Friday we headed over to Epcot because it was our lunch reservation for Rose and Crown. Our reservation time was 12:20 but we were starving!
How could I even say that after all the food we had the night before, but, we all were. In fact, after waiting in a HUGE line to check in, we were given a pager and went and sat on a bench and watched a family eat their PB&J's and felt sandwich envy.
Finally we were called and it was 12:20 so it wasn't like we waited forever... even though it felt like that....especially to the little kids that had 8 adults staring at their every bite of sandwich.
For appetizers I ordered Butter-poached Shrimp - with a Barley Risotto $9.99.
Mary, CK1 and Uncle ordered Potato & Leek Soup - Roasted potatoes, cream and leeks. - $5.49
Mary immediately gave her biscuit and butter to T2 as he once again ordered only for the rest of us.... he ordered Scotch Egg - Golden-fried Hard-boiled Egg wrapped in Sausage Meat with Mustard Sauce $8.99
T1 and CK2 ordered Mixed Greens - with warm Bread Croutons, crispy Bacon, Roasted Onions, Irish Cheddar, and warm Bacon Vinaigrette $5.99
Auntie ordered Apple and Stilton Salad - Mixed Greens tossed with Candied Walnuts, Apples, English Stilton Cheese, and Cranberry Vinaigrette $7.99
Ok... here's where it gets confusing a little... stay with me here. Mary did not like her soup but did not want to say that... so she asked if I wanted a bite and I said yes because I had never had barley before and it tasted similar to real oatmeal or something in texture and i didn't like it a bit. I had ate the shrimp out.. ONLY 2 of them! So I said sure and passed her my plate. Then we tasted the Scotch egg and passed that around the table and it was by far the best appetizer believe it or not. So then no one wanted to taste either salad because it was well, salad. So then I ended up keeping Mary's soup and she kept my barley which she loves
and then somehow CK1 ended up with 2 salads as well in front of him and to make himself not look like a pig he dumped them on the same plate. When our waitress came back she asked if she had given the wrong people their food and we just laughed and said, "No, you were fine. The plate is always better on the other side." She said, "Ohhhh, one of those families are ye?"
So... I liked the soup and salads just fine but the Scotch egg was the best!
Now for the entrees... should be a little easier I would think.
Myself, CK2, CK1, & T1 all had Fish and Chips - Battered fresh Cod served with English Chips $15.99
This was as we expected it to be and the only trading off the plates ended up being that all the boys did not like tartar sauce and stuck all theirs by my plate so I look like I liked a bit of fish to go along with my tartar sauce.
Mary had Bangers and Mash - Traditional English Sausages with Braised Cabbage and Bacon served with Mashed Potatoes and Shallot Gravy $15.99
Mary did not like the sausage and gave everyone a nice sized bite to get rid of it. We all liked it just fine so I guess it just wasn't her thing. She did love the cabbage and potatoes and would have loved a bit more of just those.
T2 had a cheeseburger which is not on the menu. We asked for it to be just cheese and meat as Mr. Picky will not eat anything else on it.
It came with mustard on it.
So we kindly asked the waitress to bring us another top bun to resolve this situation. He liked it just fine. None of us ate any of it... Although Uncle ate his bun and dipped it in his meal... so on to Uncle apparantly...
Uncle ordered Cottage Pie - Ground Beef with Onions, Carrots, and Green Peas topped with Duchess Potatoes $18.99
He said this needed bread to go along with it (yes, he had bread alongside his soup
Just saying...) but that it tasted like tater tot casserole. Not sure that will help any of you but it is pretty good and we eat it in our family at times. Regardless, he did not share with any of us.
Aunt had Chicken and Mushroom Pie - Creamy Wild Mushrooms and Chicken Ragoût topped with Puff Pastry $16.99
This was very good. I would go and order it myself sometime even. We all tasted it except for the T's as they do not do mushrooms.
Now if you recall, CK1 ate the remaining 3 salads as well as his soup and bread, some of the Scotch egg, a couple bites of the barley, a bite of the mushroom pie, a bite of sausage and potatoes and cabbage and well...Got FULL! So he only ate 1/2 of his fish and Auntie and Uncle finished it up for him.
Best add the dessert pics on the
Next Post... I don't recall how many you can put on one post and i might just be pushing it a little.....
Yes we had to pass on that cruise but Cass and Rob are two of the nicest people we've never cruised with! 
I'm grateful to have some readers. I'm hoping to get the Rose and Crown done this afternoon/evening.... I have to work 
dis which is very sad. 
