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The Epcot Flower and Garden Festival is offering many more food options this year. The booth in China is called “Lotus House” – their menu … Food: Beiing-Style Candied Strawberries Spring Pancake with Grilled Chicken and Green Apple Pan-fried Vegetable Buns Beverage: Peach – Oolong Bubble Tea* Kung Fun Punch (Vodka and Triple Sec with continue reading Lotus House, a tasting – 2013 Epcot Flower & Garden Festival … 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 … Trio of desserts Dark Chocolate Mousse with Chili and Salted Caramel; Yogurt Panna Cotta with Orange Cake, Raspberries, and Pomegranate; and Lemon Custard Verrine with Blueberry Compote Originally, nora was insistent on trying the Dark Chocolate Mousse with Chili and Salted Caramel, the other two weren’t that interesting to her (after all, she’s continue reading Desserts & Champage Booth – Dessert Trio – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Spinach pocket – doesn’t look like much, does it? Spinach and Paneer Cheese Pocket We had tasted this earlier in the Festival and had been impressed with it – we were with a large group that day and were quite hungry. So we decided to try it again and see if it really continue reading South Africa Booth – Spinach and Paneer Cheese Pocket – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Tyskie Beer Tyskie beer isn’t a lager, but since it was paired with the zapiekanki we gave it a try anyway (hey! beer is usually good and is sometimes quite good). Nora thought it had a sweeter finish than most beers/ales and that it wasn’t very hoppy (that’s a good thing). Nick thought continue reading Poland Booth – Tyskie Beer – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … Zapiekanki – “cheese toast” Zapiekanki – Toasted mushroom, carmelized onion, and cheese bread with house-made ketchup We tried this twice – once when we were looping the booths with a large group of friends (we thought it was wonderful, we were famished) and again on a quiet afternoon, just the two of us continue reading Poland Booth – Zapiekanki – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012 … 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 … |
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