Well here's to another weekend! I finally finished unpacking today from our EPIC trip I still can't believe it's come and gone. It won't be the same but luckily our next trip is less than 2 months away and I'm exited the boys will be with us, I've been 3x since they've been! FP's are set but not dining. I have come to enjoy lounges so much and combined with most signature restaurants, we really don't need to worry about ADR's ahead of time. Yay.......
But for now I still have some February to finish up!
Trifecta Trip #2 (but really #3)
Happy Surprise Birthday To Me!
The Last Supper
It's been awhile but you may remember our incredible, amazing, outstanding time at Tutto Gusto followed by some sunshine in a glass at Epcot before going to say good-bye to the MK. We didn't stay long; our night was ending in a 3rd park:
I would like to add here that I am falling more in love with AK each trip
@pepperandchips , here's another reason for you to love me! I happened to have had an extremely awesome day there last week but I digress. My growing love for this park definitely has to do with the food options but it also has to do with these guys whom we stop to watch as often as we can:
And much like Tutto Gusto I highly recommend you stop and watch them asap! These acrobats are in Africa and perform a few times a day, usually beginning later in the afternoon after Burudika is done. Like most entertainment in Disney they like to include guests in their act:
Yup, and the pictures Steve took get worse from here lol!
We came to AK for my birthday dinner; you're probably thinking Tiffins which makes sense and we both love Tiffins and why wouldn't we do a signature for my birthday???? But there was somewhere else I had in mind, somewhere I'd wanted to go for awhile but hadn't been able to convince....anyone else to go......
Hmmm I guess this really doesn't tell you where we went unless you look at the comment card so without any cool intro - we went to Yak and Yeti.
Exciting birthday dinner right? But it was my party and I'll eat there if I want to! And I'm glad we did
That Golden Monkey was Steve's and he liked it: I don't seem to have a picture of my drink but I got the
Yak Attack
Mango Daiquiri, Don Q Cristal Rum and Wildberry Flavors
I've had this before from the Y&Y quick serve and it's really good! Oh and we didn't have a reservation but used our handy new Landry's card for the first time and were seated within 6 minutes of walking in. We were also seated before others that were waiting in the lobby when we walked in so huge score having the Landry's card!
Next up was my app which I reluctantly shared with Steve since he didn't want to order one. I'd had these a few years ago and knew before we got there that I wanted them again:
Pork Pot Stickers
Pan seared or steamed, soy lime dipping sauce
They don't just give you 3 I just forgot to take the picture until we'd eaten 2! These were perfectly seared and the sauce was fantastic. Neither of us was starving yet from Tutto Gusto but we had approached "getting hungry" so sharing was actually fine.
Pretty soon our entrees were up! Steve got the
Lo Mein Shrimp
Lo Mein noodles, carrots, cabbage, green onions, bean sprouts
This is pretty simple I know but lots of you also know how Steve loves his shrimp! He enjoyed it, finished it, said it was tasty and hit the spot. I on the other hand went with something you can't always get anywhere:
Chicken Tikka Masala
Boneless chicken breast marinated in yogurt and freshly ground herbs cooked in a traditional Masala sauce, jasmine rice, garlic naan bread
I had this last time we ate here; I've also had a version from Harambe Market and over at Rose and Crown. Love it! Oddly enough I think the Harambe Market version was my favorite (don't know if they still serve it there) but this is a close 2nd; it's got heat so know that before ordering. The chicken was tender and the sauce is so full of flavor (and heat!) and of course the naan bread and rice do a nice job of giving me carbs AND cutting the heat a bit. This and the potstickers were the reasons I wanted to return and I wasn't disappointed!
We were pretty full after dinner and as much as I wanted those pineapple skewers, I had something else in mind. However the park closed at 9 and it was about 8:50 and we still needed to pay the bill, so while I waited Steve ran quickly to Zuri's Sweet Shoppe to grab me a birthday treat:
Mickey Dark Chocolate with Chili Pepper
More heat, please! Lindt has a dark chocolate chili bar similar to this; I can't remember who's TR I read about this on (wave if it was you!) but I knew I needed it and I'd forgotten in January. I tucked it away for later and we headed out of our last park of the trip. I did take this one shot of the not-new-anymore-but-newish-then Lion King set up there:
I swear we had a PP picture taken too but it's not in my account, oh well. I held out until we were on the bus and then bit into dark chocolate Mickey - he was goooood. But you can't eat too much dark chocolate at once, especially with chili pepper in it, so I saved the rest for the airport the next day. And that's pretty much all we got to do the next day as we had another early-ish flight. What a great birthday trip though and having now been to Disney 2 months in a row twice, I gotta say I wouldn't mind making that a regular thang
THANKS FOR FOLLOWING ALONG ON MY 2ND TRIP OF OUR TRIFECTA! NOW THAT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2019 ARE DONE I DO BELIEVE I'M FEELING GOING BACK TO NOVEMBER 2018, TO OUR THANKSGIVING FAMILY TRIP, TO FINISH THIS TRIFECTA OUT IF YOU ALL ARE WILLING TO STAY WITH ME IN THE MEANTIME HAPPY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOM'S AND GRANDMOM'S OUT THERE