Brygida
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Top Dining at WDW on DDP - Long - Part 1 of 3
These are the places I would eat again and again!
#1. General Consensus among our 3-family party was that Akershus at Norway EPCOT is the best! Its back!
Several years back Akershus was our favorite
to be replaced by Citricos, Boma, et al over the last several years. I am very happy to say that it is back! We ate there on August 16th for lunch. Meal for 5 adults was $155. Princesses who appeared were: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, Mary Poppins, and Ariel. But, Akershus is #1 for the food, not the princesses. From the cold buffet, I remember particularly liking the red-beet salad, the cucumber in vinegar salad, the eggs with shrimp mousse, the tomatoes and onions salad, and the potato salad. I like simple food where I can taste all the ingredients! For my entrée, I had the Kjottkaker (which is the Norwegian version of meatloaf) with cauliflower mashed potatoes. It was excellent. For dessert, the Rice Cream was particularly good. The only down-side was that I remember the items I used to love here 
(hot red cabbage, white dill fish, cold chicken, fruit sponge cake) that are no longer available.
#2. Raglan Road. The new kid on the block.
This was the most expensive meal we had as a 1 TS credit. We ate there on August 14th for dinner & entertainment. Meal for 5 adults was $220. The food here is the best home-cooking meal you will find anywhere. It certainly rivaled the best pubs Ive eaten at in England! The food is phenomenal. 
I had the potato & leek soup, the Irish soda bread, and the beef stew. I also shared in the Crock of Pate, which was the best, and we are pate connoisseurs (pate being a staple in Polish and French cuisine). I cannot remember what my dessert was called, but it was a huge, creamy, delicious, piece of cake, that I did not have room to eat until later back in the hotel room. The only down-side here was that we had non-food issues. We did not get the table we wanted, (we got a table with NO view of the entertainment). We also got hassled about using the DDP (but no further discussion on that, since that thread has already been closed due to flaming arguments 
).
#3. Wolfgang Puck Express. The underdog
in the running (due to it being a CS restaurant). The food was awesome. We ate there on August 18th for dinner. Meal for 3 adults was $40. I had the chicken lasagna (and I dont like Italian food!) and the Crème Brulee. I ate every bite! 
The dish was very large and served with bread (that was soft and yummy). The Crème Brulee was very creamy and excellent. Others in my party had the Thai Noodle Salad and Barbeque Chicken Sandwich. Big Thumbs Up 
on this one. The waiters (even though this was CS!) came often to deliver the food, clear plates and get complimentary drink refills! We were so impressed, that I left a tip! Our waiter here did more work than at most TS places we ate! If we had only found this place at the beginning of our trip, I think we would have been tempted to eat every CS there! (Which was possible because I had a rental car and we were staying at Port Orleans.) The only down side was
. There was no down side to WPE! 
#4. Mitsukoshi Teppanyaki. This would have gotten a higher rating, but there menu has been slashed in half as to what used to be available on the DDP (the salad, shrimp, soup appetizer are no longer included with the entrée, and tempura is not an appetizer option). There is only 1 dessert on the menu (other than a scoop of ice cream), a ginger cake, which was good but this restaurant is lacking the previous selection. We ate here on August 18th for lunch. I was on my own with my toddler, whom I brought in a CS meal for (since I didnt think he would eat anything there). I had the chicken and shrimp combo which came with white rice, noodles, bean sprouts, and mixed veg. Mustard and Ginger sauces flow for dipping. I pour an entire mustard sauce over my white rice! YUM! The bill for 1 adult came to $34.
#5. Boma. This is an old favorite that held my #1 spot for a few years. The downside now is that it too is lacking in selection. I remember several flan options the first time I went there. Now there are none. My DHs favorite, the white pastry triangle with fruit was also gone. Meat carving options were limited. The huge salad selections were gone. They had maybe half of the choices I remember from my first visit. The problem then becomes that of the choices that are available, many were too spicy for me to eat. We ate here on August 15th for dinner. The bill for a party of 5 adults came to $165.
Follow-ups to be posted: Mediocre Dining at WDW on the DDP! Long Part 2 of 3; and Worst Dining at WDW on the DDP! Long Part 3 of 3.
These are the places I would eat again and again!
#1. General Consensus among our 3-family party was that Akershus at Norway EPCOT is the best! Its back!
