Ok, time to wrap this up while I can still remember anything about what I ate or else I’ll have to start making stuff up. Let’s see, I ended last with the Rose & Crown pub, so the next afternoon we wandered over to the Grand Floridian again (I would love to stay there one day), we headed to…
Garden View Lounge – Afternoon Tea
So my fiance has a thing for tea. Just a minor love affair with the beverage, which you can read about at her blog. So a fancy afternoon tea in the Garden View lounge at the Grand Floridian was required. This was not part of the dining plan, so we paid out-of-pocket for this, but it was worth it. We each had:
- Buckingham Palace – Our traditional tea sandwiches, scones and jam tarts complemented by fresh strawberries and cream, or a selection of freshly baked pastries, along with your choice of tea.
Now the tea was good, not that I’m the best at evaluating teas, but I think I had about 3 cups of it. It was served in some fine china tea set complete with tea cozy.
Garden View Afternoon Tea
The traditional tea sandwiches ranged from ok to nausea inducing. The cucumber one was ok, but what caused me to almost throw up was the stinky cheese one. I don’t know why I took such a big bite. There was also a chicken curry one that I knew not to even touch due to my intense dislike of curry. The scones and jam tarts were better, especially the scones with the butter and jam on them. Best of all were the strawberries with cream. Fresh strawberries smothered with dollops and dollops of cream. It almost made up for the horrible sandwiches.
That night we headed to Epcot again (of course) for dinner in the mexican pavilion at
San Angel Inn
This was one of my favorite meals. The San Angel Inn is inside the pyramid at the Mexican pavilion, next to the water for the boat ride and a fake volcano. This is where we were sort of tricked into ordering an appetizer of guacamole, our waiter had a mexican accent and I had a little bit of trouble understanding everything he said. He asked if we like guacamole and I said yes and so we ended up with a side order of guacamole that we had to pay for. It tasted really good so I’m almost glad we were tricked into ordering it.
View from our table at the San Angel Inn
For my entrée I choose:
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Sirloin con Chile Relleno – Grilled beef sirloin with chile ancho sauce, served with a beans and cheese stuffed pepper, poblano rice, and fried plantains
I love mexican food like this, I love the flavorful steak, the rice, and the beans. I could probably eat a meal like that everyday. I devoured my food. For dessert, I don’t remember. It didn’t compare to the main course whatever it was. San Angel Inn is definitely on my return list for the next time we head back to WDW.
The next night was one we had been looking forward to for a long time, our meal at
Narcoossee’s
This was the first reservation I made. For one reason, LOBSTER. I wanted lobster and this was the place for lobster on the dining plan. The catch is it required two dining plan credits, but since didn’t use any credits the day we went to Universal it all evened out. Narcoossees’s situated at the edge of the Grand Floridian at the dock where you can catch a boat over to the Magic Kingdom. We came here for the lobster, so it shouldn’t be such a surprise that we both had:
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Steamed Whole Maine Lobster – Baked Sherry cheddar Orecchiette pasta and asparagus.
And I took a picture of it:
Steamed Whole Maine Lobster at Narcoossee's
Our waiter was a little odd, he had extremely shaky hands and at one point had spilled wine or something all over his pants and had to leave to go change. So we had a bit of a wait before we got any bread or even a chance to order. The lobster was delicious and the I really liked the beach house ambiance of the restaurant. For dessert I had the Creme Brulee Duo – Key lime and Coconut custard finished with caramelized sugar. The key lime one was very good, the coconut was so-so. Tal had the Gelato Sampler – chocolate, raspberry, pistachio and cappuccino. Which unlike the “gelato” from Mama Melrose was actually real gelato. Her favorite was the pistachio. We also had coffee (for me) and tea (for Tal), which they bring to the table in individual french presses. We both really enjoyed those.
Narcoossee's (at night from the dock)
After dinner we took the boat over to the Magic Kingdom for the evening. The next day was our last full day at WDW, we started with an early dinner at:
Boatwright’s
This was unfortunately the worst meal we had at Walt Disney World. The worst. Boatwright’s is the restaurant at the Port Orlean’s Riverside, the sister resort of the French Quarter where we were staying. When we made this reservation we had looked online and it seemed like a good place, we were excited to have some southern-style food since there aren’t many southern restaurants in Canada. We were let down.
The meal started with some corn bread. This was the high point of the entire meal. The corn bread was actually pretty good, deceptively good compared to the rest of the meal. We both had the Andouille-crusted Catfish – with cayenne butter sauce and chive aioli, and it was not good. It tasted extremely fishy, not in a good way. And I usually like catfish, but not this one. For dessert I had Pecan Pie, and it was dry and tasteless. Pecan pie is one of my favorite desserts and this was the worst pecan pie I’ve ever had. We will never be going back to Boatwright’s.
Thankfully our day didn’t end at Boatwright’s, we had reservations for something special later that night at the Magic Kingdom for the:
Tomorrowland Terrace Fireworks Dessert Party
This was without question the hardest reservation to get. At the Tomorrowland Terrace in the Magic Kingdom is a dessert buffet with a private viewing area for Wishes! the fireworks show. They have three tables set up with desserts and one table with various beverages. We got a reserved table complete with our name on it. There was a nice variety of desserts including fruit, cheesecake, tiramisu, cookies, cakes, mango shooters, and cannolis. What you are really paying for is reserved space for watching the fireworks. By going to the dessert party we got to sit and enjoy desserts before leisurely walking over to the railing to view the fireworks. Had we tried to seeing them outside of the dessert party we would had to start waiting at least a couple of hours for even a decent fireworks viewing spot. Totally worth it.
View from Tommorwland Terrace Dessert Party
We had so much fun at WDW (and Universal), we stayed ten nights and some ways it just wasn’t enough (although we were pretty tired at the end). We probably won’t be able to go back until at least a couple of years, but we will definitely be going back to Walt Disney World!