Sunday Brunchies and
Crunchies: 'Ohana Reunion
by Reuben Gutierrez
30 June 2013
Aloha, cousins! This week's Sunday Brunch is short
and sweet, literally. We last left off with a summation of the
Polynesian Resort's 'Ohana restaurant experience, though the typical
perfect ending was missing: the dessert. During the meal in which I
was recollecting last week, I actually missed dessert because I had
to rush off to work. As fate would have it, this past Friday, I
enjoyed an 'Ohana reunion with my friend Jami (who we first met
during
our dive to the Coral Reef). She invited me to join her and her
travel companion to their Polynesian feast!
Luckily our feast fell during my
weekend so there was no pressure to run off to work and miss the
best part of the meal. The main meal with the meat skewers and
noodles and South Seas flavors galore was just as delectable as the
feast from my memory. I am happy to note that though we did not get
all three, we did receive two of the special sauces: the famous
house made Peanut Sauce in addition to the Pineapple Sweet and Sour
sauce. The peanut sauce was as savory and delicious as I remembered
and our Cousin Edward gave us an interesting tip: try it on the
salad, it's great!
I felt as stuffed as a Thanksgiving Turkey at the
end of the meal, but I knew I had to try the dessert as I had missed
it my previous visit. I've been to several of the 'family-style'
Disney feasts now, and the dessert has been only so-so; Hoop-de-doo
Revue serves a simply delicious Strawberry Shortcake and the Garden
Grill serves a cobbler'I think'well, it wasn't memorable that's for
sure. The 'Ohana Bread Pudding was simply incredible. Rich in flavor
and moist to perfection, this was one of the best bread puddings
I've ever had. Some bread puddings are drowning in the custard and
some are overbaked and have an overly crisp crust on top. This bread
pudding was perfect. Pineapple is my favorite fruit, so it was a
welcome component of this delicious dessert. The best part was the
Banana Caramel sauce, which basically tasted like Bananas Foster. It
comes on the side or one of your cousins can pour it all over your
dessert. The worst part of having such a great dessert was that out
of the 3 times I've been to 'Ohana for dinner, I've only had it once
(the first time, dessert was pineapple spears and caramel sauce).
Hopefully I'll get another opportunity to eat at 'Ohana just for
dessert at least! The flavors so rich and spot on, I can still taste
them in my mind.
The best pairing to an incredible dessert is incredible views of the
fireworks