We usually save AK for our last day, but then we tend to skip it - it's one of our favorite parks, but we're usually worn out by the end of the trip! This trip I decided to make AK our first day park; no skipping allowed!
We got there pretty early, and Mom headed to Everest for a fastpass, while I waited for her at the Safari. After watching lions snooze and elephants bathe (don't get me wrong; I love watching lions snooze and elephants bathe!), we headed over to Asia and Everest.
We rode it twice, and by that time we were getting sorta peckish. We headed back up to Yak & Yeti. This man behind us had a party of 10, and when the hostess asked if he had a reservation, he actually laughed at her. Very rude.
Anyway, we didn't have a ressie either, but we were seated fairly quickly in a little side room.
We decided to order appetizers for our lunch, and we ended up with the friend green beans, the dim sum platter for 2, and chicken lo mein.
Veggies? Good for you?! Fry em!
Let's start with the beans. The menu describes them as "wok-fried," so we thought that meant slightly more tempura-like. They might've been wok-fried, but certainly not back in that kitchen. They were basically just "pour 'em outta the freezer bag, reheat, serve." They were ok, but a waste of calories. The sweet chili sauce with them was actually rather good, tho.
The dim sum basket for 2 was also slightly underwhelming. The pork sie mai (little pork bun thingies) were good, but the pot stickers (usually my favorite) were... eh. The sauce that came with the dim sum was waayy too tangy. That's the only word for it. It was overwhelming. The sweet chili sauce that came with the beans was much, much better.
The lo mein was the best part! There was a *ton* of chicken (to the point that I was wishing for a few more noodles), and the flavor was quite good. We were glad we'd ordered it - we almost hadn't - because it was really good.
Now, these 3 apps plus a diet coke and unsweet tea was... $63!?!? Holy moly!! We thought that was a bit ridiculous, and next time will probably stick to one of the tried-and-true CS places of AK. Also, they don't take the TiW card, but we did use our DVC to get a 10% discount. We also could've used the AP for a 10% discount.
Next up... Boma!! Let me apologize in advance for how blurry these pics are. I have 5 or 6 versions of each of them, and they all look the same. My photography gets better later in the trip, I promise!
We were first offered a really awful table in the middle of the aisle; we hate that, so we asked if we could wait a bit longer and get a different one. The weird part was the restaurant was pretty much full (of course), but they had an entire section closed b/c there was no server. They couldn't've called someone to cover that section on a busy night? Strangeness.
After waiting about 10 more minutes, we were shown to a table that made us *much* happier. Mom ordered her usual tea, and I got a strawberry basil lemonade off the universal drink menu...
From this pic you'd think I'd already drunk it! It was very, very good; nice and light and fruity. It had minute maid light lemonade, strawberry puree, basil, and vodka. Yum!
We started with soup, as we usually do at Boma...
That's potato bacon and some sort of stew for me. I loved, loved, loved the stew. It had a fantastic peppery flavor, and huge chunks of chicken and okra and other bits of deliciousness.
Mom's plate...
Potato bacon soup, 3 kinds of humus (one is hidden by the soup), flat bread, and cous cous. I asked her to get the cous cous; it's the cold one, and it's nice and tart and delicious. She likes the gray (olive) humus the best, and she loved her soup, of course.
Me again! Chicken curry soup here. I took one bite and knew Mom would *love* it. Sweet, a little spicy, big chunks of chicken. She was like, "Will I like it?" I said, "Yes, yes, try it!!" She loved it. Does she think I'd lead her wrong?? She ate most of this bowl (though not all; I was greedy!), and then got her own. She later said this soup was one of the best things she ate all week.
Ok, on to the main course. Let's start with my plate...
A huge slab of the carved meat, mac and cheese, potatoes with affritude, mealie bread, and on the other plate, cous cous and salmon.
The meat: I was concerned when ppl said they didn't have prime rib anymore, but I liked this quite a bit better than the prime rib. It still had the nice flavor, but it wasn't nearly as fatty. Overall,
I always love the mac and cheese mixed with the potatoes; it's one of my favorites! The mealie bread wasn't as good as back in May; I think changing it to the corn muffin format wasn't an improvement. The cous cous was good, but again I didn't like the salmon.
Mom's plate...
Wow, very blurry. Sorry! Anyway... meat, potatoes with affritude, peanut rice, some more humus, and a "life's too short, eat dessert first" zebra dome.
She liked the new meat better than the prime rib, too. She's not a big prime rib fan anyway, and she thought this meat was more flavorful. The peanut rice is one of her favorites, so all I kept hearing was, "Mmm, I love this peanut rice!" The zebra dome was delicious, of course.
Now, dessert! My plate...
I stuck to basics. A spice cake pyramid, some banana bread pudding w/ vanilla sauce, and zebra domes.
I love this bread pudding. It's chock full o' bananas, but no raisins or other dried bits that I hate in my bread pudding. It's not too sweet, and it's nice and cinnamony. It's surpassed zebra domes as my favorite dessert at Boma.
I still love zebra domes, though.
Small, creamy bites of chocolatey goodness *sigh* Yum!!!
Mom's dessert...
Apple cobbler, spice cake pyramid, chocolate mousse, brownie, and zebra domes.
She really liked the cobbler. She put some of the vanilla sauce on it. She said the apples were nice and mushy; she doesn't like crispy apples in her cobbler.
She always puts the mousse on the brownie and eats it that way, and again it was a hit.
Overall, Boma was wonderful as always. It's become one of our favorite restaurants, and we always really look forward to it. There's great variety, flavor, and quality here. Definitely a winner!!
