Aliki
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Note: For the most part, I only took photos of the kiosks that we stopped at to sample food, so there are lot of other stations that are not photographed because we were either too full, were going to eat there during the day (Canada and Germany) or had tried their food many, many times before (e.g. Singapore, Turkey, China, etc)
We started on the right, so the first kiosk we hit was Poland. They featured kielbasa and potato pierogies with sour cream, cabbage roll with spiced beef, and mazurka. We tried the potato pierogies and their Miod Pitny honey wine-- it was delicious and we were hooked!
Next stop was France kiosk that featured: escargot provencal, quiche lorraine and chocolate creme brulee. DH tried the escargot and said it was very butter-y and cooked just right. I had the creme brulee and it was fabulous. Not too sweet and just right consistency.
Morroco and Meditteranean kiosk had hummus, lemon chicken, kafta kebab and pistachio baklava. For some reason, the items on the tray were messed up when I took the photo and I didn't realize it at the time. We tried the beef kebabs that came with some rice pilaf and it was so tender! Meat melted in your mouth.
India kiosk featured samosa, red curry chicken, and kheer. I have to admit it was a disappointment. They toned down the spiciness of it, I guess to accomodate people who don't appreciate the authentic fire in their mouths, so the curry chicken came out bland and the samosa was just so-so. Crispy, but bland, which is not at all how it's supposed to taste.
We didn't try any food at the Japan kiosk (I had sushi the night before at California Grill) but the plum wine is delicious! The moment we got back, we bought a bottle. It is my new favorite alcohol!
USA kiosk had quite a lot of delicious looking items such as cheddar carb cakes with cranberry relish, lobster corn chowder and cranberry orange cobbler but we were getting stuffed and wanted to save room for stuff we hadn't tried before...
Italy kiosk had sicilian pepperoni pizza, baked ziti carbonara with pancetta and chocolate covered cannoli. I know what I said earlier-- but the chocolate cannoli was too tempting, so I tried it. MmMMmM....Other than a few choice Italian pastry stores in New York (e.g. Ferrara's), this was a really good cannoli.
Chile kiosk: paila marina and protontos granados. We didn't try either but we did stop to try the Casillero del Diablo Carmenere wine, which according to DH, was wonderful.
At the Puerto Rico kiosk, we found Arroz con Pollo and Guava turnovers. I went for the guava turnovers (can you tell I have a sweet tooth yet?) while DH sampled their Buccoo Bay Lemon Lager. It didn't taste like lemon at all, but rather a fizzy green tea lager. It was too sweet for DH, who doesn't like sweets at all. I thought it tasted pretty good.
We ended up spending around $40 for the day, and were completely stuffed with what we had! We also had stopped for lunch at Biergarten for all-you-can-eat buffet, and had dinner at Le Cellier Steakhouse, which might account for why you had to wheel us out after the whole pigging out fiasco!!
We were there on Wednesday October 19 and the crowds were really decent. You didn't have long lines (maybe 2-3 people in front of you), you could move easily, and we had ADRs ahead of time, so we dont know what the lines were to get table-service if you didn't have reservations. I also got carded for alcohol, oh, say, 15 times, which was funny the first few times, then after a while I just started whipping it out so fast after the words dropped from their mouths that they were a little stunned that I knew what they were going to ask. (I am older than 25, by the way). We had a great time, nevertheless, and after such a great first-time experience, we can't wait to go back!
