 Hey friends tonight. We are hanging out at Disney Springs and we are going to be dining at Chef Art Smith's homecoming This is one of the most popular restaurants here at Disney World So I figured we come out have some southern food walk around Disney Springs and have a wonderful evening Anywho's let's go do this It is super busy in the parks this week because it's president's day weekend And I couldn't get any park reservations and since a lot of people have been asking Hey, are you ever gonna go do a full dining review as Chef Art Smith's homecoming? I figure today would be the perfect day. I Have eaten here before but I've never done like a full dining review And like I said, this is one of the most popular restaurants whenever I ask people. Hey, like what's a good restaurant Disney? They always tell me Chef Art Smith's homecoming because of the fried chicken So we're definitely gonna get that in a couple of other items that I've never had before and just kind of give you a grand overview Here is the restaurant itself. It's right next to Morimoto's and it's funny because I just ate at Morimoto's the other day And now we're actually over here and I'm excited I couldn't get a reservation through the my Disney experience app But they do accept walk-ups and they have outdoor seating and indoor seating. So I'll take whatever is available Looks like they had immediate seating for outside. So I was like absolutely. I like sitting outside It's a beautiful Florida day anyway, and now let's look over the menu This menu is basically a whole bunch of southern Florida food And I am so excited to dive into it Like I said before arts famous fried chicken is one of the things on the menu a lot of people talk about and they also Have Gator bites. They have thigh high chicken biscuits. They have adi maize chicken and dumpling soup There's a lot to offer here So we're gonna go through and order a couple items and give it a little taste test In case you've never heard about chef Art Smith He's a world-renowned chef who was an expert in southern cuisine and he was actually Oprah Winfrey's personal chef for a long time, and I think that's pretty amazing For starters, I decided on going with adi maize chicken and dumpling soup and this looks so amazing It's $12 and it's just like mama used to make Oh my lord, I think I made a big mistake the soup was $12 and I thought it was gonna be like a cup of soup This is like a meal. This is a whole meal. I Was not expecting this at all. This is insane. Isn't it? Look at this look look at this like I can't get over this I mean like normally when you order soup, you don't expect to get like something like this There's like not sizes on there. There's just one size and it's $12 and holy moly But we're gonna dive into it here and look at the size of the dumplings like that is insane I can't get over gigantic chunks of chicken. Oh boy. This is much too good already. I can tell I Don't even know where to begin because a whole dumpling doesn't even fit on the spoon So you have to like cut your soup you have to cut the soup like isn't that crazy? But here we go one little bite here This is phenomenal Like so so good and you know how I was telling you about you have to cut the soup Look you have to cut the dumplings because like it doesn't it doesn't fit that you can't eat one dumpling in one bite So you got to cut it down and I love it The dumplings are like nice and firm. They're made in house here So you can tell they're fresh and I love this. This is a great soup I'm like blown away by it But like I said you can Basically have this as a meal on your own It is that big and I had no idea like I wouldn't I wouldn't have ordered this if I known how big this actually is because I Also got gator bites because I had to try the gator. I have to try the gator You know what I mean? So now I have two like like big portioned Advertisers and then we got the chicken a lot of food's gonna be going down today a lot Other than some amazing chicken dumpling soup the homecoming is also home to some of the best moonshine You will find in Florida here crafty moonshine and resort cocktails. This area is reserved for bootlegers They'll show up whenever the coast is clear. I kind of like that. But it's really really nifty. I want to put that in my purse Looking over the menu again I noticed that they have a kitchen plate which is basically a sampling of three different sides Their sides are so good that they have their own entree I ended up getting arts famous fried chicken because you know, it's famous fried chicken buttermilk brine for 24 hours And then perfectly fried that sounds like something amazing But look at the sides. They have creamy mashed potatoes mama mac and cheese Roasted sweet potatoes Bradley's grits succotash. I think I'm gonna get some succotash. I do love that So maybe some succotash and chicken After we get done eating we're gonna go back out to Disney Springs walk around a little bit and do some shopping for an upcoming trip that I I'm very excited to talk about but We'll get to all that once we get done eating because we have a lot more coming like I said I definitely want to try a little bit of everything. I want to sample Chef Art Smith's homecoming best Now it's time for some gator bites. This is tender bites of gator tail hand breaded and then lightly fried Served with a house made hot sauce and look at that. These look really really good. I'm excited I've had gator a couple of times before but it never looked this good. Oh, it is lightly breaded like lightly fried You can kind of get that flakiness on there Let me know in the comments if you've ever had gator before most of the times I've ever had