Jason had another term he used to describe this white concoction but I’ll leave that to your imagination so I don’t get a demerit again
What'd you get a demerit for??
I’ve Died and Gone to Southern Heaven
Tonight was a dinner I was very excited about. So excited we’d even made an ADR. Like before we even got to Florida. Like more than 5 minutes before we wanted to eat. Like who are we even
But first things first, we caught the bus to Disney Springs and did some even rarer shopping at Basin, Goofy’s Candy Company, and the Lego Store.
I also stopped by guest services to get a voucher for a brick my brother had gotten on the “Disney Walk” when he was in the College Program. We picked up the brick in Magic Kingdom the next day and I thought it was a pretty cool memento.
Now back to what you all are here for…..DRINKS (and food!)
Dinner was at what has become a favorite for us: Homecoming (still not dropping that "g" Che Fart Smith).
We were seated quickly at a high top table in the bar area and when in a bar….
I ordered what I’m pretty sure was the Indian River Paloma with Ruby Red Grapefruit Moonshine, fresh muddled lime, and Q Premium Grapefruit Soda.
This went down way too easy and I loved the grapefruit flavor but I’d missed the part about the soda as I’m not a big fan of carbonation except in beer.
Not to be outdone Jason went with the Whiskey Flight with a beer chaser.
He certainly hearted this as he could choose his whiskey pleasure and went with a Whistle Pig Rye, Michters Small Batch, Stolen X Rock and Rye, and a Florida American Wheat Bear. Aside from the way too sweet rock and rye (which he later learned was made with rock candy) he loved all of these and wished more places had options like this.
Moving right along (doog-a-doon doog-a-doon) we of course needed something to soak up all of this alkeyhol and went for the Bunch of Puppies which are house-made hushpuppies served with pimento cheese and red jalapeño jelly.
These puppies are southern perfection. Crispy on the outside with a soft corn bread like texture on the inside, I mean what can be better than what is essentially fried corn bread? Oh I know mayonnaise disguised as cheese and some spicy jelly. Puppy Perfection!
While I could have eaten about 50 more puppies we did have actual dinner to attend to. Jason branched out and ordered the Fried Chicken Sandwich which is buttermilk-brined for 24 hours and hand-battered, dressed with hot sauce aioli, iceberg lettuce, tomato, and bread and butter pickles
First and foremost the fried chicken on here was flat out delicious, but the sandwich had too much stuff on it so the chicken got lost in the mix. This was served with a side of house-made bbq potato chips topped with icebox dressing. The chips were nice and crunchy but neither of us was a fan of whatever the “icebox dressing” was on top. Jason had another term he used to describe this white concoction but I’ll leave that to your imagination so I don’t get a demerit again
Being the infinitely better orderers that we are Casey and I concocted a meal of our own. Up first we have the delectable Thigh High Chicken Biscuits with fried chicken thighs and bread and butter pickles, drizzled with hot honey from the appetizer menu.
This is my favorite thing on their menu because what could be better than delicious and flaky cheddar cheese biscuits topped with perfectly fried and juicy chicken thighs and a slightly spicy honey. Even the bread and butter pickles bring some sweet and sourness that just perfects these little bombs of southern magic.
We each also picked a side to share. Casey’s choice was Momma’s Mac and Cheese.
This was super cheesy good-old fashioned mac and cheesy goodness and Casey was smitten. Unlike Che Fart Smith ,Casey’s Mama (aka yours truly) makes her mac and cheese with a bit less cheddar and the more mild gruyere, but who am I to pass up this clearly healthy and not at all bad for you option.
Speaking of healthy, as my choice I went with the braised kale and collards which were all veg and had absolutely no pork or sugar in them.
I’m a huge fan of pretty much any type of cookedweedsgreens and these slightly sweet greens doused in some tobassco were the perfect accompaniment.
Somewhere along the way Jason and I each ordered a beer. No idea what it was, but when its beer does anything but cold really matter.
In case our faces don’t say it we were not happy with our meal.
We were of course ecstatic!!!!
