[gatour]

Not sure how long this has been on Disney Website, but here are the booths that they are listing for the Food and Wine festival. The ones with astericks are TBD. Also, note, I noticed that they only list one food item for each booth, they usually have 2 or 3 food items per booth.

They also assign a city name to each booth. I find it kind of funny that for San Francisco the food item is strawberry shortcake. When I think of San Francisco and food, strawberry shortcake is not the first thing that comes to mind. :)


AFRICA
Marrakesh, Morocco
Bastilla

Cape Town, South Africa
Bobotie with Mango Chutney LATIN AMERICA

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Grilled Beef with Chimichurri
and Mashed Potatoes

Santiago, Chile
Spicy Beef Empanadas

Mexico City, Mexico
Quesadilla con Chorizo

ASIA
Shanghai, China*

New Delhi, India
Samosa with Tamarind Sauce

Tokyo, Japan*

NORTH AMERICA
Montreal, Canada
Cheddar Cheese Soup

New Orleans, United States
Crawfish Bisque

San Francisco, United States
Strawberry Shortcake

Boston, Hops & Barley
New England Lobster Roll

EASTERN EUROPE
Krakow, Poland
Potato Pierogies with Kielbasa, Caramelized Onions and Sour Cream

Istanbul, Turkey
Manti with Yogurt Sauce

PACIFIC RIM

Melbourne, Australia*

Wellington, New Zealand
Bay Scallops with Baby Greens
and Cranberry Vinaigrette

CONTINENTAL EUROPE
Lyon, France*

Munich, Germany
Spaetzle with Creamy Mushroom Ragout

Athens, Greece
Spanakopita

Cork, Ireland
Irish Cheese Selection with Apple Chutney and Irish Soda Bread

Bologna, Italy*

Barcelona, Spain
Seared Tuna and Grilled Red Pepper Brushetta

Reims, Champagne
Champagnes and Chocolates

International Beers
Great Beers and Savory Snacks

CARIBBEAN
San Juan, Puerto

[missymouse]

Wish I was going during the Food and Wine Festival. We've been there twice during that time, and the food is yummy!

[ddoll]

woo-hoo! Thanks gatour, I had not seen that before. Makes my mouth water!

[tink74]

I am so excited to be going to this for the first time in October!!! I'm going to eat my way around the world!!! (better bring my stretchy pants!)

Thanks for the post gatour!

[tiggerlover1971]

oh my they are going to have crawfish bisque I might have to hurry and save for Aps just so Ican go for the food and wine festival .

[quakercub]

Cool!!!! (I hope they do escargot for France again. It's awesome!!!!!)

And the great thing is, we'll be done with our Atkins induction by then. Yay!!!!!

[wdw&tk]

When is Food & Wine Festival this year?

[iluvwdw]

I wish I were going to be there during the Food and Wine Festival this year! Nothing beats eating your way around the World!

Someone asked for this years dates...they are September 26, 2008 - November 9, 2008.

[gatour]

The Food and Wine Festival is 26 Sept to 9 Nov.

For you first timers, you almost need two days to sample all or at least a majority of the booths. What I try to do in advance is find out what each booth is offering and then set up a game plan with an idea of pacing myself and also mixing up things, i.e. not only eating meat but including seafood and throwing in a salad and a soup. Also some of the offerings are sandwiches so I don't eat all of the bread, just the feeling.

Try to avoid opening weekend, there are usually glitches with the cash registers and even one or two of the food offerings. Plus they press into service cast members that are not used running the registers. However, if you are there for opening weeked but arriving during the week before, you might want to try dropping by on Thursday 25, they sometimes open some of the booths a few days before the official opening. You can try them then, and then hit the rest on the weekend.

Overall try to avoid the weekends of the festival. The locals come out then, and it is very popular for the locals and other Floridians who can make a day trip out of it.

If you are there when they open up the World Showcase take a boat to the "back" and start there. People tend to start at the booth closest to the front and the lines can get long quick, while the booths in the back of WS are empty. As the day wears on it gets more balanced.

If you can't tell I a love the Food and Wine festival. I also hope the have the escargot this year. Recently, I can only think of one year that they didn't have the escargot

[Dopey]

Originally Posted by gatour

They also assign a city name to each booth. I find it kind of funny that for San Francisco the food item is strawberry shortcake. When I think of San Francisco and food, strawberry shortcake is not the first thing that comes to mind. :)

hehe, the same can be said for Munich, Germany.
mushrooms? how about Weiss Wurst?
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