The EPCOT International Arts Festival returns to Walt Disney World this week, starting January 14, and the Food Studios menus have been released.
The new collectible popcorn bucket has also been unveiled, and is everyone’s favorite figure:
There are plenty of menu items to try this year, including gluten-free and plant-based ones. Be sure to pick up a festival passport to try the Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine, a back-to-back gastronomic walk where you can pick up stamps by buying five of these decadent dishes in exchange for a special Deco Delights prize to enjoy. The items are marked below.
Here are the Food Studios menus and where to find them:
Pop Eats! (Near the port of entry)
Food:
- Tomato soup with grilled cheese
- Tomato soup with bacon, apple and grilled brie cheese (new)
- Frangipane almond cake with raspberry jam and Belgian chocolate
- Pop’t Art: Modern design sugar cookie with chocolate and hazelnut filling
- Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket with Popcorn Popcorn (limit of 2 per guest) (new)
Drinks:
- Foggy IPA
- Can Bloody Mary tomato soup
The Deconstructed Dish (near the port of entry)
Food:
- Deconstructed BLT: Crispy Pork Belly, Soft Poached Egg, Brioche, Watercress Foam and Tomato Jam
- Deconstructed French Onion Soup: Beef Broth Ravioli, Gruyère Foam, Onion Bread Pudding and Onion Textures (New)
- Deconstructed Key Lime Cake: Flexible Lime Curd, Lime Mousse, Graham Cookie and Meringue Cake (Green) (New)
Drinks:
- Fashion deconstructed apple pie: apple and cinnamon ice cream, apple cider with cinnamon, apple pie and streusel filling (non-alcoholic) (new)
- Brown Ale
Deco Delights (near the port of entry)
Food:
- Dulce Chocolate Mousse with Chocolate Cream and Dark Chocolate Truffle (New)
- Decadent Valrhona Chocolate with Dark Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate Brownie and Cassis Mousse (New)
- Orange Mousse with Lemon Cake and Raspberry Meringue (New)
Drinks:
- Strawberry Blonde Nitro
- Vanilla Porter
- Milk Stout
- Flight of Neapolitan beer
The Craftsman’s Courtyard (near Disney Traders) (new)
Food:
- Roasted PEI mussels with cast iron with sautéed tomatoes, garlic and fresh herbs (new)
- Roasted Steelhead omelette with parsley salad, grape tomatoes, Kalamata olives, capers and lemon aioli (new)
Drinks:
- Wheat beer
- Chardonnay
- Pink
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Flight of wine
Advanced soda
Food:
- Herbal Bratwurst with Spicy Turmeric Aioli, Coffee Barbecue Jacket and Salad (Herbal)
- Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie Artist Palette
Drinks:
- Blue Rapberry Blonde Ale
- Nairobi coffee Dark beer
- Brown Ale
The Hungry Artist (Mexico)
Food:
- Huarache Verde: Coriander huarache with cochinita pibil, fresh pineapple and pickled onion (new)
- Roast Beef: Roast Beef, Grilled Fresh Cheese, Fried Beans, Chives and Ranchera Sauce (New)
- Chocolate taco: chocolate caramel shell stuffed with Mexican chocolate mousse with a touch of chili topped with seasonal fruit (gluten / wheat friendly)
Drinks:
- Mexican craft beer: made with citrus notes and Mexican Caribbean sea water
- The Lily: white tequila, violet essence infusion, rose petal liqueur, blueberry and lime juice
- Smoked raspberries: white tequila, rosemary-infused mezcal, ginger cordial, lime juice and rosemary aroma
The Panda Painted (China)
Food:
- General Tso’s Shumai Chicken
- Char Siu Pork Bowl
Drinks:
- Bubble Tea “Panda”: classic milk tea with black and white boba milk (non-alcoholic)
- Jasmine draft beer
- Eastern Dynasty: vodka, light rum, strawberry syrup, mixed pineapple blend, soda water and magic boba pearls
- Kung Fu Punch: Vodka, triple dry, mango syrup, orange juice and soda water
- Sea Butterfly: Butterfly Pea Flower Infusion Cocktail with Vodka, Light Rum, Lychee Syrup, Boba Magic Pearls
Pastoral Palace (Germany)
Food:
- Braised veal ribs in red wine with parsley puree, broccoli, tomatoes and aged balsamic
- Wild boar cassoulet with duck confit, ham corvette and wild boar sausage (New)
- Opera cake: almond jonde, coffee butter cream and chocolate ganache
Drinks:
- Pink hard cider
- Rosé Blonde Ale
- Frozen Rosé
- A play about pink flight
- Rosé de Vinya Vella
The art of eating (Italy)
Food:
- Arancini: Fried Risotto Balls Stuffed with Grilled Beef and Served with Tomato Sauce (New)
- Ravioli alla Boscaiola: sweet sausage ravioli, mushrooms, caramelized onion and creamy Parmesan sauce (new)
- Bomboloni: Italian Donut of Chocolate and Hazelnuts with Powdered Sugar (New)
Drinks:
- Peroni Pilsner
- Pinot Grigio
- Chianti
- Prosecco
- Sparkling Red Wine
- Muscat
- Italian white sangria with prosecco
- Italian red sangria with cabernet sauvignon
- Italian margarita with tequila and limoncello
