Disneyland is my all time favorite place on planet earth; I'm just a perpetual 10 year old with the legal identification to properly sustain my alcoholism.
I visited said second home for Halloween this year, because I never have before. Plus 4 years in between visits is fuck-absurd, much like being cut off cold from a crack cocaine habit. 4 years ago eating vegan at Disneyland was difficult, at best. This time around I am so damned impressed with how many alternative options there are in the parks, not to mention at sit-down restaurants. My vegan picks are at the end of this blog. First onto super fun times:
and now: BRONSON'S VEGAN GUIDE TO DISNEYLAND
Exhibit A:
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Cafe Orleans - New Orleans Square
N'awlins Vegetable Ragout and Garlic Pommes Frites
The fries are tossed with parmesan cheese, but they are happy to use only garlic. They were your garden variety boring-ass french fries like you get in the rest of the park as a side, but they hit the spot after walking for 8 hours straight in the heat. The ragout was excellent and came topped with roasted asparagus and potatoes which were substituted for whatever cheese comes on it normally. Well played, Disneyland.
Exhibit B:
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Royal Street Veranda - New Orleans Square
Vegetarian Gumbo
Oh my fuck, I want to impregnate this soup. Disneyland vegetarian gumbo, will you have my babies? The gumbo here is legendary, but I never knew that the option called vegetarian was actually vegan! This was by far my favorite meal in the parks, so much so I actually went back for seconds (I just cain't quit you!). It comes in a sourdough bread bowl and I just have to reiterate that if I lived in Southern California I would buy an annual pass to the Disney parks just so I would have cheaper access to this mouthgasm (or in the words of my totally hetero riend dustin "it's like a boner in my mouth!"
). The fact that it is vegan is almost hard to believe because it is so fucking om nom. Note: the crackers that it comes with are NOT vegan.
Exhibit C:
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Tomorrowland Terrace - Tomorrowland
Portobello Sandwich
Touche again, Disneyland. This sandwich comes with cheese and aioli, but I just order it dry. The vegetables were enough to wet the bread a bit so it wasn't dry at all. This was really, really fucking tasty, as far as counter service food goes. It came with thick roasted portobello mushrooms, zucchini and red bell pepper slices with basil on a seeded whole wheat bread bun with standard french fries. I highly recommend.
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Lucky Fortune Cookery - Pacific Wharf - California Adventure
Asian Teriyaki Tofu Rice Bowl
This was just your standard teriyaki sauce with veggies and tofu over rice. Nothing special but the portion was very filling. I also got a side a of edamame, which I found a bit too salty but it is what it is. Bonus: they have packets of sriracha sauce! You can get also these rice bowls in Spicy Korean, Thai Coconut Curry and Mandarin Orange, but I believe the Thai Coconut Curry is not vegan. Not a bad day in California Adventure.
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World of Color Pre-Order Picnics - Paradise Pier - California Adventure
This shit was the shit. Usually these picnic trays have to be pre-ordered online, but extras are sold on a first come, first served basis. I guess I came quick enough (har har). The Mediterranean meal is vegan (except the dessert). It consists of a marinated vegetable whole wheat garlic hummus wrap, zucchini and squash spaghetti with lemon olive oil, and vegetable couscous. Fucking bomb.
Something way cool: in Tomorrowland all the plants are edible. If you look closely you'll notice rows of purple cabbage, kale, bok choy, chard, chilies, rosemary, sage and several other plant yummies. To make Tomorrowland more "Tomorrow-y" they wanted to envision a future where urban settings could double as sustainable farms.
I didnt get any photos, because I was too busy having THE BEST TIME EVAAAR. Sheeeit.
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