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That meal sounded great. It is not a place to eat if you are trying to stay on a very restrictive diet. I would have to do a lot of walking to get rid on the calories. Sorry to hear that the pictures were lost for this restaurant. Looking forward to breakfast at Olivias.
Both HBD and Kouzzina's are on my list of 'to try' - and I'm liking what I'm hearing (and seeing) so far. Kelley is particularly interested in Kouzzina's as she aspires to be a chef someday...and she loves Cat Cora! I wonder how much influence she actually has on the menu these days?
What a great meal! Kouzzina has definitely improved since opening and I think I need to add it to my list for my next trip. I was planning a breakfast there, but not dinner. I need to have those brussels sprouts--hope they're still on offer! I like the idea of a rotating restaurant list. Mine wouldn't be too different from yours, but I think I also need a short-list of must-do places for every trip. For me right now these are Sanaa, Brown Derby and Flying Fish.
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I was able to find a picture of that cop. This was from August 2010, while waiting for a parade. Most people were just walking right past them and didn't even notice them but we thought they were very funny!
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Dinner sounded delicious, I remember a lot of not so great reviews when it first opened, so glad that they have worked out the kinks. Definitely need to add this on the list. I love your dining rotation, you have many of our favorites on their as well. We are hitting Citrico's this trip...I was telling DisneyDani today that everytime I look at the menu everything looks delicious but something about the pork dish is just so appealing and that I remembered reading (I am almost sure it was one of your TRs about how much you enjoyed it) think that is going to be my final choice in July.
While the pork sounds like something I would order, I'm not sure I actually have--it does sound tasty and I love pork belly!
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Glad you hear you had such a good experience at Kouzzina. We'll have to give it another try.
Oh my goodness Barb - those photos bring back such great memories!
You should definitely try it again!
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Just got caught up...
Amazing day at DHS - glad you got to do ST twice.
Both HBD and Kouzzina's are on my list of 'to try' - and I'm liking what I'm hearing (and seeing) so far. Kelley is particularly interested in Kouzzina's as she aspires to be a chef someday...and she loves Cat Cora! I wonder how much influence she actually has on the menu these days?
Cool to see PoTC at Disney.
I think Cat is still pretty involved at Kouzzina. I know she is there on a somewhat regular basis--definitely more often during the food and wine festival and they are show casing her very own wine label.
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What a great meal! Kouzzina has definitely improved since opening and I think I need to add it to my list for my next trip. I was planning a breakfast there, but not dinner. I need to have those brussels sprouts--hope they're still on offer! I like the idea of a rotating restaurant list. Mine wouldn't be too different from yours, but I think I also need a short-list of must-do places for every trip. For me right now these are Sanaa, Brown Derby and Flying Fish.
Did I leave Flying Fish off of my list--I shouldn't have. We eat there almost every trip!
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I was able to find a picture of that cop. This was from August 2010, while waiting for a parade. Most people were just walking right past them and didn't even notice them but we thought they were very funny!
We had a wonderful evening, which ended with a walk back to the Studios and a bus back to Saratoga Springs. It was an early night for us!
We got up very early the next morning--I think about 6am to get ready for breakfast. We walked to Old Key West . . . erm . . . it was a lovely walk for us and we enjoyed the early morning exercise, but if I told you it was a walkable distance to Olivia's from Congress Park, I'd be lying to most of you. It took us the better part of 1/2 an hour, which means that it was probably 1.5-1.75 miles.
You pick up a path near the pro shop for the golf course--you walk around the golf course and down the SSR/OKW Nature Trail. Eventually you find yourself at the back end of the section called South Point Bend, which is as far away from the Hospitality House as you can get at OKW. We managed to hop on a bus at that bus stop--it pulled up as we were walking through. If you do this remember that the last stop before any bus (except maybe the DTD bus) is the HH. I think we would have had another 10-15 minute walk from where we emerged. The bus dropped us off at the HH right at the time Olivia's opened and that was the SAME time as our reservation.
Olivia's is such a lovely little restaurant!
As you can see it was pretty much empty. We were seated in a booth along the wall.
Brandon is clearly working hard on his facebook posts
We both ordered:
Breakfast Cuban - Scrambled Eggs, Sliced Pork Loin, Ham, Swiss, and Tomato on a Grilled Cuban Roll served with Breakfast Potatoes. Brandon had coffee and I had Earl Grey tea.
We both decided that the sandwich was missing something that a traditional Cuban usually has lots of--PICKLES! So we asked for some and added them ourselves. We also requested mayo and ketchup. Mayo was for the sandwiches and ketchup was for my potatoes. OMG! Those potatoes are SO good. The sandwich was also very good, once we added the required pickles. Basically a pressed ham, pork, egg and cheese sandwich, but way better than the cold cuts that were sitting, uneaten, in our fridge.
One of the things we've decided, after many different trials, is that we like a hot breakfast before touring--especially if we are going to be up early enough to make rope drop. We also know that making rope drop is essential for touring in the summer months. I think we made every single one this trip.
Some days we can get by with a bagel or pastry if we are having an early lunch, but we end up ravenous by lunch time!
At any rate, I've had breakfast and dinner multiple times a Olivia's and can not fault a single thing about it. The only fault I've ever had with either SSR or OKW is that they both have only casual restaurants. You would think that with the number of rooms associated with each resort that they could support a casual restaurant AND a fine dining establishment.
We caught a bus from the HH to Animal Kingdom and made it there just at the very end of the rope drop ceremony!
Up Next: An Epic Fail, but a good meal and a good time . . . followed by the best meal we had all week! (I'm pretty sure this will be two separate posts!)
My wife and I stayed at OKW several years ago along with our then 6 year old granddaughter. We did not even go into Olivias. I now see that we missed a treat. Not sure DGD would have liked it though. We did not challenge her very much with different foods. Other than a few character meals, we pretty much stayed with CS choices for the week. Enjoying your adventures. Glad to see that you guys are up for and early morning walk. Looks like the choice to jump on the bus came at just the right time.
Disney stomach!! I know what you mean. There's just something about that place.... Maybe it's all the walking. Breakfast looked good, especially those potatoes. I've never met a potato I didn't like.
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Breakfast looked good, especially those potatoes. I've never met a potato I didn't like. 
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