Gluttoberfest: Food and Wine 2009 - Updated 12/24 (Review is complete!) - The DIS Discussion Forums

BriarRosie · 09-10-2009, 08:51 PM

Well, it's that time of year again. Kids are in school. The trees will start turning lovely shades of orange, red and gold, and I'm counting down the days until I return for my Food and Wine Festival trip.

This year, my trip will be from October 14 - 19, 2009.

I was going to put together my pre-trip ponderings / food review index placeholder page at the beginning of October, but I couldn't wait. I had to throw my hat into the ring and announce that I intend to do another festival food report.

Originally, I called it "Glutton Fest 2009" and wanted Heimlich to be my icon, and I created a really pathetic signature picture. Then I asked TDC Nala to make one for me, and she came up with the new name for my trip. She figured that since I was going for gluttony in the month of October, it should therefore forever be known as:

Gluttoberfest

I'm really diggin' that new title, and I thought it would make a perfect title for this year's report. Thanks, Catherine!

It's time to cut to the chase. This won't be your mama's food report. I am not taking kids with me, as I don't have any. This trip is revolving mostly around the Festival and its many events, tastings, and gluttonous noshings.

In other words, if you were looking for a review of a character meal, Tony's Town Square, Le Cellier, or Whispering Canyon Cafe, you're reading the wrong report. Not that I don't appreciate you visiting and reading my reviews and checking out my food porn. I do!

I'm just giving you all fair warning that my review will probably be quirky like me!

I make two promises:
There will be an index with clickable links. Updated in this post so you would not have to find the "needle in the haystack".

There will be food porn.

Here's the lowdown on the things I'll be reviewing. I may or may not post photos of the wine demos.
Click the red links to get right to the reviews.

Wednesday, October 14th:
Noshing around World Showcase food kiosks and Bunratty Meade demo
Kona Sushi Bar late "dinner" with Oybolshoi and her trusty sidekick/husband, Guy Incognito

Thursday, October 15th:
More noshing at the festival kiosks
Culinary Adventures in Signature Dining event at Flying Fish Cafe

Friday, October 16th:
Kiosk noshing and Todd English culinary demo at the Festival Center
Culinary Adventures in Signature Dining event at Todd English's bluezoo™

Saturday, October 17th: (Happy Birthday, Brenda!)
Festival noshing; Greg Richie (Tchoup Chop chef) culinary demo at the Festival Center;
Mexico Tequila Tasting event at "The Ditch", aka La Cava del Tequila
Bistro de Paris dinner (with wine pairings!)
Birthday cake (and more booze? yikes) for oybolshoi at Beach Club

Sunday, October 18th:
Breakfast Buffet at Captain's Grille and "snack" at La Cava del Tequila
Victoria and Albert's main dining room

Monday, October 19th:
La Crema wine demo at the Festival Center and Final Kiosk Noshing

So there you have it. TDC Nala will be doing all the scheduled events from October 16-19 with me, so if she wants to chime in with her patented Simpsons Rating System™, that's fine with me.

After much thought, why not have something related to Sleeping Beauty, since that's my favorite Disney film? So I devised the SKUMPS! Rating System™ based on Catherine's system.

So let's start for the worst rating to the best rating.

First, we have King Hubert with the Bad rating:

"The food is so bad, I should cut the people responsible for cooking this mess with my rapier-sharp fish!"

Next, we have the Minstrel, in his first of many appearances with the Ok rating:

This means: "The food was perfectly ok to be served to the masses."

Next, we have the Good rating:

As in, "If you don't mind, my good man, I believe I'll have some more."

And now, the Excellent rating:

"This is excellent; too good to let any go to waste!"

And since Catherine pointed out that we need a gastromic ecstasy picture, I finish with a Gluttony rating:

This should be self-explanatory.

This picture should state, "My excess of gluttony and sloth is a sight to behold. That's how good the food and wine were."

There will be a lot of other DISers I'm going to be enjoying these events with, so I'll mention these people at the time I see them. Well, I already named Brenda/oybolshoi, who will be doing her own food report of some of the same events I am.

Want to see food reports by people who'll be at the Festival with me?
Tough, I'm giving you the links, anyway. You don't want to skip these. Trust me.

