The Unexpectedly Fancy Foods You Can Get At Epcot This Winter
Walt Disney World may offer its parkgoers iconic casual snacks like awe-inspiringly large turkey legs and magically delicious Mickey-shaped pretzels, but it seems the mouse isn't afraid to show up and show out with his cuisine every once in a while. And although dining experiences like Cinderella's Royal Table offer guests the chance to eat high-class eats like Sustainable Catch En Papillote and Chickpea Panisse, this winter, Disney Food Blog reports Epcot will turn into an epicenter of fanciful dining.
The park's fancy food makeover is all thanks to its annual International Festival of the Arts. Taking place from January 13 to February 20, while Walt Disney World reports guests will have the chance to enjoy live music and acrobatics performances during the celebration, fans will also be able to partake in savoring the tastiest arts of all — the culinary. Throughout the festival, booth vendors (aka Food Studios) offering gourmet treats will be scattered throughout Epcot. And while there's going to be a lot of mouth-watering fine food finds, here are two booths that may very well offer Disney World's most highbrow eats.
Eat some familiar favorites in reverse at the 'Deconstruction Dish'
Let's start off with a food booth that's literally blowing our minds. Called the "Deconstruction Dish," according to WDW News Today, this vendor is located at the start of Epcot's World Showcase (if you didn't know, Eater reports a large portion of Epcot is made up of miniature versions of 11 different countries). And, as its name suggests, the "Deconstruction Dish" is all about making "classic dishes fragmented and presented as never before."
For $7.00, at this booth, you can order dinner in the form of a deconstructed BLT featuring pork belly, a soft-poached egg, onion bread pudding, watercress espuma, and tomato jam. As for a side, $6.50 will get you the Deconstructed French Onion Soup, which is composed of beef broth ravioli, gruyere cream, onion bread pudding, and onion textures. And for dessert, you can experience a deconstructed Key lime pie made with flexible key lime curd, "Key lime" mousse, graham cracker cake, and meringues for $6.25.
Voted as one of the best food booths at the International Festival of the Arts by Touring Plans, the outlet reports the Deconstructed BLT's egg is perfectly poached, the beef broth in the Deconstructed Onion French Soup's ravioli blends effortlessly with the dish's onion bread, and the Deconstructed Meringues' mixed textures make it "as scrumptious as it is pretty." And if this booth's eats don't impress you, the next one's upscale options surely will.
Get a decadent taste of Canada at 'Gourmet Landscapes'
According to Disney Food Blog, Epcot explorers can find a booth serving up some seriously high-class eats in its mini-Canada. Selling food and beverages "artfully composed with the finest ingredients from the land," this vendor isn't called "Gourmet Landscapes" for nothing.
If tartare wasn't fancy enough on its own, "Gourmet Landscapes" serves Blood Orange-Braised Beet Tartare. Sold with a side of mustard vinaigrette, pickled clamshell, mushrooms, and golden beets, you can score this upscale meal for a measly $5.50. And once you're done with that dish, don't put down your pinky finger yet. You still need to try the Roasted Bone Marrow with onion marmalade, pickled mushrooms, and petite lettuce for $10.50. And, last but not least, be sure to save enough of your appetite and $9.75 to taste test the Wild Mushroom Risotto served with a side of aged Parmesan, truffle shavings, and zinfandel reduction.
While some of these options are more expensive than the "Deconstruction Dish," according to Disney Food Blog, they are well worth the price. The magazine reported that the Wild Mushroom Risotto offers a punch of mushroom flavor that pairs deliciously with the Parmesan, the Blood Orange-Braised Beet Tartare features a perfect blend of spicy and sweet flavor, and the Roasted Bone Marrow's distinctive taste explodes in your mouth. So you'll want to relish every bite before the International Festival of the Arts comes to an end.