We Smelled It ... It Had To Be Eaten! Christmas Eve Food Porn posts #1170 & #1171!!

[Michelle_and_Aaron]

Which week are guys going to be there? We will be there April 17th to the 26th so I may have to try and save YOU booze and food after all!

We get there the 12th and are actually leaving on the day you arrive so I will try to make sure I save you some slushes in World Showcase. I know you love the dining reports but if you want to read my plans I have a PTR in my siggy. I mentioned you and your reviews making me want to try a place a few times actually.

 

[CandleontheWater]

I arrive on the 25th, so you guys better save some slushies for me! How else will I get through the movie at the end of Malestrom if not fortified by alcohol?

 

[lmillercrew]

Looks like you have lots of followers and now I'm one of them. I followed you over here from another post and am very excited to read your TR. I'm not a food afficianado (can't spell that word, but hope you understand what I'm trying to say) but I do like to eat. I don't like weird, freaky stuff though. Just normal things like potatoes and gravy. Unfortunately, for me, I don't know who this hunk of a man you all are talking about from the food network. The only shows that I watch on that channel are Iron Chef, Iron Chef America, and Bizarre Foods. So, maybe I'll have to look this up on YouTube. I like big hunky man arms too!!!

 

[BriarRosie]

You axed V&A ... Dang.. I was counting on your food reviews so I didn't have to do them! Your initial list had us at the same places a few days apart .. Brenda.. I was ridding on your food noshing and reviewing coat-tails! Now I have to do my own?? We are still doing Vic and Al's due to the lack of special events we are off to and that Jason has only stepped in the place to take a picture and make sure I didn't take off with a plate or something laid out!

But you're still doing Vicki and Al's Diner before me, so I guess that should force you to do a review, right? Right? I'm still going there on the 19th for the same reasons...lack of signature dinners.

I arrive on the 25th, so you guys better save some slushies for me! How else will I get through the movie at the end of Malestrom if not fortified by alcohol?

You mean you've never done the "Norwegian Hustle" to sidestep your way out of the theater when they open up the bullpen doors? I'd say I'd see the movie once every few years. But the rest of the time, I just walk past the screening room with the rest of the crowd.

 

[CandleontheWater]

Yeah, I've see you "shady folks" do the Norweigan Hustle, I just feel too guilty. I don't want those poor Norweigan cast members to think we only like them for their trolls and audioanomatronic polar bears. I don't want to hurt thier feelings by walking out on the "culture" part of thier presentation. I know, I know, its crazy, and you better believe I get the evil eye from my husband for making him sit through a study of 80's fashion and sensibilities, but I just can't say no, I'm too nice! I don't want Norway to feel underappreciated

 

[Bashful in TN]

I lurk more than I post, but I have enjoyed everyone one of your food reports and can't wait to read this one.

DH and I usually go the last week of September but DS was born in January so we decided not to this year. I miss the food booths already so I'll be living vicariously through your report!

 

[TPCShauna]

Your food plans look fabu. I, too, think Michael Symon is just too stinking nice on DI. DH and I were watching some Tivo'd episodes last night and they are downright boring without Mr. Irvine. So has Food Network removed him completely from the whole channel?

I'm planning a special anniversary cake for DH at our Narcoosee's ressie. I'm making arrangements through Linda at the GF as she is apparently "the Keeper of the Cake" for special orders from the Bakery. Her number is on the cake thread on the Restaurant board.

I asked about a dark chocolate Mickey and was told they don't make them anymore. I am doing something similar to this:

for our 10th anniversary.

Hope that helps!

 

[jayhjay]

Brenda, glad to see you are back! I am a big fan of your reviews (in fact, I just finished reading old "Hungry Are the Damned" entries!) so I am looking forward to hearing about your next trip (just in time for me to be making my spring ADRs!). As a fellow cheese lover I always like to hear what you order.

Looking forward to hearing more. Have a great trip! Julie

P.S. It cracks me up that you already have 6 pages on a dining thread for a trip that hasn't even happened yet! That has to be a record!

