Last time we kicked off our resort-only food tour with a late dinner at All Stars and a giraffe-adjacent breakfast at Sanaa; catch up on Part 1 if you missed it, because Monday still had lunch and dinner to go.
Monday Lunch: Pongu Pongu and Port Orleans
After all of the fun at Animal Kingdom Lodge, my daughter and I tapped into Animal Kingdom to activate our annual passes. We just had to make the trek to Pongu Pongu for the Nightshade Slushie. It was delicious! Sweet and tart and loads of boba on top. Totally worth the walk.
After Animal Kingdom we went to Port Orleans to check it out and grab some Mickey beignets. Once we got there we realized that we needed to eat lunch first. It was pushing 2:00 and we had breakfast at 9:30.
My mom got a salmon plate with rice and green beans, my daughter got a chicken Caesar salad, and I uncharacteristically got an Italian Po Boy. To my surprise, it was delicious! The bread was super soft, the meat wasn’t overly salty, and the lettuce and tomato were fresh and crispy.
After all that we were ready to snack on some beignets. Oh man, they are thick and delicious! We got the caramel dipping sauce and it wasn’t even needed. The Mickey-shaped beignets were perfect on their own. So tasty and delicious! And we had a contest to see who could get the most powdered sugar on them without trying! Haha, it’s a really fun experience. And you can see all of the other tables in the food court that also ordered the beignets because there was powdered sugar everywhere!
Monday Dinner: Grand Floridian Cafe
After our tai chi and tour around the Poly, we wanted to have dinner at Kona, but we didn’t want to wait for a table, so we made a reservation at The Grand Floridian Cafe and took the monorail back over there.
My daughter and I split the steak with potatoes and asparagus and the apple salad. The salad was delicious, and so was the steak, but the highlight was the delicious potatoes. They were perfectly crisp and perfectly salted.
My mom also got the apple salad and the butternut squash soup, which she loved. They put something crunchy on top and she could not stop talking about how it really elevated the soup.
Everything was so delicious! The restaurant was gorgeous and the service was fantastic. We even saw a couple on a date Disney Bounding as Belle and the Beast. She was wearing a yellow dress, and he had on a blue suit. It was adorable!
We had so much delicious food, and this was only one day! Stay tuned for Tuesday!
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