We had breakfasts booked out the next couple of days, so this was our last chance to eat at the POFQ foodcourt and have the delish beignets. So for some reason instead of them I went for the cinammon roll that I hadnt much enjoyed at when I tried it last week. Crazy Lady.
This is what happens when I try make decisions before my morning cup of tea. We also ate in the foodcourt rather than the room as I felt we should eat in there at least once. The cinammon roll was Ok, but when you compare it to a Cinabbon (and beignets) its just fades into nothing!! TG had the croissant which was also a bit dry - 7/10.
We were having an early lunch so NO snacking during the morning . . . I know!!!! We walked to Beaches N Cream and arrived about 12.15. They could seat us straight away at the counter or there was a ten minute wait for a table. We decided to wait, and it was probably less than 5 minutes in total.
The server was pretty good, quick and efficient. I dropped my fork at one point and asked for another, waited about five minutes and couldnt wait any longer so used the one I dropped on the floor (well if you dont taste germs you cant become immune to them), and then she appeared with the replacement. Oh well.
Even the lights in this place are cute!
Onto food! Firstly as a big bonus could get the lovely pink lemonade here!! We decided to share one regular cheese burger with onion rings, and a hot dog with fries. The waitress took the order and asked if we wanted chilli, cheese and onions on the hotdog. No way shouted I, none of your fake, gloopy, cheese for me thank you, had enough of that yesterday. But wait she said this is real, proper, grated cheese . Well alrighty then pile it on!!
Here they are:-
Burger and onion rings
Chilli Cheese dog and fries
This was all superb. Absolutely lovely. Now thats what I call a chilli cheese dog!!!
And the fries were probably the best I have had at Disney. The onion rings were OK, but I still wasnt in the mood for grease after the tonga toast experience so didnt eat many of them. But the burger . . . oh the burger . . . sweet morsel of heaven. We both agreed it was the best burger ever, and we only got half each of a regular one! Not even a double!!!!! What an amateur mistake!!!! Moist, unfatty burger, and squidgy soft roll. I gave this 9.5/10 (lose half a point for greasy onion rings, and for the waitress not encouraging us both to have more burgers instead of hotdog!!) TG gives hotdog 10/10 and burger 11/10.
Onto dessert . . . I was SO torn between the No Way Hose or sharing the Kitchen Sink, we had heard so much about both. In the end I went for the No Way Hose (peanut butter and hot fudge delight with chocolate and vanilla ice cream, peanut butter and chocolate morsels, whipped cream and a cherry ) and TG went for the Fudge Mud Slide (A gooey chewy brownie, hot fudge, three scoops of vanilla ice cream, oreo cookies, topped with whipped cream and a cherry ). We had every intention of sharing them but in the end I mainly stuck with the No Way Hose and TG the Mud Slide.
First of all they are humungous!!! Bigger than any sundae I have ever seen. This might have scared some people, but not us. We laugh in the face of danger.
Yes that is oreos decorating it! Whole ones!
Oh yes, should just say this picture was taken by a little boy in the restaurant . . . his dad sent him over to ask if we wanted a picture together! How kind was that?!
Not many things make me grin like this . . .
Anyway I had the No Way Hose and it was to die for. Peanut butter chips and choc chips all over it. The peanut butter sauce is really thick. OMG I loved this. I think I left a bit of icecream, but I had a good attempt at it. 10/10 from me and another 11/10 from TG. TG gives the Fudge Mud Slide 10/10 (I didnt try enough to mark it!). We sure liked this place!
OK, so I lied about leaving some . . .
Well, there was only one thing for it. We had to return and have a full burger each. There was no option - I had to look at my precious food day-plan made six months ago, and rearrange something. A Dis-sers worst nightmare.
But this meant another chance to maybe have the kitchen sink!!!!
Went back to Ecpot and by 4pm we were famished. We were heading to Norway for a school bread when I remembered seeing some good reviews of the Boulangerie Patisserie in France, so thought we would give it a look. Well this is us, so a look led to a purchase or 2. I went for a Crème Brulee (hadnt had one all trip and was gagging for one!). TG went for something he thought was a chocolate éclair . . .
Managed to get a table outside eventually (they SO need more tables there, it was like a battle ground trying to get one. Luckily I have sharp elbows!!). I tucked straight into the crème brulee and have to give it a 8.5/10. Excellent! Really crisp topping and lovely light base. I wouldnt know how to choose between it and the school bread to be honest.
