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5 Delicious Dishes To Try at the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

March 29, 2018 | blogging, dining, Disney, Travel

Disclosure: I attended an event at Walt Disney World for the 25th anniversary of the flower and garden festival, however all opinions are my own.

The 25th anniversary of the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival is in full swing, and I was fortunate enough to get to taste some more delicious dishes at an event last week. (If you are not yet convinced you want to go to the festival check out my other post after reading this one!)

5 delicious dishes to try at Disney's EPCOT international flower and garden festival this year. So many outdoor kitchens for the 25th anniversary!

As I mentioned, this year marks the 25th year of the festival, and it was wonderful to get to hear from people who have been around since the beginning, and hear all about how the festival has changed over the years. Fun fact: Did you know that an artist used two cast members to “model” as Anna and Elsa in order to design the topiary for their characters? The poses we see are ones the girls came up with. How fun is that?!)

EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

Ok, so let’s get down to business. Like I said, I had the opportunity to try more of the festival offerings at the outdoor kitchens, and these are my (and Bobby’s, he added in one!) collective favorites from our sampling at the event:

1.) Spicy hot dog with pineapple chutney and plantain chips from the Pineapple Promenade. This is a fun twist on an old favorite, but be warned, it is quite spicy, so if that is not your thing, you may want to skip this one. I do love how the chips gave it a nice crunch!

EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

 

2.) Local wildflower honey-mascarpone cheesecake with orange blossom honey ice cream garnished with fennel pollen meringue kisses from The Honey Bee-Stro: This dessert was DELICIOUS and I may have had two. The cheesecake was so creamy and light, and the ice cream tasted amazing. I even loved the meringue kisses and I’m typically not a meringue kind of gal. Do not miss this one.

EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

3.) Pulled pig slider with coleslaw from The Smokehouse: This was probably my favorite non-dessert food that I tried. It had excellent flavor, and don’t worry, you can get it without the coleslaw! 

EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

4.) Spicy blackened shrimp and cheddar cheese grits with brown gravy and local sweet corn relish from Florida Fresh: This is one of Bobby’s contributions since I don’t eat seafood, but I did try the corn and grits with gravy and they were good! Bobby said the shrimp tasted fresh and we both said the corn/gravy had a little kick to it but it wasn’t unbearably spicy.

EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

5.) House-made potato and cheddar cheese biscuit with smokes salmon tartare from Cider House: Another one that was all Bobby, but he said he enjoyed the mix of the flavors of the biscuit and the salmon together. I tried one of the biscuits and it was delicious enough just to eat by itself!

EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

There are so many more things to taste at the outdoor kitchens, this is just a sampling. The flower and garden festival is bigger than ever and running longer than ever, and they have pulled out all the stops for the 25th anniversary. Be sure to make a visit before it’s gone May 28th. You can thank me later!

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  1. Sharon says

    March 29, 2018 at 11:22 am

    I loooove the events at Epcot but I usually just attend the food and wine fest in the fall. I need to check out this fun spring event!

    • Heather says

      March 29, 2018 at 11:42 am

      Yes you do, it’s super fun!

  2. Jenni LeBaron says

    March 29, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    These all sound great. I love the idea of that spicy pineapple chutney!

    • Heather says

      March 29, 2018 at 2:50 pm

      I love me some pineapple!

  3. Jordan | Read. Eat. Repeat. says

    March 29, 2018 at 3:18 pm

    That cheesecake sounds amazing! What a great combination of flavors.

    • Heather says

      March 29, 2018 at 3:19 pm

      It was so delicious!

  4. danielle says

    March 30, 2018 at 2:14 pm

    You make me want to go back there right now and we were just there in Jan! Gotta love good food and disney!

    • Heather says

      March 30, 2018 at 2:22 pm

      Yes its the best!

  5. Natalie says

    March 31, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    These all sound good but especially the spicy blackened shrimp! Yum!

  6. Clarissa says

    April 10, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    We moved out to Colorado a few years back, and I miss the Flower & Garden Festival so much! We always went for my birthday 😉 The dishes look fabulous, so maaaybbeeee a little Florida vacay is in order??

    • Heather says

      April 10, 2018 at 2:27 pm

      I definitely think so! Such good weather, great time of year for a visit! ??

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