 

[oybolshoi]

Ooh I'm with Jay on this one sister...go for the "real" chocolate...let us know if they can do it!

And PS....leave some food and booze there for me ok? I am just a few days behind ya and I would hate to go to the bar and order me a drink only to have the bartender say, Uh sorry your Dis friend Bren drank it all!

Mmmmm, real chocolate! I still have to try to call ... been too busy at work to "make a break."

And we'll do our best to leave enough food and booze for everyone else ...

I totally think you can get those "tuxedo" strawberries without any difficulty. I bet it's a heckuva lot easier to arrange than a specialty dessert. And I know for a fact that years and years ago, they DID have a chocolate Mickey "statue".

My friends and I "won" one during our Chef Mickey's dinner during WDW's 25th celebration just by being the "125th guest" of the restaurant that night. They brought out a bowl filled with M&Ms and the Mickey standing in the middle of them. I know I have a picture of it somewhere at home, but I'd have to search for it, since it was from 1996.

Lori, the most interesting things always seem to happen to you at WDW ... I'd love to see a picture if you have one that you can post.

I am just glad that I am not going to Disney until April, it will give them time to recover and resupply on all those yummy beverages after you guys clean them out!

Never fear, we promise to behave ... sort of.

Ah shnap, Brenda! We'll miss you guys by 1 day! We're heading down Fri, 10/3 for a short trip to F&W and leaving Tuesday. Only 10 days to go!

I hope you and Jay have a great trip, too. I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!

Oh bilge! What a bummer ... would have loved to meet up with you guys. Hopefully next year!

You have a fabulous trip, too! We can all reconvene in November to talk about it here on the DIS!

I'm here B!! You'll be in da World when I'm at da "other" world, Vegas Baby!

Anywho, do you know that you can get free admission to a Disney park on your birthday? I think you should just because you can I think you have to sign up on the WDW site and make sure you have proper ID at the gate to pick up your ticket.

Can't wait to hear about your escapades!

Hey woman! How ya been? I hope you guys have a great time in Vegas and be sure to have some tasty meals!! Thanks for checking in with me here ... it's just not a food review without you!

And I did see that annoucement about the birthday promotion ... looks like I'll have to do that next year when we visit!

 

[oybolshoi]

Well, dang - slap me with a wet noodle, I'm LATE! Sorry, B! Steve & I are really looking forward to our Blue Zoo dinner with you guys! I can't believe your trip is almost here! BTW, I started a pre-TR... but there's not much to it yet... Link in siggie. I'm going to pour myself a little drink after dinner and come back to properly catch up.

Cheers!
-Michelle

P.S. I'm bummed you had to axe V&A. We are on the verge, too...

Hi Michelle! You're not late ... we're all just getting started here and you're right on time! I'm so looking forward to finally meeting you two and I'm really excited about dinner. Yum!

We just felt that V&A was a bit too much money to spend this year on top of everything else. I guess we've got a case of the economic jitters ... besides, we've had a lot of good meals this year already and it won't kill us to wait until next Fall to dine at V&A again. We might even appreciate it a little more!
Glad you're here!

Great line up Brenda

I love Robert Irvine, I hope the event is everything and more!

I had the cheese plate at CG early this month and it was great, the only one I didn't care for and you'd probably agree was the Gratte-Paille since it had mushroom flavor why ruin cheese with mushroom flavor

Thanks for stopping by Deb and thanks for the input on the CG cheese plate - I'll be sure to avoid the mushroomie cheese if they're still serving it. I totally agree with you - nothing ruins cheese like mushrooms unless it's nuts ... lots and lots of nuts.

You axed V&A ... Dang.. I was counting on your food reviews so I didn't have to do them! Your initial list had us at the same places a few days apart .. Brenda.. I was ridding on your food noshing and reviewing coat-tails! Now I have to do my own?? We are still doing Vic and Al's due to the lack of special events we are off to and that Jason has only stepped in the place to take a picture and make sure I didn't take off with a plate or something laid out!

