The One in Which We Discover "Food Drunk" is a thing! Updated 6/6!!!!

[lvcourtneyy]

Ah I missed so many updates! The stuff from Tamu Tamu sounds perfect for holding over until a meal. And French toast sticks are always a plus in my world.

Flame tree BBQ sounds so so awesome. The only problem is I don't know when I'll ever get to try it being that DBF is now obsessed with Tusker House and I don't know if I'll ever convince him to eat elsewhere in AK lol.

I love the coconut drink at SOA! I would've gotten it just for the coconut alone rotfl. Funny story, on our last trip we were in the Pop food court and this little boy kept staring at DBF. Finally his mother came up to us and asked if he had been in the SOA show last night and when we said no she said her son was convinced he was one of the guys!

Would you say you liked SOA or HDDR more? I know they're different so I don't know if there's really a fair comparison.

 

[katt789]

We were going to do this on our trip but ended up doing ohana instead!

Awesome!! I wanted to do this and Ohana in Feb but figured the food would be so similar that I just chose one!

Ah I missed so many updates! The stuff from Tamu Tamu sounds perfect for holding over until a meal. And French toast sticks are always a plus in my world.

Flame tree BBQ sounds so so awesome. The only problem is I don't know when I'll ever get to try it being that DBF is now obsessed with Tusker House and I don't know if I'll ever convince him to eat elsewhere in AK lol.

I love the coconut drink at SOA! I would've gotten it just for the coconut alone rotfl. Funny story, on our last trip we were in the Pop food court and this little boy kept staring at DBF. Finally his mother came up to us and asked if he had been in the SOA show last night and when we said no she said her son was convinced he was one of the guys!

Would you say you liked SOA or HDDR more? I know they're different so I don't know if there's really a fair comparison.

It's great! I like having something to tide me over!

It's great!! Bahahah! You could always do a pre park breakfast at Tusker and then do a later lunch at Flame Tree!??

That's pretty much the only reason I got the drink, I wanted something fun. I didn't expect it to be that huge though, like a regular size coconut would have been great!

AH! I totally see it!! He should definitely go around pretending he's in the show next trip!

I have to say I enjoyed HDDR more. I LOVE me some cornbread, potatoes, ribs, and fried chicken, and sangria!! I was definitely intoxicated WAY more at HDDR, which added to the fun, but the show was a bit more enjoyable. I figure if I want SoA style food I could just go to Ohana!

 

[katt789]

Hi friends!! I hope you're all having a fabulous weekend so far! I just thought I'd drop in to tell you that I'm going to finish up my last two updates from February today/tomorrow! I then will continue on with the dining report adding stuff that I ate during my May trip as it was a short one, and I tried to eat at a bunch of new places!

*****

Starring Rolls is one of the only places that I will go in Disney's Hollywood Studios for a counter service meal. It really is a shame that it closes so early and has such a small interior, and not a larger selection. I wish they would expand it!



My favorite cupcake, the Red Velvet Cheesecake Cupcake! However that treat was not in my sights today! Today it was time for the Banana Split treat!



And of course because it was lunch, I also got the Turkey Sandwich, with an apple as a side!



Banana Split: $3.99
Turkey Focaccia with fruit or chips: $9.99

The banana split was good, it had a bit of a weird texture to it when eating it, but I'm guessing that was the combination of the banana and the pastry part. It was still super tasty though! Not as sweet as one would expect either!

I've had the sandwich before, and honestly liked it better the last time! I don't know if it had been sitting longer this time or what, but I wasn't as huge of a fan as before. It still tasted fresh, and was more liked than the ham one that Paige tried, but there was something off about it. If I was to want a giant turkey sandwich again I'd just go to the Main St Bakery!

Starring Rolls Review:
3/5
-It was super crowded due to a busier time/day and took way longer to get the food this time
-Food wasn't as good
-Service still efficient and friendly
-Sandwiches don't start being served until 11:30, and Starring Rolls closes early afternoon, so watch the time if you want to eat here!

 

[wilma-bride]

Starring Rolls is my favourite CS at Hollywood Studios. Never had the banana split though - what were the different layers made up of?

 

[Linda67]

Just caught up and loved your Spirit Of Aloha review

We really want to do this but our next trip is in December and I was worried it would be too cold

Looks like you had a pretty chilly evening but it sounds like you still really enjoyed yourselves

I think we will wait until our June 2014 trip for this ADR but I already know for sure I will be ordering that coconut drink

 

[lvcourtneyy]

Wow that banana split treat looks interesting. I've never heard of it before or ever seen anything like it!

 

[rramsr]

Great reviews. I love the Red Velvet Cupcakes at Starring Rolls, they are so yummy

 

[katt789]

There was a snack I had been dying to try, so we cut through the hub and over to Liberty Square. Sleepy Hollow Treats was our next destination!

