Tasting menu at Disney Springs' Jaleo is like a theme park for foodies

[RNCollins]

Tasting menu at Disney Springs' Jaleo is like a theme park for foodies
https://www.travelweekly.com/North-...prings-Jaleo-is-like-a-theme-park-for-foodies

By Holly V. Kapherr / Insight / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / Apr 18, 2019

“Orlando's culinary landscape is growing like gangbusters. This year saw several local chefs as semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards, several new food halls have been announced around the city, and celebrity chefs are still flocking to Disney Springs with big plans for events and expansion. For example, Wolfgang Puck recently reopened his restaurant at the shopping and entertainment venue and plans a pop-up version of his famous Spago in the next few months.

But food enthusiasts are abuzz about the newest Disney Springs opening, Jaleo, from Jose Andres, a Beard honoree and Nobel Peace Prize nominee in 2018 for his humanitarian work on behalf of Puerto Rican hurricane relief. What sets this restaurant apart from the other recent headliner openings in Orlando is the $110, 15-course Jose's Way tasting menu, which I had the pleasure of experiencing on a recent visit....”

The interior of the new restaurant, Jaleo by Jose Andres, at Disney Springs.
Photo Credit: Ray Lopez / Travel Weekly

 

[rhonda]

Hmmm. To me, the photos screams "upscale, modern McDonalds restaurant." Almost as if the designers were trying to make it familiar to the American public?

 

[rickandcindy23]

The menu:
https://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningdetail.cfm?restaurant.id=755

 

[Sea Six]

I always thought of EPCOT as a series of high end restaurants surround by a few rides.

 

[bnoble]

I don't know about the high end part....

 

[Big Matt]

Jaleo in DC is a wonderful restaurant and Andres is very talented. Think small plates and tapas.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Well, I am not one for high-end anything. I have a husband who was a firefighter for 40 years with interrupted meals much of the time, and he rushes when he eats. His plate is empty when everyone else is barely started. He doesn't enjoy an expensive meal much, and he always says, 'If it will make a turd..."

My love of food, particularly sweets, has definitely been a downfall, and so I am starting to feel the same as Rick. Fajitas, no beans, no rice, no tortillas. Roast beef with brussel sprouts or other green vegetable. I am full-on Keto, and it's working for me. I never get sick of the butter and cream.

 

[chapjim]

Jaleo in DC is a wonderful restaurant and Andres is very talented. Think small plates and tapas.

There's also a Jaleo in Crystal City, an Arlington, VA neighborhood (and future home of Amazon.com's second HQ). Excellent tapas place.

José Andrés also has a restaurant (Fish) in the MGM Grand Casino just outside the Capital Beltway in Oxon Hill, MD. Extreme pricing, small servings, and inconsistent quality dominate the reviews.