11 hours ago, gfweb said:Food looks good, but I’m put off by cardboard plates and plastic glasses.
Unless it’s a food truck or a ball park, I want china and metal utensils.
Most of the time real dishes are used. It is the festival food--the food and wine posted recently, and the flower and garden earlier--that are served on paper. There's no practical way to use china at the festivals. The booths are very tiny--big enough for two or so people inside, and the food is generally eaten while standing up and/or walking. Disney does have a robust recycling program. That said, I have always thought it would be a money maker for them to sell commemorative reusable flatware and wine cups (something like a metal corksicle). When I remember, I bring wooden flatware from home to use as I have quite a bit leftover from when I was doing chemotherapy, but I forgot this trip.
We came down mostly to see Star Wars Land. The land has a bar that is built to look like the cantina. We stopped in twice. The atmosphere is pretty funky
Our first reservation was in the morning, so we opted for non alcoholic drinks. The cantina does not really have food, it is just drinks. Mine, on the left, was OK. It had a mix of fruit juices and boba balls. There was dry ice (I think) in the bottom of the cup that made the balls bounce around inside the glass. Four different people came up and asked if they could take a video of my drink haha.
My husband's drink was the blue milk, and it was DISGUSTING! It tasted like bubble gum. I let him share mine out of sympathy. Cool atmosphere, bad blue milk!
We had dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby. Cocktails--mine was called the Fabulous Marines, but I forget what was in it (I started taking pictures of the cocktail descriptions after this meal).
Bread with sea salt butter
We shared an order of shrimp cocktail with fennel slaw and cucumber foam
I got a bowl of the ginger-lemon grass pho, which came with mushroom and tofu spring rolls. I added shrimp for an upcharge. They gave me lots of chiles and cilantro to put in the pho, which was great. I really enjoyed this.
Husband had the duck, which came with grilled plums, marinated fennel, pea tendrils, a citrus-honey vinaigrette and a pomegranate barbecue sauce. The duck was perfectly cooked. He loved this dish and ate it all.
Too full for dessert.
Yesterday neither of us had much of an appetite. We just had some small bites at Animal Kingdom. Nomad Lounge is a nice place to stop in for a few drinks and get out of the heat. For our first round, husband chose a boto rita (zignum reposado mezcal, combier grapefruit liqueur, guava puree, and lime juice), and I had a spice trader classic (Heyman's Old Tom gin, Dolin vermouth blanc, lemon juice, and strawberries topped with soda water)
We also order a bread service to share. This had pappadum, paratha, and spiced focaccia served with tadka, spiced coriander yogurt, and fig tapenade
We ordered a second round of drinks. Husband had the hightower rocks (casa dragones blanco tequila, watermelon, sweet and sour, and lime juice), and I ordered the sinaloa sangria (rose, barsol quebranta pisco, and fresh fruit. I ate most of the fruit before taking the picture haha)
