Vacation Photos: Food at Disney

We spent the day at the Food and Wine Festival last week while on vacation.

There were a few places that were not open yet that I was really disappointed about: 

The Wedge (all that mac and cheese)

Festival Favorites (S'mores milkshake)

Coastal Eats (Seafood Pot Pie)

Here's what I ate (some shared dishes):

Apple Strudel from Germany - this was good

Pollo al Marsala (chicken with potato gnocchi) from Italy - this was amazing

Belgian Waffle with cookie butter from Belgium - really good

Beer-Braised Beef from Belgium - The best of the show for me. And no one is more surprised by that than me. The beef was tender and the potatoes were so creamy

Filet Mignon from Canada - really good

Boeuf Braise (short ribs with potato cake) from France - pretty good

Spicey Black Bea Mushroom Chili from Forest and Field- Excellent

Strawberry Champagne Trifle from Simmering Sips - really good

Berry Mimosa from Simmering Sips - delightful

Also in Epcot:

School Bread - this was breakfast before the booths opened. A favorite of ours.

S'mores Brownie from the American pavilion - it was fine. Too smokey for me.

I had this for breakfast the next day - this is the Gingerbread Carmel Sandwich Cookie and it blew my mind. It was delicious. 

Other Eats at Disney:

Boston Creme Pie and - The S'mores Cup (a Halloween exclusive) from Columbia Harbor House

The Boston Cream Pie was amazing.

The S'mores Cup was too sweet for me, which is saying something.

Spring Rolls from the cart- no pictures

 I had one of each:

Pepperoni 

Cheeseburger - this was the best

S'mores cookie from Earl of Sandwich - which might be my favorite cookie in all of Disneyworld. I really love this place and I wish we had one in New England.

And I know I just said that about the cookie above, but...

Pulled Pork Fries from Flame Tree in Animal Kingdom

Gaston's Cinnamon Roll - this is raved about so I thought I would try it. 

I'm picky about cinnamon rolls because I make them.

This was really good - light and fluffy. But I felt it could have used more cinnamon.

I had lists of food to try at each park. We didn't get to them all. Lots of the items were shared. Do you have one you'd like to try?

Vacation Photos: Florida Trip

 

We spent some time in Florida last week.

Here are some photos:

Reading in line - waiting for Discovery Cove to open.

This was the first time we had been here - and it was really cool. We added on the dolphin experience, and it was a magical time. We snorkeled with TONS of fish and stingrays. It was a very unique day.  

Getting kissed by a dolphin

Welcome Home

Mickey's Halloween Party

A View of the Castle

Some hitchhiking ghosts 

Window detail

Maleficent 

The Evil Queen

Holding the glass slipper

More views of the castle

The castle in orange

The host and hostess of the party 

Elephants on the safari ride

Rhinos

We had to wait for the giraffe to cross

Just a little snack for the giraffe 

Tiger!

This tiger was little more restless

On the carousel 

Discovered a little mouse door

In front of Snow White's cottage 

France at night 

Just hanging with Walt

The food and wine festival was happening

Recreating an old photo

We had a great time - more on all the at a later date.

Blog Milestone

 A few weeks ago, the blog hit 10 million views. 

I celebrated with a morning of pastries from Julien's Farm Store and a short hike to see some waterfalls.

The cute exterior

Close up of plants

Sunflower from the garden near the outdoor seating

More flowers

The pastries 

Afterwards, we went to Ember's Forest

We took a walk along the stream

Thanks for reading the blog and going along this journey with me.