it It's kind of chewy. So we're gonna see how it is here and since it's like a famous chef Kind of thinking it's gonna be very good, but we'll find out. We'll find out in a second. Here we go. I'm gonna bite it It's good It's really really good gator now It's not as chewy as I usually like end up getting it the times I've had it before But the battering is perfect in there like it's it's perfectly battered and fried And you can take a look on the inside there a little bit of a dark meat, but I like this This is really really good. We're gonna try the hot sauce too Let's do a little hot sauce gator dunking hot sauce gator dunking Hopefully it's not too hot, but we'll find out Okay Okay, so the hot sauce has some amazing flavor to it, but it is definitely hot It's like hot hot sauce. So be careful of that. I do like it though. I like it a lot. So I'll definitely be dipping again Now we're gonna hop from some fried gator to some succotash just the way I like it Individual sides cost $7 and I really wanted to try the succotash. So I ordered it and look at it I'm already impressed. I like how the corn is still kind of together here. It looks oh, wow This is gonna be good. We're gonna dive right on in here One of my favorite places to eat succotash is actually an ebkot at seasons because they have Suck a tash where they use all the ingredients from living with the land and that is so cool But we're gonna try this one out. Give it a go here. I love corn. So this is a plus This is so good I could eat this I could definitely eat this if I got the If I got the kitchen plate, I probably would get succotash mashed potatoes and Probably the roasted sweet potatoes and that would be good for me I got way too much food But I always like giving you guys a big variety of things So I like to order as much as I can to show you as much as I can And you know if I have to take some home, I'll take some home I'm definitely taking home some of the gator bites. I did finish my chicken and dumpling soup It was so good. I just kind of I just kind of went to town on it But I have a lot of gator leftover and I'll be taking that home with me And enough of the succotash business. It's time for the main event Arts famous fried chicken. Look at this. We got a nice little cheddar biscuits and creamy mashed potatoes And then here's the chicken. Look at that Holy moly. I cannot wait to dive into this. I don't know if I should go for a drumstick first Or a little tiny wingy on the side here that it all looks so so it like looks amazing And also they have house made pickles too All right, I'm going drumstick first And it's a big piece three pieces of chicken the mashed potatoes look good And we're going we're going all in take a look at that The breading is literally just so flaky and delicious looking All right, here we go first first bite The breading is so good, I love it home run right here home run on the chicken Now I want to get some of the chicken off and now try the mashed potatoes I'm gonna do a little chicken mashed potato Chicken mashed potato succotash combo. I don't know if I can do that though. Oh, there we go A little scoop see potato Scoop see potato we're gonna lose my chicken in there though Who else does this? I mean, I love chicken and potatoes together Oh Man, I think this is gonna be it. Oh no, we need some succotash on here. That's what we need We need a little of the succotash on the bite so we get a little corn. There we go There we go. Now that's what we're talking about. I almost forgot the most important ingredient and here we go Seriously that is a home run right here this home meal is a home run I I don't even know where to start again. I don't even know where to go to next I think we're gonna come over here to the thigh. Yeah, I do love some thighs I'm gonna get myself a little winging here. Me Tommy. Me want winging Me Tommy me want winging you guys haven't known I like to quote some of my favorite comedy bits like scoop see potato and uh Me Tommy me want winging if you guys know where that's from Let me know in the comments because that's one of my all-time favorite movies, but here we go This is some of the best fried chicken. I think I've ever had and it's so amazing the breading is Fabulous the breading is like something special. They definitely are doing something different in there. Look at this. Look at that skin Oh, wow Oh, a little chicken skin not too shabby I'm definitely going to be having some chicken and some gator to take home with me, but This is good. I'm so happy. We got what we did. I just didn't know the chicken and dumpling soup was going to be Massive which I ate all of that it didn't even stand a chance, but if I wasn't full I probably would eat all the chicken too One thing I forgot is to show you guys the biscuit gotta show you the little cheddar biscuit Now I'm not the biggest fan of cheddar biscuits or cheddar bay biscuits like red lobster If it comes out of like all the like biscuits and dinner roll like game I would say Texas Roadhouse has the best dinner rolls that is so so good But we're gonna try this biscuit here. I'm gonna I'm gonna break it in half for you Give you a look see on the inside always gotta show the inside That's a good biscuit I didn't notice until right now. They actually deboned the chicken So there's no bones in this in this which is the thigh and then the breast there's no bones So the only bones that you actually have is from the little chicken wing and the drumstick And I didn't even know that like it kind of blew my mind when I cut into it Now that was a great meal Seriously so good definitely one of the better restaurants at Disney World Packs full of flavor and we got