Food Report links by my friends:

Cy de Chantrer's LIVE ALL-FOOD Burlesque Review by ImprovGal
Pie that Brownie, Fruitcake! by oybolshoi
What Would Mr. Creosote Do? by TDC Nala
Us, Food, Drink, Friends and Sledge by kabuki

Like I said, this isn't your typical WDW vacation food report. This will be my typical Salute to Disney Food but Mostly the Food and Wine Festival. I am using a new camera with a food setting, but as I had tested it at home and at a restaurant, sometimes the non-food setting is better. It will be interesting to see how the food porn comes out.

To quote my favorite line from a Carnival Cruise Line TV commercial:

Buckle up, Buttercup! **

Prepare to feast.

**Perhaps "unbuckle" would have been more appropriate.

oybolshoi · 09-10-2009, 08:53 PM

Bring on the gluttony!!!

Shenanigoat · 09-10-2009, 09:16 PM

Does this new camera food setting allow me to smell/taste the food through my monitor?

*KeepMovingForward* · 09-10-2009, 09:17 PM

Following you over from the Bendy thread. We'll see you at quite a few of the events on the 16th and 17th. Can't wait to hear if we all have the same experience/take on the demos and dinners. I'm interested to hear about Flying Fish as that's one we always skip over but really should get back to from what I've heard on recent reviews.

jeminni · 09-10-2009, 09:18 PM

I'm in for this one Lori

PNO4TE · 09-10-2009, 09:27 PM

The gluttons are gathering!

oybolshoi · 09-10-2009, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PNO4TE

The gluttons are gathering!

It's good to be at the top of the food chain, isn't it?

Hey Lori ... thanks for the pimp, babe!

BriarRosie · 09-10-2009, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oybolshoi

Bring on the gluttony!!!

One belt notch at a time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shenanigoat

Does this new camera food setting allow me to smell/taste the food through my monitor?

Unfortunately, Emeril's been trying to get Smell-o-vision invented for years, to no avail. It sounds like a Willy Wonka invention, though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by *KeepMovingForward*

Following you over from the Bendy thread. We'll see you at quite a few of the events on the 16th and 17th. Can't wait to hear if we all have the same experience/take on the demos and dinners. I'm interested to hear about Flying Fish as that's one we always skip over but really should get back to from what I've heard on recent reviews.

There will be lots of event overlap I'd imagine. It seems like quite a crowd gatherine in mid-October.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeminni

I'm in for this one Lori

Welcome, Bridget.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PNO4TE

The gluttons are gathering!

Yikes, sounds like an invasion!

Quote:

Originally Posted by oybolshoi

It's good to be at the top of the food chain, isn't it?

Hey Lori ... thanks for the pimp, babe!

One good pimp deserves another.

TDC Nala · 09-10-2009, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Unfortunately, Emeril's been trying to get Smell-o-vision invented for years, to no avail. It sounds like a Willy Wonka invention, though.

There’s no earthly way of telling
How that plate of food is smelling
If you’re dwelling on excelling
Try this camera we are selling

How your monitor is smelling
Will be utterly compelling...

your thread ought to be Gluttorious.

PNO4TE · 09-10-2009, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDC Nala

There’s no earthly way of telling
How that plate of food is smelling
If you’re dwelling on excelling
Try this camera we are selling

How your monitor is smelling
Will be utterly compelling...

your thread ought to be Gluttorious.

BriarRosie · 09-10-2009, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDC Nala

There’s no earthly way of telling
How that plate of food is smelling
If you’re dwelling on excelling
Try this camera we are selling

How your monitor is smelling
Will be utterly compelling...

your thread ought to be Gluttorious.

I'm with Elin.

I bust a gut reading that. I would add:

You won't need to leave your dwelling
There's no reason to start kvelling (gotta love Yiddish at times like these)
Or my ego will start swelling...

I better stop before I start to Seuss or haiku.

MickeyNicki · 09-11-2009, 08:19 AM

Oooooh I cannot wait for this! Between yours and Bendy's I am going to go into food porn shock!

TheMaxRebo · 09-11-2009, 08:56 AM

Can't wait for the reviews ... I am up for any thread that includes the word "booze" and then continues with Yiddish Willie Wanka rhymes

... We're going to be there the last week of October so looking forward to reviews of the food at the kiosks and also how getting into the seminars that tickets were pre-purchased this year works (assigned seats, etc.)

