What we ate and drank at Disney California Adventure

 

The Pixar Frosty Parfait from Adorable Snowman at Disney California Adventure is not to be missed! 

DCA is a food and cocktail mecca, and it's hard to choose where to eat. Since we last visited, there are new spots located in San Fransokyo Square, so I had to add those to my list. I missed some notable spots last time, so I made sure to hit those up. It really does take multiple trips to these theme parks to try everything! 

Since we had breakfast at the free buffet at our hotel, our first snack stop was the Cozy Cone Motel in Cars Land. Here, there are five orange traffic-cone-shaped kiosks, each specializing in Cars themed snacks and drinks. Since we last visited, they've changed the ordering system. Now, there's one counter where you place an order for all five cone kiosks, then you take your receipt to each spot to get your item. The Food and Wine festival worked the same way, and I didn't know that ahead of time, causing me much confusion. I will cover the Food and Wine Festival in my next post! 

We got a Churro with salted caramel sauce first. The churro was perfectly sweet and crunchy, and the sauce, although pretty messy, was super tasty with the churro. I just snuck a bite or two of my son's churro. Then we all shared some Pickle Popcorn from another cone kiosk. This was actually a pretty good snack! It was overly salty, but the flavor was there, and I washed it down with a Watermelon Vodka Lemonade. This cocktail was pretty sweet, but strong and refreshing! Like all of the drinks we tried during our DCA day, I split it with my husband so we could try a few. 

For lunch we headed to San Fransokyo Square to eat at Cocina Cucamonga, a quick service spot known for their Quesabirria Tacos. We got a couple orders to all share. We also shared a Classic Lime Margarita that paired well with the food. I'd heard so many reviews raving about the tacos, but they were just ok. Ours were a little overcooked, but the flavors were still there. 

This area had tons of seating to the side along the water, and in the main part of the square, and most of the tables were covered as well. This was a really busy time of day, though, so I'd recommend grabbing food at Disney not at the standard mealtimes, but either early or late. 

For an afternoon dessert when the weather was on the warmer side, I grabbed a Pixar Frosty Parfait from the Adorable Snowman, located on Paradise Pier. This is a spot I missed last time, so I was so happy to try it! This parfait has non-dairy Lemon Dole Whip with a Raspberry Slushy on the bottom. The presentation of this dole whip parfait was on point! But it also tasted amazing. The lemon dole whip was perfectly tart and refreshing, and the raspberry slushy's texture was really good and had the right amount of sweetness. It melted a bit and I mixed it all together, and yum, one shouldn't miss this sweet treat at DCA. 

For dinner we headed to Cars Land to eat at Flo's Cafe. This quick service spot is so immersive and just like the diner in the Cars movie. We shared the Winner's Circle Chicken and Waffle, and my son had a kid's cheeseburger and fries, along with a Chocolate Shake, which was topped with "road gravel" which are Oreo cookie crumbs! The serving for the Chicken and Waffle wasn't very big, so I wouldn't recommend sharing an order. Since we had been snacking all day and had some eats from the Food and Wine festival, it was enough food for us. For quick service food, the quality was really good. I'd say as good as any Chicken and Waffles we've had at some nice restaurants. 

Later in the evening I tried the super cute Baymax Macaron from the Lucky Fortune Cookery in San Fransokyo. I loved the look of this treat since Baymax is one of my favorites. This macaron was big and was filled with Matcha and Raspberry. This was on my must-try list, so I was thrilled to get it! 

Thanks for checking out my food and drinks post for our DCA day!