Walt Disney World has launched meals sales space menus for the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, our favourite occasion of the yr! This put up previews new & returning savory snacks and decadent desserts, together with a take a look at all issues Figment that’ll be returning or debuting throughout Artful EPCOT.
For starters, the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts runs from January 13 via February 20, 2023. The Food Studios are all positioned all through the World Showcase pavilions and parts of the brand new neighborhoods of Future World, similar to the Holiday Kitchens and Global Marketplaces earlier than them.
Like its Christmas-time counterpart, the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts makes use of a smaller slate of meals cubicles than the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival, which the park’s “flagship” fall foodie occasion. However, it’s truly a good factor for company that the 2023 EPCOT Festival of Arts doesn’t focus as a lot on meals.
For one factor, the decreased emphasis on the culinary arts permits different issues to shine on the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts. As we’ve identified time and time once more, meals is the least necessary ingredient of the pageant. We need to underscore this up entrance: shopping for meals isn’t important to having fun with the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts. Sure, meals is nice and snacking round these cubicles is enjoyable. However, costs border on obscene and parts are small.
Moreover, there’s a lot substance to this occasion past meals…and it’s completely FREE! You can watch artists create artwork proper in entrance of you, peruse cubicles and galleries, attend free seminars, take part within the creation of artwork, and a lot extra. Festival of the Arts is nice despite the meals, not due to it. If you’re desirous about realizing what to not miss when it comes to non-food choices, learn our Guide to the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts.
The different “lowkey” motive why it’s a internet optimistic that delicacies isn’t cornerstone to the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts is as a result of it relieves stress on the Food Studios. Lines are shorter and there’s much less demand than at Food & Wine, so the sales space menus could be a bit extra bold and suave with their presentation. Food & Wine Festival is a bit like occasion catering however with its personal twists–effectivity and ease are paramount to get via backlogs of company.
Admittedly, that is much less true with EPCOT’s Festival of the Arts with every passing yr. Last yr, many strains bought fairly unhealthy (even outdoors of Figment), significantly on peak weekends. Still, you’ll see dozens of things on the menus and meals pictures beneath which have lovely presentation and distinctive consideration to element. The similar bold dishes merely wouldn’t be potential throughout the extra in style Food & Wine Festival, paradoxically sufficient.
On that be aware, let’s check out the meals & drink menus for the 15 Food Studios that showcase the most effective in culinary artwork, mixing colourful substances, distinctive cooking methods, and imaginative shows to create edible masterpieces…
Pop Eats (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
- Tomato Soup with grilled cheese
- Tomato Soup with pimento cheese, bacon, and fried inexperienced tomato grilled cheese (New)
- Almond Frangipane Cake layered with raspberry jam and Belgian chocolate (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
Beverages:
- Brooklyn Brewery Pulp Art Hazy IPA
- Bleu Spectrum: Blanc de Bleu Cuveé Mousseux with boba pearls
The Deconstructed Dish (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
- Deconstructed BLT: Pork stomach, soft-poached egg, onion bread pudding, watercress espuma, and tomato jam
- Deconstructed French Onion Soup: Beef broth ravioli, gruyère cream, onion bread pudding, and onion textures
- Deconstructed Key Lime Pie: Flexible Key lime curd, “Key lime” mousse, graham cracker cake, and meringues (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
Beverages:
- Deconstructed Apple Pie à la Mode: Apple-cinnamon gelato, cinnamon apple cider, apple pie filling, and streusel (Non-alcoholic)
- Wicked Weed Brewing Blank Canvas Belgian Blonde Witbier
Deco Delights (Near Port of Entry)
Food Items:
- Dulce Chocolate Mousse with chocolate crémeux and darkish chocolate truffle
- Decadent Valrhona Chocolate with darkish chocolate mousse, chocolate brownie, and cassis mousse
