May 17th, Part 3
After chilling in the room for a bit, it was time for dinner and I knew where we would be eating!
Black Tap Burgers & Shakes opened not too long ago and that's where I wanted to go!
We had passed by it all week and saw crazy lines at all times of the day! Thankfully the line was short when we went.
You order at the cashier and they give you a buzzer that you place on your table and then the food is brought out to you.
Pop is refillable here, yay!
They are known for their crazy shakes and apparently were the original ones (in NYC) to offer these over-the-top shakes before they became popular every where.
I recommended to Kira that she get the chicken strips and fries but she was in a mood and said she wanted Chicken Caesar Salad.
We found a table (it was crowded and not easy to find a decent one) and sat down and placed the buzzer on the designated spot. As we sat there for a few minutes, we noticed how CRAZY loud it was!! Rob and Kira filled our drinks while I went to the bathroom. Not only was the restaurant loud from people noise, they had the music BLARING!! When I was in the stall in the bathroom, I heard a kid screaming at the top of his lungs and compared to the loud music they were playing, it didn't seem too loud.
I am very sensitive to noise in my old age and kids screaming really bothers me, like...REALLY bothers me...in my bones. This kid's scream hardly bothered me because my senses were already overloaded with the stupid-loud music!
By the time I got back to the table, it was really affecting me as well as Rob and he's not bothered by noise like me! We decided to check out the patio to see if it was quieter and thankfully, it was! It was warmer out there but I will take the heat over that craziness! Problem was, after sitting there for a few minutes, we noticed we were near the employee entrance and the gate, if the employee did not soften the blow, would SLAM shut!!
It must have been shift change time because SO many people were going through this gate.
I felt like I couldn't win! Either crazy-loud music and talking inside or this stupid-loud gate slamming every 5 minutes.
Thankfully, there were some employees who softened the blow and didn't let it slam!
Just as I was starting to think that eating here was the worst decision ever, out came our food.
Oh. My. Dog.
This was some of the best food we had the entire trip!! I mean, that's saying something because we really only had one bad meal (and really, that was Rob's
) and we had some amazing food!
Rob and I split the regular cheeseburger as well as the turkey burger. I am so lucky that my hubby's main goal in life is to make me happy. He goes along with whatever I want really
He never would have ordered a turkey burger but I had heard good things about it and wanted to try it. So, I tried the cheeseburger first....oh my!! It was incredibly delicious!!
The fries were also amazing!! The only thing I didn't care for was the "pickle" because it was less pickle than it was a cucumber.....needs more pickling!
Next up was the turkey burger and holy crapolla was this ever goooood!! I preferred the fries over the sweet potato fries but I always do The sweet potato fries were for Rob. Again, we tossed aside the "pickle" and devoured the rest of the plate.
I honestly don't know which one I preferred??? They were both amazing and I am so glad we got both to try
Kira's Chicken Caesar Salad on the other hand was... less than stellar. Well, the strips were delicious but the salad was hard to eat and then you had to mix in the dressing yourself, which makes it harder. It was massive though and could easily feed two people. She regretted not getting just the chicken strips with fries but she didn't complain. I ended up ordering a side of fries for her and she was happy with that.
The burgers were SUPER messy though and Rob was laughing at the mess I was making. I can't help it, I love condiments
What most people don't know is that you can order dessert from the servers that walk around so you don't have to go back up and wait in line. Most people order their shakes when they order their food but then they sit and melt and get gross so I had done my research and knew we could order something after we were done eating.
We decided to split the crazy Oreo shake and it was definitely crazy!
It came with an entire Oreo ice cream sandwich!!
It was delicious but WAY too much for us! Next time I would order a regular oreo shake.
It was fun to have and see an over-the-top one though.
So, if you are heading to Downtown Disney and you like burgers or shakes, Black Tap is a MUST do!! Just maybe bring some ear plugs!
I cannot wait to go back actually! I'm already trying to figure out a way to get back to Disneyland sooner than later. Our priority is Florida though so that probably won't happen for some time
We rolled ourselves back to our hotel and found this...
How did they know we were going to be enjoying some pool time this evening and would be making use of these robes?? And we are pretty sure there were only two robes in our room but there were three laid out on the bed for us.
Oh look, Kira's collection has grown.
We were talking about MMM on the way back and I told them that we could watch it from our room and listen to the music on the TV later tonight. Kira was super stoked about the music so I double checked that they still had it on the TV and they did.
After digesting our food a little, we headed down to the pool. Oh look...bunny eared Kira
We had the hot tub to ourselves
Eventually, Rob headed out and got a coffee and #16
for himself and Kira. I was still way too full from dinner to even think about food.
As I was swimming, I had noticed something weird about the Disneyland sign. I wasn't sure if it was my perspective or what but it totally looks like the "s" was put on upside down.
Can you guys see it?
Look how much lower the "s" is than the "i" and the "n".
Kira swam a little with me but it was too cold for her and she spent most of the time in the hot tub. It was definitely colder than our first night here but I love swimming and hot tubbing at night so much, I can put up with it.
Other than not cooking, and of course, eating, it is the thing I love most about vacations.
How many legs do I even have???
Rob enjoyed his coffee, reading the news on his phone and the gorgeous view.
It was a wonderful, relaxing day and I am so glad I decided to have two chill days before we had to go back home. Kira was less than thrilled that we couldn't go back to the parks to do the rides but well, she doesn't pay for these vacations so what she thinks doesn't really count, now does it?