there just at the right time So I came just around 330 430 ish maybe and like I said, there was immediate seating outside But now take a look at it over here This big group of people right here are people that are waiting to actually go in Now they probably have reservations, but all of the outdoor tables are actually full. So It's basically all booked up for the night. So we just got there just in time Just the changeover from lunch to dinner So if you plan on eating here at homecoming, I highly suggest make sure you have a reservation Don't come thinking you can just get a walk up like I did today might have just been a very lucky kind of day for me And now since it's almost sunset I think I'm going to take you guys to one of my favorite places to actually watch a sunset here at Disney Springs because it's so beautiful It's just about 530 and the sunset should be happening soon And one of my favorite places to go is at the top of the coca-cola store They have a little coca-cola bar up there and you can get some really cool sodas and you get an amazing view But the reason I want to go up there today is for Beverly's Revenge I hope they still offer it up there. It's been a while since I've been there But if you guys are familiar with the Beverly at Epcot and club cool They have an alcoholic version of it called Beverly's Revenge and they only sell it here at the coca-cola store So I thought it'd be cool to show you guys that and the sunset You know what else would be cool is if we can see the coca-cola bear He does a meet and greet here and it's a part of Disney photo pass So you can get it with your memory maker and I love it. It's one of the best meet and greets actually on disney property But I don't know if it's back up yet Looks like the coke bearer is actually in hibernation So he's not doing any meet and greets, but I wish I could have showed you because he is super cool One thing I do want to show you though is the amazing like Walt Disney world coke merchandise because you can only get that here You can see they've got these cool sweaters with mickeys on them They even have shorts and t-shirts that say coca-cola and Walt Disney world These are really cool and they even have red ones too And I'm pretty sure you can get an annual pass discount if you do want to buy any of it But now we've made our way all the way to the top of the coca-cola store And it's going to be a little bit breezy because we're all the way up But look at this view. Isn't it amazing? I love coming up here It is so cool And now we're going to see about getting that Beverly's revenge. Oh wait, maybe we won't that is a super long line there. Holy moly Look at this view though. Isn't it amazing? You can see all of disney springs and I love it I just love coming up here. Just to be able to stand up here and just kind of take it all in So cool Look at the way the sun is hitting my face right now. They do have Beverly's revenge So I think we're going to actually get it. I'm going to wait in line because it is really really nifty and Yeah, it's so blinding up here because the sun is directly like right there There's also a paid version of club cool that you can do up here Where you get to drink around the world and try a whole bunch of different soda from around the world And it's 16 different sodas for $15 And it's like really unique. It's something special club cool doesn't have 16 flavors, but it is free So I don't know it's it's definitely worth. I've done it before and I think it is worth it today We're all about Beverly's revenge though There it is $14. I'm so excited. It's kind of like a gin and tonic And here it is isn't it lovely. I love it. Look at this. We get to drink it with a view like This is living life right here All right, here we go. I've had it before and it's not the best tasting drink just because Beverly's not the best tasting Soda out there, but I kind of get it just for the experience. So cheers to that Oh, yeah, you can taste the Beverly You can taste the Beverly you can taste the gin and then it also has some cherry syrup in there with a little mint And it's I mean, it's good. It's not overpowering like Beverly like the Beverly is not overpowering But uh, it's definitely something you should experience and you should try especially if you've had Beverly before I just love this view up here though. I can't stop looking out because it's just amazing. Look at it out here It's unbelievable. I can't I just I kind of want to spend all day up here I mean it would be nice, but there's things we have to do and I want to keep going around Disney Springs It's going to get dark out soon. So I think we're going to finish up our drink and head out But boy, oh boy, I love being up here Now we have to head back downstairs. So we're going to grab our elevator down There's three different floors here So you have to go all the way to the top if you want to get to the beverage bar And normally the second floor is where the Coca-Cola bear is meeting agreement But like I said, he's in hibernation at the moment So holy moly, this is a little unexpected But my aunt uncle and cousins from Pennsylvania are here at Disney Springs and I had no idea I haven't seen them in years and uh, they're coming down on vacationing here in Florida And uh, they're here at Disney Springs right now. So, uh, I'm going to go meet up with them And we're going to chit chat for a little bit and wow, I'm very happy Well, that was a little bit of a time jump, but now it is dark outside So I apologize about that It kind of jumped real quick one second We were at the Coke Store and the next thing you know is dark outside That's because like I said, my family's here and uh, it