Saturday, December 20, 2008

Disney World Eats

We spent our first night in Orlando at Downtown Disney. After finding one another at the airport, getting our luggage, getting to the Disney Resort, checking in, and then taking a ferry boat ride to Downtown Disney, it was about 8pm and we were starving because neither of us had eaten anything since breakfast.

After quickly scanning the dining options, we decided to have dinner at the new T-Rex Cafe (so new it doesn't have it's own website yet!), where we had a "prehistoric" dining experience. ha ha.
See here, we had dinner with a family of triceratops. I had a Brontosaurus Burger (minus the cheese). The waffle fries were sooooo good. I should have ordered another side dish of it.

The Boy ordered a half slab of T-Rex Ribs, which were so tender and juicy, and the meat literally just fell off the bones. I also tried to feed some mashed potatoes to the momma triceratops.

We spent our second day at Disney's Epcott Center (more to follow), had breakfast early in the morning, and then didn't have lunch until 4pm. Boy, it's hard work trying to fit everything into one day, but we did it! Below is what we had for our linner - Mexican cuisine of soft tacos, burritos, and a ton of chips and salsa/guacamole.
On Day 3, we spent the morning at the Animal Kingdom. After seeing all the musicals and attractions we wanted to see, we had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe, where they had these funny looking bar stools. What a genius idea, eh?
We had a selection of appetizers at the Rainforest Cafe - quesadilla, chicken tenders, calamari, chicken rolls, and spinach dip. Guess what? We finished it all. Yep, we did. I was hungry.
We spent the second half of Day 3 at the Magic Kingdom. My main goal for the evening was to get my hands on one of those giant turkey legs. We didn't have dinner until about 8pm, but we each got ourselves a turkey leg, and it was GOOOOOD.
Our last day in Orlando was spent at Hollywood Studios. By this time, The Boy was getting the early signs of a cold and we were both getting a bit tired from doing 15-hour days marathon of the parks.
We had a lunch break at Mama Melrose's Risorante. We started off with an appetizer of calamari, which was really good, not fishy and very tender. The marinara sauce was especially tasty because it had a bite of spice to it, but the spice wasn't overwhelming.
The Boy ordered the bruchetta, which had a really nice balsamic vinergrette on it. The combination of tomatoes had a nice taste to it too.
I had the spaghetti with clams and mussels. It had the same marinara sauce as the calamari so I was happy.
We later went back to Downtown Disney for some souvineer shopping and dinner, which was at Planet Hollywood: buffalo chicken sticks, crispy chicken tenders and sliders. We ordered a bit too much and ended up taking home the leftovers.
And as I sit here updating my blog, both The Boy and I have a cold - he's slowly getting over his and mine is just starting. Hopefully, we can both be better in time for Christmas dinner, because let me tell you this - food just doesn't taste good when your nose is running like a faucet and you're sneezing up a storm.

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