September is Orlando's Magical Dining month. This is where select fancy restaurants throughout Orlando offer 3-course meals for $30.00 per person. Some restaurants choose to feature their best cuisine, while others fare on the cheaper side. Either way, $30.00 for some of these restaurants that an average person would normally consider as a special occasion is not bad.
The restaurants that participate are all over town from Disney to Maitland and back again. In addition to wonderful food, eating for charity makes it even better. For every magical diner, restaurants donate $1.00 to the Edgewood Children's Ranch. Yay!
When I found one of my favorite restaurants on as one of the participating restaurants I knew I had to convince the family. Upon examining the Prix Fixe menu and finding my most favorite food item on there, it was go or not exist. So on short notice, we packed up the family and headed to RanGetsu. A little history: RanGetsu use to be a traditional Japanese restaurant located on I-drive. In 2010, it closed forever and I was so sad. The food was delicious and it could easily be my most favorite restaurant. I thought all was lost until 2011, when a radio commercial announced RanGetsu's rebirth in Winter Park. Now this fusiony-Japanese restaurant makes traditional Japanese food fashionable.
On RanGetsu's Magical Dining menu are some fancy fusion appetizers and desserts, but what I really went for was the Sukiyaki. There's really no way to describe this other than you cook your own thinly-sliced meat in a pot of delicious sauce at your table. The sauce just is unami - totally savory. When we were younger, my dad use to get Sukiyaki all the time. So the taste instantly brings me back to a simpler time.
With being only $30.00 I was expecting a tiny portion, but really, it was a full portion and almost too much food. When it came time for dessert, I knew I was going to feel too full. For dessert I had Green Tea Creme Brulee. It was definitely green and unlike anything I ever tasted. I think that's why I like events like Magical Dining. You get to try things that you would never think of eating.
So Orlando residents, if you have some extra cash and you like to eat food. I highly recommend trying out a local restaurant during September.
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