We stopped by Animal Kingdom this week to check out all the new eats around the park. Hope you’re hungry because we have some exciting additions for you!
Tree of Life
New Appetizers and Entrees at Tiffins
has added a Thai Curry Mussels appetizer with yellow curry, fennel, crostini and Nam Phrik. They’ve also added a Butter Chicken entree that comes served with a Chickpea-Rice Croquette, English Peas, Cauliflower, and Pickled Onion.
Tiffins New Menu Updates
Other updates include the option to substitute Wagyu for the Tamarind Braised Short Rib entree, for an additional charge, and the Chicken and Waffles entree has been removed from the menu.
Nomad Lounge Switches Up Their Truffle Poutine
Our go-to spot for some relaxation and great cocktails, Nomad Lounge, has updated one of our favorite menu items: the Truffle Poutine. This poutine debuted in August of 2018 — click here to check out our original review. The most recent iteration included beef, but it seems that Nomad Lounge has swapped back to the original Truffle Poutine — Truffle Tremor Cheese, French Fries, crispy Onions, and Black Truffle Salt.
Nomad Lounge Menu Updates
Creature Comforts Cupcake Update
We checked in at Creature Comforts to see the current cupcake lineup and — much to our dismay — the Lion King Cupcake is missing!
You can check out the super cute Simba Cupcake here — and LUCKILY, they’re still available at Pizzafari.
Creature Comforts Menu Updates
Current cupcakes are Caramel Mocha and the Lotus Blossom.
Mr Kamal’s Brings Back the Chicken Dumplings
Chicken Dumplings
have been added to the official menu over at Mr. Kamal’s. They are the same Chicken Dumplings they had when the Tasting Sampler was available at Christmas time — you can check out what we thought of them here.
Mr. Kamal’s Chicken Dumplings
These fried dumplings have a really great crunch to them — we’re SO happy to see them back!
Mr. Kamals Chicken Dumplings
They’re served with an awesome tart ponzu dipping sauce.
Mr. Kamals Chicken Dumpling Ponzu Dipping Sauce
Unfortunately, bringing in a new menu item means we have to say good-bye to an old one. The vegetarian favorite falafel has been removed from the menu — good thing we still have those awesome Mr. Kamal’s Seasoned Fries!
Mr. Kamal’s Removed Falafel from Menu
That wraps up all the menu updates over at Animal Kingdom this week!
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AM is in serious need of ibetter dining options that are not so exotic for the less adventurous palettes.. I known everyone hates it but that park needs the basic burger mac and cheese chicken sandwich type place that’s not Rainforest cafe
We visit the Nomad Lounge quite often. Hoping they bring back their original rib recipe ASAP
The vegetarian falafel from Mr Kamals is going to be sorely missed! It’s a real shame since there aren’t a lot of vegetarian snacks with protein available anywhere else. Is the falafel available elsewhere?
Oh nooooo! The falafel and fries at Mr. Kamal’s were our go-to vegetarian QS meal at AK! That falafel was so fresh and delicious…devastating news for vegetarians that it was replaced with a non-veg item. 🙁
@Rob- Dinoland’s Restaurantosaurus has some good options for less adventurous eaters 🙂
There’s also a stand that has Mac and cheese but I believe it’s only open seasonally.
I wouldn’t stress out about making vegan options at AK if I were Disney. My daughter is vegan and she would never go to AK, zoos are a no-no.
We visited the Flame Tree Barbecue Restaurant recently at AK and they have stopped taking the Passholder Discount and DVC if they ever took it in the past-can’t remember exactly what they used to take-but we always used our Passholder or DVC and they take neither of those now. Mobile Ordering is available for that location and it looked like it wasn’t working very well. The line was long enough for the regular ordering, but it looked to me like Mobile wasn’t offering what is promised. Even others in the line with me had stated the same feeling-as they had considered using Mobile Ordering and had decided against it. Food there is still excellent.
There are plenty of people who eat plant-based for their health and would love to see more vegan options at Animal Kingdom.
I’m very sad to see the falafel gone.
I am at AK as I write this and had to see if anyone else was as incredibly disappointed as I wasn’t that the falafel was replaced with a chicken item. Seriously? Like there isn’t enough chicken everywhere else in this park already? Grrrrr