 Hey friends tonight, we are hanging out at Disney Springs and we are gonna be dining at Morimoto Asia and Trying the famous Morimoto peaking duck. I am so excited to do this I've been wanting to do it for such a long time and I figure tonight is the night any who's let's go do this Today is January 21st 2022 and it is such a beautiful day out right now Like it is the perfect temperature not a lot of wind and just still beautiful blue skies and I just love living in Florida This is gonna be my first time actually dining inside Morimoto, Asia I've actually had appetizers before or street food. They have like a little street food cart like on the outside But I've never actually sat down and had a meal and also I believe this is my first time trying duck So this is gonna be a really awesome experience The reason I've always wanted to come out to Morimoto Asia to have the duck is because I remember walking by the restaurant So many times and just looking in and seeing the ducks hanging here and I used to be like wow You know one day I'm gonna actually go there and eat the duck and like I said today seemed to be the day if you didn't know Morimoto Asia is named after chef Morimoto who is famous for being on Iron Chef and this is his Restaurant and it's kind of a big deal down here at Disney Springs A lot of people love to come here and it's hard to get reservations because I think it's only open 4 30 till 10 o'clock at night So it's not like open for lunch or anything like that And this is the first time that I was able to stumble upon a reservation So I grabbed it and I was like all right. This is it The restaurant Morimoto Asia is actually located in this big building that says Springs bottling company on top And that's because this is a part of Disney Springs lore like the backstory to Disney Springs And this was a bottling company or bottling plant where they actually used to bottle up the Springs water here And now it's a restaurant now It's all fictional, but it's a really cool Disney Springs Easter egg that I always like to point out And I'm gonna show you some more references once we get in there Another really cool fact is the restaurant is located right next to the line to get into Gideon In fact, the Gideon's is the back half of Morimoto Asia and Gideon's used to be I think it was an Oakley store Like a sunglass store and since we're right here I think maybe once we get done eating we'll hop out and actually grab a coffee and maybe a cookie to go Right now it doesn't look like Gideon's is doing a virtual cue It looks like they're actually just doing a standby line and right now They have the chocolate chip banana bread cookie, which is my all-time favorite cookie So we might get one afterwards if we don't get a dessert But now we're gonna check to see if it's time for our reservation or not The restaurant doesn't open up for another 20 minutes and there's already a line waiting to get in like they have a lunch Sometimes they serve but I think they close down at 3 o'clock and dinners from 4 30 till 9 o'clock and look at that Look, there's a line of people here. This is a hot restaurant. It's not even like the grand opening I mean, it's not a Gideon's line, but still pretty amazing Here is a look at the menu they have outside and there is such a big variety here They have sushi they have small plates dim sum noodles and rice and what I'm interested in though Is I want to try the duck so they have the morimoto peaking duck for two and it's a carved house roasted whole duck Served with steamed flour pancakes apricot sweet chili and a choice of white or brown rice for 72 dollars and half Duck orders are not available so you cannot just get one you actually have to order the whole duck You can also get the duck ramen if you wanted to try it You can get peaking duck broth with some duck meat in there But I'm gonna go all out for my first time trying duck and I feel like this is the way they also have Japanese a5 wagyu beef And it's 34 dollars per ounce. Wow. Oh, and it's a three ounce minimum. So that means it's 102 dollars Wow, that is crazy. I'd love to try that one day, but today it's all about the duck I think it's time for our reservation. So we're gonna head on in now This restaurant is so beautiful and it's actually two floors And we're gonna go upstairs because they have an outdoor seating area And that's kind of where I want to actually go and look at the cherry blossoms in here, too But it is so beautiful wait till I show you everything up here If you guys recall earlier, I was telling you about the Disney Springs bottling company And now I'm gonna show you what I was talking about because it is so awesome On the second floor above the bar there, you can see it's like Bottling like factory here and the assembly line and these are all bottles that say Disney Springs I actually own one of those bottles. They used to sell them here and I just think it's so amazing You see it actually goes all the way down here and This is actually like a chandelier that they have when it turns on at night. So that's really nifty, isn't it? They have this beautiful outside seating area and I definitely opted in once I knew it was available because look