Poor TG!!! Now I dont know about France but in the UK a chocolate éclair is light pastry with chocolate on the top, and cream all through the middle. TG loves these. So, he took a massive bite and then gagged. Instead of cream it was filled with a really pale, unchocolately chocolate, brown thick goo. He hated it!! He said it was like eating (and if I am sharing too much tell me and I will delete it) he said it was like trying to eat a certain part of Willy Wonka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which made me laugh so hard that I choked up a piece of my lovely crème brulee. He gives it 1/10, (tasteless, just plain weird)
Left Creme Brulee, right Willy Wonkas . . .
Anyway he refused to eat anymore of it so tucked into my crème brulee!!!!! He had half of it. Oink, oink Mister! He didnt like the crisp top (is he mad?) but liked the base - 7/10
Now you are all going to call me a fool for this. Tonight we had reservations for Le Cellier, 7pm (didnt I do well!?). You may have noticed we are not really into steak, but we were going for the atmosphere, and there were other things on the menu we were going to have (think there was a pork chop thing). Then of course a couple of months ago they changed the menu and there was literally nothing left we fancied! They should give 6-months notice when they change a menu so as not to inconvenience people with ADRs!!! So I gave away the reservation to another Dis-ser . . . and made the decision to go to Bahama Breeze on Vineland Ave. Thats where the fool part comes in.
Now in my defence I had seen a few good reviews of this place, and indeed one of my guide books says it is the best chain restaurant food I will find in America, and the website was all tropical and alluring and I thought it would get us in the mood for next years cruise. Plus the menu had ribs and TWO types of wings how could I fight that?!
Off we went! It was packed near the podium but we got seated straight away on a nice big table, waitress came straight over and was really friendly. Everything was going so well.
And then arrived the worst food of the holiday (for me, I should sat up front TG quite liked it). I had the Jamaican grilled wings (Marinated with authentic spicy jerk seasonings and slow roasted, with a tangy dipping sauce. ) and ribs (A full rack of fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs, glazed with our sweet and smokey guava barbecue sauce, served with mash ). TG had West Indian patties (Crispy pastry with savory beef filling served with seasoned sour cream and apple-mango salsa ) and the wood grilled Angus burger (Thick and juicy...a half-pound of Angus ground chuck on a toasted bun with lettuce, vine-ripe tomato, red onion ). When the wings arrived I literally drooled. They were huge!!! Then I started eating them, they were SO tough and gristly. Despite the size I barely got any meal off them at all. I also didnt much like the rub they were in. I only had about 3 of them. TGs patties were OK, kind of like Cornish pasties and very filling.
Patties
Wings / lumps of gristle
Then the ultimate annoyance. The entrees arrived while we were still eating. Man that really bugs me big style. I told the girl that we were still eating but she didnt really seem to understand the point I was making, and to be frank the wings were so bad I didnt mind giving up on them. But still, that really sends my blood pressure boiling. Is it that hard to work out that even me and TG need at least 10 minutes between dishes appearing!!!
The ribs were also a let down. Again they were just very tough and definitely didnt fall off the bone. I have to be fair though the mash was lovely best of the whole trip. Proper potato and loads of it not enough to redeem the meal though! And not even a little salad or anything on the plate. I give the place 4/10 for the mash. TG gives it a 7/10.
Ribs and burger
We decided not to bother with Dessert !!!! Well sort of . . . we went back to Epcot for Illuminations and yep, you guessed it. I had another Crème Brule!!!! All to myself!!! As good as the last . . . we only have one day in Epcot next year and I still dont know how to choose between that or the schoolbread. I will probably have both though so lets not stress over the decision.
Got back to the room and decided to mess with the ADRs. Lunch on Friday was meant to be Plaza (MK), and Saturday was meant to be a final trip to the Earl before heading for the airport. But I threw mad caution to the wind (TG was busy watching Stacey on Disney TV and unable to help) . . . I decided to forego our last Earl visit and return to B&C. Then I was in the mood for change so we cancelled our lunch at the Plaza tomorrow and I booked Grand Floridian Café . . . without even seeing the menu!! What kind of disaster was this going to be?! Find out soon!!!!
Up next, Crystal Palace breckie, Aloha Isle treats, Grand Floridian lunch, Raglan Road dinner
) and Atlanta is so on our list!! And Graceland!!
I showed the reports to my 15 yr old. He says that he aspires to eat as much as you and that he WILL in August. We'll see! 
