Chef Mickey

It's been a while. Yes, I've been on a diet. The need for the diet arised during our trip to Disney World. The most fattening place on Earth...

Most of the time Disney puts out some culinary delights. This time, it was pretty much all crap. Everything from the taco salad with some sort of meat lump in it, to the last/worst entree that consisted of sauce and 2 overcooked shrimp. When shrimp are cooked, they are supposed to make a "C'" shape. Very easy to remember if you can remember how the word "cook" is spelled. I guess because the place was supposed to be African/Indian they must spell it with an "S". Yep, the shrimp were so over cooked that they swirled back around into a rubbery little coil. Disappointed. I'd say that the only decent meal we had was a Kat Cora's restaurant, Kuzzina.

The service at Kuzzina was almost as bad as sitting in my mother's kitchen and expecting her to bring you things. There was an attitude about the place, and the waitress must have been in the "how shitty can I make my tip" contest. But, the food was excellent. I had Baklava French Toast with chicken sausage and sweet potato hash. The hash was beautiful to look at. The knife cuts were impeccable. It was seasoned lovely and tasted like fall. The chicken sausage was surprisingly moist and again the herbs in it made it really feel like you were eating something special. The French toast was very sweet. But, that is what I expect when I order French Toast named after a dessert. There were crunchy candied walnuts, honey, and figs. It had some wonderful flavors to it. Usually when I go out for French Toast I come home in a blind rage. People have forgotten how to make this dish. I guess the art of adding a little cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla have gone by the wayside and I'm just supposed to eat plain egg coating that tastes like my shoe. Nope. The whole point of going out is to get food better than I can make. That is happening less and less lately. Therefore, Kat Cora's Kuzzina gets my French Toast seal of approval, yum.

Other than that, most of the culinary experiences this vacation were a let down. Time for Chef Mickey to take another class...