lindseyanne
The Witch of Walpurgis
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- May 15, 2014
July 24: A Taste of The Taste of Epcot
Part Three
Boyfriend was in the mood for something sweeter, so while I got my macaroni and cheese fix, he stopped at the Desserts & Champagne booth for one of the liquid nitrogen chocolate cake pops ($4) and the Frozen S'mores drink ($4.50):
As you can see in the pic above, the cake pop he chose had crushed M&Ms on it. The cake itself was just standard, nothing excited chocolate cake, but the chocolate covering it was delicious. It also started melting immediately, so be sure to get a boat to carry it in (they didn't give one out to everyone, Boyfriend had to ask for it). The Frozen S'mores was AWESOME and well worth the $4.50. It had the taste and texture of frozen hot cocoa.
Required "I-just-took-a-bite" picture:
My last stop for food was France, where I got the tarte aux oignons caramelises ($5.50) and the tarte Tropezienne ($3.00):
Here's a closer look at the tarte aux oignons, which is fun to say:
The best way to describe the taste of this tart is that it tasted like Thanksgiving. The taste was like a very onion and rosemary heavy Thanksgiving stuffing. There's a decent amount of goat cheese on top, but the onion and rosemary overpowered that. The taste was very good, but the texture was a bit off. Because these festival tarts are transported from a central kitchen and kept warm at the food stalls, the center never fails to get soggy. It doesn't really justify the $5.50 cost.
The tarte Tropezienne, though!
Laaaaaaawd this was good! The brioche seemed a bit stale, but the pastry cream was light and tasted a little tropical--I have no idea what was in it and the menu description didn't say. There was plenty of raspberry coulis to dip each bite in. For $3, this was a great choice for dessert.
We walked through the oddly deserted World Showcase and I ran into the Germany pavilion to get some caramel popcorn to go from the Karamell-Küche. It's 30% off for APs right now, so you best believe I was going to take advantage of that!
The World Showcase without international CMs is.....weird. I don't like it. They add so much to the atmosphere. Obviously I'm glad that Epcot is back open and that other CMs are able to get hours by working in the World Showcase, but it is most definitely a different experience. On top of that, the lack of entertainment is really obvious in the World Showcase. I don't know if "lifeless" sounds too dramatic, but it's a dramatically different dynamic than Epcot pre-pandemic.
Click here to continue with the rest of the evening at Epcot.
Part Three
Boyfriend was in the mood for something sweeter, so while I got my macaroni and cheese fix, he stopped at the Desserts & Champagne booth for one of the liquid nitrogen chocolate cake pops ($4) and the Frozen S'mores drink ($4.50):
As you can see in the pic above, the cake pop he chose had crushed M&Ms on it. The cake itself was just standard, nothing excited chocolate cake, but the chocolate covering it was delicious. It also started melting immediately, so be sure to get a boat to carry it in (they didn't give one out to everyone, Boyfriend had to ask for it). The Frozen S'mores was AWESOME and well worth the $4.50. It had the taste and texture of frozen hot cocoa.
Required "I-just-took-a-bite" picture:
My last stop for food was France, where I got the tarte aux oignons caramelises ($5.50) and the tarte Tropezienne ($3.00):
Here's a closer look at the tarte aux oignons, which is fun to say:
The best way to describe the taste of this tart is that it tasted like Thanksgiving. The taste was like a very onion and rosemary heavy Thanksgiving stuffing. There's a decent amount of goat cheese on top, but the onion and rosemary overpowered that. The taste was very good, but the texture was a bit off. Because these festival tarts are transported from a central kitchen and kept warm at the food stalls, the center never fails to get soggy. It doesn't really justify the $5.50 cost.
The tarte Tropezienne, though!
Laaaaaaawd this was good! The brioche seemed a bit stale, but the pastry cream was light and tasted a little tropical--I have no idea what was in it and the menu description didn't say. There was plenty of raspberry coulis to dip each bite in. For $3, this was a great choice for dessert.
We walked through the oddly deserted World Showcase and I ran into the Germany pavilion to get some caramel popcorn to go from the Karamell-Küche. It's 30% off for APs right now, so you best believe I was going to take advantage of that!
The World Showcase without international CMs is.....weird. I don't like it. They add so much to the atmosphere. Obviously I'm glad that Epcot is back open and that other CMs are able to get hours by working in the World Showcase, but it is most definitely a different experience. On top of that, the lack of entertainment is really obvious in the World Showcase. I don't know if "lifeless" sounds too dramatic, but it's a dramatically different dynamic than Epcot pre-pandemic.
Click here to continue with the rest of the evening at Epcot.
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