Join Tom and Eric as they try all of the new food and beverage items at the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts.
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 – Intro
00:08:51 – Figment’s Inspiration Station
00:08:59 – Blueberry-filled Pastry Tart (WWCC)
00:11:15 – Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket
00:12:41 – Joffrey’s near Disney Traders
00:12:56 – Brushstroke Berry Bliss
00:14:35 – The Craftsman’s Courtyard
00:14:53 – Grilled Pork Belly
00:16:33 – Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak
00:18:08 – El Artista Hambriento
00:18:30 – Carne Asada
00:20:14 – Tostada de Langosta
00:21:56 – Rubi Delicioso Margarita
00:24:32 – Smokey Banana Bliss Margarita
00:26:36 – Deconstructed Dish
00:26:49 – Deconstructed Key Lime Pie (WWCC)
00:28:22 – Pop Eats!
00:28:38 – Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese (WWCC)
00:29:40 – The Painted Panda
00:29:45 – Sesame Balls
00:32:54 – L’Arte di Mangiare
00:33:17 – Conchiglie Ripiene
00:34:20 – Torta Ricotta di Cioccolata
00:35:03 – Elderflower Sparkling Cocktail
00:36:41 – Park Candy
00:37:20 – Funnel Cakes
00:37:24 – Crazy Chocolate Funnel Cake Sandwich
00:39:57 – The Artist’s Table
00:40:05 – Hummingbird Cake
00:41:31 – Joffrey’s near American Adventure
00:41:45 – Pastel Pineberry Frost
00:44:10 – Goshiki
00:44:40 – Wagyu Bun
00:47:45 – Ichigo Mochi-Daifuku
00:51:47 – Murasaki Blueberry Drink and Blueberry Cocktail
00:54:39 – Tangierine Cafe
00:54:53 – Chocolate Cake
00:56:35 – Vibrant & Vivido: Encanto Cocina
00:56:42 – Chorizo and Potato Empanada (WWCC)
00:58:12 – Passion Fruit-filled Mango Cheesecake
00:59:55 – L’art de la Cuisine Francaise
01:00:06 – Creme de Brie en Petit Pain
01:00:42 – Saumon Fume Mousse et Aspic, Blini et Fromage de Chevre
01:03:24 – Moelleux aux Noisettes, Croustillant Noisettes, Coulis Framboise et Mangue
01:05:30 – Elderflower Liqueur Cocktail
01:08:32 – Joffrey’s near Canada
01:08:42 – Realism Roseberry Cold Brew
01:11:26 – Gourmet Landscapes
01:11:48 – Verjus-roasted Beets (WWCC)
01:13:17 – Wild Mushroom Risotto
01:14:46 – Frozen Scotch Cocktail
01:16:27 – Deco Delights
01:16:49 – Neapolitan Dessert Trio (WWCC)
01:19:52 – Pop Eats! Again!
01:20:00 – Rock the Dots White Chocolate and Orange Mousse
01:21:18 – Swirled Showcase
01:21:23 – Cupcake Soft-serve
01:22:21 – Fanta Strawberry Float
01:24:38 – Deconstructed Dish again!
01:24:48 – Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep
01:25:35 – WIGS
01:31:26 – Outro
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Welcome to our review of everything that is new to eat and drink at the 2024 Epcot International Festival of the Arts now um the reason usually when we do these reviews we’re just in the park and we just film everything in the park um but I wanted to take a moment because
This is a pivotal moment for us and I have to give a bit of a disclaimer um because of that because we of course want to continue to be honest with you guys as to what’s happening now you may or may not have heard that Disney
Actually invited us as media to come to the event we were part of their media event um which has not H happened in a very long time so very quick Short History um we were generally invited to to a number of Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort media events from um I
Want to say like 2009 to 2012 or 13 uh and then we did our own thing for many years and then they brought us back on the list for a very short period in um 2017 which was was in the midst of a certain other regime and things happened
And I’m not going to revisit all of that cuz it’s very much in the past um and this year we are all about turning the page and moving forward and clearly um everyone at the Walt Disney Company feels the same because they extended an olive branch to me um back in December
And um that is something I have been hoping for for a very very long time now this is not because like I really want to be on the media list and I want free things and want to have Early Access to stuff and blah blah blah well the Early
Access thing is true right obviously that is a tremendous benefit to you the audience and it’s a tremendous benefit to us as a business right um if we get to preview attractions or events or things like that having it you know early it’s a great benefit I can’t can’t
Argue that and it’s the greatest benefit to you the audience because I can bring you the coverage um you know before you even get there right so there is a great benefit there but otherwise like this is not uh the reason this is important to me is is because things with the Disney
Company during the previous regime were so tumultuous and it was a very unhappy time in my life I’ve spent the last several years um fighting depression and a lot of things and then there a big part of it was was that um you know that tension right um and certainly the last
Several months and years things have come down exponentially which has been great um but it’s kind of been this lingering thing where it it’s you know I want to uh you know I want to tie a bow on that part of my life I want to move
On from it and we’ve reached that moment now so I I have to thank everyone um in the Disney PR department everyone on um that side of the business who made this happen I really appreciate that the Olive Branch really meant the world to me um and the fact that everyone um you
