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| Heirloom Tomato Salad at Citrico's |
In an extraordinary example of Disney magic, they greeted us at the door with customized menus that said "Happy Anniversary Wishes to You, Mr and Mrs Morris!" I turned to my husband and said "did you arrange this?" but he hadn't. It was not our actual anniversary -- we were a few days off. My best guess is that they have our wedding anniversary in their database and assumed (correctly) that a meal for two at Citrico's within a few days of our anniversary was probably a celebration dinner. Gotta love that pixie dust.
Citrico's "state of the art precision wine preservation system" allows them to sell small servings of expensive wines that would otherwise have to be sold by the bottle. These "Epic Wines" are several hundred dollars a bottle, but a one ounce pour can be had for 15 to 40 each. We shared one ounce pours of 5 of these Epic Wines, and enjoyed the experience quite a bit. Our two favorites were both in the $800 a bottle range ($38 for a one ounce serving) -- ZD Abacus Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon XIV from Napa Valley and an '06 Pensfold Grange Australian Shiraz. Definitely an incredible once-in-a-lifetime experience.
We had a cheese tray to go with the wine, then moved on to salads. I had an heirloom tomato salad with fresh mozzarella that was divine. For my main course, I chose the Pan-roasted Ashley Farms Chicken Breast served on a bed of Marscarpone Cream Corn with a peach glaze, served with oak grilled asparagus. I am going to be spending the rest of my life making peach glazes, trying to recreate that perfect blend of sweet and spicy. Mark had short ribs on a bed of cheese grits -- he asked for them to be prepared gluten free as well so that we could share -- and they were also to die for.
I am certain they would have had something even more spectacular for desert, but we were frankly too stuffed at that point to eat another bite.
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| Peach Glazed Chicken at Citrico's |
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| Braised Short Ribs at Citrico's |
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