Lotus Blossom Cafe

      The year, 1985, the place, Lotus Blossom Cafe at the China pavillion in Epcot (at the time EPCOT Center). Lotus Blossom Cafe did not open with the pavillion, but rather three years after China opened, as did its sister full service restaurant Nine Dragons. It is a quick service location with covered open-air outdoor seating, nestled between Nine Dragons and The Yong Feng Shangdian gift shop. The restaurant was refurbished in 2009 taking it from a traditional Chinese look to a more modern design. The menu has changed several times over the years, one thing has remained consistant however, and that is the quality of the food that is presented. Among its good food and with views looking out at the 'Temple of Heaven' and its surrounding ponds, is the speed the meals are prepared at and the always friendly staff.
     When me and my wife decided to spend a late afternoon at Epcot it was a hard decision on where to sit down for our meal. While Epcot probably has the best selection of places to eat, with that comes the problem of selecting just one of the many to eat at. However, recently the wife was exposed to the Lotus Blossom Cafe on another recent trip to the parks, for the first time and since cannot get enough of their noodle bowls. That is how we found ourselves dining there once again today.
     Arriving at the Lotus Blossom Cafe, I found myself with the predicament of what to order. Wanting to try something different than my usual Orange Chicken, it came down to me ordering the Seasame Chicken Salad. Wife of course had her usual beef noodle bowl and was quite pleased with it. My salad on the other hand wasn't bad at the same time it wasn't great however. The seasame sweet-and-sour chicken on it was nice, once the chicken is gone your left with greens that aren't all that thrilling. It does come with a nice asian-peanut dressing. The salad consists of the chicken, spinch, edamame, red cabbage and lettuce. The beef noodle bowl is basically what it sounds like: a bowl of flat noodles, beef, and a nice broth. Unfortunately, always wanting to sample the ice cream flavors here (red bean ice cream and caramel ginger ice cream) was just too full to order any. It still is a wonderful place to eat and the service as usual was very friendly and fast, i'm sure there at many more trips to Lotus Blossom Cafe to come.

Beef noodle bowl

Sesame sweet-and-sour chicken salad