Seasonal Events

Hard to believe, but I still have two more food posts from the 2011 Easter Wonderland event that wrapped up at Tokyo Disneyland last week. For seasonal events, the Ambassador Hotel often offers special themed food and desserts.  Tokyo Disney has ended the dining pin promotion, but the desserts and special menus are still worth getting if you are visiting during a seasonal event.

For 2011, the Hyperion Lounge at the Tokyo Disney Ambassador Hotel had two desserts and beverages that were Easter themed. The main dessert was “Disney’s Easter Wonderland” Special Dessert set that was an Easter Peach Melba with Fresh Fruit Tart.  The design includes a more obscure character — Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.  He became quite popular in Japan several years ago and made his first appearance as a float during the Easter celebration in 2010.  This dessert is actually a recreation of the float design and the Oswald merchandise offered this year.

The pastry chef who designs and executes the seasonal desserts is quite adept at putting together some of the most amazing creations event after event.  While this one may lack some of the precision chocolate work other desserts have in the past, there are a number of intricate details on this year’s that easily make up for it.  For a Spring themed dessert, the light texture and fruit flavors were a nice surprise.

Looking over the dessert as I was photographing, I continued to find little missed details, including things like a hidden Mickey on the chocolate Easter Egg.

The other dessert we ordered was one of the specials from the regular Cake menu.  It was Mickey Mouse shaped, complete with his 2011 Easter hat on.  The detail elements were constructed of both chocolate and fondant — a cute design but a bit pricey when compared to the Easter Wonderland dessert set for a similar cost.

For this year’s beverages, the alcoholic option was the “Ambassador Style” cocktail with cherry liqueur, Cointreau, Cassis Syrup, Cranberry Juice, Lemon Juice, and 7UP.  The non-alcoholic drink, “Easter Waltz”, included Orange Juice,  Melon Syrup, 7UP and Jelly Balls, and a dated souvenir glass.

In addition to the dessert offerings, the Ambassador Hotel had a few Easter decorations as well.

Other Easter Wonderland 2011 Posts:

Easter Wonderland 2011: Tokyo Disneyland Park Decorations

Easter Wonderland 2011: Easter Egg Hunt at Tokyo Disneyland

Easter Wonderland 2011: Seasonal Treats at Tokyo Disneyland

This year’s Easter event at Tokyo Disneyland featured some fun goodies and treats, along with two new commemorative mugs and plate for 2011.  One of the things I look forward most to each Tokyo Disney event is the food theming and design.  The talented culinary staff goes beyond an expected Mickey head shape and works to bring the essence of the holiday in each restaurant menu and snack they create.  The creativity sparks delight in not just the children, but the adults who line up for 30 minutes to purchase the adorable seasonal goodies.

For me, the cuteness sparks happy childhood memories of dying Easter eggs with my Mom and Grandma, opening my basket with all sorts of Spring themed and brightly colored goodies.  And on a day like today — what would’ve been my Grandma’s Birthday — a stroll down memory lane is quite comforting, even if Easter did technically pass.

For Easter Wonderland 2011, the first seasonal snack we picked up was the Custard Mousse with Easter Wonderland Souvenir Cup (550 yen).  The design pays homage to Mickey and Minnie dressed as bunnies and even features them inside the mug after you remove the dessert.   Another awesome feature to note about Tokyo Disney desserts — they come in plastic cups that sit inside the mug so you don’t have to worry about clean up and carrying around a dirty souvenir mug all day.  They give you plastic bags for each item and sometimes a real nice CM may even bubble wrap them for you when you are shopping inside a store later on!   I am sure you can just ask as well, which is great for getting everything in your carry on for the flight home!

Back to the Easter desserts, there is also another souvenir cup that had the Easter Wonderland logo and more Minnie Mouse themed with the same custard mousse inside.

Another treat for this year’s Easter Wonderland event that is wrapping up next week is the Sweet Easter Egg with Mickey souvenir stand (600 yen).  This was like a mochi style cake ball.  You could choose from three different colors, but all were the same flavor/taste.

To get the matching Easter Wonderland plate, Tokyo Disneyland is offering a marshmallow chick that is almost too cute to eat!  Had flashbacks to my childhood terror of eating the head of the marshmallow Peeps!  The inside of this little guy had a sweet liquid that had a caramel like taste, but was much more thin and clear.

I’ve had several people ask me if the designs and desserts are the same each year, but no, they are not.  Tokyo Disney goes the extra mile in developing new stuff for each year’s events and the Easter Wonderland event is no exception.  Just to give you an idea, here are three of the Easter treats from the 2010 event — the ladybug roll is from the DisneySEA’s Spring Carnival Event that was previously held in conjunction with Easter Wonderland.  The Easter Cookie and Marshmallow and Peanut egg were from Disneyland and the Easter Wonderland event itself.

Have you tried any other Easter Wonderland treats during other year’s events? Would love to see photos or hear what other designs they have done in the past as well!

Other Easter Wonderland Posts:

Easter Wonderland 2011: Tokyo Disneyland Park Decorations

Easter Wonderland 2011: Easter Egg Hunt at Tokyo Disneyland