Billy Bobs is in Disney Village. In fact we heard it advertised on Disney Village ‘radio’ when we were browsing the shops. It called it the largest Texan-themed buffet in Europe. Which may well be true, it’s pretty big, but is there some sort of official contest for that? Anyway. My Dad loves Tex Mex so I knew it would be a hit with him and I figured I could always snack on a few tortilla chips and maybe a bit of lettuce so we rocked up, ordered a few cokes and went to the buffet.

Oh yeah. I ate a lot of nachos. Aside from the tortilla chips, veggie chilli, guac and salsa pictured here there was also an assortment of salads and some other vegetable dishes. One plate made up was a ‘salad’ that was like 50% olives with a topping of cornichons. Vegetables too. But mostly olives. For desert there is a tonne of fruit to choose from and ice lollies which I think are probably for children but Kelsie was eating gummies for I have no shame.

Billy Bob’s, the largest Texas-style buffet in Europe, has a surprising number of options for vegans. And I would recommend a visit. It was, to my surprise, one of the best meals I had in Disneyland Paris.

Captain Jack’s is a a gorgeous, beautifully themed restaurant that sits along the track for Pirates of the Caribbean. It is however not well lit so please excuse the photos here.

I was very excited to learn that there was a souvenir cup on offer here. Two in fact. One styled like bamboo the other like a coconut. I got the bamboo with my mocktail inside. They actually don’t serve your drink in the one you take home, you get a clean one in a box. They’re good quality and really cool so if you’re a souvenir mug collector put Captain Jack’s on your must visit list.

Okay, so that’s the lighting and the drinks containers sorted: on with the food. There are three courses available here but I only had the main: Vegetable Curry, Plantain Banana and Captain’s Rice. Plantain is one of my all time favourite foods and I got two nice big chunks on top. That was the highlight of the dish. The curry itself was nice, pleasant, coconutty, inoffensive. And god, I wish there was some chilli sauce to go with it! It was just a little too restrained.

That said I’d still recommend eating here. For one thing vegan options are thin on the ground in Disneyland Paris but also the theming is absolutely stunning.

Le Rendez-vous Gourmand de Disneyland Paris is scheduled to be in Walt Disney Studios Park until the 13th October, so not much time to grab the grub, but hopefully it will be back next year. There are regional French stalls, stalls representing European cuisines and, my favourite, the Vegan Kitchen stall. I went for one of everything they had.

On the top there is a dhal which I really enjoyed. Judging by pictures and descriptions on Instagram it can be rather changeable. Mine was well spiced with the lentils not entirely broken down but other people seem to have had more of a liquid dhal and there are reports of it being bland. I really enjoyed mine though.

The Buddha bowl I did think was bland. The tiny cup of vinaigrette didn’t add much flavour to the veggies and grains. I wouldn’t do this one again.

The falafel… well perhaps I’m basing this on the fact that my breakfast that day was bread and my tea the night before was the worst fries I’d had on the entire trip (Casey’s, for the record — soggy mess) but it was really good falafel. I loved it.

Personally I recommend the falafel and dhal, skip the Buddha bowl and find the truck selling French fries round the corner instead. You won’t regret it.

So let’s talk about how I accidentally ordered something non-vegan so you can learn from my mistakes.

After we checked in we were really hungry and headed into Disney Village for some food. I knew some of the places where I could eat but my Dad and Kelsie took one look at Annette’s and wouldn’t be persuaded into anything but a burger.

I did a quick google and the internet told me that I could have the soya burger without the cheese and slaw. That’s what I ordered. What didn’t occur to me, until I was going through the pictures later, was that the bun was awfully shiny. Yes, it had an egg wash.

The rest of the burger was great. It had giant slabs of well cooked veggies and was served with some amazing fries. In fact we ate a lot of really good fries on this trip. Must be the proximity to Belgium. I don’t think I’d go out of my way to eat here again, not unless they got a vegan bun, but I wouldn’t mind going if Kelsie and my Dad wanted to. Or get some take away fries.