at this view It is so amazing gets to see all of Disney Springs from up here, and I just love it. Also. I like these lights right here Now I'm at my table and I love it up here This is such a great place to actually come and sit down and enjoy a meal the views the atmosphere. It is astounding They have a very large selection of different Japanese beers, but I wanted to get Morimoto's soba ale right here So this is his own beer and I felt like it was appropriate. So we're gonna try it This is a 4.5 ABV and has a 30 IBU. So it's gonna be a little bit hoppy and we're gonna give it a go here. Oh Wow, that's good This is very good Before I was showing you a little bit of the menu outside and there were multiple Morimoto Asia's around So there actually might be one near you I here tell that they just opened one in Boston But each location is a little bit different and it's this this is the only restaurant that serves this kind of style here Here at Disney Springs and they do have a nice selection of fresh fish like special fish and Wow, like they have tons wild Japanese salmon bluefin tuna Like yellowtail there is tons they have here and they also have specials and desserts So it's a very impressive menu so many different offerings, but like I said today. It's about experiencing the peaking duck I'm not too sure if I'll be coming back to dine here again So like I said, I kind of want to go all out and I think I might actually get myself a small plate to start off with I know the peaking duck is gonna be a big big dish But that's the only way that I can actually order it and plus we can take whatever we don't eat home Mainly, I just want to sample things and actually have an experience and to me I think it's worth it. You know, I mean for me to come out and be able to make a video And be able to actually have a unique experience is totally worth it for me to spend the money But this is actually a really good offering for people that come like as a party of two because it does serve up to two people And it's seventy two dollars. So that's actually not too badly priced Like I said, I wanted to maybe try a small plate and they have a crispy popcorn shrimp tempura And it comes with a spicy aioli sauce. So I decided to get that and wow look at this here It is they give you a lot a lot of shrimp in there like that is a boat load And we're definitely gonna be taking home some boxes. I Didn't know that they actually toss the shrimp in the aioli. So I'm gonna try it and give it a go I hope it's not too spicy, but it looks really good. It's nice light and airy and here we go This shrimp is amazing Wow I am thoroughly impressed with this shrimp and if that's any indication of what the peaking ducks gonna be like Then I am pumped and I do like the aioli. It's not that spicy at all. It's actually very flavorable This is this was really a good appetizer. I Would most definitely get this shrimp again, like it is so good Like I actually really really love it too. So oh also I found some chopsticks So now we can eat the chopsticks without giving the spicy aioli all over our fingers. I Keep on peeking over because I cannot get over this amazing view here. We've got the Chef art smiths homecoming right there. You can see all of the Disney Springs You've seen the planet Hollywood over there. You just watch people actually enjoying their day. It's a good spot for people watching too. I Also just googled if dogs can eat duck and it's very good for dogs It's a nice soft protein for them to digest and it's rich in iron So I might give Gracie some of my duck a little peaking duck for Gracie go Seriously the vibe which is sitting out here is so relaxing and amazing especially going with the goods will bail here I mean, this is this is nice. I really really am enjoying myself right now. I Wanted to hop inside and show you guys their open kitchen where you can actually see the chef's Preparing all of the food here and look at the ducks right there. Like this is really really awesome I love how everything looks inside this restaurant. It is so clean and just so like pretty I really do love it Of course going into this I was a little curious of what duck would actually taste like so I googled it and a lot of people go In thinking it's gonna taste like chicken, but they said it's more like steak. It tastes more like that's what Google says And I'm excited to try it and I hear it the most important thing is how it's prepared so them being known for duck I figured this is a great spot to actually try it, but let me know in the comments. What do you guys think? Do you guys like duck? I mean, I'm about to find out and I'll make sure to let you guys know what I think And here it is the main event look at it. Isn't it so pretty? I am so excited to try this and chef Morimoto is known for his plate presentation So this is actually really really awesome I like how they have the bundle of onions over here with the actual duck skin and they also give you the Pancakes right here nice little thing and then you get a side of rice. I went with white rice I'm excited to try it though. I don't know where I should begin I guess I should just try it on its own and then Try it with some sauce and