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Great photo with your dad. I hope you both get many fathers days together! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After taking our stroll and checking on the kids, we returned to the next course of slow roasted Kobe beef short ribs and filet. This was my personal favorite, served with a tomato based sauce that had been simmered for four days to turn it into a gravy: And another view: Melt in your mouth texture and great flavor. This came with a potato and shredded beef, cheese ball as a side. Then we got coffee and tea with style: The tea: And for dessert: That is the first course with white chocolate, a dark chocolate ribbon and a dark chocolate mouse tipped with a 24 carat gold leaf

Nancy enjoyed this dish the most, it was full of flavor and the "foam" is baked to have a cake like texture. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Next up we had a serving of veal, mini carrots and a pea soup/foam dish served with truffles and some other crumbled mushroom (I should have taken notes). Oh, and nestled on top of the veal is a smoky little piece of sweetbread to try. Another angle of my dish: The veal was excellent, really tender and flavorful, the pea dish was good, but I don't know if I could pick up the flavor of the truffle. A close up of the carrots that were very sweet and fresh: So, the sweetbread - initially I really appreciated the texture and flavor of the crispy edges. Very smoky and texture like ba

Next up on the list was a Maine sea scallop prepared with a cream sauce with fennel. I'm not a huge fan of fennel, but figured that if I was to ever have it and like it, this would be the place. Nancy and I talked about some of the items we probably would not try, fennel was on my list earlier in the day as was sweet bread. Both of these were on the menu and I decided to "put on my big boy panties" and gave them a try. This is a photo of the scallop (yes, one) in a scallop shell with the fennel sauce over the scallop and contained in the shell. The dish was carved from salt, with a bed

The lamb was delicious and very tender. Each piece was maybe about the size of a Ping pong ball, just a sample compared to a normal meal of one large entree. But we knew in advance that this was going to be ten courses, with items we would not normally try. Like lamb. Nancy had only tried lamb once before and did not enjoy that meal at all, not as soon as we entered the home and caught the scent. Well, she tried this and still didn't like it. I thought it was great. Our second course if bread was a herb bread, sort of like a sweet bread or banana bread with fresh herbs and herbed butter

So, where were we? The salt! The different salts were provided to complement the unsalted butter provided for these little beauties: Baked fresh daily. Got to watch one of the chefs kneeling the dough by hand for tomorrow's breads. Chef Eric is the bread and pastry chef, the one featured on TV making the gingerbread house. Got to meet Chef Amee. She is the assistant to Chef Scott, the guy in charge who was not there last night. Chef Amee convinced Nancy to try the lamb, but made her dish with pork instead and provided a little side dish with the lamb as a taster: The lamb, served u

Headed to the MK to meet Matt and Rachel, will post more tomorrow - so much to write. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I tried the grey stuff - it was delicious! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nancy has been treating me very well all these years, and has weathered the storm a lot better than I have!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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The amouse Boucher Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Delicious, caviar and lobster Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I have never claimed to be an expert on anything. I don't know much about beer, heck, I don't even drink... but someone explain to me why there are all of these empty bottles displayed at EPCOT? The bottles were on display at a beer kiosk near the American Adventure pavilion - they were taunting me! If you're gonna eat a bar-b-que sammich in the south, then you have to dump that cup of slaw onto the meat and let the juice dribble down the back of your hand! :parrot: I'll have to give that a try when we head back later this week. Headed out in a couple of hours for someth

Those ribs are awesome - a must do on every trip. Everyone tells me the chicken wasn't so good. I'm a pulled pork fan. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

There should be a law against posting pics like this during working hours. OK, so I see Blue Point, Angry Orchard, Abita (awesome by the way), and Victory (also awesome). What are the 2 I'm missing?? I wasn't able to read the labels, I was getting a little overwhelmed at the moment, like a kid in a candy shop! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Usually when there is any O'Hana associated with me it will bring tears to everyone's eyes :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ribs and pulled pork sandwich from Flame Tree: And: So good.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Miss the road trip days, but I got such a deal on non-stop flights this trip that the fuel cost would have been more than flying. And my kids refuse to spend more than 8 hours in the back seat of the Tundra ( seats don't recline ) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

(In my best Beavus and Butthead voice) "huh huh huh- you said Buttsville" Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I almost forgot to post one more photo from EPCOT yesterday - is there a better subject matter? I think not: Still drooling? Flame Tree photos within the hour! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sitting outside Dinosaur this morning waiting for Rachel and Nancy to finish, headed for Flame Tree BBQ next. Matt is chillaxin' back at the room. We've already been on Expedition Everest: And the Savannah: And Kali: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yesterday was EPCOT - mainly just to stroll around and sample the food. At rope drop: Then Test Track - Matt and Rachel's design was the one for our car! Then Ellen's Energy Adventure - long live the Motorola Star Tac flip phone! We even hit the Journey into your Imagination Ride. The definition of optimism = FP line for this ride LOL. Then off for our favorite snacks. Mine first: Then something to go with it: And Rachel got some ink in Morocco while Matt watched MoRockin play: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk