I have started to write this review a few times, and lose it because I just never seem to finish. So here goes. Artist Point Storybook Dining. This was the meal I was looking forward to the most. We had not been to a.characyer dinner in 12 years. I figured AP used to be really good. Add so.e characters and we would br happy happy.
I stared with a cocktail of course. Evil to the Core - Patron silver tequila, habanero, blackberry, orange juice. This was good. I love everything BlackBerry. I didn't even get a picture. Mike had some unremarkable red wine. Sandy had died Coke. Ray had a beer that he was pretty excited about. Session Lager. He said the brewer makes better, but he liked this alot.
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We started with the appetizers. These are already chosen for you, and are three little dishes.
Hunter's Terrine,chicken, black truffle, stone fruit preserve, house-made pickles
Wicked Shrimp Cocktail,soy, miso, avocado, Thai chili, greens Mushroom Bisque crispy mushroom. The mushroom soup is the same fantastic mushroom bisque that was previously at AP. Unfortunately, you only get about 2 bites. I was left wanting a whole bowl. I would have gladly given up the other two. The terrine tasted fatty, but it really wasn't. The pickles were the best thing on the plate.
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The shrimp seemed to be pretentious. It was pretty much a shrimp with mediocre Asian slaw. Not impressed.
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I was really looking g forward to the entree. I am fussy about prime rib, and I love good prime rib. I kept reading reviews that said AP was really good. We all got it. Unfortunately, it was bad. Check out this photo.
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I ordered medium. There was a huge pool of blood in the middle!
There was a weird glaze on it too, but that was not glaze. Blood. It also was wayyyy too fatty. The entire right side was pure fat. I ate around the edges on the left side. Honestly the flavor was pretty bland. No one ate much of it. We packed it up and made a Filipino breakfast of Beef Salpicao (beef stir fried with garlic, maggi and soy sauce) and sinangag (garlic butter rice.) It was much better that way. The carrots were tough and odd. The wonderful thing on the plate was the Popover. I wish I knew how to make them. I really wanted a whole plate of those with my bowl of mushroom bisque (in my fantasy AP dinner.)
Right after dinner we had some great character interaction. This was truly the best part of the meal. Snow White was very sweet. Grumpy was loads of fun. Dopey was cool too, but didn't really stick around for photos.
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On to dessert. I liked all three in taste.
Miner's Treasures,sponge cake, chocolate gems, and berry panna cotta
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Fairy Tale Gooseberry Pie,meringue, gooseberry
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"Poison" Apple,dark chocolate-apple mousse, sour center. This disappointed Ted me quite a bit. The taste was basically just chocolate. It might look big in the photo, but it was barely more than a bite. Really tiny.
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Service here was really poor. Our waitress seemed bothered by us, even though we were not demanding. I asked doe a Coke Zeri at one point, since drinks were included. She seemed put off by my request, since I had already ordered a cocktail and water when we arrived. Sandy had to ask doe her single refill of diet coke. She never asked if the guys wanted more beer/wine (which they would have had she asked I am sure.) At the end she just brought us the check. We gave her our gift cards, she ran our check after a very long time. During this time, every table near us were getting
The Hunter's Gift to the Queen,crackled maple popcorn, ganache heart. It looked so magical and good. I am so into special effects with food, so this really excited me. She returned our check for signature, and still no Gift. So we waited another 10-15 minutes after we had signed the bill waiting g for the Gift. She walked by and looked at us like Oh you're still here? Then you could see the light bulb turn on. She had forgotten us. She hurriedly returned with the Gift, which I will post next.