Good Eating at Disney World

Last weekend my parents and I went to Disney World and stayed at Old Key West resort. We are members of Disney Vacation club, and they had a promotion event for all of the members who wanted to come. There they told us all of the new cool things that were happening at Disney, including a new resort opening in Hawaii next summer. They also let us preview what the new rooms there will look like, and provided refreshments (along with a $40 movie gift card for each family!). Below is all the delicious food they provided for us:

It included tea or water with lemon, fresh vegetables (cucumber, celery, cauliflower, olives, tomatoes), cornbread cakes, chicken pasta salad, angel food cake with whipped cream and strawberries, and a brownie. I was pleasantly surprised by how good the food they provided (for free) was, because in my experiences at Disney, there have expensive, high fat foods for sale at most places such as the parks and resorts. Good job disney!


The next night, however, is when I was really blown away by all the amazing food. We went to a restaurant called Boma which is located at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. While a bit on the expensive side, this restaurant is completely worth the money in my opinion because of all the interesting varieties of food that are provided, buffet style. This restaurant "captures the essence of vibrant life in the African marketplace". Not only that, it includes many other multicultural dishes as well, such as Indian or Greek inspired foods.
I tried many of the foods there, but in smaller portions. I started off with grilled salmon with lemon and almonds, curry pasta salad, matter paneer (an indian dish), vegetable lentil koftka, and a vegetable mixture mixed with chickpeas (not pictured). 

Then I tried coconut curried chicken soup (amazing!), Couscous Marrakesh, which was flavored very well, a traditional African porridge which was somewhat sweet, mango papaya avocado salad, and watermelon rind (which was overly sweet). 
Then I tried some mixed field greens with chili cilantro vinaigrette (sooo tasty and good), and pita bread with 3 types of hummus: olive, sun dried tomato and a third that had a very interesting name that I can't remember. The sun dried tomato was my favorite and the olive was my least favorite.

Lastly, I sampled some deserts, including bread pudding with rum sauce, a peanut butter cheesecake square, a zebra dome, and a coffee tart. 

Of course I probably ate too much, but this was an experience I could not pass up! I made sure to go running the next day. I joked around that Boma was "a nutritionist's paradise" because of all the variety, but more accurately it is probably "a foodie's paradise". 
I would say that my top 3 favorite things at Boma were the mixed field greens with chili cilantro vinaigrette, the coconut curried chicken soup and the peanut butter cheesecake square.
Good job, Disney for impressing me food wise this time around!!