then some other things. So we're gonna dive right in and just grab one little piece Right here first time trying duck. I'm ready. I'm ready That's amazing That is amazing. I don't know why Google said to think like steak. I think turkey Like that's what I think as soon as I bought into it. I think turkey and this is this is really good I really like it. I like duck Honestly, this is really really good This is so amazing and for it being like a whole duck. They really don't give you a lot I guess they really trim out all the Unnecessaries but you have the two legs and then one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve About twelve little pieces there, but it's not that big really. I don't think there's anything underneath Oh, yep, there's some more underneath there So I guess there is quite a bit there is quite a bit there So it's definitely enough to share if you get two people and we're definitely gonna be taking some home And I can't wait to give Gracie some I think she's gonna like it a lot. I know I like it. I like it a real lot Now I think we're gonna dive into one of the legs here and I'm just gonna bite into it. It looks so so good though Wow It is definitely very greasy though and there's a lot of fat to it I guess duck is actually naturally fat and I like the skin like I like how they actually have the skin off areas right here So you can try the skin that is so good, but wow like I said, I am I am thoroughly impressed with this Now we're gonna make ourselves a little wrap here grab some of this rice I'm gonna put it right in here This is what we're gonna do. I'm gonna grab some of this rice Then we're gonna grab some some of the duck put that right in there And then also a little bit of the sauce here This is the apricot sauce right here add a little bit of that right to it and then roll it up This is a home run for me here guys This apricot sweet chili is a big game-changer This is so amazing. Wow. I haven't tried this sauce yet though But maybe I will try it, but I really love the apricot sweet chili Look at that shot right there with Disney Springs behind me as I'm snacking on a duck. It's pretty amazing Now we're gonna build a fancy little wrap here gonna get the rice in there get that nice and good there Right and then we're gonna add some more of the duck right here a nice piece there and Then a nice piece right here There we go add a little bit of it looks like Green onion and cucumber right there and now we're gonna try some of the sauce Just a little bit not a lot just a little bit Gotta spread it out though because you don't want it all on one, you know We tried the apricot sauce. That was amazing now. We're gonna add a little this sauce on there Perfect. That's the way and then I'm gonna just roll it all up like that That's the way I Cannot wait to see what Gracie thinks of the duck I mean, I love it This is gonna be a meal that I'm gonna talk about that I'm gonna want to come back and get like I like it that much It's one of my favorite meals. I think now it is so good so so amazing, but here here's my little wrap But I think I'm calling it quits the rest is coming home with me and I put this all in there I got so much left over like this is enough that I can give some for Gracie and then still have some to eat tomorrow Look at that. It's seriously like a whole nother meal And I can't wait. I'm gonna show you guys as Gracie eats it. I'll give you her reaction too She's had duck treats before but she's never had like a fresh duck Well, that was so delicious and so amazing such an awesome dining experience here at Morimoto, Asia And the fun fact is it was cheaper than my California grill meal But isn't that kind of crazy? I thought it was gonna be super expensive But it was just about $100 and you get your annual pass discount and I think at California grill I think it's $89 a person so like that is a really good deal for two people You can come and dine and have a meal and basically split it down the middle to be about $50 And it's and it's very good food very high-quality food and I love this But now I think we're gonna explore around Disney Springs. I want to head over to the world of Disney I want to see if they either have my Baymax Spirit Jersey that I've been looking for or if they have the new vault collection Spirit Jersey that I Desperately want to get so if they have both and there's gonna be a decision have to be made. I do have to say the duck is like Super super greasy just from eating that one leg there like it's on my hands And I've sanitized and washed my hands and it's still there and look at the the box itself It's covered in grease like I didn't know but it was still delicious It was still a really awesome delicious dining experience Also, I don't know if you guys notice my awesome Mandalorian Roosevelt Church I love this one and I love bubble fat, but this one has a bantha on it So that kind of got me thinking of both that and I can't wait to watch the newest episodes when they come out I also do have some bubble fat shirts, but I think I'm gonna save those to wear at Star Wars like at Hollywood Studios But this one is really really awesome, too. Isn't it? I really love the color scheming