You're Making a MISTAKE If You Skip the Hawaii Food Booth in EPCOT!

If you thought we were done with new booths at the 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival, we have an awesome surprise for you!

Hawaii Booth

The 2024 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has officially begun, and there is a lot to offer. There are plenty of food booths with tasty items, merchandise items to grab (of course), and even concerts to watch. But don’t let it overwhelm you. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. And now we’re heading to one spot in particular — the Hawaii Booth — to give you the FULL scoop! Is it worth a try? Let’s find out!

Eats

First, we started with the Kalua Pork Slider. This slider features sweet-and-sour DOLE pineapple chutney and spicy mayonnaise you can grab for $6. This is a festival favorite of ours. Last year, it had a bit of a spicy kick at the end — but not too much. We did have a soggy bun issue with it then, but it was still delicious. We didn’t notice as much of a bun issue this year and it was just as tasty as we remembered. Just a good sweet and savory combination and then add on that spicy mayo? PERFECTION.

Slow-roasted Pork Slider

Next up, we tried the Hawaiian Rice Bowl, which features eggs, SPAM, spicy mayonnaise, eel sauce, and furikake for $6.25. To be honest, this is a super familiar deconstructed version of the SPAM Sushi we had last year. We were super intrigued by this dish! We did NOT expect this to be SO GOOD. The spam is cooked perfectly and pairs so well with the other flavors. We ate EVERY LAST BITE of this one and we have NO regrets.

Hawaiian Rice Bowl

Ready for something sweet? For our dessert, we grabbed the Passion Fruit Cheesecake for $5. This is served with toasted Macadamia nuts. This little beauty has also been a favorite of ours. Last year, it was perfectly creamy and had the signature texture of good cheesecake. It’s a light and fluffy dessert that just has EVERYTHING going for it.

Passion Fruit Cheesecake

Our reporter isn’t even a big fan of passion fruit, but this cheesecake just worked.

Drinks

You want a beer? Wine? A cocktail? Hawaii has one of each, so it’s got you covered!

A new item is available here, the Maui Brewing Co Orange Mango Guava Hazy IPA for $5.75 for 9 oz and $9.75 for 12 oz.

Next is the Florida Orange Groves Sparkling Pineapple Wine, from St. Petersburg, FL, for $10. We’ve seen this wine at various booths at several different EPCOT festivals over the years. It usually has a strong pineapple flavor and is very sweet, so it should be refreshing on a hot day, but only if you enjoy sweet wines.

Sparkling Pineapple Wine

Finally, you can grab the Aulani Sunrise cocktail, which is made with Vodka, DOLE Pineapple Juice, and Grenadine for $14. In the past, this has proven to be a VERY sweet drink with a lot of pineapple flavor. We liked it a lot last year and think that it would appeal to a lot of people with simple, delicious flavors. It’s very pineapple-forward, so if you love that flavor, this is the drink for you. It’s also not as sweet as you might expect it to be.

AULANI Sunrise

What makes this cocktail so refreshing is that it also pairs well with all the food available at this booth.

OVERALL

The Hawaii food booth is one that never disappoints us, and it’s always been a favorite of ours at this festival. This is probably one of those booths we’ll return to again and again throughout the next few months, if only for that cheesecake. This is the one EPCOT Food & Wine Festival food booth that is consistently good from year to year.

That’s it for this booth, but there’s a LOT more where that came from!

Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY. SINGLE. BOOTH. at the Food & Wine Festival!

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