12/7 Good-bye Dinoland & a Yak n Yeti Dinner
As we returned to Animal Kingdom, we spent some time walking around Dinoland, saying our goodbyes and taking some final pictures.
We made our way over to Asia and I rode Expedition Everest in the single rider line. I had planned to ride it later when it was dark but DH encouraged me to ride then, just in case it was down later (which it ended up closing early). My DH is a wise man.
After seeing the Disco Yeti, we made our way to Yak n Yeti for dinner. We have dined here before and always enjoyed our meals. This time we opted for the healthiest things we could find. Sadly we resisted the temptation to get the Ahi Tuna Nachos (sub chicken) which, as I write this, I deeply regret.
For our appetizer, we ordered the Lettuce Cups: Wok-fried ground chicken, chopped vegetables, sweet soy glaze, crisp lettuce cups. We’ve never eaten this before.
These were pretty good, but there just wasn’t enough chicken to fill all the lettuce we received. Here’s my first lettuce cup:
Lots of toppings, little filling.
For our entree, we shared the Teriyaki Chicken, another “new to us" item.
The chicken was well cooked and we enjoyed the salsa and vegetables. It was good but nothing overly memorable. Over the past several visits we’ve ordered the Ahi Tuna Nachos, Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Lo Mein, Korean Beef, Honey Chicken and Sweet & Sour Chicken. They were all better than this dish. In fact, I would list them from top to bottom just as I did here, with Teriyaki Chicken in the last spot.
After our entree, we made the mistake of ordering dessert. Service up to this point had been great. The food came out well paced, hot and fresh. Then we ordered dessert and waited over a half hour for it to be brought to the table.
We shared the Chocolate Pudding Cake with Raspberry Sauce.
This was pretty tasty. It had rich chocolate cake with layers of chocolate pudding and a little raspberry sauce. We gave it a B. It may have scored a little better if we hadn’t waited so long to get it. We basically gobbled it up hoping we could leave. The chairs were getting very uncomfortable at this point.
It took a while to get our bill as well. There was a guest seated across from us that was having issues with a credit card or gift card and our server spent quite a long time trying to work it out with him. The guest even had to call someone on the phone to figure it out, while the rest of his family left the restaurant. I don’t know why the server didn’t leave him to sort it out and bring our check, but he didn’t. Eventually the guest gave up and paid another way and our server finally brought our check.
When we were finally liberated from Yak n Yeti, we were greeted with this beautiful view.
I have wanted to see Animal Kingdom in the dark so badly. This trip we finally lucked out with Animal Kingdom being open until 8 and the sun setting at 5:30. Any aggravation we were feeling from Yak n Yeti immediately dissipated as we enjoyed Animal Kingdom at night!
Here’s a cool pattern of light on the pavement in Asia.
I have many more spectacular night-time photos coming up next!
. Seriously though, some people just make me shake my head...luckily even with the crowds we didn't run into rudeness much at all.
