It’s always good when you have four waiters assigned to you, and they’re not just trainees. Since we showed up for Saturday lunch around opening time, this was the case. We’ve been to Emeril’s at Universal a few times before, and it was still a surprise.

To start off, we got the calamari and andouille sausage apps, and while the ‘douille was amazing, the calamari is still the best around. For our entrees, we got the mahi mahi, bbq-sauced salmon, duck confit pizza, and grilled pork chop, which was roughly 5″ thick. I have to say, they were all really good, and we still somehow managed to leave room for two desserts.

One was the white chocolate bread pudding and the other was the (in)famous chocolate souffle, and combined, they nearly killed me. As I struggled in and out of consciousness between bites, the overwhelming deliciousness coarsed through my veins, turning my brain to sponge, and my heart to concrete. But I survived, and… would I do it all over again? (Oh yeah.)