Hey Kabuki! Sorry to disappoint, but we felt like we needed to cut back a bit and canceling V&A was the easiest way to save a lot of money.

I fully expect and look forward to your reviews, young lady!

Looks like you have lots of followers and now I'm one of them. I followed you over here from another post and am very excited to read your TR. I'm not a food afficianado (can't spell that word, but hope you understand what I'm trying to say) but I do like to eat. I don't like weird, freaky stuff though. Just normal things like potatoes and gravy. Unfortunately, for me, I don't know who this hunk of a man you all are talking about from the food network. The only shows that I watch on that channel are Iron Chef, Iron Chef America, and Bizarre Foods. So, maybe I'll have to look this up on YouTube. I like big hunky man arms too!!!

Hi there and thanks for reading and posting! You will find all kinds of food on my threads ... weird and scary as well as comfortingly and boringly normal. I hope you enjoy our reviews once we actually get them started.

As for Robert Irvine ... he's a muscle man, no doubt about it. If you google his name I'm sure some pictures will come up that give you an idea of what we've all been gushing about.

Yeah, I've see you "shady folks" do the Norweigan Hustle, I just feel too guilty. I don't want those poor Norweigan cast members to think we only like them for their trolls and audioanomatronic polar bears. I don't want to hurt thier feelings by walking out on the "culture" part of thier presentation. I know, I know, its crazy, and you better believe I get the evil eye from my husband for making him sit through a study of 80's fashion and sensibilities, but I just can't say no, I'm too nice! I don't want Norway to feel underappreciated

I like Norway a lot, but once was enough for that movie... and I first watched it back in the 80's. We always do the hustle ... actually in our case it's more of a Nordic Sprint!

I lurk more than I post, but I have enjoyed everyone one of your food reports and can't wait to read this one.

DH and I usually go the last week of September but DS was born in January so we decided not to this year. I miss the food booths already so I'll be living vicariously through your report!

Hey there Bashful! Glad to have you here ... feel free to post as much or as little as you'd like. Congrats on the new edition to your family and we'll do our best to devour as much of the food booths as we can!

Your food plans look fabu. I, too, think Michael Symon is just too stinking nice on DI. DH and I were watching some Tivo'd episodes last night and they are downright boring without Mr. Irvine. So has Food Network removed him completely from the whole channel?

I'm planning a special anniversary cake for DH at our Narcoosee's ressie. I'm making arrangements through Linda at the GF as she is apparently "the Keeper of the Cake" for special orders from the Bakery. Her number is on the cake thread on the Restaurant board.

I asked about a dark chocolate Mickey and was told they don't make them anymore. I am doing something similar to this:

for our 10th anniversary.

Hope that helps!

That's awesome, Shauna - thanks so much for the information and the picture! I think I dealt with Linda last year when I called for some special items - she was great so I'm glad to hear that she's still working there.

Brenda, glad to see you are back! I am a big fan of your reviews (in fact, I just finished reading old "Hungry Are the Damned" entries!) so I am looking forward to hearing about your next trip (just in time for me to be making my spring ADRs!). As a fellow cheese lover I always like to hear what you order.

Looking forward to hearing more. Have a great trip! Julie

P.S. It cracks me up that you already have 6 pages on a dining thread for a trip that hasn't even happened yet! That has to be a record!

Hi there, Julie! Thanks for posting and for reading - glad to see you've joined us for this newest bout of food-inspired insanity! And you know what ... it cracks me up, too, but I love that everyone is so excited about food and is looking forward to our reviews. It's inspiring!

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

We look forward to your tales of gastronomic adventure! If you need a pace-setter to get you to all the F&W booths in the shortest time, we could loan you our greyhound.

 

[BriarRosie]

Well, I found a few photos that I thought I would share, since you seem interested. The first photo is the 125th Guest chocolate Mickey statue we received at Chef Mickey's that I mentioned earlier from my November 1996 trip:

I also found a picture from my first visit to the Chef's Table at V&A, same trip. My friend Jason had wanted to see what the hype was about when I told him I wanted to do the Chef's Table. As you can see, we had a rodent infestation. Oh, and this was when I was blonde! And for those of you who have been to the Chef's Table since, you'll notice just how small this was before they expanded the Chef's Table area. Chef's Table back then could only seat 4, and now I think you have room for up to 10 people.

