Eating around the world with Jason and Chelsi w/ pics!

[kabuki]

Hello! My DH husband and I got back from the Food Fest Last week. Again it was wonderful. This is our 6th Food and Wine Fest and we will be back next year. We live in Southern California and came back to evacuations but we are two of the lucky ones and are home and now can do our reviews for you. I want to thank everyone who puts reviews on here. We use them and feel like if ever vacation was this easy to plan from all the help on the DIS it would be great!

We have every booth coverd so this will come in parts. We also went to two PFTS and the South African Wine Event that we will send of in other reviews!

Jason's and my goal was to try everything and with only two people for 8 days and 3 for the last two we did really well!





It is a tradition to start at Mexico! Why???!!! One word!
CHILAQUILES!
One of the few food items that doesn't change every year and they are GREAT!

Then comes Spain!
We had the Spicy Calamari Stew and Saffron Rice
We both liked this A LOT!

We had the Bodegas Julian Chivite Gran Feudo Rose with this and loved it!



After this is Ireland! How they come up with the way the "world" is set up I'll never know!
Even in my crazy non-geography head it doesn't make sense but hey, it's fun!

We had We had Boxty with bacon and a big slab of butter, if it wasn't 95 with 95% humidity I could have eaten this all day -POTATOES, BACON AND BUTTER ! YUM!

We also had a Guinness or as I call it Roast Beef in a glass!

And the Frozen Bailey's Irish Coffee - you had to watch this - I could have been out with two of these in the heat but they were so GOOD!
No pic sorry!



Who knew China was next to Ireland?? DISNEY!

This was called Chicken Sha Cha - I give it a thumbs down- just teriyaki chicken sticks!

I remember it being better last year! I had an ice tea here!

India was next!

The Curried Butternut Soup is Great and the Samosa was OK!@
We tried a Sauvignon Blanc from India that was sweet but good!

No soup picture!

WOW! Then we find ourselves in South Africa!

Durban Chicken - Again another Chicken Stick - just ok!

Bobotie - Which Jason loved but Dani makes homemade and I wouldn't even try this!

The wine was called Bored Doe and it was actually good for the crazy name! And an ok Sav. Blanc!

 

[Robert P]

thank you for posting the booth reviews

 

[Ciciwoowoo]

Very nice pictures!

I'm very glad that your home was OK. My heart goes out to everyone in CA.

 

[kabuki]

Very nice pictures!

I'm very glad that your home was OK. My heart goes out to everyone in CA.

Thank you!

 

[Minniespal]

Enjoyed reading your reviews, thanks for posting.

 

[kabuki]

Then we moved to Turkey!

We really liked everything at this booth!
The Manti w/yogurt sauce was great. It was like rich dumplings filled with I believe beef.

The Meze
Trio of App. with an eggplant hummus and cucumber salad

Pistachio Baklava - DH loved this!

We also had Kavaklidere Selection White
It was OK!

Germany is the next booth!

As you can see DH very excited about this one! It's a little ugly!

The Spaetzle with Mushrooms
DH loved this and again if it wasn't 90 outside I might have liked it more!

Sausage and sauerkraut
Nothing special

We also had the Blue State Riesling and the Essence Riesling
both very good!


Next up it Italy!
Italy usually bores me. They have mediocre food that you can get at home
but this year I was surprised that it all tasted fresher and more flavorful!

Lasagna Al Forno

Pizza

and Cecchi Chianti -we both liked this wine a lot!

Next was Poland - I love Pierogies so I was happy to be here!
We have been told they changed the recipe for them and they are a bit more heavy I think this year but still good! Potatoes and Dough! YUM!

We also had the Cline Zinfandel which we have had before and like!


More to come!

 

[wld4mky]

Lovin your report and pictures , thanks for that!!
I will deff. have to go one year to check this event out

 

[kabuki]

I am back!

We just had a few sprinkles in near by areas so we here in California are happy! Any rain would do!

The next booth is Hops and Barley!

We had the New England Crab Cake and Lentil salad.
We both liked this a lot. Not the best crab cake in the world but for a booth pretty darn good! I liked the salad also!

Sam Adams Boston glazed chicken drum.
The first thing my DH asked was "what part of the chicken did that come from." The whole thing was strange and didn't have much flavor!

We also tried the 12th year ann. Ale and the Octoberfest! Both we really liked!

Then was the USA Booth!

We stayed away from the Lobster roll because of last year, price and reviews on the DIS! So we had the BBQ rib and slaw! It was great and we had on our Anniversary pins so they gave us two ribs! SO NICE!

We also had the BV Napa Cab! Always great!

Then we went to Japan!

I love Sushi and we eat it a lot so we ordered the Crispy Sukiayki Roll since it was the most unusual. It was different. Sweet grilled meat, I liked it but wouldn't go out again for it! Tha sake was great! Ozeki Dry! YUM!

Next - Australia!

We had the LAMP CHOP! We could eat dozens of these. I always get the sauce on the side. It is a bit sweet but the lamb is great.

Jason had the Macadamia nut and chocolate bar! He LOVED IT and went back for more. I thought it was a Toll House cookie bar with macadamias!
He says I'm lame!

We also had the Wolf Blass Shiraz, this is a great wine and we love the different wines from this company!

 

[my3disneygirls]

Thanks for the great pics. Glad to hear your home is safe and sound.

 

[msteddom]

Thanks for the great reviews! I grew up in Scripps Ranch, so I;ve been watching the fire news closely. Glad to hear things are okay for you.

Melissa

 

[kabuki]

Thanks for the great reviews! I grew up in Scripps Ranch, so I;ve been watching the fire news closely. Glad to hear things are okay for you.

Melissa

Thank you! We are one of the lucky ones!

 

[Ms. Heimlich]

We visited a number of the food & wine booths while we were at WDW and it's nice to see some of the items we DID NOT get reviewed... I want to see what we missed or not!

Great job. Keep it up!

Ms. H

 

[Uncleromulus]

Enjoying reading these reviews--never been to F&W ourselves.

 

[kabuki]

Good Morning and Happy Monday!
Here with my coffee ready to look at food! Hope you are!
Thank you all for the nice responses! This is my first big report and
it's nice people like them!


So I think we are at Morocco!

We had several Ketas and Mint Ice Tea! I love these. They are like little burgers with hummus. The meat is always tasty and the smell is fantastic!

Dh also had the Walnut Baklava and said it was better last year, it was too oily this time.

and the Guerrouane Red that was good but some booths don't keep there wines chilled and this was really warm when we had it. Would like to trying it when it was warm and I was sitting in A/C!



Then they had the big Oklahoma area.

At the Rock Diner DH had the Peach Buckle which I thought was dry and flavorless and again he liked.

He also had the Okalahoma Chardonnay which we each took a sip and dumped.

Then we went to Three Sisters Cafe and had the Seared Buffalo with creamed onions.

This was great! We both loved it and had it again later on!
We also had the sweet tea and I am from California and when they mean sweet they mean sweet!
The girl working the counter said people from the south actually will ask for more sugar to add and it's not sweet enough! I love that and I have a friend who would be right there with the packets adding more!


We are off to France!

We had the Goat Cheese Quiche with Sun Dried tomatoes!
This was good and better then last year!

The wine is Haut-Mondian Bordeaux rouge and was great!

The next booth we had more from on the trip then anything!
The Ice Tea Booth in England!
We tried them all but the Lady Gray was the Favorite if the week!
And no Sugar!

 

[kabuki]

OK! Time to finish this!

Great Beers of the world!
This never changes but being the troopers that we are every booth was
done!

Jason had a Bass Ale!

New Zealand was next!

We had the Marinated Seafood Salad which was very good!

The Lamb Slider, better then last year but Disney needs to work on the bread! Dry, Dry, Dry!

Also the Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc! This was Wonderful!



Canada was next!

OK! Sometimes I can't get near this booth because the Salmon smell is so pungent but this year they had it under control. We have had the soup so many times that we went with the Salmon and Arugula Salad!

The salmon was good but do you have to put maple on everything? I am sure that when you go to Canada that your Salad in not covered in Maple syrup!
We had the Mission Hills Chardonnay to drink and Jason really liked it!



Greece was next and I am again disappointed in the choices. I love Greek food and the Greek Salad was tasty but they need to expand the choices here.

The Boutari Moschofilero was nice and crisp!


Off to Peru!

This I think could be my new favorite if the booths!
Arroz con Pato
Shredded duck with Saffron Rice was GREAT! We loved it and got our own plates later that week!

The wine was Tacama Gran Tinto and it wasn't memorable.



Dominican Republic!

We didn't care for any of this and I had high hopes!

The Mofungo was dry and flavorless

the Smashed Veg. with Plantains was too sweet!

We also had the Mango Daiquiri from the Rum booth!

It was good but not great!

Argentina!

We did the Empanada and the Beef with Chimichurri Sauce!

We liked both but not great! The beef was tuff and the Empanada was better then last year but not great. We also had the Bordega Cabernet and loved it!

Then Came Chile!

We had the Shrimp with Salsa!

This was really good and fresh

The wine was Santa Rita Chardonnay! Very good!


DRUM ROLL!
LAST BOOTH!

Champagne!
White Star and Truffles!!! How can you go wrong!?

Thanks for making the trip with us! We had a blast and I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the report! I'm off to walk 50 miles to get ready for next year!

 

[DLo]

Great report. It looks like ya'll (I am from the South but don't like sweet tea) had a great time.

 

[kabuki]

Great report. It looks like ya'll (I am from the South but don't like sweet tea) had a great time.

We did have a great time!
Happy I am not the only one about the Sweet Tea but I am sure we eat thing out here everyone else thinks we are crazy for doing!

 

[tksbaskets]

What a wonderful trip report!! Just the right blend of photos and prose. I was laughing so loud about the Oklahoma wine - don't think they are known for their fine vinyards.

Thanks for taking the time to share. I know how long it takes. Now I feel like I've been to the food and wine festival and can better plan my own trip in the future.

KUDOS

 

[kabuki]

What a wonderful trip report!! Just the right blend of photos and prose. I was laughing so loud about the Oklahoma wine - don't think they are known for their fine vinyards.

Thanks for taking the time to share. I know how long it takes. Now I feel like I've been to the food and wine festival and can better plan my own trip in the future.

KUDOS

Thank you so much for the nice compliment
Poor Oklahoma and the wine!! It scared me!
But your right, I have never seen a grape vine in Oklahoma! !

 

[disneymotherof3]

Thank you so much for the reports! DH and I will be there next Monday for 4 days. I hope that's going to be enough. I was happy to hear that your home was OK. We lived in RB 2 years ago and LOVED it! We're hoping to go back soon. It all depends on the Navy!

Anyway, I hadn't heard about the Frozen Bailey's Coffee! I can't wait to get that! This will be our 1st F&W so we're super excited and ready to eat and drink! Thanks again!