Disney dreaming2
Earning My Ears
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- Jul 20, 2014
I heard about chef T J at cape May will be at BC in Aug
Hi all!
Long term Disney eater, but September will be my partner and my first trip as vegetarians. I have to admit I am really struggling with the menus when choosing ADRs - so many places don't seem to have any veggie options, or just have one choice which we don't fancy (and we are not particularly fussy eaters!). Do some places have a separate vegetarian menu that you can ask to see once seated? Regarding buffets is there usually a "main" veggie choice, alongside the meat option, or is it just a matter of eating fries and other side dishes? Help - I'm depressed!
I think it depends on what you personally want to eat; are you Whole foods plant based, or will you eat eggs, fish, dairy? If it's whole foods plant based, it's harder, if it's general vegetarian that accepts dairy, eggs, or fish it's a lot easier....
Vegetarians don't eat fish. That's pescatarian.
I think it depends on what you personally want to eat; are you Whole foods plant based, or will you eat eggs, fish, dairy? If it's whole foods plant based, it's harder, if it's general vegetarian that accepts dairy, eggs, or fish it's a lot easier. So, for example, take Columbia Harbour House (which is a QS I do realize); you have the shrimp and fish platter, lobster roll, Tuna sandwich, lighthouse sandwich, salad, salmon, clam chowder, veggie chili, beans, carrots, hush puppies, rice, mac and cheese, french fries, and all the desserts. If you go vegan and/or whole food plant based you will have a bit more trouble, and you may need to look at sites like vegan Disney World to learn your substitution options (like no slaw on the lighthouse sandwich).
I just pick and choose which restaurant based on which park I'm in, and you get to know where the food is you want. So, I do Harbour House in MK (though the plaza is a good option too), Satu'li Canteen in AK, Sunshine Seasons in EPCOT, and.... nowhere really in Studios (lol, but they have options at most restaurants, and veggie and fruit snacks elsewhere). The TS restaurants are easier as they can customize most things by simply leaving something out; example; Kona Cafe in the Poly Resort. The Samoan is my favorite thing to have, but has pork and tuna in the base, they sub breakfast potatoes for me. Most TS will help you out if you ask, but I tend to pick what I want and just see if it can be modified. At buffets you can ask specifically if something is dairy free and such if you are concerned about dairy, otherwise it is pretty easy to tell. If you have a specific question about a specific buffet you can ask here, and usually someone will know.
Hi all!
Long term Disney eater, but September will be my partner and my first trip as vegetarians. I have to admit I am really struggling with the menus when choosing ADRs - so many places don't seem to have any veggie options, or just have one choice which we don't fancy (and we are not particularly fussy eaters!). Do some places have a separate vegetarian menu that you can ask to see once seated? Regarding buffets is there usually a "main" veggie choice, alongside the meat option, or is it just a matter of eating fries and other side dishes? Help - I'm depressed!
There is inevitably going to be a sliding scale: The more different things you eat, the more choices you are going to have. Until vegetarians outnumber omnivores, that's going to be the case. So if you're a pescatarian, you'll have less than half the number of choices of omnivores (though clearly more than that at seafood restaurants and less than that at steakhouses). Take fish and shellfish out of the equation, you'll have fewer choices. Take cheese out of the equation and you'll have still fewer choices. And full-on vegan will always have the fewest options.I’m not expecting to see anything in particular... just quite surprised that some places still have no veggie options and others have just one choice... I think it’s nice if everyone has a few options, especially with so many more veggies and vegans about. However it’s great news that the chefs are flexible and helpful, thank you!
Thank you I think I felt a bit awkward asking the chef for special / amended dishes (I’m English, I have the whole apologising thing going on!), but if that’s acceptable then I’m good to go!
Hi all!
Long term Disney eater, but September will be my partner and my first trip as vegetarians. I have to admit I am really struggling with the menus when choosing ADRs - so many places don't seem to have any veggie options, or just have one choice which we don't fancy (and we are not particularly fussy eaters!). Do some places have a separate vegetarian menu that you can ask to see once seated? Regarding buffets is there usually a "main" veggie choice, alongside the meat option, or is it just a matter of eating fries and other side dishes? Help - I'm depressed!
To be fair, they're the toughest challenge even for those people who eat meat. I remember always having to eat at the resort hotel restaurants, even before we went vegetarian.MK and HS are definitely your toughest challenges...
Tiffins and Nomad are both great veggie meals. Can't wait to eat there again.Just got back from a trip to Disney World and here are a couple of the places I ate -
Polite Pig since my husband really likes it. They have great sides that are veggie. I had the watermelon salad, the macaroni and cheese, the street corn and roasted beets.
The food court at Port Orleans French Quarter had a make your own pasta bar that included tofu as one of the proteins. I had pasta with tofu, marinara and a bunch of veggies. It was really good. They also had a plant based burger I didn’t try. Their vegan beignets are great.
Totchos from Woodys lunchbox can be made with veggie chili. Delicious and filling.
Nachos at La Cantina in Epcot can be made veggie by asking them to leave off the meat. It’s still got protein since it has the black beans. I thought it was great, especially with a margarita
We also ate at Les Chefs de France. They had a veggie lasagna that was kind of like a ratatouille with some pasta sheets. It was pretty good.
Magic Kingdom, we ate at Casey’s and their plant based hot dog was delicious. We also ate at Be Our Guest. I had the corn tortellini and it was really good.
The last day, we ate at Nomad Lounge at Animal Kingdom. The poutine was vegetarian. I also got the veggie sliders and the gobi Manchurian (roasted cauliflower). They were all really good and the cocktails were amazing.