in it It's a Friday night at Disney Springs, and it's not that busy here You think you know the weekends it'd be really be bopping, but not too bad at all They don't even have anything going on on the main stage there. Of course. I don't even know if it's six o'clock yet Oh, it's 612. So the night's just starting the night is young As much as I have loved that Baymax Spirit Jersey if they have the Vault collection Spirit Jersey I'm gonna get that because I really really do love it So we're gonna hop over to the vault store and come back to world of Disney But I was thinking about stopping the baseline without baseline basin that actually wash my hands to get rid of some of the duck grease My favorite place to wash my hands in all of Walt Disney World And this is definitely gonna get rid of the duck grease on my fingers. This is some good stuff Here we go. I think we're gonna get ourselves some of this stuff back here. I don't even know what flavor this is What flavor? Let me taste and find out. Oh Yeah, I can tell it's already broken That's the way now they smell like pink sands and I love it so so good best soap ever We're gonna actually cut through this store right here because I forgot that Disney Springs got away with the entrance and exit Onlys so you could basically just walk in and cut through anywhere you want before you used to actually have to come in a Certain way and leave a certain way But now it's kind of just the way it used to be just kind of walk through And I had no idea they made special 50th anniversary plates. These are so like amazing looking aren't they? Oh, wow That's thirty five hundred dollars for that plate thirty five hundred dollars, but it's so magical It's definitely the world's most magical plate. You can get a small one if you want for four hundred dollars I don't even know what you would use that for I guess it's like a baby plate Oh, yeah, we go with the baby spoons right here, but That's still pretty expensive four hundred dollars to thirty five hundred dollars All right here is the vault store. I'm hoping they got that spirit Jersey It was so cool like it was amazing when I saw it I immediately thought I need to get it But it looks like we might be accessed denied here Looks like it's not here yet and this is the actual like Design of it right here. They use this 1970s design and here's a picture of it. Doesn't that look so amazing? I want to get it so bad. So I'll be on the lookout for it And now we're gonna go look for the Baymax one, but this one. Yep. I need it So now I guess on to the world of Disney to see if they have some of the things I'm looking for Stitches out here spraying people and I don't even know what's happening. We're gonna try to get in there without getting hit Nice we've cleared we've cleared the sticks trap So they totally do have my Baymax spirit Jersey I was looking for right there it is but What is this right here? Is this a Maui spirit Jersey? Like oh my lord. What is Disney doing to me here? They know how to get me like hook line and sinker hook. Huh get it So now I don't know what to do. I mean, this is so amazing now These are spirit jerseys, but they're just with hoods on them, but I love Maui, but I love Baymax too, so I don't know honestly. Oh boy. This is gonna be really tough and plus. I still want to get the Vault collection one. So oh boy They also have this other awesome spirit Jersey that is a long time ago in a galaxy far far away For Star Wars this one is really awesome, too. I don't think I've ever seen this before so this might be brand-new, too They're just really turning and turning on the spirit jerseys. They know they're popular Especially now because there's like that cold front that we got for about a week and a half. I Think I'm gonna actually wait and see if I can get the vault spirit Jersey I mean, I would have gotten them both, but I don't need two more spirit Jersey I just got the waffle one and I like the vault one so much more and this one. I'm not like I love Baymax That's the thing see like I am a big big hero six fan and the only thing I don't like about it Is it's not like a regular spirit Jersey like color here? It actually dips down. It's kind of like a v-neck But yeah, I mean if this was a regular spirit Jersey I think I'd go for it and just like, you know cross my fingers that I would end up finding the Vault one, but yeah, I think I'm just gonna hold off. That's a that's a smart thing to do It also looks like they switched out the holiday decor section here So this is where they were actually having all the holiday merchandise now. It's classic Mickey here And that's really cool. Oh and mini I see mini there too So there's a lot of different Mickey and mini things here just the original mouse the original Mickey kind of stuff Oh, like this jacket, but you see this kind of everywhere But it's nice that he has his own like little section off over here And I'm sure they'll actually change it out once another holiday approaches Do you remember me telling you earlier like they used to have separate entrances and exits and that's how it was here at The world of Disney and now all the doors are open like they're just prompt open So you can just