There were several fantastic new dishes at this year's EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival alongside a few returning delights. These are a few of my favorites.
The Corned Beef Corner Route from Flavors of Fire is surprisingly delicious. The combination of potato chips and cheese cards topped with corned beef, pickled onions, and beer cheese fondue was perfectly seasoned and balanced. I will admit that I didn't eat the onions (I'm really not a fan), but my sister said they were delightful.
The S’mores Whoopie Pie-lon, also from Flavors of Fire, is a chocolate, marshmallow, bacon lovers dream. The chefs use bacon grease in the smoked chocolate cake, which tempers the sweetness of the marshmallow and creates an unexpectedly fantastic dessert.
The Crispy Barbecue Pork Rinds with Pimento Cheese from the Swanky Saucy Swine were spicy and crunchy, with the best pimento cheese I've ever tasted. They were also seriously hot after I'd eaten a few. The heat really sneaks up on you, but they're really quite good.
The "Le Cellier" Wild Mushroom Beef Filet Mignon with Truffle-Butter Sauce from the Canada Marketplace is my favorite way to start the day at the Festival. The beef is tender and juicy and the wild mushrooms and truffle-butter sauce are the perfect accompaniment. This is a truly decadent dish.
The Canadian Cheddar and Bacon Soup, also from the Canada Marketplace, is Bean's sole reason for going to the Festival each year. It seems to be a neverending goal to eat as much of the soup as possible. I will say though, it is actually delicious. It's cheesy and bacony with the perfect combination of seasonings.
And finally, two beverages from Appleseed Orchard: the Frozen Apple Pie and the Appleblossom Sky. The Frozen Apple Pie is layers of apple pie filling, cinnamon apple slush and graham cracker crumbs. It's not too sweet, very apple-y, and utterly delicious. The Appleblossom Sky is a mixture of Fanta Apple, ginger beer, and apple brandy topped with mini marshmallows drizzled in applejack brandy barrel aged maple syrup. It was unexpectedly amazing. The maple syrup and marshmallows add just the right level of sweetness as counterpoint to the spice of the ginger beer. It's a very well rounded drink and it comes in the cutest plastic Moscow Mule style mug.
So there you have it: a few of my favorites from the 2021 EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival. Which ones are your favorites?
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