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We have two events planned this year that take place in the Italy Pavilion… The Via Napoli Beer & Pizza Pairing (well, that’s how it was billed in 2011 when we last attended this event) An Italian Regional Lunch (we did this last year with Lisa & Andy, doing it again this year with Lisa continue reading Anticipation… 2 Events at the Italy Pavilion – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2013 … We were able to book all of the special events that we wanted, excepting one… (the new Spirits Confidential Reserved Seating – the event is only offered one night during the festival, it’s brand new, and all of the reserved seats were sold out while I was on hold last week)… One event continue reading Anticipation… The Sake & Food Pairing at Tokyo Dining – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2013 … In mid-November we attended our first Tables in Wonderland event – the first beer pairing dinner (Unibroue) at the Wave inside the Contemporary Resort. The lighting was atrocious for picture taking (and to some extent, it was pretty bad for even seeing what you were eating)… so apologies in advance for the photos. When we continue reading Tables in Wonderland – Unibroue Dinner at The Wave … This year, we decided to “rate” the items from the tasting booths. In summary… BOOTH ITEM RATING Australia Grilled Lamb Chop 9 South Africa Spinach & Paneer Pocket 8.5 Australia Wines 8 Japan Sake 7.5 China Mango Tapioca Pudding 7.5 South Korea Mung Bean Pancake with Shrimp 6.5 Singapore Seared Mahi Mahi 6 China Mongolian continue reading Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 – Wrap Up … Our tickets and seating… We attended our first Sweet Sundays with Lisa and Andy near the very end of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. The guest chef was Warren Brown and we were eager to see if the food preparation was on par with the sheet cake from the day before continue reading Sweet Sundays – Warren Brown, CakeLove – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Warren Brown, CakeLove, Washington, DC November 10, 2012 Wine: Jarvis Merlot David Crane, Presenter Jarvis Merlot Talking about Merlot… the movie “Sideways”, while not at all favorable to California Merlot, had the positive effect of causing a lot of bad California Merlots to be “weeded out”… The Merlot grape was originally used continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Warren Brown, CakeLove – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Glenn O’Brien, Boma – Flavors of Africa, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge November 12, 2012 Spice Route “Chakalaka”, South Africa Jim Killems, fun guy and wine educator Spice Route Chakalaka We’ve written a lot about South Africa wines over the last few years (here, here, and here), particularly Spice Route wines. Lisa and continue reading Culinary Demonstration – Boma’s – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Italian Regional Lunch Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Menu for today’s Italian Regional Lunch (it changes every week) Tutto Gusto is a bar during the day and a bar + the full Tutto Italia menu at night. We’ve been here a few times right after they first opened (here and continue reading Italian Regional Lunch – 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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