food IS a theme park
Hello from the West Coast, DFB Readers!
Snow’s already on Sleeping Beauty Castle!
We’ve been hanging out at Disneyland, which is now celebrating the holiday season, gearing up for the Festival of the Holidays at Disney California Adventure, and grabbing our stretchy pants for all the holiday treats coming to the resort.
Although Disneyland only reopened in April, a LOT has been going on at the resort!
Welcome to Toon Town!
After the reopening, Avengers Campus opened, and then the Jungle Cruise reopened after receiving a new storyline. Not to mention, Splash Mountain will soon get a new story at both Disneyland and Disney World. But now, ANOTHER ride at Disneyland is about to get an update!
We made it! We are here at Disneyland’s reopening day, and we’re taking you with us!
We’re HERE!
With park reservations almost completely sold out, we were prepared for quite a big crowd of fellow Disney fans today as we made our way around. We’ve had almost a year to experience the Disney World parks with capacity restrictions, social distancing, and other health and safety measures in place, so we were curious how that would translate to Disneyland. And now, we’re taking a look!
It’s time to get our quack on in Disneyland’s Toontown and order up a Daisy’s Diner specialty: Pepperoni Pizza!
Daisy’s Diner in ToonTown
Now, Daisy’s Diner isn’t exactly haute cuisine, but it does have something special going for it. Get ready for a slice of fun!
Hey friends! If you know us, you know we’re total foodies. We’re always on the hunt for new foods to try and review for you guys…and for ourselves, really. 😉
Snack Otter Box
But we’re also always on the lookout for new merchandise to show off our love for Disney Parks food.
Welcome back to Disneyland Resort for another What’s New! We’re bringing you some construction updates, a fun new plush, and a fun return donut!
Pixar Pal-A-Round
The Pixar Pals Parking Structure is still a work in progress, but some hard surfaces are going down on the space around it. [Read more…]
Having just returned from an amazing trip to the Tokyo Disney Resort, there are a few items there that I just have to share with you! The Pizza Spring Roll being basically at the tip top of my list. Yes, you read that right PIZZA SPRING ROLL!
Pizza Spring Roll
Located in Tokyo Disneyland’s Toon Town is this adorable little food cart that serves two types of Spring Rolls.
Epcot Morocco Baklava
I’m trying out something new this week, guys. Every once in a while, I’m going to use a relevant pic other than my standard “Eat Here” photo into the Weekly Round-Up. Hopefully this’ll be fun. 🙂 Now, on to the round-up!
To start out, here’s some cool NEWS!!: Have you heard about Chef Cat Cora’s book-signing and cooking demo in Orlando next weekend? Check out the specs here!
Touring Plans has a guest blog by yours truly all about the Monorail Crawl — a fun way to experience the lounges at the Monorail Resorts.
StudiosCentral analyzes prices at Disney’s Hollywood Studios restaurants to determine whether or not the restaurants are a good value cost-wise.
DisneyGeek shares his incredible pics, including several food photos, from Disneyland’s D23 Anniversary Event! Keep scrolling through after the linked page to see more.
The Plain Chicken has developed her very own recipe for the Butterfinger Cupcake from Disney’s Hollywood Studios Starring Rolls Cafe. We’re thrilled that she first heard about the delicious confection right here on our blog!
Imaginerding takes a look at Minnie Mouse’s bookshelves — with a special look at her cookbooks!
Babes in Disneyland has a pic of some Cheshire Cat-tail Candy in Disneyland! I totally missed this post last week, but I’m hoping they’re still there!
EverythingWDW does a Q&A about the newest Disney World dining plan — the Quick Service Dining Plan.
Tasty Chomps is tempting me with photos of the baklava…and other good stuff…from Tangierine Cafe in Epcot’s Morocco.
Watch Me Eat visits Epcot’s Club Cool.
The Disney Parks Blog shares the news that Disney World chefs were in the White House this week cooking for the Greek Prime Minister!
Deb Wills from AllEarsNet tweeted the following pic of Flame Tree Barbecue’s new queue line.
Chip and Co shares a review of breakfast at Epcot’s Akershus Restaurant. This one’s especially good for those of you who have little princesses.
Disney Every Day visits the Main Street Bakery for breakfast. Yum-o cinnamon rolls!
DisUnplugged‘s Culinary Quest family compares and contrasts Disneyland Resort’s Rancho del Zocalo and Cocina Cucamonga. I love the venn diagram at the end!
In The Daily Disney from the Orlando Sentinel, food writer Heather McPherson highlights the recipe for the oh-so-tempting Chocolate Crusted Key-Lime Pie from the Grand Floridian Cafe. If anyone wants to make this and send it to me, feel free.
In light of Mickey’s and Minnie’s imminent move out of Disney World’s Fantasyland, I thought we’d take a tour through each mouse’s kitchen to glean whatever cooking and food-related tips and tricks we can before they take up residence elsewhere. Today, we visit Minnie’s kitchen!
First stop is Minnie’s bulletin board. Located just outside her kitchen, we get an idea of the kind of diet advice she’s giving out in her magazine:
A Note From the Fairies
Minnie's Response
And diets are clearly a concern for Minnie (guess she’s working hard on keeping that mouse-ful figure!). Here’s her little invention for keeping the calories at bay — “diet cookies.” You can have as many as you want, if you can get to them through the glass!:
Minnie Invites Us to Sample Her Diet Cookies
Minnie's Diet Cookies
As we enter Minnie’s kitchen, there’s always a lot going on. This is the room where you’ll find the most interactivity in Minnie’s house, and for all her talk about diets, there’s nothing diet in here! Follow the crowd and see what Minnie’s making in her oven and microwave — there are really fun sound effects here, too:
We've Got a Cake Mixing Up for the Oven...
Another Cake is Just About to Rise in the Oven
That Cake Sure Rose Up Fast
Popcorn Flies Around the Microwave
Once you’re full of cake and popcorn, check out Minnie’s “WestingMouse” fridge to see what kinds of cheesy goodness she has today. Also, be sure to check out her favorite cookie recipe, “Cheesy Chip Cookies,” pinned up on the door.
Minnie's Westingmouse Fridge
One Side of Minnie's Fridge
And Minnie's Freezer Section
Chewy Cheesy Chip Cookies
All cheesed out? Check out what Minnie’s “put up” for the winter, along with a few of her prized cookbooks:
Minnie's Canned Goods
Minnie's Cookbooks
Interestingly, Mickey seems to have a candy company to rival Goofy’s…
Mickey's Candy Company Items
And it’s fun to see what Minnie’s collecting — teapots!
Minnie's Stores Collected Teapots Above the Cabinets
Even the pots and pans are musical here! You can hear them banging and clanging in rhythm!
Musical Pots and Pans
Finally, head out into Minnie’s sun room and see her prized buttercups…
Butter - Cups
Thanks for touring Minnie’s kitchen with us. We’ll be visiting Mickey soon, but I hear his kitchen’s being remodeled…something about a contest…
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