EPCOT Food & Wine Festival 2008 Marketplaces

[Keith]

Prices of the menu samples usually range from $2.00 - $4.00

* Athens, Greece – Greek Salad, Spanakopita
* Barcelona, Spain: Cold Tomato and Garlic Soup, Seared Tuna Loin with Roasted Red Peppers
* Bolonga, Italy: Baked Ziti, Mascarpone Cream Puff with Gianduja Chocolate
* Boston – Hops & Barley: Boston Crab Cake, New England Lobster Roll
* Buenos Aires, Argentina: Beef & Corn Casserole, Grilled Beef with Chimichurri
* Cape Town, South Africa: Durban Spiced Chicken, Bobotie with Mango Chutney
* Cork, Ireland: Potato Leek Soup with an Irish Cheddar Cheese Stick, Irish Cheese
Selection with Apple Chutney and Brown Bread
* European Cheesemonger: Selection of Dutch, Spanish and Italian Cheese
* Great Beers
* Istanbul, Turkey: Manti with Yogurt Sauce, Baklava
* Krakow , Poland: Creamy Wild Mushroom Soup, Keilbasa with Potato Pierogies
* Louisiana, USA: Crawfish Etoufée, Seafood Gumbo and Praline Bread Pudding
* Lyon, France: Escargot Persillade en Brioche, Quiche Provençal, Crème Brulée au Chocolat
* Marrakesh, Morocco: Kefta, Spicy Chicken Roll
* Melbourne, Australia: Barramundi Fish, Grilled Lamb Chops
* Mexico City, Mexico: Chilaquiles, Quesadilla con Chorizo
* Montreal, Canada: Cheddar Cheese Soup, Maple Glazed Salmon, Maple Custard with Almond Crumble
* Munich, Germany: Spaetzle with Creamy Mushroom Ragout, Apple Strudel
* New Delhi, India: Samosa with Tamarind Sauce, Mango Mousse
* Reims – Champagne: Selection of Moët & Chandon Champagnes, French Chocolates
* San Francisco, USA: Seared Beef Medallion with Cheese Polenta, California Strawberry Shortcake
* San Juan, Puerto Rico: Mofungo with Shrimp Salsa, Brazo Gitano
* Santiago, Chile: Empanada, Dulce de Leche
* Tokyo, Japan: California Sushi Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll
* Vienna, Austria: Tafelspitz, Beef Goulash
* Wellington, New Zealand: Lamb Slider, Kiwi Meringue Tart

[Tink]

Well, at least there are a couple of new items there. :sigh; I get so tired of the same old, same old year after year.

The mushroom ragout over spaetzle (Germany) is quite nice though! I look forward to the cheese plate from Ireland. Wonder if my beloved Corleggy will be featured?

Selections are nearer to $3-6 each now though. :sigh;

Vienna is new.

Oh and the escargot were divine last year, so I'm looking forward to them again this year.

Ok. I guess I'll go. At least once.

[uscwest]

Yum, yum. Looks mighty tempting.

[Beccaberry]

Look delicious.

Remember...in the past, if you were there w/ the Dining Plan (free or otherwise) you could use your snack credits as these kiosks...I asked the CM last time I called if she knew of any change in this policy and she had not.

GREAT use of snack credits!

[kazzaqld]

* Melbourne, Australia: Barramundi Fish, Grilled Lamb Chops

That's the best they could too! I mean I like Barramundi (and btw it's from Queensland not Victoria but I quibble.....)

But lamb chops!

What about kangaroo, or emu sausages, crocodile, bush tomatoes, native lemon, marron, yabbies.... I could go on....


But I am salivating just looking at all the yummy food there - what day are we doing this, Pina Coladans?

[piglet]

Well, at least there are a couple of new items there. :sigh; I get so tired of the same old, same old year after year.

Oh and the escargot were divine last year, so I'm looking forward to them again this year.

Can someone explain these to me please, I just don't get it. Frogs legs yes, they taste like chicken but snails

[uscwest]

* Melbourne, Australia: Barramundi Fish, Grilled Lamb Chops

That's the best they could too! I mean I like Barramundi (and btw it's from Queensland not Victoria but I quibble.....)

But lamb chops!

What about kangaroo, or emu sausages, crocodile, bush tomatoes, native lemon, marron, yabbies.... I could go on....


But I am salivating just looking at all the yummy food there - what day are we doing this, Pina Coladans?

OK, Kazza, what does Kangaroo taste like? Or can you even compare it to any other meat?

[Dawn]

* Melbourne, Australia: Barramundi Fish, Grilled Lamb Chops

That's the best they could too! I mean I like Barramundi (and btw it's from Queensland not Victoria but I quibble.....)

But lamb chops!

What about kangaroo, or emu sausages, crocodile, bush tomatoes, native lemon, marron, yabbies.... I could go on....


But I am salivating just looking at all the yummy food there - what day are we doing this, Pina Coladans?

I guess they have to cater to the unadventurous palette that the majority of US tourists have. I always rage about the menu at the Rose and Crown because it is so un-British.

Having said that I wish they wouldn't have this festival during school term time. Then I might be in with a chance of visiting. :sigh;

[Tink]

That's my main complaint about "today's" food and wine festival. It used to be quite authentic. Now, it's so bland as to be boring. The selections from the countries are more "American concept" than true representations of that given country's foods. How many people in Poland want to be defined by pierogies and keilbasa?

Escargot are lovely! They taste a bit like a mushroom, and have the same consistency of a largish button mushroom. It's really the way they are prepared that determines how nice they are. Plain they are quite boring. Done with loads of garlic and tucked in little (think tiny!) brioche they are divine!

You'll have to try one Piglet! (Hey, we agree on the BC and Stormalong Bay)!

[Beccaberry]

But I am salivating just looking at all the yummy food there - what day are we doing this, Pina Coladans?

Um. Every day? Actually I do think we have it on the itinerary, I just can't remember which day...I'll have to check...