Disney Dining: Animal Kingdom & Downtown Disney

Welcome to a special travel edition of Newbie Foodies! This week I was in Walt Disney World in sunny Orlando Florida. We elected to try the Disney Dining plan which consists of a daily Snack, Quick Service Meal, and Sit Down Meal. Here is what I ate on the fourth and final day of our trip in Animal Kingdom Park.

After the first day I learned to use my daily Snack credit for a cup of Oatmeal for breakfast at Pop Century Resort, leaving me one Table Service and Quick Service meal for the day. Since Magic Kingdom closes at 5pm on Sunday, we decided to use our Table Service meal in the park at Tusker House Restaurant. This was a character dining meal which featured Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in Safari Gear.

Disney Dining: Hollywood Studios (MGM)

Welcome to a special travel edition of Newbie Foodies! This week I was in Walt Disney World in sunny Orlando Florida. We elected to try the Disney Dining plan which consists of a daily Snack, Quick Service Meal, and Sit Down Meal. Here is what I ate on the third day of our trip in Hollywood Studios (or as I still like to refer to it, MGM).

I learned after my first day to use my Dining Plan Snack option on Oatmeal for breakfast at our hotel, but had an extra snack credit from before I figured that out. Today I decided to use it on one of those famous Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Bars. People always say things like "Call me crazy, but the fact they are shaped like Mickey somehow make it taste better!". To those people I say: You are not crazy. Take a peek at the nutritional contents. They somehow are cramming 26 grams of fat in there- and yes, fat makes things taste suuuuper good.

Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Bar

Disney Dining: Epcot

Welcome to a special travel edition of Newbie Foodies! This week I was in Walt Disney World in sunny Orlando Florida. We elected to try the Disney Dining plan which consists of a daily Snack, Quick Service Meal, and Sit Down Meal. Here is what I ate on the second day of our trip in Epcot.

This morning I wizened up and used my Dining Plan Snack credit on oatmeal for breakfast at Pop Century Resort. I found that the portions were so huge at lunch and dinner on the first day that I really didn't need an extra snack in the park so this strategy worked well.

We wanted to eat lunch in one of the countries, but by the time lunch rolled around we hadn't made our way over there yet. The Sunshine Seasons Cafe had a lot of good reviews online so we made our way over to the Land Pavilion. They had a wide variety of options, which was perfect for our party of six. I got a goat cheese, beet, and candied walnut salad (which my fellow travelers found to be a bizarre selection) and as you can see in the background my companions got some Chinese food. My salad was incredibly fresh and even featured two different colored beet varieties! I was very impressed with the quality of this salad. For dessert I found a guava cream cheese cupcake. Again, my companions thought this was weird, but I thought it was divine! Even if you are moving on to one of the countries for lunch, you should stop in here to get this as a snack.

Sunshine Seasons: Beet & Goat Cheese Salad
with Guava Cream Cheese Cupcake

Disney Dining: Magic Kingdom

Welcome to a special travel edition of Newbie Foodies! This week I was in Walt Disney World in sunny Orlando Florida. We elected to try the Disney Dining plan which consists of a daily Snack, Quick Service Meal, and Sit Down Meal. Here is what I ate on the first day of our trip in Magic Kingdom Park.

We were staying in Pop Century Resort and got breakfast there. They had a lot of options, but all of them were way too much food for the likes of me. I was also saving up my dining plan meals for lunch and dinner, so paid for some oatmeal out of pocket. It came with a side of brown sugar and a side of raisins. I only needed half the raisins to achieve ideal raisin to oatmeal proportions, so got a bonus half box of raisins as snack for later!

Pop Century: Oatmeal

All Hail the Queen of Sheba

Queen of Sheba

A New Year, A New Day and my out of town guests and I were looking for a good place to fill up our bellies and recover from a festive New Year's Eve. We were in the mood for something spicy, warm, and filling so I suggested Ethiopian food and was met with enthusiasm from my friends. I did a little internetting around and Queen of Sheba came out ahead as the people's favorite, so we loaded up into a cab and headed up 10th Ave.