'Ohana: The best meal at Disney, Part I

If you know the French Family well, then you probably know that we venture to Disney on a regular basis (1 time a year, sometimes 2). Over the years, we have memorized the maps, experienced all the rides, received countless autographs from the Disney characters, but the one thing we have grown to love more as we got older was the food.

For the past few years, we have used the "Disney Dining Plan." With this plan, we get one quick service meal (think McDonald's), one snack and one sit-down meal every day. So besides breakfast, we were set for the day. I kept all of the receipts from our trip, and it turned out that we saved about 50% on our food bills. This plan pretty much locks you on Disney property (if the resort hasn't already), but if the food is this good, so be it!

So, after a long day at Animal Kingdom on Tuesday, Luke, Alexis and I headed to the Polynesian Resort to meet up with Dad, Kathy and Amanda. They were lounging on the beach next to the Seven Seas Lagoon. The resort is so peaceful and is in the best location possible. Someday we will stay at that resort...someday.

Once it was time to check in for our reservation, we headed to 'Ohana, the place we would be feasting for the next two hours. We were seated right next to where they cook all of the meats, and a prime location to watch the parade of little kids with the Hawaiian singer.

'Ohana is set up a little different than other restaurants at Disney. The meal is already chosen (no menus needed) and everything is family-style (big plate of food; share amongst yourself). The meal is also 50% meat, so Luke made sure to ask the waitress for the vegetarian options.

Little did he know, he was in for the meal of a lifetime.

I started off the night with some alcoholic drink in a huge pineapple. Not sure what all was in it, but it did the trick.

Fruity drink in a pineapple

The first course was some coconut bread, salad, pork dumplings and bbq chicken. We could have just eaten this and walked away happy. Luke received a some hummus and pita chips, presented by the head chef himself...pretty fancy, huh?

Pork dumplings and bbq chicken. Salad in the background.

Hummus and chips

The second course was broccoli and noodles. Luke got his own course: fried green tomatoes on a bed of mashed potatoes with Cheetos and some amazing Asian sauce.

Broccoli and noodles.

Fried green tomatoes on a bed of mashed potatoes, accented with Cheetos.

Next up, the main course!