Fried chicken, hushpuppies, whiskey, moonshine what more does a meal need???? Just because Jason wasn’t as happy with his sandwich we’ll give it 4.5 forkys but a 5 is just some fried chicken and donuts away.
With our tables in wonderland card we saved $23.75
We waddled over to the bus depot to head back to Caribbean Beach but unfortunately people forgot their move to the back of the bus etiquette and us and another family just missed getting on. However, n a rare moment of cosmic bus karma another one came right up and we had our own private transportation back to the resort.
Once there Casey regaled us yet again with her amazing recap skills. Hear about her favorite Epcot ride, shoe emergency, and her favorite part of dinner that I’d nearly totally about. And all while tackling her treat from Goofy's Candy Shop. Move over Savannah Guthrie....
Up next, this is a bad place to be headed...
Oh they would love that. We didn't film anything formal. So, no Hello Butt Cheeks yet.If you do that we can just make Hello Butt Cheeks its own youtube channel
Seriously! They have started seperating strollers out, which I don't know if it helps any or not. But... At least, now if you go from MK to EPCOT you don't have to go through security again.
Sounds like an awsome EMHs.
We were able to walk on Soarin’ and The Land and still stop for breakfast before the park had even technically opened.
What is Jason doing? Hilarious.
And apparently my husband tested my face
Green side is pretty tame but I still don't need to do it again. Meh.
You ate at Via Napoli twice in one trip?Via Napoli! Side note it is National Pizza Day today so be sure to celebrate
Where was Enrico when I needed him!!?!
Next time we are together In Disney, we need to go here so I can try this. No one else in my family will eat it. Although, I will say, my peperoni and persutto pizza was REALLY good.Casey and I shared what I consider the best pizza on earth, the Carciofi, with artichoke, fontina, mozzarella, and truffle oil. And in a surprise to no one we also added mushrooms.
I love it.
Ha! Def a reservation worth getting!ADR. Like before we even got to Florida. Like more than 5 minutes before we wanted to eat. Like who are we even
Sadly we had to cancel our reservation this past trip, our Rise of Resistance FP ran into it.
I was going to try the moonshine flight but didn't get to. ;(Not to be outdone Jason went with the Whiskey Flight with a beer chaser.
I would probably like that one! Ha!
Sooooo good!!!! Andy says he likes the Polite Pig Chicken sliders better but I still think this is better.
This is my favorite thing on their menu because what could be better than delicious and flaky cheddar cheese biscuits topp
Ugh, I HATE this, you can see all the space in the very back. Grrrr.
Well, That was probably a better ride back anyway.
Oh that video!!!! Hilarious! I mean, I don't understand how they aren't both YouTube Stars already? right?
They are definitely one of my favorite things. Saw a recipe for some non-fried hot honey chicken last night that sounded like this. Going to try and see if I can dredge up some Homecoming feelings
Wow, that is really cool!!!! Now I'm intrigued to know just who it is
Someone has moved along to you in the meantime???? I always get infuriated because for us they just wait for all the 87 bags to be individually unzipped before moving along to poor little usNo kidding! I secretly love it when they ask someone to unzip their 87 zippered bag pockets and move along to me in the meantime, who - with an air of superiority - already has her bag zippers unzipped and ready to go
Yep! Apparently I'm offensive to some. Though not as offensive as @ariane37 who I believe is the reigning queen
Come for Easter! I'll be making mac and cheese with lots of ooey gooey gruyere and truffle by the boat load.
My husband and his comments are always so very very specialAlso, I thought I quoted it but I seriously LOLed at the "icebox dressing" comment.
They are unquestionably worth it! Of course I can eat all the glutten so it would be even more of a special treat for you
Sadly I think you are going to beat us there. Just posted an update and we had to pull the plug on our spring break trip. Hoping for a redo in August though
Being me. Apparently I can be offensive to some
They are so one of my favorite things on property.Oo these were delicious!
