Gatorland seems like years ago.
I last posted on Monday? I am trying to remember what I did last week. On Tuesday night, I met the Iowans at Wolfgang Puck Express in Marketplace at Disney Springs. I had the Insalata pizza. It was interesting. The pizza begins with house made dough and basil pesto. Then it’s topped with roasted garlic, burrata cheese, red onion and farmers’ market greens. I ate the greens separately. It is always nice there except they no longer have the creme brulee.
We went shopping afterwards. There is a new store in the co-op that is all about travel, so it was interesting to see. I took a spin on Cindy’s scooter and almost tipped over. It was fun, but people began to look at me when I ran into some green, heavy chairs and started dragging them with me. I stopped driving after that.
On Wednesday, we went to Boma for dinner. I don’t know how the pictures from Mayor Jacobs’ Dubai trip got in between the Boma pictures. Anyways, Mayor Jacobs was able to meet with the Dubai delegation when she visited a few weeks back, so that was neat to see. Boma was very good. I could eat there forever. But since I don’t eat much meat, I would recommend breakfast at Boma, but dinner was quite good. It actually had a lot of the same selections as at breakfast though the zebra domes are only at dinner.
On Friday, we had dinner at Chefs de France. It was really nice. I would encourage people to splurge on it when going to Disney World. I chose: selected greens with house vinaigrette dressing, diced smoked bacon, tomatoes, and house made croutons, the broiled salmon with rice pilaf, asparagus and dill beurre blanc sauce, and the daily assortment of fresh sorbets with a madeleine. The dill beurre blanc sauce was really really good.
I spent the night with the Murphys on Friday night at French Quarter. The room was nice. The major difference between a moderate and a value is the bathroom area. The bathroom is larger and there were two sinks in the French Quarter room. They had a nice river view too.
On Saturday morning, we went to breakfast at Trattoria al Forna. I had the frittata with roasted red peppers, prosciutto, onions, potatoes, and pecorino romano cheese topped with arugula. I didn’t think it compared with Kona Cafe. The places I would recommend would be: Boma and Kona Cafe for breakfast, Wolfgang Puck in Marketplace, and Chefs de France for dinner. Not in the same day, of course. These are all reasonable places and only take 1 dining plan credit. The French pavilion is really nice with their new quick-service and their newer ice cream place. I should probably try more table-service restaurants – like 1 a month or something.
I thank the Murphys and Pam for their generosity this past week.