- Orange Mousse with Lemon Cake and Raspberry Meringues (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
Beverages:
- 3 Daughters Brewing Strawberry Blonde Nitro
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Vanilla Porter
- Playalinda Brewing Co. Milk Stout
- Espresso Martini that includes Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka (New)
- Neapolitan Beer Flight
The Craftsman’s Courtyard (Near Creations Shop)
Food Items:
- Beef Wellington: Mushroom duxelles, prosciutto, and puff pastry with crimson wine demi-glace and child greens
- Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I. Mussels with sautéed tomatoes, garlic, and contemporary herbs
Beverages:
- BrewDog Jet Black Heart Nitro Oatmeal Stout (New)
- Cold Fashion Coffee Cocktail
Pastoral Palate (Germany)
Food Items:
- Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib with parsnip purée, broccolini, child tomatoes, and aged balsamic
- Wild Boar Cassoulet with duck confit, ham hock, and wild boar sausage
- Black Forest Cake: Chocolate Mousse with morello cherries and Chantilly cream (New)
Beverages:
- 3 Daughters Brewing Rosé Hard Cider
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Rosé Blonde Ale
- Frozen Rosé
- A Play on Rosé Flight
- Marietta Old Vine Rosé
The Artist’s Table (The American Adventure)
Food Items:
- Three-Meat Meatloaf with “Peas and Carrots”: Green pea pudding, carrot ketchup, shaved carrot salad, and snap peas (New)
- Duck and Dumplings: Smoked duck breast, ricotta dumplings, petite greens, and duck jus (New)
- Hummingbird Cake: Banana cake with pineapple, coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting with banana sorbet (New)
Beverages:
- Sipping Chocolate Flight: White, milk, and darkish candies (Non-alcoholic)
- Boulevard Brewing Co. Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale (New)
- Parish Brewing Co. South Coast Session Amber Ale (New)
- Brewery Ommegang Three Philosophers Belgian Quad (New)
- Lange Estate Winery Pinot Noir
- Symphony in Chocolate Flight: Mozart Chocolate Liqueurs paired with sipping candies
- Beer Flight
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina (Morocco)
Food Items:
- Carrots Three Ways: Chermoula-spiced grilled carrots, pickled carrots, and carrot ginger purée (Plant-based merchandise) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
- House-made Crispy Almond Phyllo Pockets with white chocolate pomegranate and milk chocolate orange
Beverages:
- Chai Tea Mint Sparkler that includes Twinings Chai Tea with Sprite (Non-alcoholic)
- Stem Ciders Flockstar Hard Cider
- Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Mule de Pomme: Pomegranate, ginger, and lime exhausting cider
- 3 Daughters Brewing Chai Hard Cider
- Chai Tea Mint Mimosa that includes Twinings Chai Tea with Key lime glowing wine and mint
- Cider Flight
Vibrante & Vívido: Encanto Cocina (Between Morocco & France)
Food Items:
- Chorizo and Potato Empanada with turmeric aïoli and annatto aïoli (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
- Spicy Ajiaco Soup with guajillo and árbol chili-spiced rooster, potato, avocado, corn, and crème fraîche (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
- Passion Fruit Mousse with dragon fruit jam (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
Beverages:
- Coconut and Passion Fruit Smoothie (Non-alcoholic)
- Frozen Piña Colada
- Passion Fruit Daiquiri
Refreshment Port (Near Canada)
Food Items:
- Gnocchi Poutine with crimson wine-braised beef, cheese curds, basil, and burrata
- Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Soft-serve Waffle Cone: DOLE Whip Strawberry, DOLE Whip Lemon, or swirl
Beverages:
- Blood Orange Cosmo: Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka with blood orange, cranberry, and lime
- Boulevard Brewing Co. Quirk Blueberry Lemon & Lavender Hard Seltzer (New)
Gourmet Landscapes (Canada)
Food Items:
- Blood Orange-braised Beet Tartare with mustard French dressing, pickled clamshell mushrooms, and golden beets (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item) (Plant-based Item) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
- Roasted Bone Marrow with onion marmalade, pickled mushrooms, and petite lettuce
- Wild Mushroom Risotto with aged Parmesan, truffle shavings, and zinfandel discount
Beverages:
- Whole Hog Brewery Raspberry Chéret Double Radler
- Schlumberger Cuvée Klimt Brut
- The Meeker Vineyard Winemaker’s Handprint Merlot
- Frozen Rusty Nail Cocktail
Moderne (Near Test Track)
Food Items:
- Compressed Watermelon Tataki with pickled watermelon rind, yuzu pearls, watermelon foam, and wasabi (New) (Plant-based Item)
