Wordless Weekend

Animal Kingdom Holiday Updates

After visiting Animal Kingdom on Monday and noticing that there were no holiday decorations up, I was excited to see a tweet from one of my friends that the decorations were going up.  I rushed over there this morning to see what was set up.  Here's pics of what I found.  I'll head back next week to get more pictures after all the decorations are up and to get some pictures of Mickey's Jingle Jungle Parade too.

Lilo and Stitch in their holiday clothes

Wildlife Wednesday

Animal Kingdom Updates

I decided a few weeks ago that I would begin a regular segment that featured just the Animal Kingdom.  It is truly one of my favorite parks.  I think it is full of so many hidden gems.  I plan on visiting the park frequently and sharing many of those gems with you in the future.

Here are some of the things I came across yesterday...

No Christmas tree up yet.

Festival of the Lion King

Dragon Falls

No winter decorations out.

Dancing in Harambe

Hippopotamus on land

Monkeys out at Monkey Point.  I've never seen them before.

Baby elephant

The lion and lioness watching their prey

Lioness - I've seen this look on my own cat's face.

Jammin' Jungle Parade

Ankole Cattle getting close to the safari vehicle

The lion ready to call it a day

When I was a young warthog!

Escaping the Yeti!

Quote of the Week

I can never stand still.  I must explore and experiment.  I am never satisfied with my work.  I resent the limitations of my own imagination.

-Walt Disney

Wordless Weekend

Food and Wine Festival Review - Argentina

I'm going to give you reviews of as many of the food options available as I can fit into the next few days.  So far there has only been one thing the I truly didn't like and thankfully it will be covered in this post.  I don't have pictures of everything I tried, or they may actually be pictures from last year's festival if it is the same item, but I'll let you know if that is the case.

Starting off...

Argentina

Here's the menu:

Beef Empanada

We'll get the stinker out of the way.  Here I tried the Beef Empanada.  I really didn't like that one at all. Scratch that.  I actually threw this one out.  It had potential and I've developed a taste for empanadas, but I guess I am used to the flavor of the ones that they serve at Whole Foods here in Orlando.  Something about the flavor just seemed off.  A little bit too bitter or something.

Grilled Beef Skewer with Chimicurri Sauce and Boniata Puree

Argentina made up for it by providing one of my festival favorites though.  I absolutely loved the Grilled Beef Skewer with Chimicurri Sauce and Boniata Puree.  The beef was flavorful and was only enhanced by the freshness of the chimicurri sauce.  The boniata puree was delicious.  I was listening to one of the chefs describe it and he said that the boniata was mixed with Yukon Gold potatoes.  Very good!

I will actually be sad when the festival is over since I'll need to pick up ingredients for chimicurri and boniata so I can make this dish for myself.  

Have you had the opportunity to try these for yourself?  Tell me what you thought!