- Amaretto Bellini: Amaretto, white peach puree and Prosecco
- Bergamot: Licor Rosolio, Prosecco and olives
The artist’s table (America)
Food:
- Wellington meat: mushroom, prosciutto and puff pastry with red wine demi-glace and baby vegetables
- Scallops in a frying pan with vanilla and butter pumpkin puree, brown butter cauliflower puree and lime foam (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Orange)
- Pistachio cake with cherry and cherry mousse
Drinks:
- Chocolate with chocolate flight: white, milk and dark chocolate (non-alcoholic)
- White Ale
- Amber Ale
- Brown Ale
- Pinot Noir
- Symphony in Chocolate Flight: Cream liqueurs paired with Sipping Chocolates
- Beer flight
Funnel cake
- Cherry Blossom Funnel Cake: Chocolate Chip Funnel Cake Covered with Cherry Ice Cream, Rainbow Whipped Cream, Chocolate Chips and a Marrasquino Cherry (New)
Goshiki (Japan)
Food:
- Chicken Kushiage: battered and fried chicken with yum yum sauce and vegetables (new)
- Sushi Donut: Donut-shaped sushi with salmon, tuna, prawns, cucumber and sesame seeds on a plate decorated with wasabi aioli, sriracha and eel sauce
Drinks:
- Winter Ale
- Sake in a traditional custom wooden cup
- Niseko Flurry: sake, rum, cranberry juice, blue curacao and lime juice (new)
Tangerine Café: Flavors of the Medina (Morocco)
Food:
- Three-way carrots: grilled carrots with Berber spices, pickled carrots and carrot and ginger puree (herbal) (new)
- Homemade Crispy Amond Phyllo Pockets with White Chocolate Pomegranate and Milk Chocolate Orange (New)
Drinks:
- Chai Tea Mint Mimosa: Twinings of London Chai Tea with sparkling lime and mint wine
- Sangria hard cider
- Chai Dura cider
- Hard berry cider
- Flight of the cider
Vibrant and lively: charming cuisine (between Morocco and France)
Food:
- Homemade Sausage and Potato Pie with Turmeric Aioli and Annatto Aioli (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Yellow) (New)
- Spicy Ajiaco Soup with Chicken Seasoned with Guajillo and Tree Chili, Potato, Avocado, Corn and Fresh Cream (Gluten / Wheat Friendly) (New)
- Passion fruit mousse with dragon fruit jam (compatible with gluten / wheat)
Drinks:
- Coconut and passion fruit smoothie (non-alcoholic)
- Frozen Pinya Colada
- Daiquiri of passion fruit
The art of French cuisine (France)
Food:
- Crème de Brie en Petit Pain: Hot creamy brie in a homemade bread bowl
- Winter black truffle croissant: Winter black truffle croissant served hot
- Cold lobster mousse, dill brioche: chilled lobster mousse served with dill brioche (new)
- Moelleux aux Noisettes et Chocolats Valrhona: Melted chocolate cake and hazelnuts with pure Valrhona chocolates
Drinks:
- Frozen French Martini: Vodka, Black Raspberry Liqueur, Pineapple, Orange and Grape Juice with Lemon Foam and Lemon
- French rosé sparkling wine
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Chardonnay sparkling
Gourmet Landscapes (Canada)
Food:
- Blood orange stewed beet carpaccio with mustard vinaigrette, pickled mushrooms, golden beets and crostini (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Red) (Herbal) (New)
- Roasted bone marrow with onion jam, pickled mushrooms, lettuce maché and bone marrow snow (new)
- Mushroom risotto, aged parmesan, truffle shavings and Zinfandel reduction
Drinks:
- German lager
- Cuvée Sparkling Wine
- Merlot
- Frozen rusty nail cocktail
Soft drink port (near Canada)
Food:
- Gnocchi putout with braised beef in red wine, cottage cheese, basil and burrata (new)
- Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie Artist Palette
Drinks:
- Blood Orange Cosmo: Vodka with blood orange, blueberry and lime (new)
- Hard cider
The Donut Box
Food:
- Vanilla Donut with Strawberry Sugar, Strawberry Ice Cream, Fresh Strawberries and Strawberry Ice (Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine – Pink) (New)
- Inside Out Donut: Vanilla Donut with Bavarian Cream (New)
- Chocolate-soaked donut with splashes of black and gold sugar and chocolate butter cream ((New)
Drinks:
- Pink
- Cold fashion coffee cocktail
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
- World Discovery (near Mission: SPACE) – Mocha Masterpiece Cold Brew: a creamy, sweet cold beer topped with whipped cream and chocolate leaves
- Canada – Colorful Canvas Cold Brew: a creamy, sweet cold beer topped with whipped cream and fruity cereal
- World Showcase (near Disney Traders) – Cinnamon Swirl Cold Brew: a creamy, sweet cold beer topped with whipped cream and cinnamon squares
- The American adventure – Rainbow Dreams Cold Brew: A sweet, creamy cold crew covered in whipped cream and crunchy colored marshmallows
What menu items do you dare to try? Let me know in the comments! You can also read more about the EPCOT International Arts Festival in our preview.