was great We got to hang out at Disney Springs for a little bit and uh, I didn't vlog much because I was just really I was really happy to see them. I haven't had Family down here since my mom and sister and actually I haven't probably had I haven't been with family in like a year Because uh, that's the last time I think I said my mom and sister. So it was really awesome And uh, yeah, we're gonna hang out more and do a part together So maybe I'll show you uh them in the future But it was really nice just kind of relaxing for a little bit and being with family very it was really awesome So now I'm going to continue a little bit and we're going to make our way down here to the star wars galactic Outpost because this has to do with my future plans and uh, We just want to take a look see in here to see if there's anything that is a little fancy I'm sure if you guys couldn't guess by what I was talking about a future trip But I am going to be doing the star wars galactic star cruiser and I am so excited So I figured I'd hop in there and see if they have anything cool that I can bring on my journey I know i'm already gonna wear like one of my star wars roosevelt I wish I had a lightsaber. I still think I might have time. I might have to get a lightsaber But then again, what if I can make a lightsaber there? There's so many questions. I'm not too sure yet But uh, I'm excited Even though I kind of already know I have a good star wars shirt to wear There is still a real lot of awesome button-ups in here like look at this one right here I love this. This is so good and the material is really nice It looks like it's only uh 59.99. Oh But I love this jacket I really really love this jacket. That is nice Very fancy and it looks like it's 79.99. That's not too bad at all. Whoa I bought the jacket. I had to it's such a nice little coat and it's not heavy it's actually like really nice material so you can wear it actually all year round and uh We can't wait to try it on Even though I grabbed myself some new star wars gear Uh, right next door is marvel superhero headquarters. So we might as well just take a Gander take a look see in here. Oh, I already see something I like in here as well. Look at there's a hot guy Uh hoodie there. Look, I've never seen this before I love when you come into these stores down here because they have different stuff than you would normally find Oh, I like that logo on the back. This is actually really cool. I love the hot guy. I thought it was a great series I wasn't too fond of the ending But uh, overall I still really like the show It also looks like they have an amazing black panther hoodie. This looks really really cool I like on the side here Wow, that is really awesome They're coming out with some good stuff. Oh, and then is this It is it's from what if this is t'challa star lord. This is really cool. I don't collect these But I do think they were pretty fancy 2499 what if let me know if you guys like that show too. This is this is kind of cool Well, this really has turned into an eventful evening I wasn't expecting family to actually be down here So kind of threw me off a little bit So I apologize because like I had this plan of coming down and doing some shopping But I was really enjoying my time hanging out with them and now the park. Well, disney springs is closing It's closing soon And uh, I really don't have much else to show you. Oh, I think we could maybe Try to go get Gracie some pup pups and then take them home door though But I don't know if they're open until 11 o'clock because it's like 10 30 I'm gonna have to look I think we might make a trip up to uh sprinkles Okay, so I looked online and it had two different times It had one that said 10 o'clock and one that said 11 I think we're just gonna make our way up there and wish for the best Hopefully we've got some cupcakes to give the crazy though. I feel like it's a disney springs tradition, you know I don't know if we're gonna make it but I know Gracie'd be super upset if she knew We were at disney springs and we didn't bring her any pup cakes home I ran out the last time I was here I got her three and it's been like a two or three weeks since uh, we got them last time. So, uh She would like that It looks like we made it Just in time So we're going to be able to get Gracie or sprinkles, but I wonder if they uh have them in the cupcake atm I never checked before Oh our bakers are loading cupcakes into the cupcake atm now You will be able to place an order in 30 minutes. We might as well just go right inside Well, there we go Gracie got some pup cakes. I got a jacket now. We're gonna head home Give her a little snackaroo and uh call it a night Where's my princess? There she is. You want cupcake? Oh She took it and ran look at her You thief. Oh, you know flip it over. She always needs the bottom. Oh wow. She actually took it all right there Wow That's a big bite, baby Yes, you love it And with that I think we are done here today What a fun day I had today. It actually ended up not what I thought it was going to be I thought I was going to just hang out at disney sprinks all night by myself But uh, little did I know I got to spend time with family and it was great And they're going to be here for a little bit, but I do have a lot of things planned for this week So I'm going to try to hang out with them as much as I can. I know Epcot. We're going to do tomorrow And uh, yeah, it was great. It was a fun day Homecoming was amazing so much food. I still have some leftovers I was carrying around with me and I can't wait to actually dive into that chicken maybe a little bit later on And uh, yeah, I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye