Stringbean&Wingnut
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How we went to Epcot, I have no idea. Lets say Friendship Boat. But over to Epcot we did go our goal for that day: eat as much at the Food and Wine festival as we could possibly stand to, despite having eaten breakfast just a few hours earlier, and having a dinner ADR on the schedule.
Lets go!
Our first stop was the Canada booth, we figured that it had some of the more potential to get crowded later on. Here we shared the spicy chicken sausage with polenta.
This was unbelievably good, the sausage had a nice smoky flavor that balanced the flavor of the polenta. The onions were balsamic-y, which we usually don't like, but thought it was very good.
Next up, Hawaii. Pork slider, shared.
Eh, disappointing. It was okay. The pork was pretty bland, it needed more sauce and flavor.
It was around this point that the early mornings were starting to catch up with DF. He briefly detoured to the coffee and espresso booth (the one that Im pretty sure is there year-round), and got a frozen cappuccino.
DF: Actually pretty good, it was exactly what I needed to not fall asleep. The sugar and coffee didn't separate like Dunkin' Donuts' tends to.
Re-energized, we went to Argentina, where I got the beef skewer, and DF went with the lamb.
Beef skewer:
De-skewered:
The beef was great, it had a really nice flavor, and I loved the chimichurri sauce. It was a little heavy on the sauce, but it was far from unpleasant.
Lamb:
DF: The lamb itself, sans the sauce, was good, well-cooked. It had a nice crisp from the grill. I didn't like the mint sauce, it was too minty and garlicy. The lamb was almost like a vessel for all of the sauce.
We then continued strolling around the booths, not much catching our eye until America, where DF got the lobster roll.
DF: It was good, but I didn't care for the dill mayonnaise. It was a healthy portion of lobster, I would have preferred just the buttered roll and lobster.
We then decided that we HAD to pay our friends at the Florida Local booth a visit, and got the arepa to share. (Although, since we're all friends here, I'll admit that I accidentally dropped the first one that DF got for us, and when he went back to get another, they were so excited that we enjoyed the first one so much that he went along with it and told them that I refused to share with him
)
This was very good, with a cornmeal pastry and a nice meat filling. The corn was very vinegar-y, which I didn't care for, but DF enjoyed.
Wingnut, at this point, declared himself done. I was pretty full, but knew I absolutely could not visit the Food and Wine festival without trying one particular item: the Belgian waffle.
SO SO SO SO SO GOOD. I offered some to DF, but he declined, which I was completely ok with! The waffle was nice and light, and the berry sauce was sweet and wonderful.
At some point, we ran into my parents, because where else would we all be besides Epcot? We sat around Norway for awhile, where I learned that they do not sell the $2.50 bottles of water that are sold elsewhere in Disney (Dasani?), but only the fancy Voss water for a bit higher of a price (I want to say $3.50).
But hey, doesnt it look classy?
By this point, I was pretty full, and asked DF if he really wanted to go to our ADR for dinner that night. His answer was a resounding yes (I guess he was the smart one to skip the waffle, but hey, no regrets here!), so I knew I couldnt try to back out of going now, since he was so excited. Plus, I was still very interested to visit this restaurant, as it was totally new to us. We started to make our way out of Epcot when something I had never seen in person happened.
Oh hey, Illuminations globe!!
While the globe kind of is the star of the show, these barges are super-important too.
...and now back to the regularly-scheduled walkway.
The entire moving the globe procedure takes only around 15 minutes, so we were back on our way after that, heading to the POFQ bus stop. We arrived back at the room, and packed up our things for a bit before heading out to our last dinner of the trip!
How we went to Epcot, I have no idea. Lets say Friendship Boat. But over to Epcot we did go our goal for that day: eat as much at the Food and Wine festival as we could possibly stand to, despite having eaten breakfast just a few hours earlier, and having a dinner ADR on the schedule.
Lets go!
Our first stop was the Canada booth, we figured that it had some of the more potential to get crowded later on. Here we shared the spicy chicken sausage with polenta.
This was unbelievably good, the sausage had a nice smoky flavor that balanced the flavor of the polenta. The onions were balsamic-y, which we usually don't like, but thought it was very good.
Next up, Hawaii. Pork slider, shared.
Eh, disappointing. It was okay. The pork was pretty bland, it needed more sauce and flavor.
It was around this point that the early mornings were starting to catch up with DF. He briefly detoured to the coffee and espresso booth (the one that Im pretty sure is there year-round), and got a frozen cappuccino.
DF: Actually pretty good, it was exactly what I needed to not fall asleep. The sugar and coffee didn't separate like Dunkin' Donuts' tends to.
Re-energized, we went to Argentina, where I got the beef skewer, and DF went with the lamb.
Beef skewer:
De-skewered:
The beef was great, it had a really nice flavor, and I loved the chimichurri sauce. It was a little heavy on the sauce, but it was far from unpleasant.
Lamb:
DF: The lamb itself, sans the sauce, was good, well-cooked. It had a nice crisp from the grill. I didn't like the mint sauce, it was too minty and garlicy. The lamb was almost like a vessel for all of the sauce.
We then continued strolling around the booths, not much catching our eye until America, where DF got the lobster roll.
DF: It was good, but I didn't care for the dill mayonnaise. It was a healthy portion of lobster, I would have preferred just the buttered roll and lobster.
We then decided that we HAD to pay our friends at the Florida Local booth a visit, and got the arepa to share. (Although, since we're all friends here, I'll admit that I accidentally dropped the first one that DF got for us, and when he went back to get another, they were so excited that we enjoyed the first one so much that he went along with it and told them that I refused to share with him
)This was very good, with a cornmeal pastry and a nice meat filling. The corn was very vinegar-y, which I didn't care for, but DF enjoyed.
Wingnut, at this point, declared himself done. I was pretty full, but knew I absolutely could not visit the Food and Wine festival without trying one particular item: the Belgian waffle.
SO SO SO SO SO GOOD. I offered some to DF, but he declined, which I was completely ok with! The waffle was nice and light, and the berry sauce was sweet and wonderful.
At some point, we ran into my parents, because where else would we all be besides Epcot? We sat around Norway for awhile, where I learned that they do not sell the $2.50 bottles of water that are sold elsewhere in Disney (Dasani?), but only the fancy Voss water for a bit higher of a price (I want to say $3.50).
But hey, doesnt it look classy?
By this point, I was pretty full, and asked DF if he really wanted to go to our ADR for dinner that night. His answer was a resounding yes (I guess he was the smart one to skip the waffle, but hey, no regrets here!), so I knew I couldnt try to back out of going now, since he was so excited. Plus, I was still very interested to visit this restaurant, as it was totally new to us. We started to make our way out of Epcot when something I had never seen in person happened.
Oh hey, Illuminations globe!!
While the globe kind of is the star of the show, these barges are super-important too.
...and now back to the regularly-scheduled walkway.
The entire moving the globe procedure takes only around 15 minutes, so we were back on our way after that, heading to the POFQ bus stop. We arrived back at the room, and packed up our things for a bit before heading out to our last dinner of the trip!
Also, what was served with the beef skewer in Argentina? Looks like mashed potatoes. No matter, it all looks so good. I can say that despite dinner in a few hours I would have gotten the belgian waffle. Mmmmm! 
VICTORY.
Bummer about your memory card though. We always have a couple back up cards, and DH transfers pictures to his laptop every night because we take a TON of pictures. And I would literally just lay down on the ground and cry my eyes out if I ever saw that message on our camera! 
