| Absolutely nothing tops the
California Grill,
our favorite place in Walt Disney World. Tops in location:
It's on the 15th floor of the
Contemporary Resort with a beautiful view of
the
Magic Kingdom
Tops in food: Lyd loves the beef and nobody tops the sushi.
Tops in atmosphere: Over the years we have been coming
to the CG (often twice in one visit), it has become family.
People talk in awe of how difficult it is to get a window table at the
California Grill. I don't have any trouble, but then, we don't ask for a
window table! |
| Back in April, we
visited the California
Grill and profiled our visit. Our friends at the CG printed our pictures,
and they will be offering some corrections to that page. June 27, 2004: Matty helped
me identify what is on each platter. |
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What a great group family: From the left, Matty
(my new E-mail contact), Dennis (A man who makes a great Manhatten), Yoshi
(The Sushi Boss, known to many of the staff as Mom or Mother [but NEVER
Mama]), Ron (who takes good care of me), Alma Lei (a great chef herself) and
Takashi (the newest member of the family.) |
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Some of their wonderful dishes. |
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| 1. This one isn't mine. But it looked so good I
had to take a picture. The one on the left is a "Snake in the Grass" ... Shrimp
tempura with avocado, eel and cucumber. The others are: Medusa Roll, Spicy Sensation, Bonsai Roll and California Roll.
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2. This is a Medusa Roll ... Tempura
soft-shelled crab with wasabi cream and spicy teriyaki. |
3. The big one in the middle is the "Snake in
the Grass" with Tuna Poki and Spicy Sensation. Alma Lei makes the sauce in the lower right corner |
4. This is a real tasty salad. I believe
there is chopped ginger, and the larger pieces with the red accents are
octopus. |
5. This is a sushi spring roll, with salmon,
tuna and hamachi. The sauces are wasabi
cream, wasabi oil, and bonsai sauce. |
6. There is a Tuna Tataki Summer roll in rice
paper here and the bowl in
the lower right is an onion relish, I think. |
| Yes, I actually eat all of this
stuff; with my back to the window and ignoring the menu. In fact, when
the server asks me what I'm having, I point to Yoshi and reply, "What ever
she makes for me." The California Grill is a great place to eat.
How I get in is my little secret. |
