Uncleromulus
Plain grey will be fine
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2001
Well-it's certainly "Blue" as we immediately noticed upon arrival for our 6:00 PS. The place has a rather deco/modern look about it and the nite we dined, was quite busy. There were several conventions at Swan/Dolphin, so there were many tables with 6-8 people, (complete with name tags)!! dining that evening. But there were several families with kids as well, and overall the place was rather noisy. Perhaps it would be a bit more quiet when conventioneers weren't so numerous, as their collective converstations can take over a dining room. Dress-wise most everyone seemed to be in "resort casual", with a smattering of theme park casual among the families. No one in a coat or dress that I could see.
As we looked over the menu, Mrs U selected a glass of wine from what appeared to be a pretty good wine list, while I had a Bass Ale from what is a pretty standard WDW beer list--that is to say, uninspired. NOT a knock on the Zoo-most all WDW restaurants are that way.
For appetizers, I had teppan seared jumbo sea scallops/ with braised beef shortrib and cauliflower puree. Delicious!! Mrs. U had steamed black mussels with red curry broth and coconut butter croutons. Again-excellent. On the menu they also had a littleneck clam flatbread which she'd like to try next visit, and I want to try some of the clam chowder that our server seemd to feature when she was discussing the menu. Also available is a raw bar with clams and oysters---.
Ordering dinner itself was a bit of a challange, as there are 16 entrees from which to choose!! I decided on "simply fish"-- a daily selection of 3-4 fish, grilled on a teppanyaki grill, and served with a choice of 3 sauces. I picked grouper and the baby shrimp,parsely and lemon sauce to go along. The fish was a nice size filet, cooked thru, and with the skin still on top. I don't particularly like that, but many do and say it adds to the flavor. In any event, it was a simple matter to "peel" it off, so that's what I did. The sauce is served in a little copper pot alongside the fish--your server will offer to pour a bit on your fish to get you started. The sauce was tasty, and had 5 fairly good size shrimp in it. Perfect with my grouper.
Mrs U went for the barbeque pan roasted jumbp prawns with sweet cornbread and corn silk puree. Six jumbo shrimp, the BBQ flavor subtle (but there) and went perfect with the cornbread. She ate it all and thought it among the better entrees we had all trip!
Our dessert selections were warm chocolate cake with malted cream and coco sorbet for Mrs. U, while I went for lime glazed cocunut cream tart w/ malibu ice cream. Add some coffeee and we ended having thoroughly enjoyed the Blue Zoo!! It's definitely a seafood oriented spot and absent a flood of conventioneers, a nice spot for upscale adult dining. We'll no doubt go back in May!!
Note: Our service was just fine that evening and would have been even better had our server not had two additional tables of 6 (and one of 10!) to handle. Our server was often occupied responding to cries of "more bread!" and "another round" and "more water" and "I thought I ordered blue cheese" etc etc. every time she went near one of the larger group tables. And when the drinks, food etc were brought out (the table of 10 was right next to us) it was amazing as none of them could seem to recall who ordered what!! She would say something like "Roasted beet Salad"? and they would all look at each other as tho it had dropped in from outer space. Then a minute or so later someone would recall that it was theirs and accept the plate.
Most amazing. I could never, ever be a server. My hat is off to them all..
Next dinner review-Wolfgang Puck Upstairs.
As we looked over the menu, Mrs U selected a glass of wine from what appeared to be a pretty good wine list, while I had a Bass Ale from what is a pretty standard WDW beer list--that is to say, uninspired. NOT a knock on the Zoo-most all WDW restaurants are that way.
For appetizers, I had teppan seared jumbo sea scallops/ with braised beef shortrib and cauliflower puree. Delicious!! Mrs. U had steamed black mussels with red curry broth and coconut butter croutons. Again-excellent. On the menu they also had a littleneck clam flatbread which she'd like to try next visit, and I want to try some of the clam chowder that our server seemd to feature when she was discussing the menu. Also available is a raw bar with clams and oysters---.
Ordering dinner itself was a bit of a challange, as there are 16 entrees from which to choose!! I decided on "simply fish"-- a daily selection of 3-4 fish, grilled on a teppanyaki grill, and served with a choice of 3 sauces. I picked grouper and the baby shrimp,parsely and lemon sauce to go along. The fish was a nice size filet, cooked thru, and with the skin still on top. I don't particularly like that, but many do and say it adds to the flavor. In any event, it was a simple matter to "peel" it off, so that's what I did. The sauce is served in a little copper pot alongside the fish--your server will offer to pour a bit on your fish to get you started. The sauce was tasty, and had 5 fairly good size shrimp in it. Perfect with my grouper.
Mrs U went for the barbeque pan roasted jumbp prawns with sweet cornbread and corn silk puree. Six jumbo shrimp, the BBQ flavor subtle (but there) and went perfect with the cornbread. She ate it all and thought it among the better entrees we had all trip!
Our dessert selections were warm chocolate cake with malted cream and coco sorbet for Mrs. U, while I went for lime glazed cocunut cream tart w/ malibu ice cream. Add some coffeee and we ended having thoroughly enjoyed the Blue Zoo!! It's definitely a seafood oriented spot and absent a flood of conventioneers, a nice spot for upscale adult dining. We'll no doubt go back in May!!
Note: Our service was just fine that evening and would have been even better had our server not had two additional tables of 6 (and one of 10!) to handle. Our server was often occupied responding to cries of "more bread!" and "another round" and "more water" and "I thought I ordered blue cheese" etc etc. every time she went near one of the larger group tables. And when the drinks, food etc were brought out (the table of 10 was right next to us) it was amazing as none of them could seem to recall who ordered what!! She would say something like "Roasted beet Salad"? and they would all look at each other as tho it had dropped in from outer space. Then a minute or so later someone would recall that it was theirs and accept the plate.
Most amazing. I could never, ever be a server. My hat is off to them all..
Next dinner review-Wolfgang Puck Upstairs.
I know that there is a "huge" convention at Swan/Dolphin that week. When I tried to make a PS for breakfast at Fresh for next week, DD had to transfer me to the hotel. I made a PS for 7:30am but was told that it would only be held for 5 minutes due to this huge convention. I think we'll try Blue Zoo during a nonconvention time some visit....holidays maybe?
Now the beet salad is enough to get me there as soon as possible...well as soon as peaceful.
