TOO Much food! Our Jan.09 Deluxe Dining Adventure TONS of pics! Completed 3/4

[tink713]

Great reviews! Don't know how I missed them.

THanks! There's plenty more to come.

 

[tink713]

I love your reviews! Your pics are making me soooooo hungry!!!

Me and your DH would get along... We have the same eating habits.

Thanks for sharing tink!

Lol yeah he's a BIG eater. I think we will have to do the DxDP every trip now!

Thanks for the Ohana review. Love the pictures.

Thank you!

Wow I'm really enjoying reading your report and all the wonderful food!!!! I decided to go to Yatchsman instead of Teppan Edo but I'm going to have to get back there sometime from all the reviews the restaurant is amazing!

Oh you just reminded me of a restaurant that I really want to try next trip, Yatchsman! Thanks.

Oh you took great pictures!
You both are adorable(I feel so very very old reading your report)
I think I'll have to add Edo onto our list. We are BIG Tokyo dining people. Love it there but I suppose we could double up on Japan!

So enjoying your report!

Thank you! Ohhh how is Tokyo dining? I haven't seen many reports on it and I'm trying to come up with a list of places to eat next trip.

Love the pictures and the reviews. I think yours is one definitely show my oldest so she knows her choices for her trip!!

Thank you. Oh there is so many choices huh? I'm having a hard time choosing where we want to eat next time.

 

[tink713]

The Plaza-lunch

First off let me say our server here was awful! She had such a heavy accent that we couldn't really understand her, she wasn't very friendly, and she took FOREVER to get us anything. We were there for about an hour and a half, and they only serve sandwiches!

So, for drinks I got an orange soda, because I was told milkshakes aren't included on the dining plan. DH got a coke. Now DH had gotten a soda at every restaurant and they all tasted fine, these sodas tasted like Florida water. Yuck! I could barely drink mine.
For appetizers I got the tomato soup. This was probably the best part of the whole meal. It was pretty average.

DH thought he was getting "cheese soup", that's what it sounded like the server said even after we asked her several times. To his surprise he got a vegatarian chili soup? He hated it! Took one bite and pushed it to the side.

For my entree I got the vegetarian sandwich with hummus, tomato, peppers, lettuce, mozzarella, pesto and lettuce. It was very dry, with very little hummus or pesto, and the bun was very soggy. Not good.

DH got the cheesesteak. He wasn't very thrilled with his meal either.

After a very disappointing meal we were tempted to leave without dessert but since it was included I tried the banana split. It was average, nothing special. You can't really mess up a banana split.

DH got the brownie sundae. The brownie wasn't warm and it was pretty hard.

Let me just say I hate how you have to write down the tip before you give them your card at Disney. It makes me feel obliged to give the 18% even if we've had crappy food/service. So this waitress definetly got a bigger tip than she should have. I don't think we will ever return to The Plaza, it was very disappointing and not worth the TS credit. It was the worst meal of our trip hands down.

 

[tink713]

After our meal at The Plaza we were still very hungry since we hadn't eaten much there. So we went to Main St. Bakery and shared one of their giant cinammon buns. Again we were disappointed. These look so much better than they taste. Theres no gooey cinammon in them. It's like cinammon flavored bread with a little icing on top. Cinnabon's are WAY better.

 

[MickeyNicki]

After our meal at The Plaza we were still very hungry since we hadn't eaten much there. So we went to Main St. Bakery and shared one of their giant cinammon buns. Again we were disappointed. These look so much better than they taste. Theres no gooey cinammon in them. It's like cinammon flavored bread with a little icing on top. Cinnabon's are WAY better.

I agree....if you do not get the cinnamon buns first thing in the am they are pretty bad by lunchtime...they get hard and dry. Now first thing in the am? They are to die for...soft and ooey gooey and wonderful!

 

[InnerTink]

What great info!

 

[TigerKat]

So sad to read your review of the Plaza, we had one of our best lunches there on our last trip.

 

[Lynn5700]

Aww that stinks about the Plaza. We haven't been there in a couple years but it was really good. My favorite was the tomato soup. It should not have taken you guys an hr and a half to eat lol. That is crazy!

Main St Bakery is AMAZING in the morning. They have the best chocolate muffins and OMG the french toast soooo good!!

 

[MickeysMommy]

Great reviews!!!

 

[tink713]

I agree....if you do not get the cinnamon buns first thing in the am they are pretty bad by lunchtime...they get hard and dry. Now first thing in the am? They are to die for...soft and ooey gooey and wonderful!

Oooh we will have to try one in the morning next time!

What great info!

Thank you!

So sad to read your review of the Plaza, we had one of our best lunches there on our last trip.

Hmmm, maybe it was just our server. I have heard so many positive experiences about this place too.