I had seen pictures of the Fruit and Nutella Waffle sandwich on the disboards and had read all about it, and simply had to try it! The line was a bit long, and if I remember correctly, Paige got a cookie and a drink, or at least a drink, something haha. There weren’t any seats available near the shop so we rounded the corner to sit on the little wall over by Tiana and Naveens meet and greet!



JUST LOOK AT IT! YUM! I cut it into two and kinda messily ate it like a sandwich from there, and boy oh boy was it delicious! It was light enough that it didn’t feel like a huge snack, thanks to the fruit, and the fruit was all fresh and yummy! So impressed!

Pretty sure I just ate the most delicious snack ever! #nutella #waffle​

5/5
-Again, just for the food
-Had to wait a little bit, but that’s because everything is freshly made
-Not a whole lot of seating, but you can find a spot close by to eat!
-Nutella and fruit on a waffle, what could be better?! The most delicious snack of the week!

 

[katt789]

Paige and I made it over to New Fantasyland and up to the Be Our Guest window with a bit of time to spare. Despite waiting forever for the meet and greet that never happened, we were happy to finally be eating at the greatest restaurant for dinner! We checked in at the counter and were given a buzzer and told to wait on the bridge until it went off. We then did our best to get some pictures but things looked really washed out with flash, so here’s the best we got! Lawl.





The Beast’s castle definitely looks cool all lit up at night, and the area beside the bridge was gorgeous, a whole little waterfall/river and rocks feature, it really transports you into the movie, and we weren’t even inside yet!









A look across the little town over to Prince Eric’s castle, which looks just as awesome at night! Along the bridge they’ve also got a bunch of gargoyles just like in the movie!



Our buzzer ended up going off in under five minutes and we were escorted in! I REALLY like the way that they’re doing this, yes, it was FREEZING out on that bridge for those five minutes, but it was worth it. When your buzzer goes off, the CM comes out of the castle to greet you and take you in and they open both the doors to escort you inside, and to your table. UGH. I’m blown away every time with just how perfect it is. It truly is like walking right into the castle.



We were seated in the main ballroom, and actually happened to be right across from Ariana! We had both scored our ADR’s on the same day, even though nothing had been open earlier when we checked. I’m guessing there was a party of four that cancelled and we managed to scoop up the leftovers! Thank you to them!



The menu’s are adorable. And I STILL can’t get over how perfectly done the ballroom is! They have beauty and the beast music playing, but it’s the same as the rest of the area, it’s slowed down, and all instrumental and soft and beautiful. They also turn the lights down for dinner, and for it being a Disney restaurant, there sure is a lack of screaming kids, it feels like you’re at more of a sophisticated place!









As you can see, the lighting in there is pretty horrible for pictures. I had a hard time figuring out if I wanted to use flash or not, with the flash it kinda washed everything out, and without it, well, you can see what that did. Paige’s camera absorbs more light from where you are, so you can see the differences in the pictures. I’ll definitely have to play around with the settings for next time!





It’s not a character meal, but every say, twenty minutes, half hour, the Beast will be announced, and come through the ballroom and poke his head into the West Wing before retiring to his study where you can get a picture after your meal!

As we had sat down, I noticed Ariana sitting across from us, and once we had gotten situated, I darted over to say hello! We chatted a bit about BOG, and what we’d done since our dismeet. She was eating the Cornish Hen, and I asked about that, she said she liked it, it was super bony, but still good!



One more shot of the chandeliers, because you just can’t get enough! The place settings are super adorable too, with the napkins all folded up like a rose!



We ended up waiting QUITE a while for our server to come around, and in that time, spent some time talking to the table beside us who was just finishing up their meal. They had had the steak and the seafood dish, and had liked both of them a lot. Our server finally made it around and we talked about the menu a little bit, she said there was a lot of picking stuff off the bone with the hen, but Paige decided on it anyways! We both ordered an all natural lemonade, I got a glass of Rose wine because, hey, when else can you drink at the Magic Kingdom! We also ordered our meals then, Paige ended up with the Cornish Hen, and I got the pork chop!







We were starving by this point so it was awesome to have buns on the table! And now, for story time! Last September, Paige, my Mom and I all ate at Tony’s for our last meal together of the trip before Mom went home. I had heard the food wouldn’t be great, but I love Lady and the Tramp so I figured we’d try it out. Well, the food sucked, but it was made up for by our server, Shelly, she was amazing. Super friendly and informative and just plain awesome, she chatted with us about a BUNCH of stuff, new Fantasyland, auditions, her hometown and ours, and even brought us free ice cream at the end of the meal because we were awesome. Shelly had said that she would be moving over to Be Our Guest when it opened, so we were sure to keep our eyes open for her while we were waiting for our food, and, we saw her!

