We had dinner with the B6 again last night, this time the theme was Greek food. I think we may stay with the themed dinner every month, it's a great way to try new foods, and what better way to try something new than with friends?
For appetizers we had stuffed mushrooms, which were super yummy, and vested shrimp which were out of this world. Dawn made Moussaka for the main course, or as we called it all night Moose Caca (if you've seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding you get the joke) and I made Greek salad to go with it. I used Ina Garten's recipe from Food Network, so yummy!
Doesn't it look pretty??? Anyway, for dessert we had the vanilla bean fig cupcakes I made the other day, which were figgin' delicious and a huge hit.
I honestly cannot tell you how lucky we are to have great friends for not just ourselves, but for our kids as well. They all get along so well and always have a great time together.
Thanks again to the B6 for an amazing night with great food, delicious drinks and even better company!
Scott and I went out for our anniversary last night and keeping with tradition we picked a Disney restaurant. This year we went to Kouzzina by Cat Cora on the Boardwalk. We're huge Iron Chef America fans, so we'd been dying to try this place since we heard it was coming. Kouzzina is a Greek restaurant (honoring Cat's Greek heritage) and was out of this world! Even if you don't think you would like Greek food, I promise you, you would.
Scott and I both started with Greek wine, I cannot remember the name of it, but both glasses were delicious. For an appetizer we got the Kouzzina sampler which included: Choice of two Skewers (we had the spicy Gulf prawns and sesame lamb meatballs) with Marinated Olives, spiced cashews, Dolmades, Tzatziki Hummus and Grilled Pita .
Delicious looking, right? For dinner Scott had the Fisherman's Stew, which is: Scallops, seasonal Fish, Shellfish, Fennel, Grilled Bread and Ouzo Butter.
I had the slow cooked lamb shank, which is served with oven baked gigantes beans and pepper sauce. Both were out of this world!
For dessert Scott had the Loukoumades which are freshly made Greek doughnuts drizzled with warm honey. They had some kind of dipping sauce with them but I don't think he tried them. I had the Galaktoboureko which is semolina custard in baked phyllo dough and vanilla-praline gelato. Mine was really yummy and I would totally buy that gelato in bulk it was out of this world! Our waiter also brought out a cupcake that had a candle in it since we were celebrating our anniversary. Thankfully he did not announce it to the whole restaurant, not a fan of that.
It was a great night out with great food and even better company! Love you Scott, thanks for a great night!
Last night I got to go to EPCOT Food and Wine with my gal pal Jenn. I was pretty excited, this is one of the events I look forward to every year. It's the one place you can try crazy food from all over and not really have to commit to a whole dish, just a sample. I forget how many booths there are throughout the park, but you could make an entire meal out of all the samples. We started our delicious journey in Greece, Athens to be exact and had a spanakopita (spinach, feta cheese in a phyllo crust). It was super yummy, slightly greasy, but really good. We also ate in Munich (apple strudel way yummy!) and Krakow (kielbasa and pierogi naturally). We mainly spent the night walking through all the shops and enjoying our time to do that without struggling with strollers and such. Jenn even got a henna tattoo:
Seriously funny though, she totally flashed the woman at least half a dozen times, I have a feeling that happens often because it didn't even faze her. After the tattoo-ing we went to American Adventure to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. They were insanely good, and not just because I had just had a glass of Prosecco, they were genuinely good. They have a new album coming out featuring the hits of Cab Calloway which is cool, but you know, they aren't Cab Calloway, no offense guys. They did a good job though :)
Again, I apologize for the video quality, I had my small camera which isn't as good at taking video.
So after all the food and wine festivities we decided to go on Spaceship Earth and that's when the fun night turned to a big crap shoot. As we were getting on the ride I checked my phone and put it back in my purse, or so I thought. I had a feeling that it didn't go in my purse, but then I figured I was paranoid. So we go through the ride, get off and go to leave the park. Well it was down pouring, maybe monsooning. I went to text Scott and let him know we were going to wait it out and BAM! No phone. So we went back inside to see if they could check the ride, I mean it's only been like 5 minutes so the ride has to cycle through and they can check, right? Well you would think. The cast member I dealt with was super nice and assured me they would check. So Jenn and I sat by the exit fingers, toes and all other appendages crossed hoping that my phone would show up. No dice. I watched the last family walk off the ride and then all the cast members followed, ummmmm what about my phone that is probably sitting at the top of the ride blinking away because Jenn has been calling it the last fifteen minutes (I hope you like Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" because that's what you've been listening to). So I talk to the coordinator, who we will call Jerk Face #1, and he just brushed me off and told me all lost and found was taken to Guest Relations. Funny, I didn't see anyone walk by with lost and found, but ok. So I dashed across, in the monsoon, to Guest Relations to see if they had my phone. I get in there, see the open cast member and make my way to him then, Jerk Face #2 as we will refer to him, says "Oh no ma'am that lady was ahead of you". What lady?! And there she was all the way at THE BACK OF THE ROOM. So this lady wanted every single button that Disney makes times like a million. So here I am waiting while this guy takes his sweet time to get her all those buttons that, "You know I'm not supposed to give all these out". Then don't, or do it faster Jerk Face #2. So he's finally done with her and I get up there and ask about my phone, he goes to the back to "check" and is back within like 2.3 seconds with no phone. Really, you checked? Ok.... So he doesn't have it and gives me the number to central lost and found. Now, I worked at Disney for a few years and I know that stuff rarely actually makes it to central lost and found, it's usually swiped before it gets there (sorry to ruin the magic for you). I called Scott and told him what happened and he told me to ask for security so I could file a report and have it all documented. Good call Scott! So I go back in and there's Jerk Face #2 again. "Oh welcome back" yeah I'm excited to be here. I ask for security so I can file a report and he freaks out. "You don't need security, just fill out this yellow card, no need for security". Ummm, I want security. Still freaking out on me, so I tell him "My husband is in security and told me to ask for security". Now the kid is shaking (maybe it's the fact that I am almost 6 feet, or the fact that I knew what I was talking about). Security happens to walk in at this point, with a Blackberry. HALLELUJAH! Yeah, not mine, bummer. So security walks out while I check the phone to see if it's mine, and I look at Jerk Face #2 and go "Uh security?" and he says, and I wish I was kidding, "Oh, did you still want them?" "Is this my phone?" "No." "Well then yes, I would still like security" "But you really don't need...." "You know what, we're good, I'm done dealing with you, but thanks". So I call Scott back and he has the security manager meet me so I can file a report. Now I'm just waiting on my phone to magically show up. I also know the manager at Spaceship Earth so last night he sent an email to the engineering team to be on the look out for it. I hope someone finds it, I feel like I'm missing a major appendage or something. It's really sad. As a total side note, I have written this entire post while on the phone with central lost and found, awesome.
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