From the Disney Parks Blog and written by: Nicole Cantore
Spring is almost here and you know what that means … the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival! With flavors in full bloom and dishes waiting to be cultivated from March 2 through July 4, this year’s celebration is not one to be missed.
Once you see the tasty options available, your
appetite will be sure to grow. With nearly 20 Outdoor Kitchens, there is a
perfectly harvested combination of new delights like the BLT Scone at Cider
House and fan favorites like the Local Wildflower Honey-Mascarpone
Cheesecake at The Honey Bee-stro Hosted by National Honey Board back in
season. There’s so much to enjoy this year – you and your tastebuds will want
to keep coming back for more. And to help, I’ve put this guide together to assist
you in making your list of must-have treats!
As you eat your way through the Festival, don’t
forget to pick up a Festival Passport to participate in Garden Graze, a
returning food stroll featuring five delicious dishes from various Outdoor
Kitchens. Get a stamp in your passport after you’ve purchased the items and
once you’ve compiled all five, simply make your way to Pineapple Promenade to
receive your Festival-exclusive treat.
If you know anything about the EPCOT
International Flower & Garden Festival, you know that the fresh flavors
aren’t the only fun to be had. This celebration is filled with adorable
topiaries featuring some of your favorite characters, renowned performers for
the Garden Rocks Concert Series, and, of course, exclusive merchandise to bring
the fun home with you. The little ones can get in on the fun too with Spike’s
Pollen-Nation Exploration, a scavenger hunt for the whole family!
Now, it’s time to see all the treats our EPCOT
chefs have put together for you this year. I hope you enjoy the latest edition
of the Foodie Guide!
Flavor Full Kitchen Hosted by AdventHealth (Between
Imagination! and Refreshment Port)
Food Items:
- Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with savory garlic spread (Gluten/Wheat Friendly) (Plant-based) (Garden Graze)
- Seared Salmon with farro risotto and micro herbs
- Strawberry Mousse with chocolate-crisp pearls
Beverages:
- Blood
Orange Agua Fresca (non-alcoholic) - Cookie
Butter Worms and Dirt (non-alcoholic)
EPCOT Sunshine Griddle (Near Test Track
presented by Chevrolet)
Food Items:
- Avocado
Toast with marinated toybox tomatoes on toasted ciabatta (Plant-based)
(Garden Graze) - Shrimp and
Grits: Blackened shrimp and cheddar cheese grits with brown gravy and sweet
corn salsa - Corned Beef
Brisket Hash with house-made potato barrels, onions, peppers, cheese curds, and
a soft-poached egg with Tabasco hollandaise (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Fried
Cinnamon Roll Bites with cream cheese frosting and candied bacon
Beverages:
- Froot Loops
Shake (non-alcoholic) - Joffrey’s
Coffee Cold Brew Cocktail with milk, rum and coffee liqueur, and vanilla vodka
The Honey Bee-stro Hosted by National Honey
Board
Food Items:
- Tupelo
Honey and Sweet Corn Spoon Bread with jalapeños, bacon, and house-made whipped
honey butter (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Lavender
Honey Mustard-marinated Chicken Flatbread with whipped honey-ricotta cheese,
marinated vegetables, and goat cheese - Local
Wildflower Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake with orange blossom honey whipped cream,
whipped honey, crystalized honey, honeycomb, dehydrated honey, and fennel pollen
meringue kisses
Beverages:
- Honey-Peach
Freeze in a Souvenir Spike the Bee Sipper Cup (non-alcoholic) (Limit 2 per guest) - Lemonade
Mead - Orange
Blossom Honey Wine - Honey-Peach
Freeze with Blueberry Vodka
The Citrus Blossom (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