Since this was my week-long birthday celebration trip, and another friend who was with our group was also celebrating a birthday, we were honored to lead the birthday parade around 'Ohana. I have a more embarrassing photo of us, but I wouldn't post it without his consent.

And last, but not least, I had been happy I was able to go on the Disney Store Cast Member Trip to Disneyland in May of 1996, a scant 6 months earlier. Much of what we did is something I can imagine doing in that Adventures by Disney tour in December.

In this photo, we were in the Disney Archives office (yes, that is Dave Smith in the background), and we had the opportunity to get photographed holding one of Walt Disney's many Academy Awards. I think the one I am holding is from the "White Wilderness" True Life Adventures.

I'm done hijacking your pre-food trip thread now.

 

[Hedy]

Well, I found a few photos that I thought I would share, since you seem interested. The first photo is the 125th Guest chocolate Mickey statue we received at Chef Mickey's that I mentioned earlier from my November 1996 trip:

I also found a picture from my first visit to the Chef's Table at V&A, same trip. My friend Jason had wanted to see what the hype was about when I told him I wanted to do the Chef's Table. As you can see, we had a rodent infestation. Oh, and this was when I was blonde! And for those of you who have been to the Chef's Table since, you'll notice just how small this was before they expanded the Chef's Table area. Chef's Table back then could only seat 4, and now I think you have room for up to 10 people.

Since this was my week-long birthday celebration trip, and another friend who was with our group was also celebrating a birthday, we were honored to lead the birthday parade around 'Ohana. I have a more embarrassing photo of us, but I wouldn't post it without his consent.

And last, but not least, I had been happy I was able to go on the Disney Store Cast Member Trip to Disneyland in May of 1996, a scant 6 months earlier. Much of what we did is something I can imagine doing in that Adventures by Disney tour in December.

In this photo, we were in the Disney Archives office (yes, that is Dave Smith in the background), and we had the opportunity to get photographed holding one of Walt Disney's many Academy Awards. I think the one I am holding is from the "White Wilderness" True Life Adventures.

I'm done hijacking your pre-food trip thread now.

Cool pictures!

 

[TPCShauna]

This pic gave me chills. I anything to do with Walt. That is SO COOL!

 

[oybolshoi]

We look forward to your tales of gastronomic adventure! If you need a pace-setter to get you to all the F&W booths in the shortest time, we could loan you our greyhound.

Thanks so much for joining the pre-food fun! And thank you for the offer of the greyhound ... we're probably better off on our own ... your poor doggie would most likely be scared by the way Jay and I eat.

Well, I found a few photos that I thought I would share, since you seem interested. The first photo is the 125th Guest chocolate Mickey statue we received at Chef Mickey's that I mentioned earlier from my November 1996 trip:

I also found a picture from my first visit to the Chef's Table at V&A, same trip. My friend Jason had wanted to see what the hype was about when I told him I wanted to do the Chef's Table. As you can see, we had a rodent infestation. Oh, and this was when I was blonde! And for those of you who have been to the Chef's Table since, you'll notice just how small this was before they expanded the Chef's Table area. Chef's Table back then could only seat 4, and now I think you have room for up to 10 people.

Since this was my week-long birthday celebration trip, and another friend who was with our group was also celebrating a birthday, we were honored to lead the birthday parade around 'Ohana. I have a more embarrassing photo of us, but I wouldn't post it without his consent.

And last, but not least, I had been happy I was able to go on the Disney Store Cast Member Trip to Disneyland in May of 1996, a scant 6 months earlier. Much of what we did is something I can imagine doing in that Adventures by Disney tour in December.

