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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 … Shrimp on the Barbie Shrimp on the Barbie with Pepper Berry Citrus Glaze The “pepper berry citrus glaze” was surprisingly good! We’d been a bit hesitant to get this because nick’s stomach doesn’t tolerate black pepper very well… it wasn’t “over applied” on our shrimp. The shrimp themselves were overcooked and rubbery (what continue reading Australia Booth – Shrimp on the Barbie – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Grilled Lamb Chop Grilled Lamb Chop with Mint Pesto and Potato Crunchies We stopped at the Australia booth right at 11:00 as they opened. They were actually grilling the lamb chops! Once they’re done with that, they dip the meaty end into the mint pesto and sprinkle the top with crushed potato chips. continue reading Australia Booth – Grilled Lamb Chop – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … |
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