So here is a meal that sounded better in description then delivery. It was described as a gluten free chicken pot pie. The ‘soup’ portion was good.
Before I know I was gluten intolerant I had some great chicken pot pies. The only thing that makes a chicken pot pie good is the crust. A decent chicken pot pie requires a crust that is flaky on one side and on the other side a soft and even sticky mixture with the broth of the soup backed right in delivering a tasty symphony.
Now that I am eating gluten free, I have not found anything nearing my crust requirement. As delivered this meal from Disney’s 50′s Prime Time Cafe at MGM Studios Theme park was a bowl of soup and a plate of dry tapioca rolls.
I have given the chef recipe suggestions to adjust the prepackaged tapioca rolls to get closer to a bearable chicken pot pie. Mainly, if he was stuck using the energy brand tapioca rolls, slice thin, toast or fry and let some broth soak in.
As it stands the meal should be called chicken soup with peas. With that title, the meal was a great chicken soup with peas. It was disappointing as chicken pot pie as it clearly was not.
I also had a milkshake and hot fudge sundae at this meal. I asked my server to make sure that the station was clean when making the milkshake because I cannot have malt. She also assured me that the hot fudge didn’t have any gluten in it. I should have talked with the chef about these items too. Talking with server staff is not good enough. I still have to educate chefs every time I go out.
Long story short this was the Disney restaurant that ended up getting me gluten sick. I have had several meals here at this restaurant that tasted great and were served with gluten free perfection. I had close calls this trip at Epcot’s Morocco as well as Jiko’s at the Animal Kingdom lodge, which thank goodness were caught before I ate them.
