Where to Eat on Your Kissimmee Vacation

We like to make it out to Florida in the off season…the summer

Not only are there less tourists to deal with, it is often a much cheaper vacation.

We live in Texas half the year, so Florida is not far off of temperature and at least there’s a great beach! LOL…

My mom and my hubby are both fellow food lovers – surprise, surprise, eh? – so, I would bring them on a vacation with me where we can fully enjoy that food culture.

The last time we went to Kissimmee, we ate at an all-you-can-eat lobster restaurant! Seriously – I ate 8 whole lobsters myself, as they’re my favorite food – I don’t know where I put it all! LOL…

I also love to make it out to restaurants where you can get some great foodie tips of your own.

Kobé Japanese Steakhouse in Kissimmee is no exception!

Not only do you get some really stellar food to eat, but you get a fabulous show throughout your meal from your personal chef that grills everything in front of you, juggles and shows you fabulous knife skills too.

I would love to revisit Medieval Times, as that was just a complete blast with the dinner show and the food was great as well.

At SeaWorld, they have a restaurant that has a dinner show and Polynesian Luau that was my very favorite dinner show we went to. Hula dancers, wahini warriors, fire dancers and musicians complete in full costume entertain you the entire night with a completely interactive show and dinner served family style. A stellar time! Get a pina colada for me when you go!

Part of our visit, we had a great resort suite and had a full service kitchen in it, so we bought our own lobsters and seafood to create a marvelous feast for ourselves! Fantastic and that way, you ensure everything is made just how you like it! Personally, I loved having a full kitchen at my disposal on vacation – I love to cook!

I just wanted to share with you a few of the places we enjoyed to eat at in Kissimmee and why.

Now that you’re really hungry and wanting to visit Kissimmee – you’re in luck because Kissimmee is giving away weekend getaways for 2, and week-long vacations for 4! Get over to their website and enter the sweepstakes that will be drawn next on June 1st!!!

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I hope you enjoyed these Food Tips for vacationing in Kissimmee on Cooking With Kimberly! Until next time…

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Kimberly Edwards

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Florida Dreaming for a Foodie Vacation!

When is the best time to go to Florida for a vacation?
Seriously? When isn’t?

Anytime’s a good time for vacationing in Kissimmee – not only is it beautiful in December or July, for a foodie, it’s fabulous all the time!

We went on our honeymoon there years back now, and if we went today, I’d want to bring my mom too!

My mom’s a serious foodie too and would love checking out Emeril’s Orlando restaurant and Emeril’s Tchoup Chop…Emeril Lagasse, that is…

If you’re on my cooking site right now, you’ll probably know him – the guy who says “BAM” & “kick it up a notch”…

We love his twist on Cajun, Creole and French cuisines!

However, I would love to take my mom to Medieval Times in Kissimmee – we went when I was about 5 yrs old when my parents took me to Disney World.

We went a few years back and it was as woderful as I had remembered it! A fabulous show with marvelous horses and peregrine falcons, knights and maidens.

You are served a your section’s wench and you get to wear crowns and the whole thing. Not only that, you don’t get utensils to eat, it’s all hands baby – and lots of beer to boot.

It’s really tasty food too! Just a really fun experience!

We stayed at this great resort on the water for part of our vacation, and the first part of it, we stayed at the Record Motel…

…I know, I know…it sounds like a cheesy, cheap place – but it wasn’t! It was really inexpensive, but quaint, right in the middle of everything in Kissimmee, and extremely clean with a pool!

I highly recommend it, if you’re seriously budgeting.

* Be sure to enter the sweepstakes from Kissimmee! They’re actually giving away 3 fabulous weekend getaways for 2, and 2 week long vacations for 4 around June 1st!

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Kimberly Edwards

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Orlando – A Fantastic Foodie Destination!

My husband & I went to Orlando for our “honeymoon” and we had an absolute blast!!!

There are so many things to do in Orlando, but since we are both foodies, we concentrated on our culinary experiences and ate VERY well in Orlando…Every dinner seemed to be better than the last! We had a lot of local fare, but also went to some of the dinner theater experiences, like Medieval Times, which was an absolute blast!

Probably the most fun food experience we had was at Orlando’s Sea World at the “Polynesian Luau”.

What a super enjoyable evening we had! It is usually held outside, but it happened to rain that night, which caused us to be worried about if this would be any fun…

To our pleasant surprise, what a fabulous experience we had! The dinner was all-inclusive with 2 alcoholic drinks included. We sat at large tables surrounding a huge stage and were served amazing Polynesian delicacies family-style, letting us “bond” with the people around us…

The meal included an island salad, mahi-mahi in a pina colada-type sauce, Hawaiian chicken, Polynesian-style barbecue spareribs, Polynesian fried rice, stir-fried vegetables, gorgeous desserts and drinks…Of course, we had pina coladas all night!

We were entertained the entire night by hula dancers, wahini warriors showcasing war dances, cries and breathtaking firedancing! My husband got on stage and participated by getting to play the drums! My newly found friends at our table got me on stage to hula dance…Children even got to learn a special dance on stage!What a way to experience and enjoy the culture from many of the different islands in the Polynesian triangle! Fabulous food, fantastic fun!!!

I always highly recommend anyone checking this Makahiki Luau dinner and show…

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Eat Deliciously,

Kimberly Edwards

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