- Crispy Mojo Marinated Pork Belly, with avocado cream, corn salsa, salsa verde, and plantain chips (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) (New)
- Tuna Tataki Bowl with spicy yuzu glaze, mango, avocado, and pappadam crisp
- Grapefruit Tart: Grapefruit curd, lychee jam, ginger mousse, and yuzu cream (New)
Beverages:
- Orange-Lemon
Smoothie in a Souvenir Orange Bird Sipper Cup (non-alcoholic) (Limit 2 per guest) - Key Lime
Hibiscus Ale - Orange Peel
Ale - Citrus
Honey Cream Ale - Orange
Sunshine Wine Slushy - Beer Flight
Refreshment Port (Near Canada)
Food Items:
- House-made
Italian Sausage and Peppers Poutine (Plant-based) (Gluten/ Wheat
Friendly)
Beverages:
- Salted
Cucumber Apple Hard Cider - Lavender
Martini: Vodka with lavender and lemon
Pineapple Promenade (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
- Spicy Hot
Dog with pineapple chutney and plantain chips - DOLE Whip (Plant-based)
Beverages:
- Frozen
Desert Violet Lemonade (non-alcoholic) - DOLE Whip
with Fanta (non-alcoholic) - Tropical
Hefe Wheat Ale - Fresh
Pressed Mango, Pineapple, and Guava Wheat Ale - Hazy
Pebbles Fruity Hazy Milkshake - Violet
Lemonade Ale - Sparkling Pineapple
Wine - DOLE Whip
topped with mango cream liqueur - Pineapple
Beer Flight
Trowel & Trellis Hosted by Impossible™
(Near Disney Traders)
Food Items:
- Grilled
Baby Vegetables with hummus cream and red pepper coulis (Gluten/ Wheat
Friendly) (Plant-based) (Garden Graze) - Impossible
Sausage and Kale Soup (Plant-based) - Boneless
Impossible Korean Short Rib with cilantro-lime rice, Danmuji slaw, and Kimchee
Mayonnaise (Plant-based) - Chocolate
Cake with whipped cassis mousse, raspberry gelato, and fresh raspberries (New)
(Plant-based)
Beverages:
- Twinings
Energizing Matcha Cranberry & Lime Green Tea (non-alcoholic) - Bloom Hazy
IPA - Twinings Energizing
Matcha Cranberry & Lime Green Tea with lime vodka served in a mason jar
Refreshment Outpost
Food Items:
- Pineapple
Skewer with tajin seasoning (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) (Plant-based) - Tangerine soft-serve
Beverages:
- Tangerine
Cream Ale - Blueberry
Lemonade Hard Cider - Organic
Blonde Ale with passion fruit
Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market (Germany)
Food Items:
- Potato Pancakes with house-made applesauce (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) (Plant-based) (Garden Graze)
- Potato Pancake with caramelized ham, onions, and herb sour cream (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
- Toasted Pretzel Bread topped with black forest ham and melted Gruyère cheese
- Warm Cheese Strudel with mixed berries
Beverages:
- Hugo Lager
- Premium
Pilsner - Raspberry
Radler - Apfelschaumwein:
Sparkling wine and apple liqueur - Beer Flight
Magnolia Terrace (American Adventure)
Food:
- Southern
Seafood Boil: Shrimp, mussels, crawfish, potatoes, corn, and Andouille sausage - Spicy
Chicken Gumbo with Andouille sausage and BEN’S ORIGINAL Long Grain & Wild
Rice (New) - Grilled
Oysters with Cajun butter (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - House-made
Boudin Bites featuring BEN’S ORIGINAL Long Grain White Rice - Pecan
Praline (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
Beverages:
- Bayou
Cocktail: Spiced rum, coconut rum, fruit punch, and Minute Maid orange juice - Orange
Coriander Wheat Ale - American
Light Ale - Double IPA
- Beer Flight
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina
(Morocco)
Food Items:
- Mediterranean Flatbread with za’atar, artichokes, olives, mozzarella, and feta cheese (New)
- Vanilla, Rose Water, and Pistachio Panna Cotta
Beverages:
- Pomegranate
Mimosa - Ginger and
Elderberry Ale - Pomegranate
Hard Cider - Blackberry
Mint Mead - Flight
