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White Corn Arepa White Corn Arepa with Mangalista Pork Rillette and Zellwood Sweet Corn Salad The corn salad was better than expected, sweet and crisp. Nora liked the first few bites of the arepa, even though it was very greasy. Nick’s initial reaction was “yuck, salty.” As nora got a bigger bite of continue reading Florida Local Booth – White Corn Arepa – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Steamed Mussels in Hoegaarden Beer Broth Steamed Mussels in Hoegaarden Beer Broth with Baguette We both like mussels. The critical question is “are these mussels good?” – yes, they’re good. Are they great, nope. The broth was watery and didn’t really add anything, the creamy broth from previous years added more texture and continue reading Belgium Booth – Steamed Mussels – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Singapore Booth – Seared Mahi Mahi & Singapore Sling – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012Seared Mahi Mahi Seared Mahi Mahi with Jasmine Rice and Singa Sauce The last day of the Festival, we made it over to the Singapore booth to try a Singapore Sling (sorry, no photo, imagine a small plastic glass of a purplish liquid that smells like Hi-C fruit punch and pineapple juice) and continue reading Singapore Booth – Seared Mahi Mahi & Singapore Sling – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … 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 … |
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