After pulling aside another server to double check that it was indeed Shelly, we called out to her as she was walking past, and she remembered us!! We could tell it took a second, but after that it was an instant “Oh my gosh how are you!!?” Kind of thing! We all exchanged hellos, greetings and hugs, she asked who our server was and told us that our server was from over at Victoria’s and Albert’s, high class place. (For the record, for someone from V & A’s, she was not very good at all…)

Shelly told us she’d be back to chat more in a bit, and made on her way back to the kitchen, it was awesome to see her, and we were super glad she remembered us! The table to the other side of us was sat while we waited for our food and we chatted with them for a bit (for the record, the tables are super close to each other in here, so it wasn’t like we were just chatty Cathy’s, it’s like when you’re in line for stuff and get talking). They were from somewhere down in the States but they had actually been around in the mountains near our hometown, and knew of this awesome pie shop that neither of us had heard of, but now had to check out, it was pretty hilarious.

Now, I’m pretty sure that they had ordered and gotten their appetizers before we had even gotten our drinks, or at least before our server had come back to take our dinner orders (and yes, our menus were closed and pushed off to the side, and this is why our server has remained nameless so far) EVENTUALLY, we got our food.



This is my “Thyme Scented Pork Rack Chop; with au gratin macaroni, seasonal vegetables and red wine au jus”



And then there’s Paige’s “Rotisserie Cornish Hen, with fingerling potatoes and seasonal vegetables”

Sorry the pictures are so bad, I promise, next time! Our thoughts on the food: the pork chop was ah-mazing!! It was seasoned perfectly and was just wonderful! The macaroni was to DIE for, and I actually instantly thought of Jess (PrincessJess508, I’m sure you’ve heard of her) and recommended it to her over twitter! The vegetables were meh, they were a little over salted, but still good!

Paige said her chicken was okay, there definitely was a lot of bone picking, they really do give you a whole hen, but she still said it tasted great. I had a little bite of it and liked it, although it was a tad greasy tasting for my liking.

We both loved the all natural lemonade, it’s seriously one of my favorite drinks you can get at Disney now, YUM! I’m glad to see it’s at more TS places now, I only wish it was refillable! Ha. The Rose wine that I got was definitely on the dry side for a rose, I’m usually a white/blush wine drinker as it’s just sweeter, but I found this one just barely drinkable, especially with the meal, but whatever!



We were still having a great time! While we ate, Shelly came over multiple times to check on us and make sure everything was tasting great and to chat with us a bit more (during this course, our actual server was nowhere to be seen unless she was talking to the couple at the table beside us). Speaking of them, they had gotten the Seafood puff pastry dish, and the Ratatouille. The woman said that she could have don without the pastry part of the dish, but that the seafood parts was great! The ratatouille came with quinoa, which was interesting, but still delicious. Quinoa is definitely an acquired taste, so I’m not sure I’d want it in my dish, but I’m still super curious to try it!

So, there ya go, that’s reviews on like, five things in one go! At some point during dinner Ariana was all finished up and came over to see what we were eating and how it was for us, and to say good bye as we were going our separate ways with us leaving the next day and her sticking around! Our server finally made it back to clear our empty plates and bring the dessert cart by, we both chose a Lemon Meringue Cupcake to eat, and asked for the bill, separated, please.



Now, Paige had her birthday button on, and the birthday had been mentioned on the ADR, but I knew we weren’t going to get anything out of our server, naturally, we called Shelly over. I mentioned to her that I had “heard about this grey stuff, and that it was pretty delicious…and that it happens to be Paige’s birthday celebration” Shelly said ‘OF COURSE” and was off to the kitchen. A few moments later she came back with the Grey Stuff and a card signed by Belle and the Beast! She’s seriously the greatest person ever!



The Grey Stuff was delicious! I’m not really sure what it’s made of, it’s moussey, I’m thinking like, Oreo mousse, YUM!

Our server came back with the bill….not separated…and we didn’t want to wait another half hour to get out of there so I just threw it on my visa and Paige gave me some cash for it. Shelly then had some time to chat with us as her tables were clearing out, so she came back with her facebook for us to add! She also pointed out where the staff had found a “hidden Minnie” up in the clouds of the ballroom, and told us where to find the hidden Mickey in the West Wing!! She told us to keep in touch and let her know when we were coming back, and to request her as a server! I also made sure to slip her a tip, I mean, she had taken better care of us than our actual server that night, and I greatly appreciated that!!

Be Our Guest Dinner Review
4/5
-Food was amazing and delicious
-Atmosphere is to DIE for, the music, the low lighting, the decorations, it truly is stepping into the movie
-Desserts are delicious
-GREY STUFF
-Shelly was incredible to us
-It loses a point simply because our actual server was no good at all

 

[katt789]

Starring Rolls is my favourite CS at Hollywood Studios. Never had the banana split though - what were the different layers made up of?