Know in the course of hosting us today um and and things that are other things that are happening that we’ll talk about down the road um everyone’s been so courteous and great and helpful and um it’s so refreshing and nice and I it really is and I think um I will tell you
This honestly in my conversations with people at Disney I think they are as excited as I am to work together and it’s it’s great I think everybody you know I think I think they’re they’re everybody feels like we’re resolving something that should have been resolved a long time ago and that’s a nice
Feeling so the disclaimer I have to give you is that we were hosted by Disney um and in the process of being hosted they gave us a media gift um obviously the figment you saw the figment fig Clair plush earlier this week but the more important gift we have to talk about is
They granted us a $100 gift card um which we could use towards food and beverage at the festival and we did obviously the full cost of everything new at the epot International Festival of the Arts is more than $100 but I do have to disclose that to you now the
Other thing I want to tell you here is because I’ve seen some of the like look it’s the internet and people you know so many of you have been supportive and wonderful and I love you guys and I really appreciate it and the reason any of this is happening is because of you
You you have been incredibly supportive over all these years those numbers you guys put up for news today for this program three times a week are such a big part of because because you know that the world knows that people come here for Disney Park’s news and that
People hear um the opinions I put out here and and I listen to what you guys are are saying in the comments and we voice that here and this is a very important forum for the industry right and then this is is validation of that and validation of of the stock that you
All have put into news today and these these programs we do I’m sorry if I talked about this like this was news today we’re filming these things back toback and I probably am old and confused but nonetheless um you know so so I I have to thank Disney again um for
Hosting us I want to give you that disclaimer before we get into this and the thing I want to promise you is that we are not changing things here at wwn NT will not change um yes we will be granted media access but we will continue to be honest and the people at
Disney have assured me that is perfectly fine um which is all I needed to hear um to to want to work with them um this this is both sides are very uh Earnest and and excited about this opportunity and it’s a great thing and the fact that
All that matters to me is that we continue to be honest with you and that understanding is that look we all love Disney World we all love these parks and we’re all going to continue to go to them um you know and and being honest is not
Going to make anyone not go to a Disney park it’s just going to make people do different things when they’re at a Disney park if I tell you an item at the Epcot International FES the Arts isn’t uh my favorite I will gladly tell you one you should get instead so um with
All that understood I want you guys to understand that again um moving forward like nothing has changed other the fact that we have a uh positive and healthy relationship with the Walt Disney Company which is is a wonderful wonderful thing in my book but I don’t
Want you guys to worry that things are going to be different the honest reviews will continue to be the honest reviews and we will continue to help you uh navigate your way through a Disney Vacation um or if you’re local um your visit so uh thank you guys for your time
And now enjoy our review of everything that’s new and some returning items uh you’ll understand eventually at the Epcot International Festival of the Arts 2024 welcome to the Epcot International Festival of the Arts the season of figman I I have another way I say that but some people might be offended so I
Won’t say it here on the show um but we’re here covering uh all as usual our video will cover everything that’s new this year so we have videos from previous years if you want to see us eat what was new in previous years you can go watch that right here on the channel
And of course um if you want to read reviews of every single item whether it’s new or returning they’re all available at ww W nt.com something I need to talk about at the start here is that uh today is a meaningful day for wwt because we are back on the approved
Disney Parks media list which means today we were invited uh to the media event so uh typically sometimes you’d have well legally you would have to say you’re hosted um when you attend these media events so what we have done is um while we’ve been invited we’re not
Actually using any of the benefits right so they granted Park Mission we used our own annual passes they gave us a gift card we are not using the gift card for these food reviews so um you know we’re avoiding any uh moral ambiguity uh in
This process so um but of course it’s a big moment for us because it’s if any of you have been following us for many years you know that things uh at times were tumultuous um with other Management in the company and um it means the world
