Day 5
Marathon Day - we went to MK, and endured the long bus ride due to the re-routed roads. Knew it going in, but still did it, so can't complain! We had ADR for
BOG breakfast, but I only pre-ordered cupcakes and coffee. We basically only wanted to see the castle. And it was fun! We sat in the West Wing, which was cool, but very dark. I will tell you that we received a tray of the breakfast pastries while we waited for the cupcakes. Score! I ate the apple bran muffin, because it was healthy - haha. DD liked the blueberry muffin, as the top was crusted with sugar. The muffins are small, or I should say normal size, like you would make at home. Couldn't really see the "Grey Stuff" on the cupcake because of the dark room, but the cupcake was very good - not frozen at all, thank goodness. The grey stuff reminds me of a popular "cookie" that people made a few years ago that was just crushed up oreos mixed with softened cream cheese and rolled into balls, which were then dipped in chocolate. But for about $32 for the four of us, we got a pretty good second breakfast (pastries, cupcakes, PF coffee) in a fabulous setting! Don't see a need to go running back, though. Our FP+ for 7DMT was no good due to the train being down, but it came back up right as we left BOG and the family jumped right on. They liked it, but thought it was very similar in theme and function to Big Thunder.
Because we had a "Linner" (late lunch/early dinner) scheduled at LeCellier, a third breakfast was needed, and we went back to the BOG area to try out
Gaston's Tavern for a snack. DS saw someone walking by us earlier with that bid 'ol cinnamon roll and had to have one. DD, DH, and I shared two of the ham and cheese pretzels. We all did our best impressions of Jim Gaffigan singing "Hot Pockets!", but they were actually just right for a quick bite to tide us over (but at $8, a little pricey). Now, that cinnamon roll was unbelievable! It was dripping with not only the white sugar glaze that we all know and love, but also a drizzle of Maple icing as well. We went back to Gaston's later in our trip to have another one of these to share.
Now to
Le Cellier. Where to start . . . The day was extremely cold, only in the high 30s. We all had just sweatshirts, so we were more than ready to get out of the cold and have our dinner. We arrived at 4:15 for our 4:30 ADR. The hostess told me that they were 1/2 hour behind on their reservations (fine), so I said we would come back. She then said that I should check in, though, because if I am 15 late for my 4:30 ADR they will cancel the reservation (even though she just told me that we probably wouldn't get in before 5pm). And if I check in I cannot leave the lobby or area right outside the door. She said all this with a big smile, and totally turned me off! I said, well, if I check in now I will be waiting about 45 minutes, and since the lobby was already jammed (really small!!!!) we would be outside in the cold. She just smiled - totally passive/aggressive!! So I checked in. We lasted about ten minutes outside - we were all freezing - and decided to cram into the lobby, standing against the walkway for a good 45 minutes. DH felt bad because this was his pick and it is the only place in WS that we have never eaten at. We are finally seated, and the waitress brings us to a table way back against the wall. In order for anyone to fit into the booth part of the table we had to move the table out about 2 feet! At that point, I, sitting across from the wall, had my left shoulder about 2 inches from the back of the man sitting perpendicular to us. So far - not a good experience.
Here comes our waitress, and she was the best part of this experience! Her name was Amanda, and she was so pleasant and knowledgable, I relaxed a bit. We ordered the cheese plate and an order of poutine for DS. We also got a basket of the pretzel bread, which we all really went for!! It went well with the cheese plate, as there were only three crackers on the plate, and I like to spread the blue cheese onto something. I also ordered a
pressed pot of coffee, which was lovely! But the din from the other patrons, the low ceiling, and the cramped quarters started to get to me pretty quickly. DH ordered the Ribeye, and said it was cooked perfectly, but his 'sides' were pretty non-existent. DD ordered the Filet, and is still talking about it - fabulous, best steak she has ever had, and the mushroom risotto was just as good! But DS and I ordered the chicken. I know, I know, what fool orders chicken at a steakhouse?? Anyway, it was just bad. Not rotten or anything, just a bad concept. By this time, I really needed some food, and this piece of chicken A) was baked dry, B) covered in bread crumbs but there was no crispness to it, C) supposedly filled with a sausage filling that could barely be seen. It came with "autumn hash" which was nothing more than black bits of potato, maybe acorn squash, but - and I am NOT exaggerating - I put every piece of this hash onto my fork and it was one bite! One bite! The acorn squash puree was one smear of something that resembled and tasted like applesauce. I didn't eat hardly any of it. DS didn't want his either.
At this time, the table next to us was done, and I heard them ask their waiter if they could get the Visa discount, since they began their dinner before 5pm. He said sure. Now we were also finishing up - well, DD was finishing up - and I ask Amanda if we could get the discount. She said no, because we were seated during the dinner hour, due to them being behind. I said that the table next to us just received it (and, please, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I was practically sitting at their table!!), and she said, well, that server is misinformed and that was that. I still LOVED this waitress, but that was the last straw. So the bill was well over $300 for this hit-or-miss meal, and getting $30 off for the Visa discount might have softened the blow a little. One and done for us at Le Cellier, which is good for all of you fans, since we won't take up any ADRs, right?
Thank goodness there were a few Mickey Ice Cream bars in the freezer back at OKW!!!
