Sorry it's been awhile since I've updated! Things are pretty busy here, yesterday we visited another college for Ricky. This time Seton Hall in NJ and he liked it; now it's #2 out of 3 on his list. Tomorrow we're returning to his #1 choice Quinnipiac in CT. Steve couldn't get off work yesterday so my mom came with us which was really nice!
Thursday I booked DAH at HS for our July trip. This will be the 2nd time for Steve and I but the first for the boys and I know Ricky will enjoy it. Chris? Well, he's Chris.
Trifecta trip #3 (but really #1)
Happy Thanksgiving 2018!
Now that arrival day was over we were ready for things to NOT go wrong! That included nobody not feeling good and no bad meals. We started with some Artist's Palette breakfast of which I have no pictures and then headed to the MK for Mickey's 90th birthday as it was 11/17 so we got the cool buttons
OK FYI the picture wasn't sideways when I brought it over from my files but this is the 2nd time this has happened since the board upgrades so no idea what's happening? Anyway, after this we got some PP pictures taken on Main St. and much to my surprise (probably not yours as I've posted this already) this happened:
And we went about our merry way! We did have a good time at the MK as Ricky was feeling much better and the crowds were not bad at all for a few days before Thanksgiving. We ate lunch at CHH but I have no proof; I think Steve took the pictures with his phone and since I waited so long to do this report I never got them from him and he lost his phone about a month ago
Therefore let's move on...........to dinner! Since this IS a dining report, right?
We stayed in the park a good portion of the day, returning to SSR with enough time to change before dinner over on the BW. We cleaned up somewhat nice and the boys were kind enough to take a pic with their old momma:
They did say I look like a molester with my hands on their knees but at least I have photo evidence to remember them by when they leave the house and refuse to visit me. We were eating again at what is my favorite Italian restaurant on property, Il Mulino!
I don't remember what Steve had to drink but I had the really nice Moscato d'Asti they have:
And here's the non picked at picture of the Amouse Bouche they give you ( Iove saying that) of a cold eggplant salad and some Italian MEATS:
I let Steve have some of the eggplant but otherwise I pretty much eat it all myself, it's divine, not too sweet at all which it can sometimes be in this form.
Ricky's appetite was back pretty much to normal so he got an app:
Insalata Caesar
The Classic Il Mulino Caeser Salad
Nothing out of the ordinary but he likes his Caesar salads and he said the dressing on this was creamy and had lots of seasoning. He actually just said "it tastes like herbs or something" so I take that as seasoning lol. You can see they didn't skimp on the dressing!
Steve got an app we'd tried before:
Arancini di Carne
Italian Rice Balls stuffed with House-made Bolognese over Spicy Marinara Sauce
Little side note, I do not like the font color choices now
Most of them suck.
These are *almost* as good as the old arancini from Citricos and while I haven't had the new version there,
@pepperandchips has convinced me that there is no way the new version is better than these. In other words these are very good. The sauce as described is a bit spicy but not as spicy as a fra diavolo sauce would be; if I hadn't amoused myself so much with the eggplant I would have gotten an order of these also.
Our final app was Chris's :
Calamari Fritti
Lightly Fried Calamari with a Spicy Marinara Sauce
I don't eat this - EVER - but Chris ate every piece and had gotten it on our first family visit so I assume it's good! I know he doesn't like when it's soggy so I would say this wasn't soggy?
By this point I was pretty much dying watching everyone eating their apps so I was super stoked when my entree arrived. It happened to be the only entree I've gotten there on all 3 of our trips:
Rigatoni con Funghi
Rigatoni with Wild Mushrooms, Spicy Cherry Peppers, Garlic and Truffle Oil
Is that a beautiful plate of pasta or what? It tastes as perfect as it looks too! You can't see too many of the spicy cherry peppers but they're there and they're spicy! I don't really eat the mushrooms (hi Kari
@kastoney look what I found!) but I do like the taste they bring to the sauce, just not their actual consistency. Every part of this dish is perfection and writing this up is making me think we shall return here in July or Sept.......
Last time we came Chris got a pizza and then refused to eat it because there was too much cornmeal on the bottom. This time he went with the same thing that Ricky got:
Pollo Parmigiana
Pounded, Breaded Chicken Breast served with Fresh Tomato Sauce and Italian Cheese
This is HUGE if you can't tell. HUGE. RIcky had this the first time we went and it's delicious; pounded so thin like it should be. And of course it comes with that fried tail.........just kidding lol. Ricky loved it again, Chris complained while eating almost the whole thing so take that for what it's worth lol.
CONTINUED IN NEXT POST!