Food Glorious Food Part 1....

We had some fantastic culinary experiences in Orlando. We ate at Emeril's, Wolfgang Puck Cafe and at two restaurants in Disney.The Chefs De France in Epcot, and then a character dinner in Magic Kingdom.

I was really surprised how great the French restaurant was. I thought it was going to be OK, but I was thrilled that it was so nice. Everything was totally French, the decor, waiters and food. The executive chefs/partners are Paul Bocuse (and this restaurant is managed by his son!), Gaston Lenotre and Roger Verge

We all had something different. My parents had this wonderful looking dish:

It's Noix De Saint Jacques et gambas sautees Flan e'epinards, sauce a l'oseille or in other words Sauteed scallops and black tiger shrimp served with spinach flan and sorrel sauce. They said it was delicious.

I had the Jarret d'agneau, riz complet et carottes, which translated is Braised lamb shank, black perl rice medley and carrots. Divine. I love lamb.

Marc had "The Menu", which was Onion Soup, Roasted chicken with basil mashed potatoes and braised tomato topped off with Vanilla creme brulee. The only thing that was a bit disappointing was that the Creme Brulee was served stone cold and all the sugar on top had not been caramelised properly. That was probably a time issue though.

The kids menu was great with nice vegetables and fish and also chicken and pasta - although I'm sure that any kid that has been walking around Epcot all day will eat anything because they are really hungry!!

All in all I was thrilled with this restaurant, and would definitely eat there again given the opportunity!

Disney Was a Blast!

I'm back! We all had a fabulous time at Disney. The weather was great and the parks were not crowded at all. The longest wait we had on anything was 20 mins, most rides were 5 or 10 mins and the only rides we had to fast pass were Space Mountain and Peter Pan's Flight. My daughter got to meet 3 different princesses as well as Peter Pan and Wendy and Donald Duck. Mickey was MIA except for the parades. We did a character dinner and Minnie, Goofy and Pluto showed up, but still no Mickey!

I got to ride a Segway at Epcot, which was fun. We only got to do a small loop, but it was better than nothing and I've never been on one before. You basically make it go forward by putting a bit a weight on your toes. It's quite incredible!

I also enjoyed the availability of the frozen margaritas at Epcot, and you could walk around with them! I really loved the world showcase, and thought they did a great job of making each country as authentic as possible.

I'll talk about the food in the next post. Needless to say I ate a lot, but I felt I could get away with it because I walked around the parks for about 10 hours a day.

BAM!!

I won't be posting for over a week, as we are heading to Orlando early Friday morning, and I'm unsure of the availability of internet connection where we are staying. My parents are coming in from Australia and we are spending the week at Disney.

Marc and I will be having dinner at Emeril's Orlando on Tuesday night, so I'm hoping to get some good photos of that dinner, although I'm not sure how kindly it will be looked on if I pull out my camera and start taking photos, but I'm going to try.

We are actually staying at a time share which is not a Disney property, but we are eating at the Chefs de France in Epcot on Monday night.

I'll be back in a week!!