Live from WDW, Nicki & Todd do the F&W and 10 days worth of food!!!

Despite the rain, not a hard rain but a light misty rain that comes and goes, HS and Epcot were not busy at all. I was pretty hungry since I just had fruit and juice for breakfast so I wanted to get my favorite, the falafel wrap from Tangierine Cafe. I discoved this amazing wonderful yummy item a few trips back and I just have to have it when I am here. It is a ground chick pea and herb paste that is lightly fried, served with red onion, lettuce and cucumber yogurt dressing wrapped in a flatbread or pita like bread.

There wasnt a line so I was able to chow down quickly! DH decided that he wants to share with me (what is this share that you speak of??) and told me to get the olive salad for him and I got the couscous for me....another wonderful treat that I discovered in WDW.

The wrap was nice and hot, chock full of wonderful falafel. I dont do the olive salad, too much sodium, but DH loves it and the couscous was awesome.

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Then it was more F&W time, still trying new items and repeating some favorites.

DH has been driving me nuts about Sake....he wants to try it so bad, his boss is a huge fan of the stuff so when I was walking by Japan F&W booth they did not have it but told me the Kakigori stand did. DH ordered a hot sake (you can get it cold too) and we shared a melon/strawberry kakigori.

The sake stinks, I mean it does have a weird smell to it, DH liked it and said it warmed him all over, sounds good to me! The kakigori was nice and refreshing.

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DH is a cheese head so we went back to Cork Ireland for more cheese, we pitched the chutney, that stuff is like potpourri and the bread was so dry it fell apart if you touched it...the butter was a frozen rock....how do you spread hard butter on crumbly bread???

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In Australia we tried the Pepperberry Prawns with sweet potato hash. The shrimp were very good, had a nice spice on them and there were 2, one for each of us. The sweet potato hash was gross, way too sweet to eat and I love sweet potatoes.

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In India we tried the samosa with tamarind sauce. GROSS! Man this was really really bad. The sauce had a freaky weird flavor and the samosa itself was hard and dry.

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Norway called us over, it said that we have not tried the new schoolbread yet and it was time since our trip is just about over. So we obeyed....the schoolbread was much smaller than it usually is and the taste is EXACTLY the same. The coconut is not toasted, it looks like it is because of the caramel but it is still fresh coconut. It was light and very good.

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Over to Poland for that raspberry vodka cocktail. I know Brenda (olboyshoi) said to stay away, that is was too sweet but I loved it! Dh not so much but that was ok because I drained the glass pretty quick on him!

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And the final snack for today was Greece, spanakopita and Greek salad, just as yummy as the day before!

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So right now we are chilling out and resting, it is still drizzly out. We have a 7pm dinner ressie at Cape May (hoping to meet AngVT and her son). I know we will not be cancelling this ressie because DH is a littleneck clam fanatic and he has been looking forward to thing one!
 
Look for the Rosa in the champagne area in Publix...:cool2:

I am for sure going to look for that when we get back home!

i've been enjoying your live reports! i did have a question - you mentioned you are an annual passholder - is the 40% off better than your passholder rate?
today i got a 40% off value resorts from disney destinations (email) - is that how you got your discount?
thanks!

We are AP holders but the 40% off was a special code that came in the mail, it was the same bouceback offer that was in the rooms this past March/April. I hope that we get another one of these codes!

I called the bounceback line just now and the only code offered for 09 is the Free Dining for late Aug to mid Oct 09.

Nescrape! :lmao: I love it!

Thank you SO MUCH for posting these! I feel tons better about my meal here!


We are eating lunch there tomorrow, menu looks promising! Will let you know more tomorrow when we get back to the room for an afternoon break!
 
OH-MY-GOSH! They shrunk the schoolbread! :scared1: It used to be huge, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing!

Thanks for all the pictures and taking the time while on vacation to update us on the weather and crowds and write the reviews.

I see you had the Lemon Curd dessert at Jiko, my favorite dessert (so far!) at WDW, I see enjoyed seeing the picture of it again!

Hope the rest of your vacation is enjoyable. :goodvibes
 
I really love your reviews. I felt the same way about Boma, but Jiko is probably my favorite at WDW.
 
Well, I'm glad someone finally liked that cocktail from Poland. Bleargggggh! You can have mine next year! :laughing:
 
So jealous of this food and wine festival stuff. By the way that one photo of you and your man is totally fabulous it looked like you were all glammored and glitzed yourself up but that it took no effort because you're j ust that fabulous
 
OH-MY-GOSH! They shrunk the schoolbread! :scared1: It used to be huge, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing!

Thanks for all the pictures and taking the time while on vacation to update us on the weather and crowds and write the reviews.

I see you had the Lemon Curd dessert at Jiko, my favorite dessert (so far!) at WDW, I see enjoyed seeing the picture of it again!

Hope the rest of your vacation is enjoyable. :goodvibes

I know, it is much smaller now but the price is the same :confused3

DH loved the lemon curd from Jiko, he cannot wait to go back!

I really love your reviews. I felt the same way about Boma, but Jiko is probably my favorite at WDW.