come in whatever way you want to Things are quickly getting back to normal here though because this wasn't like this like a week ago So isn't that so strange? Wow It blows my mind actually like I forgot like how convenient that was and holy moly got busy down here at the Springs Look at that I'm sorry to put you guys through this like emotional whirlwind of spirit jerseys It's a very serious business for me. You know, will I get the Baymax spirit jersey? Or will he wait and get the vault collectible spirit jersey? I guess we'll have to tune in next week to find out as the spirit jersey moves on and Oh my lord, it looks like there's only like a ten minute wait for Gideon's Honestly, if there is almost nobody waiting in line for Gideon then you go and I can definitely go for a coffee I love the coffee here. I get it almost every single time. So we're gonna get ourselves maybe a banana bread or peanut butter I don't know. I don't know Wow, look at this. There's nobody in here. This is so crazy. I've never seen Gideon's like this before I wasn't going to get a cookie or coffee or anything But I mean might as well if you don't have to wait there or anything like that you go for it I mean that should be just a staple And they even have tons of the dark coffee cakes still available They actually sell out pretty quickly most all the cake slices are gone though They only have peanut butter banana and golden Oreo. Oh, they had the chocolate everything cake, but there's only one left of that I Opted for the cookies and cream coffee this time I don't recall if I had this before before I remember I had like the peanut butter and I had the banana Of course, I had the peanut butter banana and then I had the Winter one, but I can't remember cooking the cream. So we're gonna we're gonna try it. Oh That's good. Yeah My favorite though still have to be probably the peanut butter banana combination, but this is really really good, too We're coming up on Disney style and I'm peeking in there to see if the vault spirit jerseys in there I don't think it would be I feel like something like that They only sell it at the vault like collectible store and I'm not seeing it Not seeing it. So looks like we might be in the clear But look at that Chippendale zipper up right there. That's really mifty All right, I think we're gonna head home and we're gonna give Gracie some of the duck I think she's gonna love it and Yeah, finish up my coffee and make our way to the orange garage to the orange I always park an orange garage. Do you guys park an orange or lime? But you know what I mean? I feel like it's always orange It's always even if I have to go to somewhere at world of Disney. I always park an orange Beautiful girl Where are you? Oh, you smell that duck you smell that duck, you know, you're getting so that duck. Do you? You know, huh? Yes. Yes. Yes. Who's my little girl? Oh Oh What that's right here you smell it. Oh, who is that face show me that smile show me that smile show it to me What Go sit You wanted some go sit. Yeah sit Give me pa pa pa Good girl pa. Yes. Good girl. And here we go some duck for you Do you like it? I think she likes it. She's sniffing it. She don't know about this Look at her. She oh Yep Come on Let me know what you think This is so funny. You eat it. You like it. Is it good? It's good Well after she like nudged it around a little bit. She was very cautious. You see how she was She was like, I don't know about this. She's kind of like me. She was like but then once she took a bite she devoured it like within seconds and I saw plenty of duck left over that I'm gonna have maybe duck sandwiches tomorrow like That sounds so funny, but it was really really awesome. It was a great dining experience I'm definitely gonna have to you know recommend more in Moto Asia to anyone that actually comes to Disney Springs or to On either other locations. Like I said, they have other locations around the country So there might be one near you. I just don't know that they said the menus are all different in each one of them But yeah, I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye Also, I want to point out real quick I bought the new 2022 poster calendar for Walt Disney World because I was having a hard time keeping up on things and I wanted a Calendar so I can write things down and I don't miss anything and I got it But it doesn't have like a place where you can write the days in It's just literally those little things in the bottom. It's still really pretty though I like the retro Walt Disney World and then it's a small world for February. Oh The orange bird big Al big Al from March 20,000 leagues under the sea for May Well, this one's nice the Tiki bird they enchanted Tiki room Mr. Toad's wild ride. Let's see what else we got here This is just Florida. This one's really nice. I like the retroness to it I want to see what December's like. I didn't get a look at it Oh, that's what the Spirit Jersey looks like that. I want to get September. Let's see here That's October Where are you December? Where are you? Oh, that's December. I like that. That's really nice So at least I have some pretty pictures to look at but I can't really write anything down there