REVIEW of Gluten Free at Epcot Flower and Garden Festival | 2022
Last Monday my whole family went to Epcot to eat and drink around the world which honestly if you’ve never done that I would definitely add it to your list of things to do! SO, I know that I was so excited about like 20 different foods in my initial post, I tried like 7 or 8 of them and I wanted to actually review them so that you knew what they tasted like going into the Flower and Garden Festival! Most of them were really good but some of them were not worth it at all. There were also things that I literally could not get myself to try, like the Potato Pancake with Applesauce on top.. I got that last year and it was honestly just disgusting to me. I also feel like the chilled potato and leek soup would b something that would have to be force fed to me because...ew. But anyways, here are my thoughts, feelings and emotions on the foods that we tried!
FOOD REVIEWS!
House-made Italian Sausage and Peppers Poutine - Refreshment Port
This was LITERALLY so {nice} I got it TWICE. Like If I could eat it every single day I would. It blew my mind that it was completely plant based, I was so skeptical! But WOW, I would go to Epcot right now just to eat this poutine again! 100/10 would recommend you to get this!
Tupelo Honey and Sweet Corn Spoon Bread with jalapeños, bacon, and house-made whipped honey butter - The Honey Bee-stro Hosted by National Honey Board - Near Port of Entry
This was the second year that I got this corn bread so I knew what to expect but it is just so yummy! I am not a big sweets person but this is really good and the jalapeños and bacon break up the sweet and all of the flavors mix together really well. 10/10 recommend to get this if you’re gluten free or not!
Taco Vampiro: Barbacoa beef in a corn tortilla with crispy grilled Monterey jack cheese, salsa ranchera, and esquites - Jardin De Fiestas - Mexico
I think this was Dustins favorite thing that he had all day! It was good but there was corn on the side and this taco became a 10/10 when we added the corn to the inside of the taco. But there was like melty crispy cheese on the outside of the corn tortilla that was just freakin.. chefs kiss! So yummy!
Crispy Mojo Marinated Pork Belly, with avocado cream, corn salsa, salsa verde, and plantain chips - The Citrus Blossom - Near Port of Entry
This was pretty good but also really needed to be served with like two or three more big chips. They had crumbled like one chip on the top of it but other than that it was pretty good! The pork belly was basically the star of the show! I would get it again but maybe I give it like a 7/10?
Arepas topped with melted queso fresco - La Isla Fresca - Between Morocco and France
I was not a fan, and maybe I am not the best judge and this was exactly what it was supposed to taste like but I thought that it needed a sauce or maybe more queso fresco? It was good and I did eat all of it but only after I took some of the guacamole from the other arepa and put it on top of this one.
Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with savory garlic spread - Flavor Full Kitchen hosted by Advent Health - Between Imagination and Refreshment Port
This was good! I really like corn on the cob, maybe that is a midwest thing lol! This savory garlic spread was a nice touch though! It was yummy and a plus being that it smelled AMAZING walking up to the booth! Probably the mix of corn and garlic together! I would get it again! I actually think that this was my second year having it now that I think about it…
Arepa topped with shrimp, crushed avocado ají, and tomato sauce - La Isla Fresca - Between Morocco and France
This arepa was more flavorful than the queso fresco arepa but I just wasn’t a huge fan of it. I think because I took the avocado from this one and put it on the other one I messed up the flavors of how it was supposed to be. But I also felt like the shrimp that was on this arepa was flavorless and just sort of tossed on there like an afterthought. Dustin liked it more than I did though! He would probably give it like a 5.5/10!