Thank you, I see that I am not alone in the "I did not like Boma" category :goodvibes

Well, I'm glad someone finally liked that cocktail from Poland. Bleargggggh! You can have mine next year! :laughing:

Deal! :thumbsup2

So jealous of this food and wine festival stuff. By the way that one photo of you and your man is totally fabulous it looked like you were all glammored and glitzed yourself up but that it took no effort because you're j ust that fabulous

You should try and get away to a F&W, it is a blast! Thanks for the kind words about DH and myself, we clean up nice sometimes ;)
 
Hi all! We just got back from a late night at Epcot, EMH hours and we made it to 11pm, that is pretty good for us old folks :laughing:

Tonight's dinner is DH favorite, Cape May Clambake. We had a 7pm ressie and were seated around 10 minutes early. Normally this place is jammed and the lines are wrapped around the buffet but tonight was not that way, thank goodness. There were times when NO ONE was at the buffet, soooooo....I took tons of pictures!

Our server was the same one we had last year Oct 07 and believe it or not he remembered us! He said he never saw a man put away as many littlenecks as DH did :lmao: Me, I dont touch those ooky, slim like, gross little things but DH can eat them until the cows come home!

Bucket one and plate two. I did not take pics of plate 3 and 4 as it was more of the same. He loved loved loved these and said they were not gritty and yeah there were plenty of empty shells but that is to be expected.

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Normally they have a batch that is plain and a batch that has tarragon garlic butter. CMC has gotten smart and now makes them all plain and has the two butters on the side.

Here is our salad plate, we shared it but I went to get it since King Todd was too busy getting down with a plate of rubber bands :rotfl: There is caesar salad, marinated mushrooms, marinated tomatoes and cucumber salad. All of this was outstanding, very fresh and full of flavor.

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Here is a plate that I went to get us, just a few items to try. Fried talapia (served only on Thur and Fri) which was light and crispy and wonderful, not greasy at all, tartar sauce to the left of that, a nice soft dinner roll to the left of that, very fresh and crisp green beans about that, a wonderful asiago cheese pasta that I had to get more of, THE best chicken wings above that, spicy Italian sausage minus the onions and peppers, and super creamy red skin mashed potatoes next to that. What a great plate of yummy stuff.

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This is mine as DH is scared silly of meat that looks like this. A very nice rarish slice of Prime Rib with housemade (daily) horseradish sauce. I think I hit the motherload in Prime Rib when I bit into this. Much better than Boma. They did tell DH that they could take a piece and put it on the grill for him but he had moved on to another plate of clams so the beef was forgotten!

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I do not have a picture of some other plates like the to die for melt in your mouth fall off the bone ribs or the super thick and creamy clam chowder but take my word for it, all the food was awesome. The cornbread, the corn on the cob, I mean everything was perfect! Wow, did we actually try everything?? :eek:

Here are the dessert plates, yes there are way too many but you can blame DH for that, hey its my story and I am sticking to it!

The best chocolate chip cookie and oatmeal cookie. DH loved the brownie, he said it was the best and went up to get more, hmmm why didnt I get one?

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Flan on the bottom, this is gross stuff, very liquidy on the top and the flan itself was like loose jello. To the top left from that is a mango cheesecake that tasted like nothing, next to that is the famed Oreo Bon Bons and they were awesome as always, DH ate 3....:sad2: To the right of that is a key lime tartlet that had zero taste.

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Here is a Halloween cupcake, very moist and light. THE BEST sugar cookie ever and a great little peanut butter blondie with chocolate chips.

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In the lobby I ran into the guy from the Food Network, I think his name is Keegan? He is tall with blond spiked hair and square dark frame glasses and he does the cooking contests alot. It was so cool! I was on my way to the ladies room and I wish I had my camera with me so I could take a picture...he offered to but I didnt want to make him wait. He did shake my hand and thanked me for watching! That was my first celeb at WDW!

A few weeks ago I stumbled on AngVT pre dining report and we discovered that we would both be at the CMC around the same time so I was on the lookout for her. Just as DH and I were getting up for dessert this little blond woman said to me, Is your name Nicki? Guess who it was? Angela! It was so great to meet her and her son Jonathon....we hung out for a bit, walked to Epcot and did Test Track together. The two of them are super nice and alot of fun!

Here is a picture of the two of us with her son peeking through the bush.

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So cool meeting Disers at WDW!
 
Here are the Cape May Clambake pictures

STRING BEANS AND ASPARAGUS

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ASIAGO PASTA, MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY

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CORNBREAD AND SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS

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ROASTED CHICKEN AND BBQ RIBS

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MAC AND CHEESE

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PEAS AND CARROTS

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CHICKEN TENDERS

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CAESAR SALAD, MIXED GREENS, VINAGRETTE SALAD

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FRUIT AND SALAD FIXINGS

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MARINATED TOMATOES, MUSHROOMS, CUKES AND COLE SLAW

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PEEL AND EAT SHRIMP AND OTHER TOPPINGS

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POTATO SALAD AND MACARONI SALAD

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CLAM CHOWDER AND MINESTRONE SOUP

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CHEESE PIZZA

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RED SKIN POTATOES AND CORN ON THE COB

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FRIED TALAPIA

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CLAMS AND MUSSELS WITH BUTTERS

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COOKIES, BROWNIES AND CUPCAKES

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FLAN, KEY LIME TARTLETS, OREO BON BONS, MANGO CHEESECAKE, GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

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Since we are eating here on Saturday night DH wanted to check out the menu. Lots of new stuff and he is super psyched on the cavatelli and sausage (his fav) and I am dying to try the pumpkin ravioli....never had them before!

