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Lettuce Wrap with Roast Pork and Kimchi Slaw – Food and Wine Must Tries

Lettuce Wrap with Roast Pork and Kimchi Slaw $3.25

I’m kind of obsessed with lettuce wraps so of course we sashay over to the South Korea booth to try this one! I didn’t know what Kimchi Slaw was exactly so I looked it up and it appears Kimchi is a type of fermented cabbage which apparently is delicious (we’ll be the judge). Between the Kimchi and lettuce leaf lies roasted pulled pork (big fan and hoping for flavor-packed pork). All of this is topped by what looks like some dull mayo squirted on top but we shall see and who knows, I may ask for it without the white condiment!

Lobster and Seafood Fisherman’s Pie – Food and Wine Must Tries

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Lobster and Seafood Fisherman’s Pie – $6.00

We have to head over to the Ireland booth and pay homage to our Irish ancestors! This “pie” combines lobster with other various seafood (haven’t heard much on what it is exactly) with a creamy sauce and topped with real creamy mashed potatoes. Sounds like some comfort food if I’ve ever heard it!

While we’re in Ireland we might as well try the super popular Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Bailey’s Ganache – $3.25 I mean, if we have to…

Post Edit: Sad news. Ireland’s kitchen was in-operable the day we were there so we were not able to try the Fisherman’s Pie or the Lava Cake! So we took ourselves over to the United Kingdom pavilion to try (for the first time!) some fish and chips from the Yorkshire County Fish Shop! We shared this little snack of two pieces of battered fish with a nice pile of “chips” all served in “newspaper!”

Escargots Persillade en Brioche – Food and Wine Must Tries

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Escargots Persillade en Brioche $5.25

Ok, I’ve said I’m an adventurous eater, so I guess I gotta prove it with Escargots from the France booth! I’ve never had these little shelled snail creatures before so now’s my chance. They come in what looks like a brown creamy garlicy (guessing) sauce and inside a tiny brioche bread bowl. This clever disguise is sure to fool the pickiest of eaters! Can’t wait to add escargot to my list of weird things I’ve eaten!

Hurricane Class 5, Florida White Sangria – Food and Wine Must Tries

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Florida Orange Grove Hurricane Class 5, Florida White Sangria $3.25

Found in the NEW Florida booth, this is a blend of several Florida Orange Grove wines and is reportedly uniquely refreshing as well as their best selling wine! I can imagine wanting this after going on one of my favorite rides, Soarin’, since the part where you fly over the orange groves is my absolute favorite part! For those of you not aware, Soarin’ gives the feeling of a hang gliding experience and the orange groves part comes complete with the distinct scent of fresh oranges. Love that, and I think I will equally love this sangria!

Top Ten Must Tries at Food and Wine

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Our Walt Disney World trip is QUICKLY approaching! We could not be more excited! We planned this trip around Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival as I’ve never been (insert shocked face here) and Mark has been dying to share it with me. Always having been an adventurous eater, nothing is off limits; I will try it all! But with there being 29 unique booths (24 countries or regions and 5 specialty items or beverages) this year, it will be quite the challenge to try something from each; challenge accepted! We will check in at the Food and Wine Welcome Center when we first arrive to get our wrist band cards (basically a gift card on a coil cord-apparently the easiest way to pay when you have no extra hands) and our passports! Each booth we go to will stamp our passports as if we have visited that country! I love this concept and it just makes me WANT to go to all the booths so I can collect all the stamps (smart marketing, Disney).

Since I couldn’t possibly describe to you all the wonderful things I’m planning on trying I’ve created a Top Ten Must Try list and in the next ten days (which just happen to be the same number of days leading up to our trip!) I will share them all with you. When I get back I will give you a full review of each! Warning: mouth watering may take place while reading these posts.

Disney World, Here We Come!

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5 weeks until Walt Disney World!!! Let the countdown begin (as if we hadn’t already been counting)! Mark and I have been in planning overload mode. Meticulously planning every day of our trip and even going so far as to plan “relax” time! Yes, we have an excel sheet of our plans; where we will go at different times of each day, dining reservations, which parks have extra magic hours when, projected crowd levels for each park each day. Yep, we’re those people. Not ashamed, just prepared! Here’s a quick rundown of the experience highlights we will have during our trip!

Dinner at Kona Café in the Polynesian Resort on the first night before heading over to Magic Kingdom for the Main street Electric Parade (a fantastic nighttime parade featuring all the favorite Disney characters) and Wishes firework show over Cinderella’s Castle!

First morning we will monorail to the Grand Floridian Resort to have a gourmet breakfast of possibly Lobster Eggs Benedict or Maple Vanilla French Toast at the Grand Floridian Café!

The International Food and Wine Festival in Epcot will be our host many times during this trip as there are 30 countries for which our goal is to sample something from each; impossible to do in one trip!

Who doesn’t love them some dueling pianos?! I do! Mark’s never been to a dueling piano bar but lucky for him there’s one on Disney property! We will have a fun-filled night at Jellyrolls at the Boardwalk! Can’t wait to request “Mmmbop” and “Man or a Muppet!”

Drive-ins are becoming a thing of the past, right? Nope! There’s one right in the middle of Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant and we’re going there for lunch! We’ll be treated to some 1950’s finest movie trailers while dining in retro “cars!”

We’ll have a “free day” when we’ll be stopping by the Festival of the Masters, which is an annual outdoor art festival in Downtown Disney! We’ll possibly squeeze in a game of mini golf or boat ride too that morning!

Our BIG highlight will be our last night in the parks at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party! This is a special event for which Magic Kingdom is closed but to those with event tickets! We are SO excited to see “snow” fall in Main Street while nibbling on cookies and sipping hot cocoa and having our first taste of the Christmas season!

Just a sampling, I’m sure we’ll have more surprises than even we know. Once that Disney magic starts, it never stops!