Fernando in Orlando

We spent a week in the Orlando area this past May, 5/14/05 through 5/21/05. To get around Orlando, we needed to rent a car. We spent our first day feeding the seals at Sea World Orlando. Our last night, we ate at Bahama Breeze.

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• Our last night we found a wonderful restaurant called Bahama Breeze.
• We arrived around 8:30pm and waited 20 minutes for a table.
• The wait staff was very helpful in making suggestions, and the service was very good.
• Our dinner consisted of:
• Tostones con pollo - homefried plantains topped with spiced chicken, mushrooms and cheese and lightly broiled ($7.75)
• Alan's Calypso shrimp pasta sautéed with garlic and scallions, Creole spices, and a touch of cream tossed with linguine pasta ($11.45)
• Jerk chicken pasta -Jamaican style marinated chicken with fresh asparagus and mushrooms in a cream sauce over bowtie pasta ($9.95)
• Fire roasted jerk shrimp-fired in a stone hearth oven with spicy Jamaican jerk seasoning, butter, and beer, served with warm Cuban bread ($15.45)
• The atmosphere in the dining area was very nice with fountains and other tropical foliage surrounding most tables to make it more intimate and easy to talk to each other.
• We were all adults, but we saw families with children.
• It’s a place that can accommodate everyone, and yet be a very nice Caribbean dining experience.

Our favorite thing to do at Sea World is feed the pinnipeds. They have a very nice, large area where about 30 or 40 California sea lions and 10 harbor seals live. Most of our animal interaction was with the sea lions, as they tend to be vocal. Ocasionally we found a harbor seal to feed, but they are quieter and a bit shy. Each of the sea lions had different tricks and noises they’d make to get our attention (and food).