We’ve been patiently (or not-so-patiently) ready for the arrival of Tiana’s Palace in Disneyland Park. Who wouldn’t need to check out Tiana’s cooking?! She’s bought voodoo, she’s bought hoodoo, she’s bought issues we ain’t even tried. (Did you sing that?) 

Tiana’s Palace in Disneyland Park

So include us as we try Tiana’s Palace and dig into some New Orleans-inspired meals!

Opening Day

It’s opening day over at Tiana’s Palace in Disneyland Park! Try Disney’s announcement of the restaurant’s debut:

Individuals are gonna come right here from in every single place and we’re virtually there 🤩✨ Tiana’s Palace opens at the moment at @Disneyland! 🍴 #Disney #Disneyland #TianasPalace #DisneyCastLife pic.twitter.com/vBflPsPCJf

— Disney Parks (@DisneyParks) September 7, 2023

Park visitors have to be enthusiastic about this royal opening, as Tiana’s Palace ran out of cellular order availability virtually instantly after the park opened. 

Credit score: Disneyland App

Opening day visitors have been greeted by the lady of the hour — Tiana! (Try her new outfit!)

Tiana’s new outfit

Meals

The short-service restaurant has all kinds of New Orleans-inspired choices! Try the menu we selected from on opening day:

The menu

Entrees

• Home Gumbo: Braised Hen, Andouille Sausage, and Heirloom Rice
• 7 Greens Gumbo: White Beans, Okra, Yams, Candy Potatoes, and Heirloom Rice
• 7 Greens Gumbo with Hen & Andouille Sausage: White Beans, Okra, Yams, Candy Potatoes, and Heirloom Rice
• Cajun Spiced Half Hen: brushed with BBQ Sauce served with Baked Macaroni and Cheese & Coleslaw
• Muffuletta Sandwich: Mortadella, Salami, Rosemary Ham, Cheddar, Provolone, and Home-made Olive Relish on Toasted New Orleans Sesame Seed Bread, served with Crimson Beans and rice and Home-made Pickles
• Beef Po’boy Sandwich: Gradual-cooked Beef in Gravy dressed with Shredded Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle, and Mayonnaise on Toasted New Orleans French Bread, served with Crimson Beans and rice and Home-made Pickles
• Gulf Shrimp and Grits: simmered in Creole Sauce with Tacky Grits

Southern Specialties

• Buttermilk Cornbread
• Joffrey’s Espresso: Chicory Chilly Brew

Youngsters’ Menu

• Roasted Hen Drumstick: with candy BBQ Sauce and Heirloom Rice
• Toasted Ham & Cheese Sandwich: Savory Ham and Provolone
• Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Dessert

• Home-filled Beignet: Lemon Ice Field Pie Filling topped with Lemon Glaze

If you wish to know extra concerning the substances used at Tiana’s Palace, be sure to try the recipe playing cards posted subsequent to the menu.

Try the recipe playing cards posted on the wall

As we speak we tried a number of objects, together with the Home Gumbo. The gumbo is a reasonably good portion, and is full of that iconic Southern style! It’s filled with daring flavors and spices, making it one of many spiciest meals we’ve had at a Disney park! It’s additionally very filling, which is nice after a protracted day of strolling. 

Home Gumbo

The Cajun Spiced Half Hen is one other true Southern dish. It’s seasoned evenly and baked completely. And identical to the gumbo, you additionally get a kick of spice with this dish. It comes with a facet of pickles, coleslaw, and baked macaroni and cheese.

Cajun Spiced Half ChickenWe additionally tried the Cornbread, which is recent and never too dense — excellent for dipping into your gumbo!

All our dishes

After all, we additionally bought a Home-filled Beignet — one among Tiana’s signature meals. It’s stuffed with a candy lemon curd that balances out the fried dough superbly. We extremely advocate ending off your meal with this deal with!

The home-filled beignet

Making Tiana’s Palace

This quick-service restaurant brings Tiana’s Palace–which was featured in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog–to life! Disney has gone the additional mile to embody the spirit of New Orleans cooking — try what they needed to share concerning the restaurant’s substances:

…the quick-service restaurant’s menu makes use of substances which are sourced instantly from New Orleans or Louisiana every time attainable. For instance, the andouille sausage, Carolina gold rice, and bread are equipped from New Orleans, whereas the Joffrey’s Espresso™ Chicory Chilly Brew makes use of cane syrup from Louisiana. Plus, two New Orleans-area sizzling sauces, Tabasco^® and Crystal^®, are used at Tiana’s Palace.

A number of gifted cooks collaborated on the menu, to enchantment to all kinds of tastebuds. These cooks have been tasked with bringing daring flavors that wouldn’t overwhelm visitors with spice. To domesticate the proper menu, the culinary group traveled to New Orleans to realize higher data of the flavour profiles. 

Disney Imagineers additionally did analysis of their very own to rework the French Market Restaurant into Tiana’s Palace. The French Market served as the proper basis, because it already had the balcony and sugar issue façade Disney Imagineers have been aiming for. 

Photograph: Grasp Fredcerique/Disney

The outside of Tiana’s Palace is golden yellow with inexperienced awnings. (Do these colours remind you of a sure princess?) The restaurant’s signal and steamboat cabin gentle up at night time, making it a sight to see in Disneyland Park. 

Photograph: Disney

The inside has peach partitions and iron accents which have been additionally impressed by the film. There are such a lot of fantastic components, like the inside’s skylights and murals. And naturally, there are tons of references to the film — can you discover all of them? 

Don’t neglect to search for

Some props promote the Firefly 5 Plus Lou, impressed by the Firehouse 5 Plus Two — a jazz band within the Nineteen Fifties made up of a few of Disney’s authentic animators. 

Credit score: Disney

Individuals are coming from in every single place to attempt Tiana’s meals — and we don’t blame them! Make sure to seize a few of her scrumptious objects the following time you’re in Disneyland Park. And, within the meantime, we’ll proceed to carry you the most recent in all issues Disney!

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