Foods by Park (Part 3)

Epcot is the park to go to if you LOVE food!  Between all the food available in each country, the restaurants, and festival foods, there is just too much to do in one blog.  This blog will focus on great snacks to eat around the park that you can find most of the year. 

For anyone unfamiliar with Epcot, Epcot is broken up into two major parts:  Future World and the World Showcase.  Future World is where you'll find the majority of the rides, while the World Showcase has all the great country pavilions with tons of places to eat.

We rarely grab dining reservations when we are at Epcot.  Each country has so many great grab and go options that will easily fill you up from dawn till dusk.

There are a few good things to eat if you are in Future World.  The Connections Cafe has is Epcot's Starbucks location and mostly has what you would expect to find at Starbucks.  But the Liege Waffle is a standout.  It's just a perfect little waffle.

You may also want to keep an eye out for Club Cool.  At Club Cool you can sample Coca Cola products from around the world.  It's definitely an interesting experience.  And no one likes the Beverly drink!  The soda from China is supposed to be a plum soda but really tastes like barbecue soda, yuck!!!  Most of the sodas are pleasant and interesting.  Since Club Cool is completely free, it's worth sampling.

There are some more snacking options in Future World and some of the festival food booths will sometimes be located there as well, but the good stuff is over at the World Showcase!  Everything around the lake will have something that sounds good.   Now unless your trip is in the odd weeks between festivals you should be able to enjoy one of them.

Mexico has some great eats and drinks!   The stalls here will have a variety of great Mexican flavors and frozen margaritas, but the real star for us is inside of the pyramid.
Once you go down the steps into the plaza on your right you will see La Cava del Tequila!  Seats are very limited but worth it if you want to enjoy some chips and Guac with your margaritas.  You can always get in line for the walk-up bar and take those drinks to go.

They easily have 30 different margaritas and they are all fabulous!  My favorite is the Maelstrom, a sweet and spicy mango habanero margarita.  You can also just order the tequila flight if your adventurous.

Our next stop is Norway.  Here you can find the Kringla Bakeri with all of its sweet Norwegian baked goods.  I have to say that most of their pastries are not very sweet.  I have a bit of a sweet tooth and sometimes felt these pastries a little lacking in sweetness.

The School bread is a classic that is well loved, but I enjoyed the Norwegian Kringla.  It's a pretzel shaped pastry that is topped with chocolate or almonds.

Over in China you can find a wide variety of Chinese snacks and treats.  They have potato chip flavors you'd only find overseas as well as some tasty food.

If you are lucky the cotton candy artist will be there working his magic inside of the House of Good Fortune.  It may just be cotton candy, but they can make it look amazing.

You can't go through Germany without stopping at Karamell-Küche!  You can smell the sweet smell of caramel as you approach.  Karamell-Küche is sponsored by Werther's so you know it's good!

There are caramel bars, caramel apples and candies.  We personally love the caramel corn.  They are making it fresh as you walk in, so the ooey gooeyness is right there.
SOOOO GOOD!  It's hard not to inhale the bag since you want to leave room for other food.

Of coarse you can always get a warm German pretzel OR instead grab the pretzel bread pudding.  

If you want a drink inside Weinkeller you can get a shot of Mozart chocolate liquer.  It's like a sweet  shot of chocolate milk!

Italy is know for pasta, but here we are hoping for PIZZA.  Now I'm not going to stop at Via Napoli just for pizza but if Pizza al Taglio is open I'd definitely grab a slice.  The pizza here is very authentic Italian pizza.   I heard they fly in water from Italy to make the pizza dough!

Now these are festival food but the bombolinos are fantastic.  These little cream filled donuts are delightful.  They change them up for different festivals.  This years came with an espresso cream.

The America pavilion doesn't have many favorites.  The Moonshine Sour is a great little cocktail from the walk-up window at Regal Eagle.  It's essentially a blackberry moonshine lemonade. Nice!

The funnel cake stand is also worth mentioning.  Their funnel cake is often covered with a variety of flavors,   Cheesecake crumbles and strawberry ice cream on top of funnel cake?  Yes, please!

Japan has a great shaved ice stand.  They can add sweetened condensed milk on top of your shaved ice making a unique combination of flavors.

You can always find some good combination of sushi and sake.  Angie likes to go up to Katsura Grill and order her violet sake.

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We don't often stop to eat in Morocco, I will on occasion grab some pistachio baklava at Oasis Sweets and Sips.

France has some hits and misses.  At L'Artisan des Glaces the ice cream is superb.  I don't know what magic combination makes the Ice Cream Martini good, but the combination Grand Marnier and chocolate  ice cream did NOT work for me.

On the other hand the Croque Glacé is FANTASTIC!  A scoop of ice cream scooped into a fresh brioche bun and then put it in a hot press.  You get a warm yummy ice cream sandwich.  I don't know why, but it just works!

If you happen to be coming  in through Epcot's International Gateway in the back we like to stop at Les Halles Patisserie for breakfast.  The pastries here are top notch.  The Fraises is a flaky tart topped with strawberries and cream.  The Croque Monsieur is a wonderfully toasted ham and cheese sandwich coated in cheese.  And you can't go wrong with a Napoleon or croissant.

In the U.K.  there's only one thing I can say:  Fish & Chips!  Grab these guys at Yorkshire County Fish Shop.  They are huge flaky pieces of battered fish with big thick cut french fries.

From here we'll head to our last stop around the world in Canada.

Canada has a few great options worth trying out.  First off is the maple popcorn, it's a sweet and slightly salty delight.

Poutine comes in a wide variety over at the Refreshment Port.  Traditional poutine is french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds.  Sounds gross, but it's a well loved dish.

It gets tricky trying to cover all the variety of extra food that Epcot has available during their festivals.  There are usually many delicious sounding options and the menus change every year.

There were some fantastic options during this years International Festival of the Arts.  Up next I'll cover the many restaurant options in my next blog.

Hope you all found this list tasty.  We love helping our clients find the best of the best when visiting Walt Disney World.  Let us know if we can help you make that Disney vacation just a bit more magical.  When it's time to plan for Disney:

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