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subtitle: Salt We received a tweet from Chef Ryan the other evening, “come have dinner tomorrow night we have some great white truffle from alba” – well, you can’t turn down a Chef’s direct request can you? Not when you KNOW the food is going to be amazing… And amazing it was – the food, continue reading Chef’s Tasting of White Truffles from Alba at bluezoo … We were recently at bluezoo, as is our wont… On this particular evening, we weren’t really that hungry and planned to have oysters and to split a couple of appetizers. Steamboat Oysters (Puget Sound, Washington state) a.k.a. Totten Oysters… with Nora’s favorite accompaniments (plain horseradish, lemons, and sriracha) We each had two of continue reading bluezoo lounge for oysters, 2 appetizers, and a surprise from the new chef de cuisine … Do you remember that Joseph, one of our favorite servers from bluezoo, had moved over to Shula’s Steakhouse? Well, we stopped in to see him recently, but he wasn’t serving that night, he was subbing in the bar. Can you believe that we’ve NEVER been to the bar at Shula’s Steakhouse? So, of course, we continue reading First Cocktail at Shula’s Steakhouse in the Dolphin Resort … I’ll cut right to the chase… The other Friday night (a week after the big do with a large group wandering around Epcot Food & Wine Festival), Nick and I made our way over to bluezoo to say “hello” to everyone and to enjoy a light dinner sitting in the lounge. I was also really continue reading Simple dinner in bluezoo lounge on a somewhat quiet Friday evening … The day before the meet-up for cocktails in the bluezoo lounge, we went over to nail down Nick’s Boulevardier cocktail. He’s been getting it since back last spring, but there was a lot of variability (that was due to the pursuit of the perfect Boulevardier) and the taste just wasn’t what he wanted. On the continue reading Charcuterie board at bluezoo (and experimenting with Boulevardier formula) … Last Friday evening, we met Melissa (@melissisms) and Danny (@hyperionpapers) from Hyperion Papers and Sarah (@eatingwdw) from EatingWDW for cocktails at bluezoo lounge. We’ve gotten to know each other through blogs, twitter, and personal emails. Nick and I were the first to arrive and of course, we ordered a couple of cocktails… Nick’s continue reading cocktails and more at bluezoo with new friends … We recently stopped in at the Cabana poolside bar with a large group of friends, you see, we had committed the ultimate WDW visitor error – no planning in advance for food. Luckily, Nick remembered that one of managers from bluezoo had recently moved over to Cabana (and, since the food from Cabana was quite continue reading Cabana Poolside Bar – Dolphin Resort … Kris and Kevin came to visit and to go to the Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic with us (here, here, here)… Of course, while they were here, we had to go to bluezoo for dinner! (when they come back at Thanksgiving, we plan to go again!) We don’t have photos of all the continue reading Oysters, Salmon, Chocolate… perfect food at bluezoo … It’s been a couple of very busy weeks since the Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic… Here’s a slideshow of the Causeway (there are captions under the images)… A few quick notes: the food at this event is typically much better than the food found at the Marketplaces at the Epcot International Food & continue reading Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic 2013 – Food & Drink on the Causeway Friday & Saturday Nights … We eat at the Dolphin (well, Todd English’s bluezoo) on a very regular basis… But we rarely eat at the Swan in recent years… We’ve eaten at Il Mulino a couple of times with Lisa and Andy (back in the days before we blogged) and frankly, we were never very impressed; we learned recently that continue reading Breakfast at The Garden Grove in The Swan Resort – new to us … |
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