fallonkendra
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- Nov 2, 2015
Joining in! You have some of my favourite Disneyland restaurants on that list so I’m curious to see how you felt about them!
Following! I'm looking forward to your reviews!
Joining in! You have some of my favourite Disneyland restaurants on that list so I’m curious to see how you felt about them!
Following along, can’t wait!
I am here!!! Can't wait to read all about the food (and the trip)
Josh just got a coffee so that's all for the Denver airport
That's disappointing because they look like they would be good!Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenders
Herbed Soffritto, Micro Chives
He ate this quickly because he was hungry, but thought it kind of flavorless.
How can you go wrong with something part garlic knot part pretzel? These look yummy!Sautéed Pretzel Knots
Asiago-Pomodoro Dip
These tasted like they were part garlic knot, part pretzel, and the dip was like a creamy and cheesy sauce. These were really, really good, and probably my second favorite thing that I ate all day.
Agreed. I'm also scared to order steak at not nice steak places, because I worry about the idea of spending that money and then it not being cooked to my liking. We attempted grilling steaks for Mother's Day Or Zack did lol. It did go okay, though it was a little undercooked for everyone else - I eat mine a tad rarer than his family anyways, but I also had a thinner steak and just in general it was more medium vs medium rare. I used to always go medium rare but, going back to that not being cooked to my liking thing... I've run into too many 'too medium rare for me' steaks at cheaper places so now I only go with that at somewhere like Shula's.I am kind of picky about cuts of meat and I'm not the best at cooking it so I like trying alternatives to it.
This seems like much more interesting food options compared to Orlando for Christmas! And just in general compared to what the park normally has... I remember distinctly non-memorable QS food the last time we did Sea World SD lol. But I did get a rice krispie shaped like a whale tail. I recently heard from someone that they like the food festival at Busch Gardens Tampa better than F&W even. Imagine a trip based on the food festivals for SW/BG/Disney on both coasts... On Friday I decided to buy some discount ticket deal for BG/SW Orlando, so it looks like we will finally get there sometime in the next year.Compared to other food festivals I've been to at Disney this one probably didn't have as many options as say Food and Wine, but had more dishes I really liked than some of the other Epcot festivals I've been to. In comparison to other Seaworld festivals we've been to (the only other one we've been to is the Christmas one in Orlando) I'd say this had more/better choices. I found the Christmas food booths in Orlando relatively disappointing, and the food here was pretty good. Overall I didn't love the food at Seaworld Orlando (even outside the booths), but this was on par with some of the better food festivals I've done been to. If I were in San Diego (or Orlando because they have this same festival with different dishes) during this time I'd probably check out this festival again.
Thanks for following I felt that way when planning for Cali too!
Lol what I got was definitely not that exciting
Sometimes you just need tried and true simplicity, especially leading into a food filled tripEinstein's Bagels would be perfect.
I don't even like sunny side up eggs but this looks delicious. It looks like it was perfectly cooked!
Decadent Chocolate Mousse
Honey Crunch Chocolate Nibs
I love Einstein Bagels! My favorite is the basic sesame seed - I've tried some of the specialty, but always go back to the regular one!Sure Einstein's had many, many interesting different combinations and flavors but I went with a classic plain bagel and plain cream cheese. Not very exciting, but how would I establish a baseline for how good their bagels are unless I tried a classic first?
The line was kind of long and moved very slowly. In the course of that line a couple almost spilled a whole water bottle on me, and a lady tried to sneak her way up further into the line by going to the end and asking if everyone else was "really waiting in this line". Now sometimes I understand because people will group at the entrances to things and not be in lines and it's hard to tell, but other times when people are in a clearly marked line I wonder why you’d even bother asking that. Like do they think all the people will suddenly go "what?! I was waiting in a line, oops" and leave
I have never closely studied a bagel receipt before, but I did get a kick out of the fact that the cream cheese cost like double what the bagel cost. I'm not sure if that's the norm though since bagels are pretty cheap so maybe that's not a weird thing at all.
That looks pretty yummy!These tasted like they were part garlic knot, part pretzel, and the dip was like a creamy and cheesy sauce. These were really, really good, and probably my second favorite thing that I ate all day.
We typically eat at the place next to Einstein, it's pretty decent food but also a big part of the draw is that we have a credit card that gives us $56 in credit towards food there, so we just have to leave a tip. If we're in a hurry Einstein is now my go to (though the line is slow for... bagels... Zack likes to go to the Villa Pizza across from it even though he is disappointed every time
Agreed. I'm also scared to order steak at not nice steak places, because I worry about the idea of spending that money and then it not being cooked to my liking. We attempted grilling steaks for Mother's Day Or Zack did lol. It did go okay, though it was a little undercooked for everyone else - I eat mine a tad rarer than his family anyways, but I also had a thinner steak and just in general it was more medium vs medium rare. I used to always go medium rare but, going back to that not being cooked to my liking thing... I've run into too many 'too medium rare for me' steaks at cheaper places so now I only go with that at somewhere like Shula's.
This seems like much more interesting food options compared to Orlando for Christmas! And just in general compared to what the park normally has... I remember distinctly non-memorable QS food the last time we did Sea World SD lol. But I did get a rice krispie shaped like a whale tail. I recently heard from someone that they like the food festival at Busch Gardens Tampa better than F&W even. Imagine a trip based on the food festivals for SW/BG/Disney on both coasts... On Friday I decided to buy some discount ticket deal for BG/SW Orlando, so it looks like we will finally get there sometime in the next year.
I honestly can't even remember what place we ate at or what exactly I'd ordered but I do remember it being very tasty. I know it was a counter service type place without it's own seating and that it was some sort of "southwest bowl" or like a Denver bowl" type thing that was sort of a deconstructed Denver omelette thing with eggs, veggies, avocado and loads of salsa and sour cream. It was really filling and I could only eat 1/4 of it but DS stuffed myself overly full. I have terrible flying anxiety that causes severe nausea so I really can't allow myself to eat more than just enough to stave off hunger pangs when I fly. I just wish I could remember what exactly it was or even what restaurant it was at so I could try and recreate it at home.
I feel like either way you probably did okay by getting the sampler pass! Especially because I feel like even if you paid oop you probably would have come close to that amount or felt like you should skip certain dishes so that was probably a good call!
Thats good to know about In N Out! I feel like its one of those things thats only popular because its popular lol I plan on trying it for lunch when we're in LA just to try it but like you I always feel like I'm missing the secret when it comes to places like In N Out or Chik Fil A that gets SO much attention
Oh that's funny. As a native Californian who now lives in the midwest I miss In n' Out SOOOOOO much! Maybe it's just a nostalgia thing? I agree on their fries, but nothing beats a Double Double!
Oh, and in the interest of full disclosure I'm pretty sure I ate a mini bag of potato chips too.
So I decided Einstein's Bagels would be perfect
The line was kind of long and moved very slowly
Bacon Flavors
Pretzel Flavors
Latin American Flavors
Nuevo Baja booth
Island Fusion Flavors
Polynesian Flavors
This was my first time having an Impossible patty, and I was curious to try it. Honestly I thought it tasted just like a hamburger.
the aged tasted like goat cheese to me (which I don't like)
As for the fries neither of us were big fans. The plain ones were definitely undercooked and under-seasoned. I felt like they were missing something flavor-wise. The Animal Style was the same thing just slathered in toppings (mainly thousand island dressing) which seemed like a bit much. I have heard people say the Animal Style is better on the burgers, but it seems to be the same toppings so I don't really see the difference.
Smashburger is one we haven't gone to after trying it out when it opened because we weren't crazy about it