So much food, so little time - Part 1

For the first time this vacation we were both able to sleep in. 

And after we woke up we still stayed in bed and watched a little TV. 

Around 9am we got up, showered and then got ready for Brunch at the Top. Thankfully we didn’t have to travel far, we just had to cross the skyway bridge and go down one level. 

We arrived at the check-in desk about 10 minutes prior to our 10am reservation and were told that we had to wait, as California Grill was not open yet. Promptly at 10am we were asked over to the elevator and taken up to the restaurant. 

And within a minute we were seated towards the back of the restaurant at one of the smaller tables that are along a long bench.

 It didn’t take more than a minute for a server to come to our table, introduce himself, ask for allergies and if we had dined or had had Brunch at the Top before. 

We let him know that we had dined at the California Grill many a times and that it was not our first time for brunch either. With that in mind he handed us the menus and went to get us some drinks. 

We studied the menu, even though we kind of knew what we wanted. 

The server returned with some water and some 

Prosecco with some kind of pearls in it and then went to get Tom some coffee and some tea for me. 

He then took us on a tour of the buffet. 

As I mentioned before we have been to that brunch before and we saw some old favourites and also some new intriguing dishes and they even had a crepe station. 

And after I had taken some photos of all the goodies 

we both picked up a plate and started filling it. 

I had picked some of their 

cured meats, some deviled eggs, which are to die for and a peach salad, which had looked intriguing and one of their 

cheese rolls, a whole wheat croissant and a chocolate croissant. 

Tom had some of the 

cured meats as well as a lot of sushi, which he loves, and some soba noodle salad.

And then it was time to enjoy our yummy food. 

Needless to say that we needed to go back for seconds. I picked some more 

sausage, some blue cheese, some of the soba noodle salad, which was nice but not nice enough for seconds and quite a lot of the

 peach salad which was so delicious and another deviled egg. Tom got more of the 

sushi and I had talked him into getting some deviled eggs and the peach salad, as well as some bacon and egg salad.

The server came by a few times asking if we liked the food and to refill our glasses of water and to bring more Prosecco. We were very happy with what we had and even though I had been looking forward to their yogurt, granola and fresh fruit I had to pace myself as I knew there was lots more to come. 

The server gave us some time after we had finished our buffet items and then went and brought over our items from the menu. We had been tempted to order a dish to share, but after two plates of food we were happy we had not, especially when we saw the size of our hot items.

Tom had ordered the 

Grilled Hanger Steak, served with two sunny side up fried eggs, Chimichurri, Marble Potato Hash and Charred Red Onion while I had decided on an old favourite, the 

Butter Poached Lobster Eggs Benedict, two soft-poached eggs, toasted English Muffin, Honey Ham topped with Classic Hollandaise. 

We shared bites of both dishes and both were just so good. 

We were getting pretty full while working on our main courses and there was no way we would be able to sample some of the crepes they offered or some of the yogurt concoctions. After we had finished our dishes we just sat there, sipping our drinks and then the server brought out our dessert platter, which had 

cookies, macarons, chocolate bark and chocolate truffles. 

I took some pictures of it and then we asked the server to box it up for us. With the box he brought over the bill, which we settled with our gift card and then, box in hand we took the elevator down to the Concourse, walked through the shops and finally headed back to our room. 

By now it was close to 1am and we decided to have a break before we made any plans for the afternoon. 

We lounged on the bed, watching a little TV and dozed off for a bit, but around 3pm we were ready to make up our mind about what to do with the rest of the afternoon. I had originally planned to try the pool at Bay Lake Tower, but it was so sweltering hot that it did not appeal to us. 

And just in case I had made fast passes for the afternoon at Magic Kingdom as well, but there was something else that needed to be done. 

We needed to do some shopping. 

Tom wanted to look for some black trousers which he might or might not wear to Palo and I wanted to look for some capris or shorts as I hadn’t found what I had wanted at home and since I didn’t want to do laundry too often I needed some more to be able to change. 

So after releasing the fast passes we got ready to head out and check out some shops. We went to an outlet and finally did find what we had come for, but it had taken quite some time. 

When we returned to the resort we packed away our purchases and started to pack up our stuff before we got changed again and headed back over to the Contemporary for the second event of the day, Savor, Sip and Sparkle.