Last year DCA brought back the F&W Festival. There was one from 2007 until 2010, but they did not feature the kiosks that are so popular at WDW. The reason told to me was something to the effect that food laws in California require each kiosk to be individually licensed kitchens and the costs were too high. When the food booths showed up this past year, I was perplexed. But someone else pointed out on another thread the food offerings were definitely higher in price of those at Epcot F&W, almost double in fact. My guess is that to get their money out of those food booth licenses (which were probably licensed for an entire year), they brought a new celebration called the Festival of Holidays. And then for the Lunar New Year the food booths came back again. Don't quote me as an authority, but this is just my guess!
Interesting back story. I suppose the price increase could be because of licensing... or it could be just Disney.
Nah. You're right. Disney would never raise their prices just because.
For those of you familiar with the layout of the parks
Not.... yet.
stopping to admire this Gingerbread house in the lobby.
That doesn't look real!
So much of the offerings at the festival were sweets and not wanting to go into a diabetic coma, I had to be careful.
I did notice that.
I got some Peppermint Bark for later.
Because... Peppermint Bark. (Which is better with a bite.)
And Fran got this White Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Marshmallows. As they melted the drink turned pink.
mmmmm white hot chocolate. Was it good with Peppermint marshmallows?
Next we visited the Fiesta en Familia where they had a couple Pozole.
Is "Pozole" just a fancy word for soup?
I realized upon my first bite of the turkey slider, I am NOT a fan of cranberry sauce with turkey, and I let Fran finish this one.
I liked it when I had a cranberry turkey sandwich... but that thing looks like it's got
tons in it!
This one was much better, but I didn’t want to eat too much of it and get myself too full.
Kalua slider! Man those are good.
We only got the Mac and Cheese and Sweet Potato pie. I also forgot to get a picture of the booth. The Mac and Cheese was only “meh” and I did not care for the jalapeno croutons.
Yup. Mac and cheese... I'm very, verrrrrry fussy about that.
Not surprised it didn't do it for you.
but I grabbed a glass of wine for on the way out. It came from the “Making Spirits Bright” booth.
Clever.
Nice nails, Alison!
The Christmas tree was all lit up.
Pretty.
Holiday train station (even though the train is closed).
Why?
We got the Sticky Toffee Pudding, Eggnog Cheesecake, and the Gingerbread Bundt Cake. The big winner here was the Sticky Toffee Pudding.
It all looks pretty good, but I agree, the Sticky pudding looks
really good.
I got the Roasted Lamb. In hindsight, this wasn’t as good as I’d hoped. It wasn’t a lamb loin or rib chop, I think it was just leg meat or something tougher. I ate a little of it and tossed the rest.
Too bad. It
looks good.
The dead grapes didn't help either.
Tell you what, I'll eat all your "dead grapes".
You know. Because I'm a swell guy.
Fran chose wisely. This kiosk was right across from the Corn Dog Castle.
Okay... now that, (to me) looks like the best thing I've seen yet.
I got this Bratwurst from one,
That looks good too, though.
All of us loved this Egg Nog Cocktail. I’m not sure what was in it, but it was pretty potent!
I'm gonna guess... egg nog and more rum.
Already the Food and Wine Festival is rapidly approaching. By the time I get back from our cruise F&W will be upon us!
Oy. Like I don't have enough choices already!