In this photo, we were in the Disney Archives office (yes, that is Dave Smith in the background), and we had the opportunity to get photographed holding one of Walt Disney's many Academy Awards. I think the one I am holding is from the "White Wilderness" True Life Adventures.

I'm done hijacking your pre-food trip thread now.

Thanks for posting the pics, Lori - they're way cool! That Mickey looks so tasty ... I wish I was eating it right now!

Cool pictures!

Yes they are!

This pic gave me chills. I anything to do with Walt. That is SO COOL!

I love that she's got a picture of herself with an academy award!

 

[oybolshoi]

I finally had some breathing room at the office today and took my credit card in hand and made some phone calls.

To that end ...

We will be enjoying a miniature Cinderella Castle cake with our afternoon tea on October 15th (vanilla, thank you very much) and I send many cyber hugs and platonic smoochies to Consuela at the Grand Floridian Bakery who arranged to have that Mickey statue with the tuxedo strawberries delivered to our table at Citricos on October 16th. She's even including a box so that we can take it home safely - somehow it seems wrong to bite off Mickey's head in the middle of a signature restaurant ... I'd rather do that in the privacy of my own home.

And I also ordered a couple of items from the WDW Florist ... because I could. But I don't think I'm going to tell you what those are. For one thing I know my lovey lurks around here and I don't want to ruin the surprise for him, and for another ... I don't want to ruin the surprise for you either!

So, other than getting our last minute finances in order and packing and all that happy crappy we are ready to roll. And roll is exactly what I expect to be doing by the end of this trip.

 

[jeminni]

I finally had some breathing room at the office today and took my credit card in hand and made some phone calls.

To that end ...

We will be enjoying a miniature Cinderella Castle cake with our afternoon tea on October 15th (vanilla, thank you very much) and I send many cyber hugs and platonic smoochies to Consuela at the Grand Floridian Bakery who arranged to have that Mickey statue with the tuxedo strawberries delivered to our table at Citricos on October 16th. She's even including a box so that we can take it home safely - somehow it seems wrong to bite off Mickey's head in the middle of a signature restaurant ... I'd rather do that in the privacy of my own home.

And I also ordered a couple of items from the WDW Florist ... because I could. But I don't think I'm going to tell you what those are. For one thing I know my lovey lurks around here and I don't want to ruin the surprise for him, and for another ... I don't want to ruin the surprise for you either!

So, other than getting our last minute finances in order and packing and all that happy crappy we are ready to roll. And roll is exactly what I expect to be doing by the end of this trip.

I cant wait to see a picture of the Cinderella cake and of the surprise items from WDW Florist. Who exactly do you order the tuxedo strawberries from? My DD would love those.

 

[oybolshoi]

I cant wait to see a picture of the Cinderella cake and of the surprise items from WDW Florist. Who exactly do you order the tuxedo strawberries from? My DD would love those.

I called the GF Bakery - there is a phone number listed on the birthday / anniversary cake thread and that's the one I called. I ordered the cake from them first, which I knew that I could do and then I asked whether or not I could order the Mickey statue. Since that's an item that's actually on the resort's amenties menu I wasn't sure if I could persuade them to do it. The CM I spoke with put me on hold for about five minutes and then came back to tell me that she'd received permission to do it.

We'll see what happens when we get to Citricos ... the order is held with a credit card but they don't charge in advance. I'm sure it will be fine, but you never know until you get there and tell your server.

 

[elump1]

Hi Brenda! I have lurked for your last several reports and thoroughly enjoyed reading about your adventures in dining (and drinking), and have always been slightly (okay, extremely) jealous that I haven't gotten to check out the Food and Wine Festival. My husband and I just planned a last-minute trip to disney for 10/5-10/9, so our trip is going to overlap with yours. We have ADRs at Raglan Road the same night as you do, but earlier, as we have kiddies to tend to. This may sound dorky, but it's neat to know that when I read your next report I will be thinking, I was there then too! Anyway, I'm looking forward to your report and I hope you have a great trip!

 

[teruterubouzu]

How did I not notice that you had a new trip report? Now I need to catch up!