Food and Wine fans... what are some items that you would NOT recommend?

[Tonyz]

Is there anything on the menus that you've had before that while it may look good or is popular is not worth the money?

 

[loves to dive]

You are going to get loads of different answers. Personally, I'm not a fan of the cheddar soup in Canada but it seems to be pretty popular. Lots of people didn't like the loaded Mac and Cheese (can't remember the booth) but I loved it. I'm not a huge fan of the heavier food because it is a tad warm during F&W but I can't think of a single thing I took one bite of said "ewwww nasty" and threw it away. There were a few things I only ate a few bites of because they were just o.k. and I didn't want to get too full.

 

[Minnesota!]

I didn't love the Kahlua (sp) pork at the Hawaii booth. And I usually love that stuff...

 

[LongLiveRafiki]

You are going to get loads of different answers. Personally, I'm not a fan of the cheddar soup in Canada but it seems to be pretty popular. Lots of people didn't like the loaded Mac and Cheese (can't remember the booth) but I loved it. I'm not a huge fan of the heavier food because it is a tad warm during F&W but I can't think of a single thing I took one bite of said "ewwww nasty" and threw it away. There were a few things I only ate a few bites of because they were just o.k. and I didn't want to get too full.

I have a question on the cheddar soup since you've had it. Is there bacon in it? Thanks!

 

[loves to dive]

Not that I remember.

 

[karrit2000]

I thought the Mai Tai at the Hawaii booth was awful. Also didn't care for the Caipirhina drink. As far as food the Cheese Bread thing at the Brazil booth I found bleech and couldn't finish it. Never liked the Cheese Samplers that had goat cheeses & Blue cheeses but it looks like they have something different this year. For the most part if I don't think I'll like it I won't even buy it.

 

[Doug S]

Did not like two of the most expensive food items: lobster roll in America and filet mignon in Canada. Both were way overpriced IMO. I would save my money for when I could order either of them at a restaurant as a real entrée. Everything else I had was pretty stellar, but I used EasyWDW's ratings as a guide to avoid wasting my money.

I would also not recommend any of the cocktails. Way overpriced. Same goes with the wine & beer. You're better off ordering from one of the permanent drink stands around WS. I know a lot of people like the booth serving sizes because they can pace themselves easier, but as a heavyweight I'm more concerned about how much I'm spending per ounce. I still tried a few of the beers at the booths (mainly the Craft Beers pavilion), but only because they were hard to get outside the festival.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I would also not recommend any of the cocktails. Way overpriced.

They might be overpriced, but I've had MANY that were quite tasty, so worth it to us in this context of F&W.

 

[loves to dive]

Oh I just thought of one, I splurged on the Don Perignon and took one sip and threw it out. I'm not a huge champagne fan but can and do occasionally drink a glass of Korbel brut but I just wasn't feeling it and even though that sucker cost thirty something dollars, I wasn't going to drink something I just wasn't enjoying

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Pretty much anything in the Italy booth. The steak at Canada exceeded the steak they served at Le Cellier.

 

[Doug S]

Pretty much anything in the Italy booth.

All but one of the Italy booth food items from last year got chucked out. Hopefully this year's items look less like Stouffer's.

 

[Octoberbaby]

I agree with the cheddar soup, cheese bread, and pork slider. Yuk! Although, I remembered the pork slider being better several years ago...or maybe I was drunk, who knows, but it was awful last year.

Over the years I've found that Mexico, France, and the newer booths closer to Future World have the best items.

 

[Pkltm]

I love the cheddar cheese soup! Found the brazilian cheese bread to be blah, the lamington cake to be not worth the effort.

 

[JerseyJanice]

@loves to dive LOL! I would've been happy to take that glass of Dom off your hands.

I got a nasty, stinky sushi roll from the Japan kiosk. This was the day before the parks closed for Hurricane Matthew, and their refrigerator was on the fritz? IDK, but I won't be buying sushi there again this year.

We loved the jalapeño margarita (I am seriously bummed it's not coming back). It was a decent sized serving and we used the sampler tickets to buy them, so I felt it was a good deal too.

No one in my group liked the pineapple margarita though, probably because of the mezcal which I guess is an acquired taste.

I can't think of anything else I disliked or wouldn't recommend, but that said, I think it behooves you to take a good look at what people are getting as they come away from the exit. You can see how much of a portion you'll get, and you can sometimes judge how fresh the food will be based on its look.

 

[Tonyz]

Pretty much anything in the Italy booth. The steak at Canada exceeded the steak they served at Le Cellier.

This year there is a lamb chop in Italy that sounds great, but yeah if they had the same menu from last year I wouldn't be getting any of it.

 

[DisneyHardin]

We also didn't love the cheese soup - the pretzel roll was yummy, but the soup was just okay. We had a baked pasta thing from Italy last year that was gross, but I don't see it on the menu again this year so thats good.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

None of the stuff in Italy looked good to us last year so we avoided it -- sounds like we made the right call! I did notice the menu change there -- some sounds better -- I'll wait for reviews.

 

[loves to dive]

There were a few booths that nothing looked good to me (and I did like JerseyJanice suggested and watched people buying things first) so I had to order a drink or dessert just because I was trying to get something from every booth. I found most of the desserts o.k. not great but o.k. I did love the Belgian waffle with choc. sauce though.

 

[Octoberbaby]

No one in my group liked the pineapple margarita though, probably because of the mezcal which I guess is an acquired taste.

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Yes! I had my husband take it back to ask if he could change it for another margarita. It was awful. I really wasn't expecting them to actually do it, but they did. Apparently it wasn't very popular with anyone.

 

[JerseyJanice]

Yes! I had my husband take it back to ask if he could change it for another margarita. It was awful. I really wasn't expecting them to actually do it, but they did. Apparently it wasn't very popular with anyone.

Hopefully, this year's pomegranate and prickly pear margaritas are on the rocks. There are plenty of other frozen drink choices, and those slushies from a machine are never as strong as I like.