TheMaxRebo · 09-11-2009, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BriarRosie

I'm with Elin.

I bust a gut reading that. I would add:

You won't need to leave your dwelling
There's no reason to start kvelling (gotta love Yiddish at times like these)
Or my ego will start swelling...

I better stop before I start to Seuss or haiku.

Your monitor you should not be licking
Your co-workers my fear you've been drinking
Into a coma you'll be sinking
but your appetite will not be shrinking

kabuki · 09-11-2009, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BriarRosie

Salute to Disney Food but Mostly the Food and Wine Festival.

So with this quote should your mascot be Sam the American Eater?!

I was wondering when you would get to cracken on this! I see a few events I will be seeing you ! Can't wait Lori!

09-10-2009, 08:51 PM	#1
BriarRosie Creator of Tag Fairy Haiku: Clap your hands loudly Bounce until your rear is sore Tags shall be granted Official DIS TF Haiku author! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 11,111	Gluttoberfest: Food and Wine 2009 - Updated 12/24 (Review is complete!) Well, it's that time of year again. Kids are in school. The trees will start turning lovely shades of orange, red and gold, and I'm counting down the days until I return for my Food and Wine Festival trip. This year, my trip will be from October 14 - 19, 2009. I was going to put together my pre-trip ponderings / food review index placeholder page at the beginning of October, but I couldn't wait. I had to throw my hat into the ring and announce that I intend to do another festival food report. Originally, I called it "Glutton Fest 2009" and wanted Heimlich to be my icon, and I created a really pathetic signature picture. Then I asked TDC Nala to make one for me, and she came up with the new name for my trip. She figured that since I was going for gluttony in the month of October, it should therefore forever be known as: Gluttoberfest I'm really diggin' that new title, and I thought it would make a perfect title for this year's report. Thanks, Catherine! It's time to cut to the chase. This won't be your mama's food report. I am not taking kids with me, as I don't have any. This trip is revolving mostly around the Festival and its many events, tastings, and gluttonous noshings. In other words, if you were looking for a review of a character meal, Tony's Town Square, Le Cellier, or Whispering Canyon Cafe, you're reading the wrong report. Not that I don't appreciate you visiting and reading my reviews and checking out my food porn. I do! I'm just giving you all fair warning that my review will probably be quirky like me! I make two promises: There will be an index with clickable links. Updated in this post so you would not have to find the "needle in the haystack". There will be food porn. Here's the lowdown on the things I'll be reviewing. I may or may not post photos of the wine demos. Click the red links to get right to the reviews. Wednesday, October 14th: Noshing around World Showcase food kiosks and Bunratty Meade demo Kona Sushi Bar late "dinner" with Oybolshoi and her trusty sidekick/husband, Guy Incognito Thursday, October 15th: More noshing at the festival kiosks Culinary Adventures in Signature Dining event at Flying Fish Cafe Friday, October 16th: Kiosk noshing and Todd English culinary demo at the Festival Center Culinary Adventures in Signature Dining event at Todd English's bluezoo™ Saturday, October 17th: (Happy Birthday, Brenda!) Festival noshing; Greg Richie (Tchoup Chop chef) culinary demo at the Festival Center; Mexico Tequila Tasting event at "The Ditch", aka La Cava del Tequila Bistro de Paris dinner (with wine pairings!) Birthday cake (and more booze? yikes) for oybolshoi at Beach Club Sunday, October 18th: Breakfast Buffet at Captain's Grille and "snack" at La Cava del Tequila Victoria and Albert's main dining room Monday, October 19th: La Crema wine demo at the Festival Center and Final Kiosk Noshing So there you have it. TDC Nala will be doing all the scheduled events from October 16-19 with me, so if she wants to chime in with her patented Simpsons Rating System™, that's fine with me. After much thought, why not have something related to Sleeping Beauty, since that's my favorite Disney film? So I devised the SKUMPS! Rating System™ based on Catherine's system. So let's start for the worst rating to the best rating. First, we have King Hubert with the Bad rating: "The food is so bad, I should cut the people responsible for cooking this mess with my rapier-sharp fish!" Next, we have the Minstrel, in his first of many appearances with the Ok rating: This means: "The food was perfectly ok to be served to the masses." Next, we have the Good rating: As in, "If you don't mind, my good man, I believe I'll have some more." And now, the Excellent rating: "This is excellent; too good to let any go to waste!" And since Catherine pointed out that we need a gastromic ecstasy picture, I finish with a Gluttony rating: This should be self-explanatory. This picture should state, "My excess of gluttony and sloth is a sight to behold. That's how good the food and wine were." There will be a lot of other DISers I'm going to be enjoying these events with, so I'll mention these people at the time I see them. Well, I already named Brenda/oybolshoi, who will be doing her own food report of some of the same events I am. Want to see food reports by people who'll be at the Festival with me? Tough, I'm giving you the links, anyway. You don't want to skip these. Trust me. Food Report links by my friends: Cy de Chantrer's LIVE ALL-FOOD Burlesque Review by ImprovGal Pie that Brownie, Fruitcake! by oybolshoi What Would Mr. Creosote Do? by TDC Nala Us, Food, Drink, Friends and Sledge by kabuki Like I said, this isn't your typical WDW vacation food report. This will be my typical Salute to Disney Food but Mostly the Food and Wine Festival. I am using a new camera with a food setting, but as I had tested it at home and at a restaurant, sometimes the non-food setting is better. It will be interesting to see how the food porn comes out. To quote my favorite line from a Carnival Cruise Line TV commercial: Buckle up, Buttercup! Prepare to feast. Perhaps "unbuckle" would have been more appropriate. __________________ Lori.....Blog: http://thefabdisneydiva.blogspot.com/ Last edited by BriarRosie; 01-04-2010 at 12:50 PM.

