Thx KB. Admittedly, I've not had corn chowder at a great deal of places, but the corn chowder at Storytellers is by far the best I've had.


No kidding. The food needed to be twice as good at the old prices. At the new prices it better be four star quality. We've been a few times. It's fun to sit by the water and eat clam chowder and then split an entree, but even those days are gone. Ah well. More meals at Storytellers.

The best bet for BB is to make late-nite dessert reservations. It's affordable and usually pretty decent.

Heheh, that's our plan for Napa Rose, too.

Never dined there, but love the place for cocktails ... and I'm dying to check out the Kevy/GusGus/GushedOver dessert.


As for the BB, I say we file complaints with City Hall. Let them roll out the new cuisine with lower prices to entice us. But with their crappy reputation, they've got a lot of nerve charging more first and proving themselves later. It should be the other way around, and I don't mind a form at City Hall with my name on it saying so.

I've never cared for Blue Bayou much. It has always been too dark, too crowded, and too loud for pleasurable dining and not up to the old prices. Plus, they make their monte cristos "wrong." (I know, they make them the way most people make them but I grew up with a monte cristo - from a great defunct pancake place in Rockaway Beach, Oregon - just being a double decker breakfast sandwich made with french toast, not a batter fried monstrosity).


That said, the food is comparably priced with Catal which also isn't all that good and only a couple dollars more than Rainforest Cafe which is horrible. I've not yet eaten at Napa Rose (since I don't drink wine or eat beef/pork it isn't worth the hassle) but there simply isn't any dining available at the Disneyland Resort where the quality is nearly worth the price (Hook's Pointe and Granville's come close; I don't care for Storyteller's at all; the food is blah and the service has always been terrible every time I go).

Disneyland Resort simply isn't a foodie destination. So I just eat what everybody else decides on. If they pick Blue Bayou I'll eat at Blue Bayou. If they pizz RRPP, I'll eat there. I draw the line only at Village Haus.

IF (that's a big if) the food really is significantly better (wonder how much truth there is to Al's report that Ouimet said in some meeting that it'll be "the finest restaurant in any Disney theme park, anywhere."), I think I'll be happy to see it priced into the "special experience" range again. But yeah, the food would definitely have to be good enough to merrit it.

So I've been thinking about this some more. I could make the only veggie meal at the BB in my own kitchen for about $5.

Although that cheese Monte Cristo sounds heart-stoppingly delicious, I probably won't ever eat one. The chances that they're deep-frying that in the same vat of oil as the ham sandwiches is 99.99%. That makes it decidedly NOT vegetarian.

I don't know what vegans do at the DLR. It's hard enough as a vegetarian.

Looking at the menu (and prices), it won't be. If Ouimet really did say that, he's long overdue for a trip to EPCOT.

The other thing I don't 'get' on the Blue Bayou vs WDW (since someone else brought it up first ;) is that they can do nice meals at WDW where a decently hungry person can get an appetizer, entree, and dessert and not feel like they're rolling out of the place. Yea, it's spendy at the nicer places, but for the most part, they are nice places - even in theme parks. Clearly, with a split plate charge, they are expecting people to not be able to eat a 'full meal' on their own. Makes no sense to me...

California thing. Portions tend to be absurd here.

Update: there's a brief article on the new menus and decor at Cafe Orleans and Blue Bayou with photos up at MousePlanet today. Link.

I'll let chef Chris know. He is a close personal freind, and use to be a chef at Club 33. I'm not a vegitarian, but I have noticed that portabello mushrooms are a meat replacement in many dishes. Perhaps that's what they thought when they made up the new Menu.

And the photos look like they have made at least a big improvement on presentation and the gormet quality. Now I just need to taste and experience it. I look forward to checking it out myself!

~Bob