News! 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Culinary Demos and Beverage Seminar Details

Today, we are excited to share details for the Culinary Demonstrations and Beverage Seminars that will take place during the 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival!

Just in time to make all of your plans (whew!!), we now have details on the low-cost demos and seminars that are one of the hallmarks of the Festival. I know you’re just as anxious as we are to see what’s new as we celebrate the Festival’s 20th Year!

Booking all of your favorites starts in just a few days — July 30th for the general public, and July 24th for Annual Passholders, DVC members, Golden Oak Residents, and Tables in Wonderland Members!

Culinary demos and beverage seminars represent great value when it comes to Festival events. They’re also a great way to learn in a fun, festive setting.

Click through to our Culinary and Beverage Seminars and Demonstrations page to see links to the Culinary, Beverage, and Mixology events.

The cost for all seminars and demos is [Read more…]

Review: Troubadour Tavern in Disneyland Park

By AJ 10 Comments

Helllllloooooo from Disneyland and the Troubadour Tavern!

Troubadour Tavern

This hidden gem is a great place to grab a very quick bite in Disneyland. It’s tiny and doesn’t have much seating, but there are a couple of menu items worth getting, and you may even see a show! More on that later… .

Atmosphere

In case you’re not sure where Troubadour Tavern is located (it’s kind of hidden, and many folks would walk right by), you’ll find it toward [Read more…]

Epcot Food and Wine Festival Recipe: Kefta From the Morocco Booth

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The 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival is coming up quickly!

And one of my favorite ways to prep for the Festival is to make some of my favorite dishes from the Marketplace Booths. My family has been having a ton of fun trying new variations on burgers this Summer — and I think this Kefta from the Morocco Marketplace Booth is the perfect one to try next.

While the flavor is exotic, there’s nothing here that you can’t find in your local grocery! And if you, like AJ, despise the Cilantro that the recipe calls for, just double up on the Parsley.

I’m sharing this with you, and then I’m heading [Read more…]

Disney Dining Tips: What to Expect on Peak Booking Days

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Are you excited to book your events for the Epcot Food and Wine Festival?

OF COURSE you are!! You know who else is excited?

Buddy Valastro Demo at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival

Lots and lots (and LOTS) of other people. 😉

Booking for Special Events and Demos and Seminars for the Festival will open to the general public on July 30th at 7 am this year, and the popularity of these events makes that date into something we call a Peak Booking Day — a day when you never quite know what to expect, because the phone lines and online booking engines are often jammed with folks trying to nab their top choices.

Get ready to dial!

Of course, sought-after bookings aren’t unique to the Food and Wine Festival. Just ask anyone who’s ever tried to [Read more…]

News! Tahitian Terrace Diamond Luau at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar in Disneyland

By Wendy 10 Comments

Aloha! Ahoy! AHA!

Are you ready to raise a glass in honor of Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary — and the no-longer-with-us Tahitian Terrace Restaurant — at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar?

Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar

The Tahitian Terrace Diamond Luau will be taking place at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel on August 10th and 11th. This ticketed event will feature the Tahitian Terrace Tribute Show (the restaurant and show closed in 1993), an historical overview presentation by Disney Imagineers, and, of course, food! The menu will [Read more…]

Review: The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge

By AJ 14 Comments

Cheers from The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge!

Learn About:The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge

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The Brown Derby Lounge sits just outside The Hollywood Brown Derby Restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Its reputation stems from that of the original Brown Derby Restaurant in the City of Lights — a hot spot of the 1930s and 40s where stars of the Golden Age of film came to “see and be seen.” The outdoor lounge (which was added to the Disney World location in 2013) offers a spot for walk-ups without Advance Dining Reservations to enjoy a taste along with a bit of the ambience of the signature restaurant.

The Lounge serves food along with cocktails and bar service. And with some new items added to the menu this summer, we thought it was a good time to travel back to Hollywood’s heyday with a visit to the Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge.

Atmosphere

For a newer location, The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge blends so seamlessly within its surroundings that its hard to remember that it hasn’t been here all along. And, to be fair, the patio and tables HAVE been here all along, but they weren’t functioning as a lounge at the time.

Below is a shot from its opening day in October 2013.

Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge

Not much has changed in the past almost-two years, except for [Read more…]

Disney Food Post Round-Up: July 19, 2015

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It’s been another busy week as we work to get you all of the information that’s coming out about the 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival!

Liquid Nitro Chocolate Almond Truffle with Warm Whiskey Caramel at Chew Lab

While we’ve learned more this week about new and returning Special Events, we also firmed up the official list of Marketplace Booths that will appear for the Festival’s 20th anniversary. And believe or not, a few other things happened as well. 🙂

Let’s do a brief recap of Disney Food News before we take a look around at what else is new this week.

Disney Food News

We kicked off the week by attending the Tables in Wonderland Food and Wine Festival sneak preview event, and learned tons of details about Special Events and other ways that the Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary.
A day after the Tables in Wonderland sneak preview, we brought you even more details about the 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival.
Victoria and Albert’s has rolled out a new 10-course Chef’s Degustation Menu.
Rumors are swirling that Minnie’s Holiday & Dine Dinner may be coming to Hollywood & Vine.
We shared the full list of confirmed Food and Wine Festival Marketplace Booths as well as the full Menus!
With all of the latest Food and Wine Festival news, we’ve been getting a lot of [Read more…]

Most Recent 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Questions Answered

By AJ 27 Comments

We’re gearing up for the Disney food fan’s favorite time of the year… and since the 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival information started trickling out, we’ve been getting a lot of questions from our readers.

I know that a lot of you may have the same questions, so I wanted to take a moment to answer a few of the most frequently asked ones here on the blog.

Why aren’t all of the special events showing on the Disney World website? Are they still happening?

No worries! Yep — they’re happening.

Many of the events that were announced at the recent Tables in Wonderland Food and Wine Festival Preview event are still not showing up on Disney’s site. For example, the super popular Parisian Breakfast is nowhere to be found on DisneyWorld.com.

But we’re hearing that they’ve experienced a few technical difficulties, and we can assure you that these events ARE happening. So stay tuned to Disney Food Blog, and we’ll have any lingering details about the events as soon as they’re available.

In the meantime, check out our Food and Wine Festival Special Events page for details on all of the events that are scheduled for the festival.

Yep — the Parisian Breakfast is still on!

What can we book on the website, and what do we [Read more…]

Review: Stage Door Cafe in Disneyland

By AJ 6 Comments

Are you ready to mosey on up to the Stage Door Cafe in Disneyland’s Frontierland?

Stage Door Cafe

Located around the corner — at the Stage Door, of course — of the [Read more…]

News! 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival FULL BOOTH MENUS and Food Photos!

By AJ 27 Comments

Yay!

The 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival FULL Booth Menus are now available!

See the 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Menus and Start Planning!

Be sure to click on our individual pages for each booth to see food photos of most of the dishes!

While we wait together for the beginning of this year’s Food and Wine Festival, I’ll share some of the brand new items we can’t wait to try this year!

New! 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival Booths and Menu Items

For the first time in the history of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival, the fun is officially expanding into Future World, as the first ever Marketplace Booths will be located in this part of the park.

Named Next Eats, this area, inspired by the ABC food talk show The Chew, will host two different booths (and the food at these booths is actually pretty delicious!). The Sustainable Chew Marketplace Booth will feature [Read more…]

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