09-10-2009, 08:53 PM	#2
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09-10-2009, 09:16 PM	#3
Shenanigoat I shall call him squishy. And he shall be mine. And he shall be my squishy. Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 786	Does this new camera food setting allow me to smell/taste the food through my monitor? __________________

09-10-2009, 09:18 PM	#5
jeminni It's 5 o'clock somewhere Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: too far from wdw Posts: 1,706	I'm in for this one Lori __________________ Bridget

09-10-2009, 09:27 PM	#6
PNO4TE DIS Musician Piano Teacher Can't stay awake at night for the "hen parties" Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 30,633	The gluttons are gathering! __________________ Elin "Music... this is the favorite passion of my soul." ~ Thomas Jefferson ‎"Good wine is a necessity of life for me" ~ Thomas Jefferson In memory of June. 09/04/06. "Keep the board going for me while I'm gone..."

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09-10-2009, 09:17 PM	#4
KeepMovingForward DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 5,084	Following you over from the Bendy thread. We'll see you at quite a few of the events on the 16th and 17th. Can't wait to hear if we all have the same experience/take on the demos and dinners. I'm interested to hear about Flying Fish as that's one we always skip over but really should get back to from what I've heard on recent reviews.

09-11-2009, 08:19 AM	#12
MickeyNicki It is pretty darn sad when a valet picks you out as a big Boma eater Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 21,452	Oooooh I cannot wait for this! Between yours and Bendy's I am going to go into food porn shock! __________________ December 2012 trip with KatMark and Family! October 2012 The big 40th Birthday Trip! October 2011 Live Dining Reviews, F&W, Birthday, Early Anniversary & Halloween! May 2011 Todd's Birthday Trip February 2011 A Valentine's Gift Weekend! November 2010 Live Dining Reviews, F&W, Anniversary and Xmas all rolled into one! November 2009 Dining Reviews October 2009 Live Dining Reviews F&W time! August 2009 Live Dining Reviews June 2009 Live Dining Reviews March 2009 Live Dining Reviews January 2009 Live Dining Reviews..with KIDS! October 2008 Live Dining Reviews August 2008 Live Dining Reviews June 2008 Dining Reviews! March/April 2008 Live Reviews

09-11-2009, 08:56 AM	#13
TheMaxRebo Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mahopac, NY Posts: 498	Can't wait for the reviews ... I am up for any thread that includes the word "booze" and then continues with Yiddish Willie Wanka rhymes ... We're going to be there the last week of October so looking forward to reviews of the food at the kiosks and also how getting into the seminars that tickets were pre-purchased this year works (assigned seats, etc.) __________________ Me: DW: DD(4): DS(15mo): Faint hearts never won fair lady - or got all the ADRs you wanted. - A Dining Review 10/8/11 - 10/15/11 "What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" - A Dining Review 10/24/09 - 10/31/09

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