- Angry Crab: Whole crispy soft-shell crab with inexperienced papaya salad, mango-sriracha fluid gel, and coconut-lime foam with pomegranate and mango crush pearls (New)
- Pan-seared Scallops with vanilla-butternut squash purée, brown butter cauliflower purée, and lime foam (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
- The Tropics: Lilikoi mousse, guava cake, coconut crémeux, compressed pineapple, and mango gel (New)
Beverages:
- Watermelon Mary that includes Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka (New)
- J. Lohr Riesling (New)
Figment’s Inspiration Station on the Odyssey: Art, Food, and Little Sparks of Magic
Food Items:
- Fruit Pizza: Watermelon, compressed cantaloupe, berries, and berry balsamic (New) (Plant-based Item) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
- Pop’t Art: Sugar Cookie with blueberry filling (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item)
- Rainbow Cake with freeze-dried SKITTLES chew sized candies
- Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket with rainbow popcorn (Limit 2 per individual)
Beverages:
- Grape Smoothie with freeze-dried SKITTLES chew sized candies (Non-alcoholic) (New)
- 3 Daughters Brewing Black Cherry Hard Cider (New)
- 3 Daughters Brewing Blood Orange Hard Cider (New)
- 3 Daughters Brewing Passion Fruit Hard Cider (New)
- Rainbow Cider Flight (New)
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Green with Envy Blonde Ale (New)
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Blue Butterfly Lager (New)
- Urban Artifact The Gadget Raspberry & Blackberry Midwest Fruit Tart (New)
- Rainbow Beer Flight (New)
Connections Café
Food Item:
- Figment Liege Waffle (New)
Connections Eatery
Beverage:
- Dusk ‘Til Dawn: Three Olives Blueberry Vodka, lemonade, and orange juice with cotton sweet
L’Art de la Cuisine Française (France)
Food Items:
- Crème de Brie en Petit Pain: Warm creamy brie in a house-made bread bowl
- Croissant à la Truffle Noir d’Hiver: Black winter truffle croissant
- Mille-Feuille de Betteraves aux Herbes et Noix de Cajoux: Plant-based napoleon with beets, cashew-herb filling, pepper-pine nut sauce, and balsamic vinegar caviar (New) (Plant-based Item)
- Moelleux aux Noisettes et Chocolats Valrhona: Molten chocolate and hazelnut cake with pure origin Valrhona candies and keenness fruit-mango sauce
Beverages:
- Frozen French Martini: Grey Goose Vodka, vodka, chambord liqueur, pineapple, orange, and grape juices with lemon-lime foam
- Charles Lafitte, Brut Rosé Prestige, Méthode Traditionnelle Champenoise, French Rosé Sparkling Wine
- Domaine Raphaël Sallet, Mâcon-Uchizy Les Maranches 2020, Chardonnay, Mâconnais, Burgundy (New)
- Cîroc Sunset Citrus Vodka Spritz (New)
El Artista Hambriento (Mexico)
Food Items:
- Carne Asada: Chipotle-marinated beef sirloin, candy potato purée, and crispy-fried onions (New)
- Huarache de Champiñones: Guajillo chile and corn masa huarache with pinto beans, oyster mushrooms, Nopales, queso fresco, and pea tendrils (New)
- Flan de Coco: Coconut flan, guava sauce, and whipped cream (New) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
Beverages:
- Mexican Craft Beer: Cielito Lindo Artisanal Mexican Craft Beer
- Bombon Margarita “Marshmallow”: Ilegal Mezcal Reposado, marshmallow cordial, lime juice, agave nectar and a touch of espresso and elderflower served with a toasted marshmallow (New)
- Las Californias: Tromba Blanco Tequila, strawberry-lime purée, and Las Californias Citrus Mexican Gin (New)
Goshiki (Japan)
Food Items:
- Rainbow Katsu Sando: Pork cutlet sandwich with tangy tonkatsu sauce and cabbage in rainbow candy bread (New)
- Sushi Donut: Donut-shaped sushi that includes salmon, tuna, shrimp, cucumber, and sesame seed over a embellished plate of wasabi aïoli, sriracha aïoli, and eel sauce
- Ichigo Daifuku: Mixed berry mochi, candy azuki bean paste, and mascarpone (New)
Beverages:
- Sui Sui Watercolor Lager (New)
- Masu Sake in a standard customized picket cup
- Purple Yuzu Sake Lemonade: Sake cocktail infused with butterfly pea flower and yuzu lemonade (New)
The Painted Panda (China)
Food Items:
- General Tso’s Chicken Shumai
- Char Siu Pork Bun
Beverages:
- “Panda” Bubble Milk Tea with black tea, milk, chocolate, and tapioca boba pearls (Non-alcoholic)
- Lucky Foo Pale Ale
- Silk Road Hard Lemonade with Smirnoff Vodka, lavender-coconut syrup, and lemonade (New)
- Sea Butterfly: Butterfly Pea Flower-infused cocktail with Smirnoff Vodka, mild rum, lychee syrup, and magic boba pearls
L’Arte di Mangiare (Italy)
Food Items:
- Mozzarella Fritta: Flash-fried breaded contemporary mozzarella with artist palette condiments (New)
- Ravioli ai Funghi, Perle Tartufate: Wild mushroom-stuffed pasta with truffle butter and truffle pearls (New)
