FOODIE FRIDAY!! Our Fabulous Dinner at Morimoto Asia in Disney Springs

Masaharu Morimoto is a Japanese chef, best known as an Iron Chef on the Japanese TV cooking show Iron Chef and its spinoff Iron Chef America. He is also known for his unique style of presenting food.  

He opened Morimoto Asia at Disney Springs a little over two years ago on September 29, 2015. It is a very difficult place to secure a reservation, and after having dinner here, I know why!!

I have to give a spoiler for the rest of my dining trip posts, as this is my very favorite place we had a signature meal during the entire trip!  I would literally have dinner or lunch here on a daily basis!!  

The atmosphere was beautiful.  

 These lighting fixtures hanging from the ceiling were amazing!  From the photo below, you can see they were right over our table.

 This orchid plant was one of three in the middle of the dining room round seating areas.  We were in one of those, so this was just left of where Paul was sitting.  They are just lovely.

Below is the front cover of the menu.

Table setting were simple and elegant.  I loved the red chopsticks.

We started the evening with cocktails and a sushi roll. All were delicious.

Our drinks were:  

The Sparkling Belvedere, and Crooked Can Seasonal from Winter Garden, FL

Our sushi was the Eel & Avacado Roll.......delicious!!!

Four our entrees, I chose the Mongolian Filet Mignon, and Paul chose the Grilled & Smoked Kurobuta Pork Chop.  Both entrees were melt-in-your-mouth goodness.  I have never tasted a piece of beef, or a pork chop this tender in all my 60 years on this earth!  

Just looking at this photo, I want this again.

For dessert, we opted for the Dessert for Two listed below.  It was totally phenomenal! 

This is not only delicious, it was beautiful as well!!!

Now, let's talk about staff.  The girls at the entry desk were neat and professional.  The bartenders were friendly, knowledgeable and helpful in making a choice.  The servers in the dining area were friendly, prompt, attentive and knowledgeable on details about all the items on the menu.  Our server was John Paul, and I have to say he was absolutely wonderful.  

We talked to the manager on duty, Kim.  She was very friendly.  I wanted to let her know that I was going to be doing this review and coverage for all of our meals while on this vacation.  She was very happy to hear it.  I hope this review really gives you a sound idea about how wonderful this experience was. 

I do look forward to dining here again in the near future. 

 Since we were on the Disney Dining Plan we used two dining credits each for this meal, and believe me, it was well worth it.  What is really nice about the plan for 2018 and forward, you can get alcoholic beverages (one for each person) that is included in your plan.  It really does save quite a bit as you are allowed up to $16.00 per person for that cocktail, or a more expensive non-alcoholic drink.

All in all, it was a great first night of dining on my 60th Birthday Celebration trip!  

Join us again next week when we talk about LeCellier at Epcot.

See you then!

All photos belong to: 

Kris Banas  @disneynut1958

Martín Códax Vindel presenta su añada 2015.

Martín Códax Vindel presenta su añada 2015.



Although not "Disney" per-say, I just had to share this as we were introduced to this brand at a wine seminar at the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival in 2012.  We have been purchasing different wines from Martín Códax ever since.



Check them out!

THROWBACK THURSDAY!! August 2015

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!

FOODIE FRIDAY! Our Last Post Before Our Trip!

Completing our last FOODIE FRIDAY before our trip is kinda sad in a way.  When you use the perspective of "now we will be there next week, and the following week it will all be over," that's sad.

We are now five days away.......and I am scrambling last minute to get all my things in order to take with.  The weather has been great, but February in Florida, you never know what to expect, so I am packing for several different scenarios.  I am sure I will be over-packing as usual, but oh well.

Here is the breakdown of our dining choices for this trip (and we will throw in a few "spur of the moment" places as well I am sure.

Arrival date: Dinner at Morimoto Asia.  I really can't wait to dine at this location.  First of all, I love Japanese food.  I could live on sushi if I had to!  Disney states " experience the finest Pan-Asian cuisine."  Morimoto's unique take on Japanese, Chinese and Korean food and culture."

Thursday we will have breakfast at the resort, and head to EPCOT for EXTRA MAGIC HOURS at 8am, or we will head there to have breakfast.  Lunch is planned for a quick service location, Yorkshire Country Fish Shop.  

Dinner is 4:30 at LeCellier.  We have never dined here before, so we can't wait!

Friday we have our Personally created (by me) Lounge Hopping Tour winding up for dinner at Paddlefish!  Another new location for us, we are really anxious to try the Lobster Corn Dogs!  

Our Saturday will be very busy with a day at Animal Kingdom, a behind-the-scenes tour with elephants, the WDW Radio meet up at Disney Springs, and back to Animal Kingdom for dinner at Tiffins.  Just another dining location that we have never been to, and are really very happy we got our reservation.

Sunday we will spend the day at Magic Kingdom having breakfast at Be Our Guest, and then dinner with friends at The Jungle Navigation Company- Skipper Canteen.  We have had breakfast at Be Our Guest before, and we loved it.  The "Skipper Canteen" will be another newbie for us!

We love dining in the West Wing at Be Our Guest!

Below is the interior of the "Skipper Canteen."

Our last new place to try is saved for our last day at WDW.  We will be dining with family at The Boathouse for lunch.  There are so many things on this menu that I want to try, but I will have to pick my top three choices and then make my decision.

Photo Credit: Disney Tourist Blog

We will also hit Columbia Harbor House, and some other quick service locations for lunches.

Well........there you have it!  The places we cannot wait to dine at NEXT WEEK!!!!!!

We will try to post some "as they are happening" photos when we are at the dining locations.  Stay tuned!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!!!!!!!!!!