3prettyprincesses
"These pretzels are making me thirsty!"
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- Apr 7, 2008
Thank you once again for sharing your dining experiences. I love reading allergy reviews.
I totally agree about Polynesian being an amazing resort for food allergies. I'm struggling with the fact that we're staying at an Epcot area resort for our upcoming trip so I didn't book a single Poly ADR as I want to take advantage of the restaurants around my resort. I'd love to go back and stay at Poly again in the future. The chefs there are AMAZING. Even at Captain Cook's, the chef went to the upstairs kitchen at Kona to prepare a stir fry dish for DD13 and grabbed some chicken noodle soup from Kona for DD11 (DD11 isn't gluten free but does have other allergies; she must have eaten that soup 3 or 4 times on our last trip). I can't say enough good things about those chefs.
What a weird experience at the Plaza. I think when we're there in August (just booked an ADR there), I'll ask for the chef right away if the server just plops the book down in front of me. We have way too many allergies for that. We're booking TS so we'd have an easier time. I definitely do have dessert planned as I saw a picture of a dairy free banana split one time and that's something my kids have asked about in the past but never had the pleasure of ever trying. I wonder if we should just skip the meals and go straight for dessert since we have a buffet booked for dinner that night? LOL I wonder if they carry soy cheese because that cheese steak sounds wonderful. Some places do. When I finally contact Special Diets, I'll definitely be asking specific questions about this place since it'll be our first time there and I'm nervous about eating at a place that serves primarily sandwiches when my kids can't eat the typical allergy breads (other allergies).
One of these years I need to make it over to Boma. I keep reading such great reviews. It sounds WONDERFUL!!
Just an FYI about buffets. Chefs will definitely get you fresh stuff from the back in order to avoid the cross contamination. Like you saw, lots of people use a singe set of tongs or spoons to get food from multiple dishes. Cross contamination is pretty much a guarantee.
Your welcome! Thanks for reminding me too...
Oh, I completely agree about the Polynesian. It was hands down the best all around allergy experience. I'm contemplating staying there our next trip just because of that! And I'm very intrigued by Captain Cook's too, especially after you said that the chef went out of his way for your DD. That's phenomenal service.
The Plaza was a bizarre experience, it's a table service restaurant yet you're supposed to verify your own allergy food? Very strange and it was the only TS that did that. But I loved the food and atmosphere! I think you're right, ask for the chef once you're seated. That's where I went wrong. I was so unsure of the procedure there that it didn't occur to me to just ask for the chef rather than thumb through that encyclopedia of ingredients! I'll definitely know better for next time and I will order dessert there too.
For you DD's, will they eat sandwichs without the bread? Because honestly, my steak and cheese was so tasty that it really didn't even need the bun it came with. I left most of it on the plate.
Boma is delicious! Though I think I preferred the breakfast over the dinner. I didn't realize you could ask for food from the kitchen rather than the buffet line either! That is very good to know. Those tongs at dinner were really disturbing me! I kept thinking what if, what if, what if...
I hope you and your family have a wonderful trip in August!