dining log stardate 2023.01.23 to 2023.02.01

[justinslot]

On a solo trip, four nights at Grand Floridian followed by five nights at the Swan. I don't post here that much but I noticed ElizaDoesDisney doing a similar solo dining thread recently so it inspired me to attempt my own. Don't think it will be as good as hers, not sure if I will follow through and post every day, but I will give it a shot.

 

[justinslot]

We begin at Citricos. I tend to not order cocktails off the menu, as I usually don't like them, but instead prefer to see how they do with a good old Bombay Sapphire martini, somewhat dirty, rocks on the side. This one's pretty good.

 

[justinslot]

Citricos bread service. Top one was kind of crunchy and buttery, bottom a soft rye. Both tasty, preferred the crunchy one.

 

[justinslot]

The duck breast appetizer. Comes with a bit of pasta. Very tasty, question why this isnt an entree at a bigger size.

 

[justinslot]

The Citricos house salad. It has olives and cheese on it, which I am a sucker for.

 

[justinslot]

Now we're all outside because someone pulled the fire alarm lol

 

[justinslot]

After surviving the smoke alarm, I deserved a Manhattan. This is the 212 Manhattan: Angel's Envy, vermouth, chocolate bitters that you can taste. (Still Citricos.)

 

[justinslot]

Last Citricos pic: the pork belly app and the truffle mac and cheese aide. Both good.

 

[ThreeBoyMama]

Off to a great start! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dining report get interrupted by a fire alarm before!

 

[justinslot]

Citricos bill from last night. So I had no reservation there, I simply showed up at five and ate at what started off as an empty bar, but was mostly full two hours later. Service was good, food was good though I wasn't super wowed by anything? The chocolatey Manhattan and the duck breast and pasta were the standouts.

 

[justinslot]

From last night: a triple-B burger at Cosmic Ray's just ain't the same without Sonny Eclipse. A staffer said he's been offline since October, which seems absurd to me. It can't that long just to fix an animatronic. One wonders if Sonny is a low priority, or if they are planning something else for that space but haven't decided what.

 

[Counting Stars]

Following Your report is off to a great start! (Well, except for the fire alarm part...that different )

 

[justinslot]

At Monsieur Paul now. Not going to live update dinner so I can sit back and enjoy it, but here is the tiny appetizer (already forgot what it was, some bit of fish and
bread) I quite enjoyed.

EDIT: the fish was tuna.

 

[erinch]

Great title. Great start!

 

[justinslot]

At some point I will do a proper accounting of my Monsieur Paul meal. That night really knocked me for a loop, I decided I didn't want to wait in a crazy monorail line (since the dinner ended right around nine; it started at six) so instead I went to the Boardwalk and had some bourbon and a cigar. Then bus to Disney Springs just to catch the bus to Grand Floridian; I passed out pretty much immediately upon contact with my bed.

 

[justinslot]

If @ElizaDoesDisney ever sees this thread: I attempted to schedule omakase at Morimoto, with a reservation request on their website followed by a call since you don't get a notification or anything that they received the online request. I never received a call back. Maybe they were booked the day I had an opening on, maybe not every request rates a call back, I don't know. Since I was iffy on whether I wanted to do it anyway I'm not super broken up about it, but I would have gone through with it had it been easier to set up.

 

[justinslot]

Walk up dining succesful.

 

[justinslot]

Duck and pork terrine. This was good! Did not necessarily taste much duck or pork but I finished it happily.


Perfectly fine bread.

 

[justinslot]

The trout almondine. Tres bien.

 

[justinslot]

I did get the suggested pairings at Be Our Guest, a rose for the terrine and something white for the trout. No pics, wine looks like wine, in my view.