What's your favorite food item from any Disney park that's no longer available? For me, (though this is a bit of a stretch because it comes into availability in various forms in various places around the Tokyo Disney Resort from time to time) it's the Mickey shaped Menchi Katsu burger. They used to offer it in Tomorrowland, and it was a neat combination of fun and tastiness.
Do restaurants outside of the parks which are not operated by Disney, like Earl of Sandwich in Disney Village count as well? Earl of Sandwich discontinued the veggie sandwich, now they only offer the tomato mozzarella sanwich as a vegetarian option. The veggie sandwich could easily be veganized, because my wife is vegan. In the US it's still available. Veganized:
San Angel Inn used to have a Tilapia Veracruz that I thought was outstanding. Now they have the same dish with red snapper instead of tilapia. I know that the snapper is considered a better fish than tilapia, and know it is more expensive. But I preferred the milder taste of tilapia.
It's not a specific item, but I miss the old Alfredo's in Epcot. Tutto Italia is fine, but it doesn't seem like much of an upgrade over Olive Garden-quality Italian that can be found in any city in the country. I never found anything at Alfredo's that wasn't great. It would be a lot easier to overlook if the new restaurant was a completely new concept, but it just seems like a dumbed down version of the original
Couldn't agree more. Alfredo's was awesome. They had the only Fettucini Alfredo I could eat without feeling like I need to puke afterwards. I miss it a lot. Only went to Tutto once, shortly after it opened and I seriously thought I was eating canned marinara sauce. Was not impressed. Do love Via Napoli though, so there's that.
Sorry for being off topic, but is Olive Garden considered to be of less quality? I really liked that restaurant chain when we lived in the US nine years ago. When did Tutto Italia move into the Italian Pavilion? If I remember correctly we ate there in 2008.
Funny you should mention that! My family had an oh-so-memorable dinner there when my brother had (undiagnosed at the time) mono. We had a lovely meal (I specifically remember a chocolate mousse dessert served inside a chocolate Spaceship Earth), and while we were sitting at the table waiting to leave, my brother had a rather pyrotechnic moment right then and there. He went to the doctor when we got home and figured out what was going on, but at the time it was pretty unexpected I agree that Via Napoli is a good alternative, though their menu doesn't seem to be quite as broad. I haven't had a chance to check out the new-ish wine bar type place (Tutto Gusto??), but I've heard good things about it too Olive Garden isn't considered to be terrible, but it's nothing special. They went through a streak for a few years where they really cut their quality and used a lot of pre-made ingredients and sauces, but it seems like they're trying to recover from that. For reference to a European chain, I would say that their food is probably a step down from Vapiano, though the format is very different According to Yesterland, Alfredo's closed in fall 2007, after their 25-year contract ran up. It's hard to believe that was almost a decade ago!
I LOVE Olive Garden. Maybe I don't have a huge refined taste but man those bread sticks are divine. Dip them in the dressing...HELLO GORGEOUS! DL used to sell salt-encrusted baked potatoes. You'd need a heart monitor for a week afterwards, but they were SO worth it! They were CRUNCHY with salt.
I could live off of those bread sticks! They are so freaking delicious! And I'm the sort of person who takes the "never ending pasta bowl" as a challenge; I've had many a waitress give me the evil eye when I ask for a third or fourth serving I just have to recognize that they're not exactly high-quality Italian food. I also enjoy Panda Express, even knowing it's hardly authentic
I loved their Pasta Alfredo and the huge salad bowls with the bread sticks. I have been to Panda Express once at Cedar Point, but that was disappointing.
I miss the fantasia ice cream flavor from Gibson Girl on Main St. (Disneyland). That was something I remember eating from there for years.
Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Chili's, Applebee's, TGIFridays, Denny's even - they're all mid-range semi-fast food type places. Good, but not great IMO. Years ago, maybe late 70s / early 80s at Disneyland, near the entrance of Frontierland, there was a rolling cart that served deep-fried bean burritos. Delicious!
I wasn't going to Disneyland until 1995, but I do remember there being a Chimichanga cart somewhere at some point early in my Disneyland-dom. Never had one since I'm a vegetarian, but I always wanted to.
I think I would call them dependable. Not quite good, but you know know what you're getting and it will be decent. Good to know when you're traveling and don't know what's local and good.
I have been on low carb for a few months, so I can't even think about those breadsticks!!! I loved OGs pizza too, but they took it away
There's a somewhat-new food kiosk next to the Motor Boat Cruise dock that sells chimichangas these days. It seems like an especially odd choice for the Alpine structure, but they've been doing it for a couple years. I think they have 2 different types of chimichangas, so there's a chance one of the might be vegetarian. I haven't had a chance to try it out myself though
I really miss the Tahitian Terrace. It was always very busy, and was quite an investment of time (you had to make a reservation, then line up for your table, then go in, have your dinner, then watch the show. You could be talking about a 3 hour "investment" of time all together. They had really good Polynesian Food, as well as a very interesting Punch. Of course, you always took "the risk" of being tagged to join in the show up front. Here's hoping that could come back someday.
What I miss: WDW - Seasoned onion rings from Flame Tree Barbecue. You can still get plain ones, but not the same. DL - Themed sundaes from Carnation before it became Gibson Girl.
