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The South Korea booth debuted in 2010 at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Nora and I enjoyed the food so it was an early stop for the 2011 event. We enjoy Asian food and look forward to trying new things. The South Korea booth brings back the same menu for 2011: Lettuce Wrap continue reading Lettuce Wrap – 2011 Epcot Food & Wine Festival … Thatcher’s Cordials, Cruzan Rum & Sauza Tequila This is the first year for mixology seminars and it was a nice touch to include the recipes – like they do with the culinary demonstrations. The F&W Cast Members began putting the first drinks out at 6:00. The seating began at 6:03. The seminar began continue reading Thatcher’s Cordials, Cruzan Rum & Sauza Tequila Mixology … Epcot Food & Wine — Culinary Demonstration — Michael Toussaint Gunn — United Kingdom Pavilion, EpcotThis Culinary Demonstration was a treat for us because… Calvin and Kate went too! On to the specifics… Food: Apple Wood Smoked Cornish Game Hen with Sautéed Shallots, Chard and Applewood Bacon, served on top of Mashed Rutabaga, with Chicken Jus Wine: Mohau “Central Otago” Pinot Noir from Mohau-New Zealand Our usual presenter, Pam continue reading Epcot Food & Wine — Culinary Demonstration — Michael Toussaint Gunn — United Kingdom Pavilion, Epcot … This turned out to be more entertaining and informational than it started out to be. First of all, the seminar got a very late start; we were finally seated at 12:14 for a 12:00 seminar (seminars that only last 45 minutes, so we lost 33% of the seminar time)… it soon became apparent that the continue reading Samuel Adams … For some reason I try “fish” tacos frequently. Well, I try them as often as I find them. Yet, none compare to what my mind/taste say they should be. There is always some freshness missing. The shrimp tacos at the Mexican Pavilion still did not satisfy. Nora explained to me that a seafood taco continue reading Mexico Pavilion Shrimp Tacos, 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival … This demonstration was on 30 September, opening day of the 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. The culinary demonstration space has been altered for 2011. It is no longer a stage at the end of an elongated space with tables but is tables spread wide around a stage. If you attend events you’ll understand continue reading Epcot Food & Wine — Culinary Demonstration, Bob Getchell – Sanaa … Our favorite presenter at the 2010 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival was Martin Daraz from the Edrington Group. You cannot imagine my disappointment when Martin nor the Edrington Group were on the schedule for the 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Martin celebrated his fifth year as a presenter last year by sharing continue reading Martin Daraz, where are you? … Well after dealing with other business for the last couple of months, I’ve finally made time to get back into Extra WDW Magic. It was kind of forced on me. One of our favorite events at WDW is the Food and Wine (F&W) Festival at Epcot. Although the food is often marginal – it is continue reading Reservations for 2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival … Nick has posted about the Cars 2 topiaries (here) — as recently as last Thursday, the topiary flags representing the various country’s races in the movie were still on display (here). As of today, they’re gone. Also, the Florida Test Garden, which was still on display Saturday (and Nick commented that he should get over continue reading Epcot Flower & Garden dismantling updates … We are creatures of habit – we really like routine. OK, I really like routine – others tolerate me. Every Saturday morning we are available we go out to breakfast. The group size can vary but the majority of the time it is Walter, Kate, Calvin, Nora and I. After breakfast, Walter heads to the continue reading Race Around World Showcase … |
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