Definitely the best! I honestly couldn't tell ya! Haha

Just caught up and loved your Spirit Of Aloha review

We really want to do this but our next trip is in December and I was worried it would be too cold

Looks like you had a pretty chilly evening but it sounds like you still really enjoyed yourselves

I think we will wait until our June 2014 trip for this ADR but I already know for sure I will be ordering that coconut drink

It was a good night, though cold, there's also the risk of the show being cancelled if the weather isn't good. However I'd say book it and just bring some thick sweaters and you'd be great!

 

[katt789]

Wow that banana split treat looks interesting. I've never heard of it before or ever seen anything like it!

It was good, haha, but next time I'll definitely try something else!

Great reviews. I love the Red Velvet Cupcakes at Starring Rolls, they are so yummy

Thanks! Ack, they're so good!!

 

[lvcourtneyy]

Um I don't know why I haven't had that fruit and nutella waffle yet because it looks like the most heavenly thing!

That's annoying that you got a bad server but Shelly remembering you is exciting! And at least she could make up for the bad server. AH and she got you the grey stuff! That's so cool!

 

[emmysmommy]

Wow! A perfect 5/5 for Flame Tree BBQ. One of my favorites although I've never tried the sandwich. It is good to know about the turkey sandwich since Em is not a fan of BBQ.

Those hunky guys and their outfits at SoA .... oh my! I don't mind if they want to parade them out like that! Too bad you were freezing but that's great that you liked the food. I'm a big 'Ohana fan so I think I'll stick with the yummy food and skip the show.

I would love to hear about your May dining as well!

 

[katt789]

Um I don't know why I haven't had that fruit and nutella waffle yet because it looks like the most heavenly thing!

That's annoying that you got a bad server but Shelly remembering you is exciting! And at least she could make up for the bad server. AH and she got you the grey stuff! That's so cool!

Oh my gosh you DEFINITELY have to try it! Best! I know i'll be having another one next trip!

It was great! Shelly's totally awesome and im super glad we've become friends!

 

[katt789]

Wow! A perfect 5/5 for Flame Tree BBQ. One of my favorites although I've never tried the sandwich. It is good to know about the turkey sandwich since Em is not a fan of BBQ.

Those hunky guys and their outfits at SoA .... oh my! I don't mind if they want to parade them out like that! Too bad you were freezing but that's great that you liked the food. I'm a big 'Ohana fan so I think I'll stick with the yummy food and skip the show.

I would love to hear about your May dining as well!

That's a bonus!! I really enjoyed the food there and it's nice to have somewhere else to eat at AK too!

Im super excited as i've managed to get an adr for ohana for my auditon trip next month!! Yummmmm!!

Sweet!! I'll throw that in here tomorrow!!

 

[Mickey'sMainMami]

Great TR!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[katt789]

Hi team!!

Welcome back after this brief hiatus from the dining report! I got super distracted with lifes going's ons and the actual trip reports! So now, I bring you more dining, May edition! I went on a quick solo audition trip and figured I'd share my dining experiences from then! I also have another audition coming up, so I'll be sharing a very exciting and first, ADR experience for that!

And now, I bring you, Catalina Eddie's for Dinner!

I had just arrived and after wandering through DHS looking for something to eat, I decided on pizza, but for some reason, didn't get any when I was in Pizza Planet, just took some cash out and then moved out. I took a look around the various resturants near the ToT, and decided I did really want pizza, but didn't want to walk back to PP! Oh well, here we go:



A Pepperoni pizza with a side salad and a bottle of water!

Cost: $9.49

Thoughts: probably not worth quite that much cash, but oh well, everything's more expensive in Disney! There was a pile of grease sitting on top of the pizza, but after patting it down with a napkin that disappeared! Yay! And overall, it was good, the dough was cooked nicely, and the pizza was seasoned well!

The salad: eck, super gross, it had clearly been sitting out for a while as it was all soaked in dressing and nice and soggy for me to not eat at all.

Service: super quick, there was no line, and multiple people working which was nice. They were all friendly as well! There was a little trouble finding a seat, I had to go over to the far left of the seating area, but hey, that's all good too!

Overall, a good experience. Would I go back? Probably not, if I wanted pizza in DHS, I'd stick to pizza planet! I find it's cooked better over there!

 

[lvcourtneyy]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the pizza!

Yuck I hate soggy salad. It makes me sad because it's such a simple thing to not mess up. But glad to hear it was a decent meal!

 

[kanadar]

I got the Dole Whip Float with Pineapple and vanilla swirl, I like it a lot better with the vanilla in there, as 100 percent pineapple can be a bit too much for me, haha.

Aloha Isle Score

This is the one I get too! I think it tastes even better than the pineapple with pineapple. I agree it can be too much pineapple. The swirl of vanilla just gives it a nice extra flavor