Ok people, it's time to start noshing! I've been back for a few days, and I am primed and ready to start writing my report. Here we go!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008: The Simple and the Sumptuous in a Single Day.
I arrived midday to the Beach Club Villas, and I knew I wanted to eat nearby in order to meet up with a DIS friend, Karen. Since Disney's Magical Express was picking her up at the Boardwalk within a short amount of time after my arrival, we ate lunch at
The Fountain, located at the Dolphin.
This place is small and somewhat like Beaches and Cream, but without the Johnny Rockets atmosphere. Karen ordered a salad, and I ordered a tried and true cheeseburger with mushrooms:
Mmmm, Crouching Burger, Hidden Mushrooms:
I saw a picture of the cheeseburger that
RobertP posted on his food porn report, and well, I had major
Burger Envy since. I have to say that this burger has outstripped Beaches and Cream in quality, but I still like Beaches and Cream for their sundaes!
My burger was done the way I wanted it, and I actually liked that the mushrooms were securely fastened to the burger with the American cheese "cap". Often, places will pile the 'shrooms on the cheese, and they fall out all over the plate when you pick up the burger to eat. I had no 'shroom mess issues with
this burger. Bravo.
But wait, there's more. I had read a few months ago that they served beer floats at this place. Not root beer floats.
Beer floats. Apparently my server didn't know anything about it when I asked, but she was willing to help me obtain one. So she had a glass filled with ice cream (chocolate) and poured some Guinness over it. It was the best I could think of to go with chocolate.
Well, I have to say it was better in theory than in practice. Karen kept telling me how gross this was, and I kept trying to suck it down with my pathetic straw. I ended up drinking most of the beer from the bottle, and letting the ice cream melt more into a bit of a shake consistency. It wasn't terrible, just a pain in the drain trying to drink it.
Here's a picture of me looking stupid while trying to drink it:
And there's my first meal on my trip. Simple, yet satisfying.
I hung out with Karen to see her off on her trip home. Afterwards, I killed time in Epcot and the Welcome Home Wednesday event for DVC members before heading back to clean up for my dinner at Todd English's bluezoo with some familiar people on the Disney Restaurants forums.
Next: Todd English's bluezoo: Will it be worth the hype?
and not necessarily of the Food Porn.
and a little of the Disney Magic! Enjoy Jiko's!
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