The next installment of my adventures in Disney brings me to two different restaurants, both worth talking about because they both have "Things I Do For Food" type stories! But first, a little diversion for some of the snacking that I did.
DAY TWO
On my second day, I went to the Magic Kingdom to take advantage of the Extra Magic Hours for the hotel guests. I saw this as an advantage to get breakfast before the park fully opens so I can get on the rides that usually have long lines. So I went over to the Main Street Bakery to spend my time eating a cinnamon roll the size of my head. It was really good and fresh out of the oven! I ate at my leisure and had time left over to still take advantage of the extra hour.
Keep in mind this picture was taken after I had already eaten half. Afterwards we went on Splash Mountain and all of the various other rides and went back to the hotel for an afternoon nap. That night Epcot was going to have Extra Magic Hours for hotel guests until midnight and we were going to have to eat dinner before. That evening, we went over to Iron Chef Cat Cora's Kouzzina (meaning kitchen in Greek). There we shared two appetizers, fried saganaki cheese and amazing fried calamari, definitely at the iron chef standard. For my main course I had the Greek Lasagna, Pastitsio, which I have had several times before. I never would have expected that it would have been about 2 and a half pounds.
Notice the nervous look on my face because it is extremely heavy and it was big on its own as well. I was very, very afraid digging into it, though never the less, I finished it to my shock... After a few hours in Epcot, I wanted a snack!
DAY THREE
The third day, we went over to the Animal Kingdom for the Safari and to get soaked on the Kali River Rapids ride twice. There was nothing really special in terms of dining since we went to dinner off the Disney premises with my dad's cousin. However, I sampled the Mickey Ice Cream Bar and the Mickey Ice Cream Sandwich that day and it was really, really good ice cream as well as the chocolate which kept me eating those all throughout the trip until the end.
DAY FOUR
Le Cellier Steak House in the Canada Pavilion of Epcot is arguably the best restaurant in all of Disney World. I didn't have reservations regardless of how much I tried before going on the trip. With my notion that persistence is key when you want something, I went for it. Every two hours from my arrival, I went to the concierge for them to check through the official dining system for reservations at Le Cellier. By the end of Thursday, I snagged a reservation for two for dinner on Saturday (YES!!). There was only one issue, there were three people... Saturday evening, we were ready to head over to the restaurant... in a monsoon. Thank God that the hotel was giving out towels and that we invested in the ponchos. Once we got to the restaurant, we went to the hostess and made the case that my father was with us and they gave us the seat!
I went crazy with the food. They started out with giving us our bread sticks which were hot and fresh baked including both sour dough and the pretzel which I loved coating in butter and finishing them off.
Next I had seen that the table next to me ordered onion rings which looked beautiful, I couldn't help but put in an order for those too, and they were completely worth it.
Next the Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup as an appetizer. I cannot get over how amazing this is. It is composed of white cheddar, Canadian beer, and of course, bacon. My parents ordered cups of this, though I knew how it tasted and I would have wanted more than a cup, so I ordered a bowl.
Of course, there as well was the main course! It was a steak house and it has one of the best filets I have ever had there. It was a filet mignon with a mushroom risotto. Let me just say, the steak was excellent and top quality but the risotto was prepared so artfully and it was jam packed with flavor! It was completely worth the persistence, and I am so glad that I made sure that I snagged the reservation.
A lot of work for food I'd say, though there is one more story and that is going to be saved for part 3 just above!
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