Today was our first ever visit to Universal Studios (actually I just almost typed "Disney's Universal Studios", so this is how thoroughly disneyfied I am
), and we had not planned anything specific for lunch we were just going to grab a bite anywhere once we felt like it.
After a very enjoyable morning at the Studios, lunchtime came and we found ourselves here:
Lombard's Landing Seafood Grille, a lovely restaurant by the waterfront. (I think they also had outdoor seating available, but it was too hot to try that on this beautiful sunny day.)
Apparently, this is the best restaurant at Universal Studios, but we didn't know that at the time so it was just pure dumb luck that we ended up here
.
We went in and I explained to the lady at the podium that we did not have any advance reservations and hoped they could accommodate us anyway, but she just looked at me in a slightly amused way and said we did not need those there. Well, Toto, I guess we're not in Disney anymore
The restaurant was really nice, if a bit on the cool side with too much air-condition, and we were sat between a window and a little fish tank. Very comfy.
Now sadly I have not been able to find a menu for Lombard's anywhere on the internet so I cannot tell you what exactly we had, but I do not remember the menu being especially strong on seafood, so I was a bit surprised upon finding out that it was called "Lombard's Landing Seafood Grille". So anyway, they might have had the seafood but there was enough else on offer as well.
We shared an appetizer of black, normal-coloured and red nachos with an artichoke and spinach dip, which were served on a newspaper fish 'n' chips-style:
The dip was very nice, but the chips were a bit bland, even the colored ones, and we were also a bit nervous about what they might have used to give them their bright colors. We tried to convince ourselves that it was just vegetables and no artificial colors involved, but we rather did not think about it too long
.
This was my main course:
A Steak and Blue Cheese Salad, for which I had wisely ordered the blue cheese on the side so I could just graze from that a little bit and leave most of it.
(This is one thing I have learned during our prior visit to WDW: A lot of the food may be very mild in flavor and seasoning, but it is okay to heap wagonloads of absolutely ferocious-tasting blue cheese on top of many dishes since most Americans seem to love it so much. Alas, not me. Far too strong for my liking, unless administered in very small therapeutical doses.
)
Meanwhile, DH had this Chicken Caesar Salad:
He enjoyed it even though it was nothing overly special, but then again, a nice caesar salad is perfectly okay even i fit does not try to be special.
Oh and by the way, as you can glimpse in the corner of the picture above, we both had banana shakes to go with our meals very yummy.
For desserts, we just had cappuccinos as we were really not hungry anymore. It was very enjoyable for a change to not be on the dining plan and just split an appetizer, have entrees and skip desserts!
We then happily ventured back out into the joys of Universal Studios (or rather straight into the jaws of, well, "Jaws"
.) It was a very nice day and we will definitely be back to this park on our next visit and probably also to this restaurant.
Coming up next: Our favorite dinner
at California Grill!
You went to so many restaurants that we're thinking about going to for our next trip.... after this, we might have to go longer than 8 days!
- but then I will be back with more food reports!
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Stay healthy!! 
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