Category: Dining

  • Culinary Quest: Carnation Cafe at Disneyland

    After beginning the culinary quest in Downtown Disney (where the really good food is), I went inside the parks to Disneyland.  I have had an annual pass for fifteen years, but I had never eaten at Carnation Cafe on Main Street until now. On the DISboards, Carnation Cafe has been noted as a popular breakfast…

  • Culinary Quest: Disneyland’s Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen

    On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, my family and I took advantage of our Orange County location and headed off for lunch at Downtown Disney. As huge fans of Disney World’s dining offerings, we continue to look for restaurants here at the Disneyland Resort that are in the same class as those in Orlando.  Unsure of…

  • The Great Movie Ride Dinner at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

    Have you ever wanted to dine in an attraction at Walt Disney World?  Well, last night I got the opportunity to dine in the Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

  • A Culinary Quest for the Ages

    Imagine a world where one family from Southern California innocently embarks on a journey to Disneyland looking for a quick bite to eat.  When suddenly their “quick” bite turns into a calendar year of gastronomic adventure the likes of which the DIS blogosphere has never seen. Yes, my family and I have decided to partake…

  • Candy Canes Help Guy Fieri Celebrate Disneyland Holidays

    They entice you. All shiny, with their glistening, swirling, red and white stripes. You can almost taste them with your eyes. This is one of the great, but not well known (until now) holiday traditions at Disneyland. The making of the Candy Canes at the Candy Palace, on Main Street in Disneyland, is truly one…

  • Iron Chef Cat Cora Talks About New Restaurant Kouzzina

    The new restaurant Kouzzina by Cat Cora located on Disney’s Boardwalk had its “soft opening” a month ago [see Kathy Werling’s blog for recent photos], but the official Grand Opening was Thursday, September 17.  Cat Cora is a world renowned chef and television personality.  She is the first and only female “Iron Chef” on Food…

  • Hollywood Brown Derby: A Kid’s Perspective

    The Hollywood Brown Derby at Disney’s Hollywood Studios consistently receives some of the highest reviews for a theme park restaurant.  However, it is an expensive, upscale restaurant, and leaves people wondering whether it is a suitable, enjoyable place for kids.  Of course, any restaurant within a Disney theme park will welcome and accommodate families, but…