You are out of luck then because they are thighs. I'm not a huge fan of dark meat in general but make an exception for these deletable beauties
Now we are both craving both at 9 am!!!!! I'll have to try that cocktail. Sounds right up my alley
Sounds like you have definitely had a stressful few months. Glad to hear that things are settling back into place for you though and how better to celebrate that then some time at Disney!!!! I could certainly use a little Disney in my life too but sadly think it will be summer before that happens. I'll have to see if I can find some fried chicken biscuits somewhere to drown my sorrows in
Told Casey that if we all end up quarantined then we're going to have to have her and Gwen get Hello Butt Cheeks back up and running
I had no idea they had done either of those things. I hated when we stayed at poly and had to go through security twice. Glad to hear they finally figured that out
Being Jason of course. You have met my husband, right?
You've got a date!!!!!!!!!! We're heading down around Halloween. Just putting that out into the universe
Something tells me that was worth itSadly we had to cancel our reservation this past trip, our Rise of Resistance FP ran into it.
Wow, I'll have to try those then. We have a great Korean/Southern BBQ hybrid by us that does an amazing pulled chicken on a biscuit slider. Its a very close second to Homecoming
I know? Who doesn't want to hear about Disney while chomping on a candy apple
Ohhh, when in the summer are you going to Disneyland?!?! I am trying to map out our vacation trips, Andy turns 50 in 2022, and we def want to go to Hawaii for that. And I want to go to Disneyland again!
It is soooo nice now, makes it super easy to start at Magic Kingdom and head over to EPCOT for dinner.
Ohhhh, tempting! I do think that we won't be back to WDW till next March. And I sadly have to be careful with the girls school now! Morgan will be in 7th grade in October! I can hardly believe it.
It was but I am dreaming about the food now.
That sound amazing!
We're still trying to map things out too. I'm thinking we are going to do DL in mid/late August probably around the time we did WDW last year. That would be awesome if you guys were there too!!!
I can't believe it either!!! Certainly harder when the kiddos get older. Casey has 2 days off the first week in November so we are taking advantage of that. Jason was going to do the wine and dine races too but now we are going to head up to Savannah and he'll do a race there instead.
That is probably when we would go!!! I am working with the best TA around for options. We are starting with All-Inclusive options first. Andy wants to do something non-disney... But we will see. I am trying to work the new Spiderman Ride angle...We're still trying to map things out too. I'm thinking we are going to do DL in mid/late August probably around the time we did WDW last year. That would be awesome if you guys were there too!!!
And let me know when Hawaii is. Tell Andy I'm inviting myself along
12+hr days are brutal! Hope things get a little easier for you soon.
Happy birthday to both your babies! I can't believe Duvall has made it to 12.....that is an extraordinary age for a Newf. What a special guy.
Apparently some fellow disboard members are "special friends". What in the world???Being me. Apparently I can be offensive to some
In non-work news someone turned 9 last month! I have no idea where the time has gone. After nine years I finally relented and let her have a "real" birthday party (apparently Disney and family dinners didn't count) and she had a wonderful day at the spa with her friends.
I hope things calm down for you soon! Sounds like you're nearing that hopefully! Happy birthday Casey!!!!!!
Our kids are getting old!! I wish they would just stop that! We have held out for 10 years without a "real" birthday party, too! Ditto on the vacations and dinners apparently don't count for anything. Hmph! Trying to decide what we're going to let him do this summer to celebrate 11!
It's good to think realistically even when our hearts don't want to! So glad you were able to celebrate another year with your good boy.
I WISH I could!!!! BUT, we'll be heading to WDW on Easter Sunday this year, so I'll have to pass on the invitation.
He’s no one big. He’s been out of the fashion game for a while now but his stories always fascinate me!
LMAO! I know someone who got their hand slapped WAY worse than me it's totally ridiculous but I will say - the demerits I got were all 100% merited
Right? We were just there in January and don't really have a WDW trip planned until July and it's KILLING me. We're doing the one day in AK after our cruise next month - which IS a Disney cruise - but it doesn't feel the same! We are totally lucky to go as often as we do but now it seems like something is missing when a few months go by with no WDW
