MickeyBlog’s FAVORITE Eats and Drinks at EPCOT’s 2023 Flower & Garden Festival
The 2023 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival kicked off on March 1st, and we’ve been enjoying all the tasty festival food.
EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival
We’ve shown you a lot of different foods to enjoy throughout EPCOT before the festival closes on July 5th, and now we’re here to tell you our absolute FAVORITES of the festival. If you’re looking for the best of the fest, you’ve come to the right place! Let’s dig in.
Eats
Grilled Sweet Corn on the Cob — Florida Fresh
If you’re a fan of the grilled street corn you can find in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, you don’t want to skip the Grilled Sweet Corn on the Cob from the Florida Fresh booth.
There are two options to choose from, with one flavor combo being a savory garlic spread and spicy corn chips, and the other combo being the same savory garlic spread and plant-based Cotija cheese. Both options are plant-based and amazing.
Grilled Street Corn on the Cob
They cost $5.75 each, and they’re a truly delicious snack!
Blackened Fish Slider — Florida Fresh
Also available at Florida Fresh is this Blackened Fish Slider, which comes with roasted tomatoes, watercress, and citrus remoulade on brioche.
We have nothing bad to say about this little sandwich — it was delicious! The fish was cooked perfectly and we really enjoyed the citrus remoulade.
Blackened Fish Slider
At $6.75 it’s on the higher priced end for this portion size, but it’s worth it if you’re a fan of fish sandwiches.
Orange Sesame Tempura Shrimp — Citrus Blossom
Let’s head over to Citrus Blossom for our next favorite. This booth is located in the Odyssey Center building and these Orange Sesame Tempura Shrimp were amazing.
We thought these shrimp were fried to perfection, and they also come with a yummy orange chile sauce for dipping.
Orange Sesame Shrimp Tempura
This dish will set you back $7, but you do get a good amount of shrimp for the price, and it’s easily shareable too!
Creamy Shrimp Udon — Hanami
Now we’re visiting the Hanami booth in Japan, where you can get Creamy Shrimp Udon made with udon soup with shrimp and spring vegetables.
We found the flavors surprisingly light and the shrimp had a nice char, so it was definitely worth it to try!
Creamy Shrimp Udon
Still, be advised that this dish is $9 and it’s not exactly shareable, but the taste may make the price worth it!
Chicken and Waffles — The Honey Bee-stro
Over at The Honey Bee-stro, you can get Chicken and Waffles made with crispy honey-brined chicken and a honey sweet cornbread waffle with whipped honey butter and spicy honey.
The waffle is made with cornbread and jalapenos that pair perfectly with the fried chicken, and both the waffle and the chicken were cooked to perfection. The side of honey butter was the perfect finishing touch!
Chicken and Waffles
This dish costs $6.75, which is pretty reasonable for the portion size. We highly recommend giving it a try!
Muffuletta Panini — Magnolia Terrace
Magnolia Terrace is located in the American Adventure Pavilion, and the Muffuletta Panini is made with ham, salami, mortadella, provolone, and Swiss with olive salad.
This sandwich is a New Orleans-style panini, which includes a generous amount of cheese that pairs well with the meaty textures. The olive salad added a nice spice and bold flavors!
Muffuletta Panini
You can get this sandwich for $6, which isn’t a bad price.
Drinks
Nigori Dragon Fruit Sake Cocktail — Hanami
Now it’s time to look at our favorite drinks! The Nigori Dragon Fruit Sake Cocktail is new to the Hanami booth this year, and not only did we love the look of it (that bright pink!!), but it also had a great fruity taste.
It was kind of like drinking fruit juice, except, you know, it contained alcohol. If you prefer cocktails that taste more like juice than alcohol, this is it for you.
Nigori Dragon Fruit Sake Cocktail
You can get this cocktail for $7.75.
Kir à la Poire — Fleur de Lys
The Kir à la Poire is new to Fleur de Lys this year, made with French sparkling wine with Monin desert pear.
This is pretty simple and straightforward champagne, but it was no less delicious. Plus, we love the color!
Kir a la Poire
This champagne cocktail is $9.
Frozen Mojito — Refreshment Port
Over at Refreshment Port, there’s a Frozen Mojito made with Boyd & Blair Rum, and it’s the perfect drink on a hot Florida day.
It was STRONG, but we weren’t mad about it. Both the taste of alcohol and the mint flavor were super heavy, and it also helped that it was so refreshing on a hot day.
Frozen Mojito
You can order it for $12.50.
Desserts
Whisky Maple Chocolate Cake — Northern Bloom
Yum, it’s time for some sweets! The Whisky Maple Chocolate Cake from Canada’s Northern Bloom is new this year, and it’s a chocolate whisky cake with maple flavor, chocolate sauce, and chocolate flakes.
This dish is on the rich side, but it’s absolutely worth a try. According to one of our MickeyBloggers, it was the best thing they had out of the entire Flower & Garden Festival! That’s a huge statement.
Whisky Maple Chocolate Cake
Best of all, it’s under $5, only costing a total of $4.50.
Spice Cake — Farmers Feast
Let’s visit Farmers Feast over by Test Track, where we tried the Spice Cake, made with cream cheese icing, candied pecans, and parsnip.
According to one of our MickeyBloggers, this Spice Cake tastes just like Christmas, and it was one of their favorite things at the festival.
Spice Cake
The Spice Cake was previously available for $4.50, but the Farmers Feast menu has since switched to the Springtime menu, which now offers a different dessert.
Orange Blossom Saffron Cake — Tangierine Cafe
Next up is the Orange Blossom Saffron Cake from Tangierine Cafe, which was a surprising and very photogenic hit!
That bright orange coating was actually orange-flavored, and it had a nice citrus flavor that wasn’t overly strong. The cake itself was nice and moist, too.
Orange Blossom Saffron Cake
This colorful treat costs $5.
Bananas Foster Bread Pudding — Magnolia Terrace
The Bananas Foster Bread Pudding from Magnolia Terrace may not look like much, but it’s very tasty!
It contains caramel flavors that were amazing, and the bread pudding itself was moist and delicious.
Bananas Foster Bread Pudding
Like other festival desserts, it’s less than $5 at $4.75. Not bad!
Banana Split Funnel Cake — Funnel Cake Stand
Are you ready for a mouthful?? The Funnel Cake Stand’s Banana Split Funnel Cake is made with funnel cake topped with banana-chocolate chip ice cream, whipped cream, diced strawberries, chocolate syrup, and a maraschino cherry.
It’s hard to go wrong with a classic banana split, and Disney managed to give it both flavor and nostalgia, so we gave it a huge thumbs up.
Banana Split Funnel Cake
It costs a whopping $11.50 but it’s a pretty big dessert, so it wouldn’t be difficult to share with another person (or two, or three!).
Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake — Honey Bee-stro
And finally, the Honey-Mascarpone Cheesecake was made with honey whipped cream, whipped honey, crystalized honey, honeycomb, dehydrated honey, and fennel pollen meringue kisses. That’s a lot of honey!
Although the cheesecake wasn’t quite as flavorful as we had hoped, it still made it onto our list of favorites for the textures and presentation! I mean, look how gorgeous it is.
Honey Mascarpone Cheesecake
And there you have it! If you visit EPCOT for the 2023 Flower & Garden Festival, make sure you give one (or many) of these a try.
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