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Kikusui Super Dry Jumai & Bishounen Junmai Ginjo The Junmai on the left is slightly yellow in color and the Junmai Ginjo on the right is much clearer. Nora perferred the Junmai (a little less refined in flavor) and nick preferred the Junmai Ginjo (in fact, he said that he could just sit continue reading Japan Booth – Sake – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Karaage Hand Roll Karaage Hand Roll – Crispy chicken breast with sushi rice and spicy mayonnaise This wasn’t anything spectacular (each of the food items at the Japan Booth have been disappointing this year (spicy hand roll and sukiyaki beef pan), such a shame because we typically find quite a bit to really continue reading Japan Booth – Karaage Hand Roll – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Sukiyaki Beef Pan Sukiyaki Beef Pan – marinated thinly sliced rib eye with sauteed onions and teriyaki sauce served in a bun First off, let’s start by examining what the name means. Sukiyaki is generally a soup/stew sort of dish, nora thinks that its in the title because the thinly sliced rib eye continue reading Japan Booth – Sukiyaki Beef Pan – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Ty Ku Sake & Spirits – Nara, Japan Michael Ponce, Presenter Ty Ku Silver Premium Junmai, Ty Ku Black Super Premium Junmai Ginjo, and Ty Ku coconut Nigori Premium Cloudy November 6, 2012 One of the best things about the Ty Ku presenter, he was very willing (in fact, he was encouraging) to answer continue reading Beverage Seminar – TyKu Sake – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Francis Ford Coppola Su Yuen Riesling We didn’t care for the Francis Ford Coppola Su Yuen Riesling… in a word = sour. It wasn’t horribly sour like some white wines seem to be, but after the sweeter Rosemont Estate Traminer Riesling from the Australia booth, it wasn’t to our liking. 1-10 (1=never ever continue reading China Booth – Wine – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Mango Tapioca Pudding First off, please remember two things… we don’t eat sweets very often and when nora used to cook a lot (a.k.a. when we were both heavier), nick LOVED her tapioca pudding… but we didn’t remember how much he liked tapioca pudding until he tasted this. In fact, when nick took continue reading China Booth – Mango Tapioca Pudding – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … The last weekend of the Food & Wine Festival coincided with A LOT of stuff going on at Walt Disney World… the Wine & Dine Half Marathon (beginning at ESPN Wide World of Sports and ending at Epcot) the Festival of the Masters (at Downtown Disney) the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic golf tournament (at continue reading Last Weekend of Epcot Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Chicken Satay Chicken Satay with Spiced Peanut Sauce and Pickled Vegetables This wasn’t bad but it was still a bit disappointing. Nora loves pickled vegetables and she hoped that there would be a small variety… there was a single piece of pickled green pepper (it was tasty). There were two very soft pieces continue reading China Booth – Chicken Satay – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Rosemont Estate Traminer Riesling and Rosemont Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Shiraz Riesling… nick’s notes are that it smells good and it tastes good! it was a little bit too sweet… the pairing of the shrimp with the riesling was the best from this booth. nora’s notes are “I like it!” The sweetness balanced continue reading Australia Booth – Wines – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Lamington Lamington… Chocolate and Coconut covered Yellow Cake Here’s what wikipedia says about lamingtons. And, here’s a nice post from David Lebovitz about lamingtons. We thought that the cake looked very dry when we saw the interior, as a pleasant surprise, it wasn’t dry. It was a dense sponge cake with a large continue reading Australia Booth – Lamington – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … |
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