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We have written about Le Cellier before.  Canada’s steakhouse is perhaps Epcot’s most popular restaurant.  Reservation can be a difficult thing to obtain due to its impressively positive reputation among Disney World enthusiasts.

My latest visit to this World Showcase favorite was certainly an up and down experience.  To begin with, we waited an abnormally long time to be seated.  It took forty-five minutes for us to finally get a seat.  Now we had a big party, but there was no excuse for this.  It was a lunch reservation, the place was not overwhelmed and we had an ADR.  In fact, some in the party were ready to walk.  But eventually we got our table.

What came next was perhaps the best meal I have had in a long time, if not ever.  I started with the Canadian Cheddar Cheese soup, something anyone who has been to this restaurant seems to rave about and for good reason.  Breadsticks accompany the soup course, and thankfully the waiter suggested dipping the pretzel breadstick into the soup.  This was like the chocolate meeting the peanut butter…if not even better!

For dinner I had Pork Osso Buco and a side order of Baked Macaroni and Cheese.  I would only be slightly exaggerating if I told you I was very close to storming into the kitchen and genuflecting in the presence of the chef.  The flavor that came from these two dishes absolutely floored me to the point where I thought I would tear up when it was finished.  Hyperbole you say?  Not a chance.

The moral of the story is that when you go to a place as popular as Walt Disney World and eat at one of its finest and most loved restaurants remember that patience may be required.  It will certainly reward you in the end.