To us that Disney has reached out and extended an olive branch and welcomed us back in in and we’re very excited to work together but I want to assure you that through all of that um obviously our reviews will remain honest we’re under no obligation to say we love
Everything um Disney has even assured us that that’s not the case so um just want to let you guys know that up front I want to be honest with you and tell you what’s going on but again we didn’t use the admission we didn’t use the gift
Card or anything so um we will while we’re invited to me events to cover things when Disney has given us an advantage we will let you know and when we’re not utilizing the vage will let you know as well so we will try with cruises room tours food things like that
Um we will try to use our own funds uh to bring that to you in for the sake of uh you know uh media ethics okay so we’re starting with our first item we’re here at the Odyssey which is sorry I never remember the names of these things figments inspiration station at the
Odyssey um which of course has a number of items but uh new this year is a blueberry filled pastry tart there it is a blueberry filed pastry tart with purple icing figment uh being purple of course so it’s sugar cookie with blueberry filling um and it has it has a
Little fork and paintbrush next to it I need to know what that means wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine that’s what it means I didn’t even get my sticker I didn’t know ludic von Drake is very sad now I had no idea um usually with this event everything comes out really pretty
That’s like the gimmick of Festival the Arts the food prep um this first day not Pop-Tart came out a little it’s a little wonky looking um but hopefully it tastes good oh it’s heavy this a heavy Boy oh it’s so soft so they’ve had these before is this actually newer which or this with a sticker I don’t even know but either way man if this was served too hot would be killer so the sugar cookie dough is soft so it’s real doughy but it’s that’s
Really great and then the the the filling is very you know it’s that artificial kind of like neutr grain barish type filling um but it’s good is this a thing you need to come eat at the festival if you want a sticker for your wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine you do but
Otherwise there’s nothing there’s nothing super special about it right so I don’t know um the kids might like it if the kids want something sweet um that’s not going to challenge their palet um or if my dad’s coming we’ll serve him this but yeah that’s that’s my thoughts on the pop T
All right so quick already a correction because I do no homework cuz I’m an idiot um we did the thing we just did is not new the Pop-Tart is returning so there are several things we’re getting because they’re part of the colorful walk or the wonderful walk of colorful
Cuisine because we want to redeem and see what you get um that was one of those things so it’s fitting because I think there’s only 20s something new items anyway so this is going to be pretty short for a festival review for us so you guys do get a a handful of
Repeats from the wonderful walk stuff um one thing I want to talk about which isn’t I mean it is food there’s food in it it’s this guy we have the bucket and I think for me even though I own a number of Tokyo Disney buckets this is
My favorite popcorn bucket of all time um it’s amazing the the detail is fantastic I love the weird it’s kind of 80s is the like uh holographic sticker down in there it’s a little 80s toyish for sure uh this also lights up I don’t know you’re going to see it out
Here if I did it but I’m going to leave whoever this is I’m going to leave it oh no you pulled your tab anyway you can see the lights are on I didn’t want to ruin it by pulling someone’s tab it immediately kills the resale value and
God knows we’re all reselling this it’s a joke joke these are the jokes people cool strap figments diving in to the popcorn I guess if you decide to desecrate your bucket by having the popcorn actually in it which is somewhat sacriligious but uh nonetheless this is fantastic kudos to everyone involved in
This um they were actually telling us uh imagine your Jason Grant helped design this along with some of the festival managers they did a tremendous job Jason also uh worked on the little gold the figment Little Golden book um so Jason Grant is is my boy when it comes to
Figment stuff thank you Courtney for letting us borrow your bucket CU dad took all ours to the car and we forgot to film them okay um I just waited 30 minutes for a drink because it’s the morning and people want joffre um but I got the festival offering we’re here on the
Prominade um this one’s called I guess they call this location near Disney Traders i’ call it World Showcase prominade the brushstroke berry Bliss is a vibrant combination of frozen lemon minute made lemonade raspberry syrup and iced tea garnished with lemon um so we got it with the added Grey Goose vodka because alcohol
So uh let’s give it a try it’s a perfect day for a frozen drink it’s beautiful out and very warm that is really nice and refreshing um it’s got that sticky sweetness from the lemonade for sure um yeah I’m getting the raspberry like a artificial raspberry and definitely on
The back end you’re going to taste that iced tea you’re going to you’ll get like a raspberry iced tea flavor on the back end Can I taste the vodka I I mean you get a double if you want to taste the vodka but I’m sure it’s in here I
