Saturday, June 2, 2012

Our favorite places to eat at… Animal Kingdom


My personal favorite place to eat at Animal Kingdom is not the best reviewed, but I still love it. Right outside the entrance of the park there is a Rainforest Café. This one is much easier to get into than the one in Downtown Disney and is a fun stop right after the park closes, if you don’t mind the loud atmosphere. It is a chain restaurant with waterfalls and animatronic animals making up the décor. One of the reasons I love it is the menu is huge. There are burgers (veggie and meat) for around $13 with a side of potato chips. Pizza runs about $15 and BBQ chicken $16. I tend to get the Paradise Pot Roast ($19). Wow, I eat pot roast a lot on vacation. =) I know dad and I really enjoyed their seafood last time we went. They have a steak and shrimp entrée for $27. And if you go with a group, the Sparkling Volcano dessert is nuts ($14).

Brian and I at Animal Kingdom.
If you want an in-park table-service meal there are two options. Tusker House Restaurant offers a buffet with African cuisine at lunch and dinner, as well as more familiar choices. Safari Donald Duck and some of his friends appear at breakfast, which includes waffles, scrambled eggs, honey-glazed ham, cereal, bacon, and all sorts of other dishes. He also attends lunch, which has more African flair. Lunch and dinner both can include hummus and baba ghanoush, various salads, sliced meat, couscous salad, fresh fruit, a vegetarian table (Marrakesh couscous, Vegetable samaosa, Spiced Tandoori Tofu, Jollaf rice, and Pearl couscous with sweet basil essence), rotisserie chicken, curry chicken, basmati rice, and more. Prices vary between $15 and $36

The other option is the Yak & Yeti Restaurant, which gets good reviews and has a cozier atmosphere. This is a Pan-Asian restaurant near Mount Everest in the park. Enjoy a dim sum basket for 2 for $14 or PEI mussels (one of our favorite things) for $10.50. Entrees include Sweet & Sour Chicken ($17), Duck with Anandapur Glaze ($22), Tempura Shrimp ($20), and Stir-Fried Beef & Broccoli ($17). You can also get fried wontons or mango pie for dessert. This is not the best choice for vegetarians.

For a complete list of dining options at Animal Kingdom, go here: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/animal-kingdom/dining/

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