The only thing I can think of is that perhaps one is much easier for the bartender to make than the other?
On the brunch "serve yourself appetizers" (buffet) they have deviled eggs drizzled with spicy Kazan sauce. I'm just saying you could maybe get your money's worth...
What kind of parent are you to deprive your son of such knowledge?! Hahaha. I sneak butter onto our steaks at home sometimes. Unless R asks. In which case I have never done that.
Well I have to agree!
you and me both!
So glad you two had such a great night. What a lovely experience!!!
I don't know what his problem was. Maybe he was worried whatever I got I wouldn't like and didn't want to be responsible. Who knows. It was just weird, but I got my cucumber fizz!
I would love to do the brunch someday. I could not convince kiddo this time but at the time when I was finalizing my plans he was more picky... I think if I could have incorporated it after dinner he would have been happy to go even if he ate the world's most expensive bagel and cream cheese, lol. He would have liked steak or the chicken cutlet and desserts too. But I would not be eating deviled eggs there, too much other good stuff!
I know, right? He will have to add it to the list of things for his therapist along with "gives me too many kisses when she picks me up from the Y"
We did have a great night. I wish I could have one like that tonight!
Your night at Epcot sounds perfect
Your meal at CG sounds very good too, although the one time DH and I went we weren't impressed
sorry! I had the oak-fired filet with the tomato risotto and I loved it and the view of Wishes from there, I think, is the best outside of the park, but otherwise we didn't feel it was worth it. I also got the donuts for dessert but I'm pretty sure the dipping sauces were different? I know there was a caramel and a chocolate and the other one might have been some type of raspberry sauce.....I agree the donuts were light and not bad but Steve got some type of chocolate cake that I thought was MUCH better. But different strokes for different folks!
I laughed about you turning DS on to the $49 filet, because Chris gets the filet anywhere in Disney that it's on the menu as well as at any restaurant we go to at home. At first it hurt lol, but as long as he eats it I suppose it's worth it!
Oh, and Citricos has 2 types of bread. I'd have to refer back to old notes or pictures to check on the 2nd type but I definitely remember the 1st type because I want to EAT IT ALL when we go, it has kalamatta olives in it an it's delicious
The first time I went to Narcoossees (years ago) I was not impressed. I went back like a decade or more later and still not impressed. Maybe some people just mix with some restaurants like oil and water. It is lobster night at one of the local places, lol, but I've had their lobster before and it was pretty soso. I think I will wait for the church lobster roll season because I know it will be good and it is literally zero work besides taking a bite and chewing. I LOVE risotto and was a bit devastated when they changed out the red onion risotto for duck fat potatoes but they were goood potatoes. Risotto is one of those things that I can make at home but don't often, but it is pretty stupidly simple (I made butternut squash risotto for a change up for thanksgiving dinner, dropping the traditional sweet and mashed potatoes for it) and it was sooooooo good. Another one that gets mixed reviews is the filet with risotto at Le Cellier but it is an old favorite and I'd love to have it again. I think the fritters are seasonal because just before they were berry and they have been banana as well. The nutella thing did look good but I was not in the mood for it (not in the mood for chocolate? what?!). I also am a huge coffee lover and I drink dark rich coffees... I didn't sleep for the month I was in italy due to espresso consumption (and had a week long caffeine hangover when I got home) and I love turkish coffee... but after all of the rich food I could not stomach the thought of chocolate OR coffee, my two favorite food groups. I had maybe 2 of the fritters but the ones I had were so good. Might just be what I was in the mood for.
Yeah it is gonna hurt when we go next, no doubt, and I might end up having to get the DxDDP just to accommodate his signature filet desires, lol. The plan right now is fly in friday early (like last time) and friday - sunday in the parks, monday morning to the port for a cruise, get off the ship early friday and spend friday in a park and then fly home saturday for february 2018 (he will still be a disney kid). I know DVC lets you add the
DDP for just one night so it might make sense on our last day to have a 2 credit dinner and then breakfast before we fly out or something. It is going to be VERY VERY hard to pick where to eat for so little park time. Believe it or not the kid went right to biergarten as a request! If I am paying OOP that will be a lunch thing though unless they do (or have already) equalize the pricing across lunch and dinner. I would like to do citricos again, I have not done that in more like 15 years I think. I have only been there once. And the new flying fish. But the sushi at CA Grill always draws me in.
What a totally perfect evening! Disney magic at its finest!
It was! it is nice when everything works out that way! The big key for perfection in Epcot: don't try to do too much. monorail, two rides and illuminations. Recipe for relaxation even in the parks.
Your Cali Grill review made my heart smile and my tummy growl!!
That sushi looked so good - I think my DD and I would fight over it.
We have a brunch booked for our trip and I keep going back and forth on keeping it - but if it is half as great as your dinner - I am all in!!
You'd have to get two rolls! it is really good sushi. Last time I went (in 2014) I made the mistake of going to Kona Cafe after CA Grill and ordering the sushi there... their similar roll is the Lava Roll and it was a HUGE disappointment. It came out with undercooked (red and cold at the bone) chicken wings and I ended up sending it all back and not eating (or paying for) any of it because biting into raw chicken made me lose my appetite and feel like I was a ticking time bomb of salmonella but I had eaten one piece of the roll before that and it was cold and dry like supermarket sushi. Others have reported different things so who knows, it was over 2 years ago... maybe that night they premade a lot of sushi earlier in the day. but all I'm saying is if you are a sushi person don't have any cheaper sushi after because it will be a disappointment!
the brunch looks excellent and it is maybe my biggest food regret - not doing it. It reminds me so much of the palo brunch on the
disney cruise - I have not been on a cruise since 2005 but the brunch was a highlight. similar format, buffet for appetizers and desserts and plated entrees. I could not convince the kiddo to go for it but I think now I could! the irony! I am looking forward to hearing how your brunch goes.
The CG review is great. Your epcot night made me go awww. Loved the moment you had with your son while watching the fireworks.
he is a sweetie and a cuddler, especially when he has been well fed!
Love the CA review! Butter goes good on anything!
So true. I wish I had taken a pic of the look of amazement on his face when he realized it was on his steak.
seriously whenever I see him eyeing the butter dish that i keep on the counter I have to remind him "keep your fingers out of the butter!"
Love your reviews, I'm sooooo hungry :-(
Keep them coming!
Me too! it is almost time to get the kid and we are probably going out to dinner since I stupidly left the chicken cutlets left over from dinner last night sitting on the counter overnight. That right there is a trip to the hospital waiting to happen.
There are so many good specials on island in winter so it's not so bad. I made it all the way to thursday cooking at home so that counts for something right? (way from last thursday lol).
tonight I will continue my report... it's on to Coral Reef and Biergarten if I get to it!