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Epcot park/epcot resort restaurants
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Tinkerbell 8
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We enjoyed Nine Dragons in China, Coral Reef, Le Chefs de France, and this year we tried Cape May Cafe at the beach club which was a great seafood buffet.
tjkref418
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Hello Disney Diners. I would like to know everyones favorite Epcot area
(either park or resorts) restaurant and why. Also feel free to name your favorite dish. I have an ADR at Le Cellier and with all the talk about changes to the menu & price (now a signature) I may be looking for some alternate places in the area. I may possible be solo that night so any recommendations for a comfortable solo experience would be appreciated.
Also I will be staying at CSR for the first time. Any comments on restaurants in that area also welcome.
I would have to agree with others about the Yachtsman, it is a favorite of ours and gives a very good meal every time.
However, if you are not on the dining plan, you may want to try Blue Zoo. It was a bit more quiet than your usual WDW restaurant, and my wife and I find it quite relaxing.
Phonedave
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My Grandfather was first generation German, and my Grandmother emigrated from Norway when she was 3.
I am disappointed quite often by both Norway and Germany. The food is good, but there are a lot of other things I would like to see.
It IS German food, but it is 'safe' German food. No blue trout, no sweetbreads, no vegetables that you a not going to find in mainstream America (Kohlrabi, celery, etc). Heck, no Liberkase (the place the next town over even sells Liberkase that they make themselves) it's not bad, just a "scary name" - liver cheese.
Norway is bad as well. There is a LOT missing from there. I don't think my grandmother would have recognized much of it if she were alive. It is not much like the multitude of Scanda fests I have been too.
Again, not bad food, but very 'safe' food.
And you are right about the fine line WDW has to walk. I know they can't have a menu with say, lutefisk on it. The stuff would go bad before they sell any of it, although you could argue that would enhance the flavor.
-dave
flavious27
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My Grandfather was first generation German, and my Grandmother emigrated from Norway when she was 3.
I am disappointed quite often by both Norway and Germany. The food is good, but there are a lot of other things I would like to see.
It IS German food, but it is 'safe' German food. No blue trout, no sweetbreads, no vegetables that you a not going to find in mainstream America (Kohlrabi, celery, etc). Heck, no Liberkase (the place the next town over even sells Liberkase that they make themselves) it's not bad, just a "scary name" - liver cheese.
Norway is bad as well. There is a LOT missing from there. I don't think my grandmother would have recognized much of it if she were alive. It is not much like the multitude of Scanda fests I have been too.
Again, not bad food, but very 'safe' food.
And you are right about the fine line WDW has to walk. I know they can't have a menu with say, lutefisk on it. The stuff would go bad before they sell any of it, although you could argue that would enhance the flavor.
-dave
I ate at norway when the hot food was norway inspired with flavors that were just off and a cold buffet with just way too mackerel. I know that there is good Norwegian food that could have been offered, but disney decided against that for some reason and offered the current menu while making it a character meal.
I think that disney could offer more traditional food at epcot by offering a limited seating at each country. Disney can prepare a more traditional menu that is cooked by a chef from that country, and guests can sit down with that chef to learn more about the culture.
I don't know why disney does not sell a Leberkäse sandwich at Sommerfest, it would be better than the hot dog and sausage sandwiches they sell now.
Phonedave
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You know, that's a GREAT idea.
It is a food item that is easily held, easy to prepare (once it's made), and a traditional German food that while may seem 'exotic' at first is really very familar in flavors to many Americans. I would hazard a guess that anyone living in a area without a German population or a German butcher has not had it.
It could be one of those "you can only get this at WDW" type foods that everyone seems to go nuts over. As opposed to the generic "bratwurst" they have now. Heck, if I want it at home, I either have to buy it cold and heat it myself, or go on Fridays, which is the only day they sell it hot.
-dave
flavious27
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Well hopefully someone from disney will read this over.
Spätzle is easy to make and familiar in taste, yet many people haven' had it outside of epcot.
worldfanatic
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When weighing the 3 "musts" of a great restaurant.
Great Food, Great Service, and Great Atmosphere.
The Flying Fish is very difficult to beat in the Epcot/Epcot Resorts area.:king:
Great Food, Great Service, and Great Atmosphere.
The Flying Fish is very difficult to beat in the Epcot/Epcot Resorts area.:king:
Phonedave
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How can you have made from scratch lentil soup without made from scratch spatzle?
-dave
JillC LI
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Hello Disney Diners. I would like to know everyones favorite Epcot area
(either park or resorts) restaurant and why. Also feel free to name your favorite dish. I have an ADR at Le Cellier and with all the talk about changes to the menu & price (now a signature) I may be looking for some alternate places in the area. I may possible be solo that night so any recommendations for a comfortable solo experience would be appreciated.
Also I will be staying at CSR for the first time. Any comments on restaurants in that area also welcome.
We loved our meal 2009 at Le Cellier before the change to 2 TS credits. We LOVED our meal last week at Rose & Crown Pub during Illuminations last week with our table by the window! We enjoyed our meal at the Biergarten. We hated the food at Akershus for dinner but loved the princess experience there for the kids.
flavious27
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How can you have made from scratch lentil soup without made from scratch spatzle?
-dave
lentils? dhs might be monitoring you.
Menise412
Member
As much as I love sitting down in World Showcase for a meal or going out of the park to the Boardwalk or YBC, there is also something really great about checking out the CS locations throughout World Showcase. Eat your way around the world! You can sit, people-watch, enjoy new foods, and it works perfectly for a solo traveller.