Aww that stinks about the Plaza. We haven't been there in a couple years but it was really good. My favorite was the tomato soup. It should not have taken you guys an hr and a half to eat lol. That is crazy!

Main St Bakery is AMAZING in the morning. They have the best chocolate muffins and OMG the french toast soooo good!!

I agree the tomato soup was good, I was bummed everything else wasn't so great after reading so many good reviews here on the boards. Oh and I totally want to try the french toast loaf next trip. It looks so good!

Great reviews!!!

Thanks!

 

[MissMichelle]

I am loving your Dining Reviews. We love Teppan Edo. It is a must do (unfortunately we couldn't get in this last trip.)

Can't wait to read more (we are doing to DXDDP in August). You and DH are adorable.

 

[tink713]

Kona Cafe-dinner

For my drink I got the yummy supercharged tropical smoothie. It was so good.

DH got a coke. What a shocker.

I didn't take a picture of the bread but it was delicious, I could've made a meal out of just this!
For my appetizer I got the chicken soup. Very good for chicken soup.

DH tried the pot stickers. He really enjoyed them until he came across a really hard piece in one of them. That did it for him.

For my entree I got the Macadamia Nut and Chive-crusted Mahi-mahi. Oh my goodness yum! The best piece of mahi mahi I've ever tasted. I ate every bite.

DH got the pan asian noodles. He said they were good enough but wished he had gotten steak instead. He thought that the sauce was too sweet after awhile.

I had such a hard time deciding what I wanted for dessert. Everything looked so good. Finally I decided on the banana chocolate creme brulee. This was awesome! The layer of chocolate on the bottom really made this dessert so tasty.

DH got the kilauea torte he loved it. I tried a bite of his but liked my creme brulee better though.

This is another restaurant that we will definetly be returning to in the future. Awesome food, great service.

 

[tink713]

So DH and I were going over the restaurants we want to do in October. We will be there for 9 nights on the DxDP again. Here's the list we put together.

Kona-breakfast & dinner
Teppan Edo
Le Cellier
Marakeesh
Yak & Yeti
Chef Mickey's-breakfast
Yahtsman Steakhouse
Boma-breakfast
Jiko
Raglan Road-lunch & dinner
Narcoossee's
Citrocios
50's Primetime
Cape May-breakfast
Ohana's-breakfast & dinner
Mama Melrose
Rose & Crown

What do you guys think? We are also doing F&WF for the first time. We will come back 20 pounds heavier!

 

[MickeyNicki]

Tell your DH that I completely agree about the dish he had at Kona...I ordered it Oct 07 and did not realize the dish had changed to a sweet sauce instead of a savory one...it was just too sweet for me so DH salt and peppered it and he ate it while I ate the rest of his steak.

I think your Oct choices are great! We will be there for 11 days in Oct and I have not even thought about where we will be going. You guys will LOVE the F&W...make sure to leave a few lunch and dinner meals for snacking the food stands. DO NOT go to Epcot Fri-Sunday, it is just loaded with weekenders and the lines are ridiculous!

 

[gretchenohar@hotmail]

Thanks so much for the great reviews and tantalizing pictures! You've given me lots of "food for thought" for our next trip!
I hope your employment situation works out for the best!

 

[java]

AH AAAAHHH! Do you hear the angels singing??

That macadamia nut mahi was taken off the menu(they changed it a touch as it used to be served with risotto? I think) but that was hands down my favorite - when they took it off the menu we stopped going.

Now that it is back! We'll go back!! Oh thanks for posting that picture. I do love me my macadamia mahi mahi- and I guess so do a lot of others if they brought it back.

Oh and on Tokyo Dining. It was very Japanese in feeling. Light Airy and fast paced. But we loved it. The food was perfectly prepared and there was a "manager" that really kept her waitresses in line! Great meal and great service. We wanted to try something other than the hibachi style last time*but we have loved that in the past.

 

[Mich123]

Great review of Kona cafe! You've convinced me to change a reservation to Kona...yum-o!

 

[wdwfanatic316]

Great reviews and pictures! Thanks for sharing!

 

[onelilspark]

Kona looks great! I can't wait to try it!

 

[babytrees]

So DH and I were going over the restaurants we want to do in October. We will be there for 9 nights on the DxDP again. Here's the list we put together.

Kona-breakfast & dinner
Teppan Edo
Le Cellier
Marakeesh
Yak & Yeti
Chef Mickey's-breakfast
Yahtsman Steakhouse
Boma-breakfast
Jiko
Raglan Road-lunch & dinner
Narcoossee's
Citrocios
50's Primetime
Cape May-breakfast
Ohana's-breakfast & dinner
Mama Melrose
Rose & Crown

What do you guys think? We are also doing F&WF for the first time. We will come back 20 pounds heavier!

yummy!! Can't wait to see what you think of all of these!! (Plus it will be closer to our trip )