La Isla Fresca (Between Morocco and France)
Food:
- Arepas
topped with melted queso fresco (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Arepa
topped with shrimp, crushed avocado ají, and tomato sauce (Gluten/ Wheat
Friendly) - Arepa
topped with chorizo (New) - Coconut
Tres Leches: Vanilla cake soaked in oat milk, almond milk, and coconut milk
with toasted coconut (New) (Plant-based) (Garden Graze)
Beverages:
- Tropical
Breeze: Lemonade, grapefruit juice, and simple syrup (non-alcoholic) (New) - Coconut Key
Lime Ale - Tropical
Perception White Sangria - Tropical
Breeze with rum (New)
EPCOT Farmers Feast (Near Test Track presented
by Chevrolet)
Food Items:
Early Bloom Menu (available March 2 through April 9)
- Chilled
Potato and Leek Soup “Vichyssoise” with chive oil and crispy leeks (New)
(Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Char-grilled
Bison Ribe-Eye with creamy leek fondue, roasted carnival cauliflower, Romanesco
and port wine-goat cheese butter (New) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Goat Cheese
Creamsicle Pop: Goat cheese Crémeux, orange cream, olive oil cake, cranberry
sauce, and praline (New)
Springtime Menu (available April 10 through May 21)
- Grilled
Vegetable Bruschetta with marinated peppers, zucchini, squash, artichokes, goat
cheese, and balsamic glaze on grilled ciabatta (New) - Herb-crusted
Spring Lamb with marble potatoes, spring vegetables, and red wine butter sauce - Strawberry
Rhubarb Upside-down Cake with crème fraîche whipped cream
Summer Solstice Menu (available May 22 through July 4)
- Tomato and
Cornbread Panzanella with burrata cheese and fresh basil - Barbecue
Seared Pork Tenderloin with summer succotash, herb butter, and grapefruit
vinaigrette (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - A Whole
Lotta Melon: Feta cheesecake with watermelon curd, pickled watermelon rind,
watermelon caramel, and compressed watermelon (New) (Gluten/ Wheat
Friendly)
Beverages (available
throughout the Festival):
- Raspberry
Lemon Verbena Whole-Leaf-Steeped Sparkling Hard Tea - Hibiscus
Lemonade Cocktail featuring hibiscus gin
Cider House (United Kingdom)
Food Items:
- BLT Scone with Nueske’s applewood-smoked bacon, sundried tomato, and basil (New)
- Dark Chocolate Raspberry Tart with whipped cream
Beverages:
- Pink
Lemonade Hard Cider - Watermelon
Hard Cider - Triple Jam
Hard Cider - Pure Brewed
Organic Lager - Snakebite: Triple
jam hard cider and pure brewed organic lager - Cider
Flight
Northern Bloom (Canada)
Food Items:
- Seared
Scallops with French green beans, butter potatoes, brown butter vinaigrette,
and applewood-smoked bacon (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Beef
Tenderloin Tips, Mushroom Bordelaise Sauce, and Whipped Potatoes with garden
vegetables - Griddled
Maple Pound Cake with warm peach compote and sweet corn gelato
Beverages:
- Maple
Popcorn Shake (non-alcoholic) - Blonde Ale
- Blueberry
Fruit Beer - Apricot
with Maple Syrup Blonde Ale - Maple
Popcorn Shake with maple rye whisky - Beer Flight
Jardin de Fiestas (Mexico)
Food Items:
- Enchilada
de Mole Negro: Chipotle chicken in a corn tortilla with mole negro, avocado
mousse, crema Mexicana, and queso fresco (New) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Taco
Vampiro: Barbacoa beef in a corn tortilla with crispy grilled Monterey jack
cheese, salsa ranchera, and esquites (New) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) - Tostada de
Chorizo: Plant-based Chorizo and black beans on a crispy corn tortilla with
avocado mousse and queso fresco (New) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
Beverages:
- Poppy
Flower Margarita: Tequila blanco, hibiscus flower tea, cucumber juice,
aperitivo, and blackcurrant liqueur with a chile salt rim - Hypnotic
