As Pandora: The World of Avatar is only 32 days away from its official grand opening, Disney is putting the final touches on the land. As you know by now, Pandora will feature some out-of-this-world unique dining options to satisfy your hunger cravings. With those options will be specialty desserts available for purchase at both the Satuli Canteen and Pongu Pongu. At Satuli Canteen you can find the delicious Nav’i Blueberry Cheesecake, which is featured below.
According to the Disney Pastry chef who was behind this unique dessert, the inspiration came from the movie itself. In his words, he has said, “We watched ‘Avatar’ and noted that the Na’vi are in stellar shape – very lean, with beautiful skin and bright yellow eyes, so the Na’vi colors were the inspiration for the Blueberry Cheesecake with Passion Fruit Curd, a cream cheese and blueberry creation with passion fruit to connect to the film’s tropical environment. The cheesecake tastes as delicious as it looks, with a combination of acidity from the passion fruit with bold blueberry and creamy cheesecake.”
Another delicious dessert you can expect to find at Satuli is the Chocolate Cake (and yes that is what it is called).
The Chocolate Cake as described on the menu is a Chocolate Cake with a Crunchy Cookie Layer and Banana Cream Topping. The same pastry chef who created the blueberry cheesecake created this one as well.
“We used dark chocolate because it’s rich in antioxidants, then add a little crunch with a cookie wafer and the contrast of creamy mousse. The cake is topped with banana cream, made with a few simple (but delicious) ingredients: cream, white chocolate, and bananas, with a little drizzle of lemon. The chocolate-banana is a great flavor combination. Then we added goji berry on top – it tastes a little like a raisin, and we hydrated it with simple syrup. The taste of the goji berry with the banana cream and chocolate is a lovely balance of flavors. We created this as inspiration from what the ‘Healthy Nav’i would eat.”
These 2 desserts are meant to be savored and not meant to be quickly eaten.
If you are looking forward to trying out these 2 delicious desserts from Pandora, the wait is almost over as the opening day is only 32 days away! Pandora: The World of Avatar opens May 27th, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The concept is great, but I can only imagine the horror on the pastry chef’s face when he sees these dessert designs butchered in the kitchen and then shoved in to guests’ mouths.
I foresee very little “savoring.”
Who cares? The job of a chef is to make food for people to eat. Pretty sure the chef knows what happens at a theme park.
True. It’s not like there are entire blogs dedicated to reviewing food quality, ingredients and attention to detail. And it’s not like this very website dedicates a tremendous amount of time and money to reviewing food quality, ingredients and attention to detail in the theme parks. It’s all just food… to eat.
“Me chef. I make food!”
I can’t wait for the first Guest to drop some on themselves and shout, “I’m afraid I just blue myself!”