for them in shops in Canada because they were SO good I wanted ten packages of them to hold me over until my next Le Cellier visit. Well, sadly I didn't find them but I am going to ask the waitress next time if I can get them any place besides Canada itself. If I can't, we're going to Canada. The real one. I don't care. I want to make my own Chocolate Moose. Every day of my life. I think it will improve my mood permanently.

We paid and tipped and as we walked out, I was just so, so thankful that any of this was even happening. The crazy thing is, it SO would have been okay if we didn't get in! It's a fantastic restaurant, but we were still at Disney World. I would have been disappointed but not crushed. How can you be upset about anything for even a second while at Disney, you know? But somehow... everything had gone so magically well, I really couldn't believe it. I really believe that when you do nice things for other people, it will come back to you someway, even if it's years later, and I think this proves that.

I guess I forgot to mention that when we checked into CBR, there was a birthday card for me from Mickey Mouse left on our table. This was soooo exciting to me. I'd like to believe he hand delivered it. Anyway, inside was a PhotoPass card. We hadn't even used it yet, so we took the opportunity on our way out of Epcot to pose in front of the fountain and Spaceship Earth. I wish I could share these pics because they came out truly hilariously horrible, I think we were too full to pose that night. I think PhotoPass is so great, but I think the price of the CD is a bit much so we never get that. We did end up getting a few great shots that I saved, and got one awesome one printed out.

Up next: ABSURDITY on the bus home from Epcot. Ridiculousness. I can't wait to tell you guys this story.

 

[alliebelle3]

I am literally drooling after those photos. I LOVE LE CELLIER! What a magical meal you had! That pink steak looks amazing.

 

[MarieTheCat24]

First of all, you're right about Canadians rocking. I need to find myself a Canadian man. Who can make cheddar cheese soup.

Secondly,

OMG. FOODGASM. FOODGASM. FOODGASM. *dead*

The picture of the soup is the most glorious picture in the history of ever. They should hang it up right next to the Mona Lisa, it is *that* wonderful. People will come from all parts of the world to contemplate the meaningfulness of the fact that all of the little pieces of bacon are co-existing peacefully in a wonderful world of cheesey goodness.

I don't know what to say about the steaks except GAAAAAH.

And the moose? Oh, how I love those moose. Mooses? Meese? It's cute and it's food. Those are my two favorite qualities in, well, just about anything.

I can't wait to hear about the bus absurdity. I love absurdity. Especially when it occurs on a bus.

 

[Cat0727]

OMG Lia this update is epic. It sort of makes me want to cry because I miss Le Cellier so much and how I wish we had one in NYC.

The picture of the cheese soup is perfection. I agree with Kara, it needs to be framed and put behind glass so we could marvel at it forever

I still have yet to try the mousse but if I get my butt back there before Le Cellier becomes signature dining I am definitely getting it for dessert!

 

[DisneyGuy758]

 

[RAPstar]

Awesome food pics! I had my heart set on getting the mushroom filet when I get to eat there............but you're mom's looks faboo as well!! Plus something about the words "cream cheese mashed potatoes" cause all sorts of naughty ideas of their deliciousness to pop into my head.

So......what is on the outside of the "moose". It looks weird lol. I'm leaning more towards the maple creme brulee (mmmmmmmmmmmmmmaple), but the moose intrigues me.

 

[tinkgurl]

You got my meal! I LOVE the soup. I LOVE the risotto. I LOVE the chocolate moose. All good choices.

 

[Enchanted]

OMG, I am sooooooooo glad that I've been on a DIS break because if I had had to wait between Le Cellier updates, I think I would have died. For realz.

The Dave story was awesome. So cool that you had a Le Cellier VIP hookup. Loved the Dave fangirl too.

OMG, PRETZEL BREAD, CHEDDAR CHEESE SOUP, AND MUSHROOM RISOTTO!!!! I am sooooooo hungry after reading all that, which is not good because my mom and I are on this super-strict diet. I'm trying to look on the bright side though...once I'm about 20 pounds thinner, I won't feel bad for gorging myself at Le Cellier...possibly during our Nov/Dec trip....

YEP THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAVE BOOKED A TRIP!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!

While I'm down there, I can pass out the "Girls of the DIS" calendar if you want, get some buyers, you know...have your people call my people. If there are still modeling spots available, I think I would like to do a Halloween pose, has October been booked yet?

Also, since we're all a bunch of 90s nerds (AND PROUD OF IT!!!!!) around here, I have to squee because I am going to see the Backstreet Boys in concert this weekend for the first time ever. Despite my UNDYING love for them when I was twelve or so, I never made it to a concert because my parents never had the spare cash for a concert back then. I figured you would understand my geekiness.

Can't wait for the next update and more McLovin shenanigans!

P.S. VERONICA MARS FOR THE WIN!!!! OMG, I miss her soooooooo much....