2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – South Korea Marketplace – Kimchi Dog with Spicy Mustard

The Kimchi Dog at the South Korea Marketplace has received rave reviews on the internet… When we went over on soft opening night and got a look at it… We weren’t all that thrilled with what it LOOKED like and so, we took it off our “must have” list. After a few discussions on twitter,

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Breakfast at The Garden Grove in The Swan Resort – new to us

We eat at the Dolphin (well, Todd English’s bluezoo) on a very regular basis… But we rarely eat at the Swan in recent years…

We’ve eaten at Il Mulino a couple of times with Lisa and Andy (back in the days before we blogged) and frankly, we were never very impressed; we learned recently that

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Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic 2013 – “Chef Cib’s Pasta Making”

2013 is the first year for the Pasta Making seminar at the Swan & Dolphin Food & Wine Classic. Our friends Kris and Kevin really wanted to attend this, so we made sure to get four spots as soon as tickets became available – turns out that was a good thing because this sold

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2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Singapore Marketplace – Mahi Mahi with Singa Sauce

First off, let me say that we aren’t ranking things on a scale of 1-10 this year (don’t know why, probably because we aren’t that enamored with the festival marketplaces in general – they’re much better during the Flower & Garden Festival (again, that’s a “don’t know why”))… That said, we are trying a few

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Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic 2013 – “All Things Sake!” Seminar on Friday night

This is the fourth year that we’ve attended Chad Lobner’s “All Things Sake!” seminar during the Swan & Dolphin Food & Wine Classic – and we’re never disappointed. Joe was there also, just as in years past. Chad and Joe are both pretty passionate about sake, and it definitely comes across.

Chad

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2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Sake & Food Pairing at Tokyo Dining

Let’s start out with some photos…

before the event began, Nick was able to get some photos of the layout and the table settings – sushi chefs (all female) preparing sushi (for the dining room, not for the event)

there were six-top tables and four-top tables, we sat at a four-top

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Yay! The Swan & Dolphin Food & Wine Classic begins this afternoon!

We are excited to go back to the Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic…

This evening, we’ll be joined by three friends – Kris, Kevin, and Beth – and will be attending Chad’s Sake Class.

Tomorrow evening, Kris & Kevin will be returning with us and we’re going to Chef Cib’s Pasta Making Class

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2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – review of BEER & WINE so far…

We wanted to give you a quick rundown of our impressions of the beer and wine offerings at the 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival (so far)…

WINE

So far, all of the wine we’ve had has come from the Festival Center. Nick took some photos of the menus there…

Complete menu

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Chocolate Sculptures – Ghirardelli Chocolate Center, Festival Center – 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

Last year, there were chocolate sculptures from Disney World chefs showcased in the Ghirardelli Chocolate Center… This very popular exhibit is back this year with new works of art…

“Romantic Ocean Sunset” Yoly Lazo, Jessie Sudsa-nguan, Lexy Ross, Agueda Vasquez, and Yanibelka Contreras (Epcot and Disney’s BoardWalk Resort)

“Wild Mustangs

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Yes, we’re becoming bluezoo fanboys (well, one of us is a fangirl)

We headed back over to bluezoo on Friday night, if you follow our twitter feed (@extrawdwmagic) then you already know about most of the meal…

BUT here’s a recap, and a story…

When we arrived, we noticed that Monique was behind the bar! Yay! Nick could order a Boulevardier (Monique has been working to get

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