Several years back Akershus was our favorite
to be replaced by Citricos, Boma, et al over the last several years. I am very happy to say that it is back! We ate there on August 16th for lunch. Meal for 5 adults was $155. Princesses who appeared were: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, Mary Poppins, and Ariel. But, Akershus is #1 for the food, not the princesses. From the cold buffet, I remember particularly liking the red-beet salad, the cucumber in vinegar salad, the eggs with shrimp mousse, the tomatoes and onions salad, and the potato salad. I like simple food where I can taste all the ingredients! For my entrée, I had the Kjottkaker (which is the Norwegian version of meatloaf) with cauliflower mashed potatoes. It was excellent. For dessert, the Rice Cream was particularly good. The only down-side was that I remember the items I used to love here (hot red cabbage, white dill fish, cold chicken, fruit sponge cake) that are no longer available.#2. Raglan Road. The new kid on the block.
This was the most expensive meal we had as a 1 TS credit. We ate there on August 14th for dinner & entertainment. Meal for 5 adults was $220. The food here is the best home-cooking meal you will find anywhere. It certainly rivaled the best pubs Ive eaten at in England! The food is phenomenal. I had the potato & leek soup, the Irish soda bread, and the beef stew. I also shared in the Crock of Pate, which was the best, and we are pate connoisseurs (pate being a staple in Polish and French cuisine). I cannot remember what my dessert was called, but it was a huge, creamy, delicious, piece of cake, that I did not have room to eat until later back in the hotel room. The only down-side here was that we had non-food issues. We did not get the table we wanted, (we got a table with NO view of the entertainment). We also got hassled about using the DDP (but no further discussion on that, since that thread has already been closed due to flaming arguments ). #3. Wolfgang Puck Express. The underdog
in the running (due to it being a CS restaurant). The food was awesome. We ate there on August 18th for dinner. Meal for 3 adults was $40. I had the chicken lasagna (and I dont like Italian food!) and the Crème Brulee. I ate every bite! The dish was very large and served with bread (that was soft and yummy). The Crème Brulee was very creamy and excellent. Others in my party had the Thai Noodle Salad and Barbeque Chicken Sandwich. Big Thumbs Up on this one. The waiters (even though this was CS!) came often to deliver the food, clear plates and get complimentary drink refills! We were so impressed, that I left a tip! Our waiter here did more work than at most TS places we ate! If we had only found this place at the beginning of our trip, I think we would have been tempted to eat every CS there! (Which was possible because I had a rental car and we were staying at Port Orleans.) The only down side was
. There was no down side to WPE! #4. Mitsukoshi Teppanyaki. This would have gotten a higher rating, but there menu has been slashed in half as to what used to be available on the DDP (the salad, shrimp, soup appetizer are no longer included with the entrée, and tempura is not an appetizer option). There is only 1 dessert on the menu (other than a scoop of ice cream), a ginger cake, which was good but this restaurant is lacking the previous selection. We ate here on August 18th for lunch. I was on my own with my toddler, whom I brought in a CS meal for (since I didnt think he would eat anything there). I had the chicken and shrimp combo which came with white rice, noodles, bean sprouts, and mixed veg. Mustard and Ginger sauces flow for dipping. I pour an entire mustard sauce over my white rice! YUM! The bill for 1 adult came to $34.
#5. Boma. This is an old favorite that held my #1 spot for a few years. The downside now is that it too is lacking in selection. I remember several flan options the first time I went there. Now there are none. My DHs favorite, the white pastry triangle with fruit was also gone. Meat carving options were limited. The huge salad selections were gone. They had maybe half of the choices I remember from my first visit. The problem then becomes that of the choices that are available, many were too spicy for me to eat. We ate here on August 15th for dinner. The bill for a party of 5 adults came to $165.
Follow-ups to be posted: Mediocre Dining at WDW on the DDP! Long Part 2 of 3; and Worst Dining at WDW on the DDP! Long Part 3 of 3.
Or maybe it was looking at the bad food. Or maybe the turning restaurant? 
Anyway, she had to leave and was really bummed that our last dining experience at WDW (on August 19th) had left her sick to her stomach. She was mad at me for ruining that day! 
As the Garden Grill had been my idea from the DIS. Cost for 3 adults was $78. Certainly not worth a 1 TS credit.
We ate there on August 17th and the cost for 4 adults was $135.
of any ADR we had anywhere at WDW. It took about 30-40 min to be seated after our on-time arrival. We were all very cranky 
by the time we were seated because, of course, we had skipped breakfast.
I am worried now......