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Oh, Nicki, that's so great, thanks so much for the pics of Tutto's menus! I didn't see the tagliatelle bolognese thing on there. Actually, the menus seems different from the allears one. I thought that dish with the parmesan sauce at the top of the menu sounded like what you had back in April, but maybe with different pasta noodles?

Can you tell me about the school bread? What kind of bread is it? Is the stuff inside like a custard? Not sure if I'd like that. Can you describe the taste as similiar to something anything else?

Thanks, again taking time to share your food adventures with us, Nicki! Sometimes I resist trying things when I'm not sure what to expect, and will have wasted my money so these descriptions sure help!! :worship:
I'm glad you and DH are having such a fun trip and enjoying some really delicious sounding food! :thumbsup2
 
Cape May is one of my friend's favorites and we keep putting it off. I'm not a fan of clams, but there's so much other food on that buffet that looks yummy! (And I hate buffets, so that's saying something!) I'm jealous!
 
OK, I'm now adding Cape May dinner to our list for our next trip in 2010! Great pics. Are you still doing Tutto Italia tonight? That's on our list for the trip in 43 days, and I can't wait to see what another Italian girl thinks of the food!!:)
 
We went to the Cape May Clambake in September and really enjoyed it. Based on some of the reviews on dis, I wasn't expecting too much but I was pleasantly surprised.

Those little pails for the clams are so cute. Are they new because I don't remember seeing them there in September.

Loving your reviews!!!
 
Keegan hosts the Food Network Challenges! I love that show! Cool to meet someone famous in WDW! :cool1:

Well, you got me taking notes! :rotfl: I love falafels! We've never tried the Tangerine Cafe, this trip it's on my list! So is the pink drink in France. I was eyeing it in June, but went for the Grey Goose Slush. I told DH we have a list of beverages to drink in Epcot! :rotfl: I've never heard of the Peach Tea in China and I love peach schnapps! :lovestruc

I did cancel Boma (while reading your review) and instead of Kona Cafe, which was just out of the way since we'll be at the YC, we're going to try the Biergarten. I think my kids will like the show and hopefully DH will like the food.

About the schoolbread, I'm actually happy they shrunk it. I was way too big and I could never eat just half of it. It would always turn out to be a meal-replacement for me :rotfl: Glad it tastes the same! Wonder why they switched the frosting?:confused:

Did you ever try the Almond Kringla Pretzel? It's another favorite of ours. They are so good that we put them in the Goofy Candy Bags (which have the ziploc top) and take to eat on the way to the airport. They fit perfectly in those bags! :rotfl2:

Loving your reviews! What's up next?

Mare
 
hey Nicki! CMC looked great!

Did you happen to notice if the food booths during EMH last night?
 
Tonight's dinner is DH favorite, Cape May Clambake.

You make it look so much better than I remember. Maybe we'll have to try again. ;)

In the lobby I ran into the guy from the Food Network, I think his name is Keegan? He is tall with blond spiked hair and square dark frame glasses and he does the cooking contests alot.
DH saw Jamie Deen in the restroom last weekend. Then he comes out and asks if I saw him too. In the restroom? :rolleyes: He doesn't watch Food with me a lot so I was impressed he knew who Jamie was. ;)
 
Happy Belated Birthday!

I finally caught up, and wow! You certainly had some great stuff here! I got home late Tuesday night, vegged out on Wednesday, and pretty much didn't catch up until now.

First AKL concierge...I loved it and enjoyed seeing it through your eyes.
One of the breakfast foods from the Sunrise Safari I loved were salmon cakes. I guess they don't have those anymore. And breakfast used to be in the "schoolroom" at Tusker House. It's been a few years, so I guess it moved to Pizzafari since then.

Amarula...tasty stuff! :thumbsup2

And Jiko has always been a favorite of mine. Even more so after this trip for me. Hmm, what else? Oh Keegan Gerhard! I met him a few years ago when he came down for the festival. My favorite story is my friend talking about him during Party for the Senses, raving about the homemade marshmallows he made at the culinary demo the day before. Keegan was standing right behind her, looking pretty pleased with himself. ;)

And those photopass pictures are adorable.
 
I really shouldn't read your updates when I'm hungry :rotfl:

We love Cape May Cafe (breakfast & dinner)! Glad to see the pails are back, they got rid of them for awhile :thumbsup2 First time we went (back in 2001) DS was only 4 1/2. Our waitress taught him to take the empty shells out of the buckets and color on them to turn them into puppets :rotfl2: Even though the kids don't eat "seafood" there's plenty of choices for them and we all end up rolling out of there after dinner :rolleyes1
 

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