- Budino al Cioccolato: Chocolate pudding with colourful chocolate décor (New)
Beverages:
- Peroni Pilsner
- Chianti
- Prosecco
- Italian Sangria Red or White
- Italian Margarita with tequila and limoncello
- Amaretto Bellini: DISARONNO Originale Liqueur, white peach purée, and prosecco
Funnel Cake
- Mocha Funnel Cake: Mini Funnel Cake with cappuccino ice cream topped with chocolate whipped cream and M&M’S chocolate candies (New)
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
World Discovery (Near Mission: SPACE)
- Amber Frost: An creative mix of frozen lemon ice, a splash of Minute Maid Premium Lemonade, blood orange, and orange popping boba pearls (New) (Alcoholic model out there with Grey Goose Vodka)
Near Canada
- Magenta Frost: An creative mix of frozen lemon ice, a splash of Minute Maid Premium Lemonade, dragon fruit, and dragon fruit popping boba pearls (New) (Alcoholic model out there with Grey Goose Vodka)
Showcase Plaza (Near Disney Traders)
- Jade Frost: An creative mix of frozen lemon ice, a splash of Minute Maid Premium Lemonade, inexperienced apple, and inexperienced apple popping boba pearls (New) (Alcoholic model out there with Grey Goose Vodka)
The American Adventure
- Cerulean Frost: An creative mix of frozen lemon ice, a splash of Minute Maid Premium Lemonade, blue raspberry, and blueberry popping boba pearls 6.39 (New) (Alcoholic model out there with Grey Goose Vodka)
Refreshment Outpost
Food Items:
- Plant-based Bratwurst with spicy turmeric aïoli, espresso barbecue jackfruit, and slaw (Plant-based merchandise)
- Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Soft-serve Waffle Cone: DOLE Whip, salted-caramel soft-serve, or swirl
Beverages:
- Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Berries & Cream Sour Berliner (New)
- Left Hand Brewing Co. Wook Bait IPA (New)
- Central 28 Beer Company Wall Art Brown Ale
Finally, guess who’s again? FIGMENT’S BAAAACK. The 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts is getting extra imaginative, with Figment’s Inspiration Station on the Odyssey: Art, Food, and Little Sparks of Magic. Not solely that, however you’ll be able to convey dwelling Figment with the brand-new Fruity Fig Bar Figment Disney Munchling. This limited-edition Disney Munchling options the candy scent of berries and might be discovered each on the merchandise areas on the pageant and on storeDisney.
Additionally, the Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket makes its return, however this yr with a brand new EPCOT fortieth Anniversary strap. Last yr, Festival of the Arts was dominated by headlines that EPCOT’s Longest Line Is For Figment Popcorn Buckets. It took some time, however Walt Disney World finally solved that drawback by streamlining the method with Mobile Order. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if that easy repair returns on the outset of the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts, or if Disney needs the strains and accompanying headlines.
As a lot as I like Figment, I’m admittedly a bit disillusioned. Part of that’s most likely my full disinterest in Munchkins. I do know these issues are tremendous in style, however I don’t get the hype. (To every their very own on that–no judgment from me!) I want there have been a brand new Figment sipper or a distinct popcorn bucket design.
While these issues additionally don’t do a ton for me, personally, a minimum of they’ve a wider resonance within the fan group. It was actually cool to stroll round EPCOT final January and February and see a excessive share of company carrying a Figment popcorn bucket or two (however not 5 or extra–the eBay pirates are very uncool!). I may very well be fallacious, however I don’t suppose the identical popcorn bucket however with a distinct strap goes to hit the identical.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be shopping for the Figment popcorn bucket with the brand new EPCOT fortieth Anniversary strap? If so, do you have already got one or not? Think the road for that may as soon as once more be a number of hours lengthy, or will Walt Disney World convey again the streamlined Mobile Order course of? Do you may have any favourite savory snacks or decadent desserts from the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts? Any least favourite objects? Do you suppose the meals is definitely worth the excessive worth tags given the eye to element, or is all of it nonetheless overpriced? What are you trying ahead to attempting on the Food Studio cubicles? Any questions? Hearing from you is half the enjoyable, so please share your ideas within the feedback!