Margarita: Tequila blanco, mezcal, rosemary syrup, cognac, and lemon juice - Craft
Mexican Lager
Lotus House (China)
Food Items:
- Spicy Mala
Chicken Skewer (New) - House-made
Cheesy Crab Wontons
Beverages:
- Rose Bubble
Milk Tea (non-alcoholic) (New) - Jasmine
Draft Beer - Marco Boba:
Amaretto, iced coffee, milk, and boba - Kung Fu
Punch: Vodka, triple sec, mango, orange juice, and soda water - Tang
Dynasty: Tequila gold, light rum, strawberry, piña colada mix, white boba
pearls, and soda water
Primavera Kitchen (Italy)
Food Items:
- Arancini:
Fried Risotto Balls stuffed with braised beef served with grape tomato salad
and balsamic emulsion - Ravioli
alla Boscaiola: Sweet sausage ravioli with sweet corn, spring vegetables, and
cream sauce - Bomboloni:
Cream-filled Italian doughnut with raspberry sauce and powdered sugar
Beverages:
- Pilsner
- Pinot
Grigio - Chianti
- Prosecco
- Rosa Regale
- Moscato
- Italian
White Sangria with prosecco - Italian Red
Sangria with cabernet sauvignon - Italian
Margarita with limoncello and tequila
Hanami (Japan)
Food Items:
- Frushi:
Strawberry, pineapple, and cantaloupe wrapped in sweet rice and pink soy wrap
served with whipped cream, berry sauce, and toasted coconut - Chicken
Yakitori: Grilled chicken with scallions, red pepper-shoyu emulsion, and
pickled onions - Beef
Tataki: Seared sirloin with red shiso sauce, watermelon radish, and sprouts
Beverages:
- Yuzu Tilted
Tonic Hard Seltzer - Ozeki
Pineapple Nigori Sake - Cucumber
Cooler: Sake, vodka, and cucumber garnished with a cucumber slice
Fleur de Lys (France)
Food Items:
- Croissant au Fromage de Chèvre, Herbes et Ail Rôtie: Croissant with goat cheese, herbs, and roasted garlic (New)
- Pan Bagnat Classique: The Niçoise Sandwich with house-made bread, albacore tuna mayonnaise, tomato, black olives, lettuce, and celery (New)
- Salade de Lentilles à la Lyonnaise: French Green Lentil Salad with bacon and garlic sausage (New)
- Beignet Caramélisé, Fourré Crème Vanille, Glacé au Caramel Fleur de Sel: Caramelized Beignet filled with vanilla cream and glazed with caramel fleur de sel
Beverages:
- French
Wheat Draft Beer - VeRy
Raspberry: Rosé wine with natural raspberry flavor - Grand
Mimosa Cocktail with orange liqueur, Champagne, and orange juice - La Vie en
Rose Frozen Slush: Vodka, orange vodka, and liqueur with white and red
cranberry juice
Funnel Cake
Food Item:
- Strawberry
Cheesecake Funnel Cake topped with strawberry ice cream, cheesecake crumbles,
strawberry drizzle, and whipped cream (New)
Joffrey’s Coffee
& Tea Company
World Discovery (Near Mission: SPACE) – Minty Melon Refresher: A lightly caffeinated blend of watermelon-cucumber-mint juice with strawberries and blueberries (Spirited option available featuring Watermelon-Basil Vodka) (New)
Near Canada: Strawberry Fields Refresher – A lightly caffeinated blend of strawberry açaí juice with strawberries and blueberries (Spirited option available featuring strawberry-lemongrass vodka) (New)
World Showcase (Near Disney Traders) – Pink Paradise Refresher: A lightly caffeinated blend of refreshing dragon fruit-lychee juice with strawberries and blueberries (Spirited option available featuring watermelon-basil vodka) (New)
The American Adventure – Wildberry Wonder Refresher: A lightly
caffeinated blend of wildberry-hibiscus juice with strawberries and blueberries
(New) (Spirited option available featuring tropical rum)
I hope you’re as excited to try all of these garden goodies as I am. Enjoy all the excitement ahead from the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival and don’t forget to share the magic with other Disney fans using the hashtag #FreshEPCOT!
(Note: All offerings are subject to change.)
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