Watched him put it in and it’s not a bad serving size this is when it gets warmer as you know it does in the festival that takes place from January to February uh it will be it will be hot at some point um this is uh Frozen and nice and
Refreshing and um I think a good thing to get if you like lemonade or raspberry um refreshing cocktails I think this is a good option oh the weather’s beautiful so Eric has joined me because he loves to come out especially when the weather’s bad nothing can keep me away
From a first day of a festival time my favorite thing that we do this cheese that’s Harding on this dish can this keep you away it also smells bad so we’re from uh we got food from the Craftsman’s Courtyard just behind us a bit um Cuisine constructed with the
Natural Aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts movement okay um so we have the grilled pork belly and the grilled marinated skirt St is that what this is yep yeah okay that’s the pork belly with the cheese this is the pork I can’t tell cuz I can’t find the impenetrable Dome ofe
Under there uh with salsa verde broccoli Rob pickled peppers and ret cheese on grilled sour dough pickled peppers goad since you’ve just joined us you missed the you missed the poptart I ate which was an old item why did you eat an old item because it’s on the wonderful walk
Of colorful Cuisine also we don’t have a lot to review so isn’t most of the food at a festival kind of old see the medial list hasn’t changed us at all Welcome to our first and last media event everybody that’s pork belly it’s a real big serving for the for a
Festival I will say I it’s pork but it’s not what I think of when I think of a pork belly this cheese is rough right is this like a Reet type of yeah the Reet is always rough when you have to wait a couple minutes I think the pork is good
Yeah flavor is not bad all in all considering the condition that we received this in I think it’s pretty good I think for the price and the size you can share this with a couple people it’s got a lot of really interesting stuff going on Flavor wise too
Um yeah that the the broccoli R the salsa verie The Pickle pepper all that’s combining for a real Pleasant flavor over a nicely cooked piece of pork and a ni sizable one too and the bread actually that sourdough flavor uh with it it’s pretty perfect it’s basically a
Big uh pork open open face pork sandle yeah there’s there’s an awful lot going on yeah find a part of of what’s going on that you like and have even in the rain two thumbs up all right now we have the uh grilled marinated skirt steak with caramelized onions and mushrooms
Blue cheese fondue and a ruga on a grilled French roll look how cute it is with its tiny Santa hat it’s got a Santa hat on it it’s a few weeks late take a take a bite out of crime like McGruff Did only you can stop forest fires that was a different mascot that was Smokey the Bear we’re off to a great start take a bite it’s pretty good this is being shown to someone in Upper maner like you put them on think it’s this the bread is soft it
Looks like it would be hard I definitely could have cut that with this plastic knif I expected that was going to be like rock hard it wasn’t no it’s nice and soft the meat is perfectly cooked very tender very chewable it’s very chewy it’s not at all um stringy or no
We’re the first customers of the day so maybe they had to did hit it perfect but it’s it’s it’s very good this is very good I love it and the the richness of the cheese it’s really and the caramelized onion flavor is uh they on
The back end I like this a lot we’re going to move to another ex yeah okay we can have new Cutlery you don’t don’t have to reuse this Old Cutler and just throw that there I if only had brought my Spike the Beast bring the bring the
Mexico stuff over from we used to joke and say it was the hungry hamburger cuz we didn’t know what it said um it’s the hungry artist it’s El artista hento amento amento excuse me a classic and colorful Mexican fair I feel like you remember when Christoph Arley would read
The zagit on SNL and he played an old couple with Adam Sandler classic and colorful mexic I just SP food everywhere we’re doing great everybody doing great uh the carne assada is Chipotle marinated beef Sirin gred grilled queso fresco uh npal napala salad with queso fresco foam and chichon dust chichon dust nice
Chich would you like a rainon fork yes please and a knife move this uh cocktail out of the way so I don’t know where to start the G grilled queso fresco oh look at that I’m going to so I’m going to cut a little piece of lot dense cheese on this table right
Now and there’s also food I want to go Home let me go home you can see the meat is prepared very well like like a medium rare probably it’s very good it’s a little chewy but it’s got good flavor oh wow what about the cheater own dust though that’s that’s how you know it’s good so much juice and
Flavor for a festival steak right that’s tremendous I don’t know that the chichiron dust blew me away so what is this is the cheese yeah that’s the cheese and then oh look at that look at that griddled Mark oh my God I love that yeah I’m not getting any chichiron dust
Yeah but I love the I mean who doesn’t like cheese right right this is another one we’re I mean usually fesal the Arts is the one we like the most so yeah all right what do we have this is the lobster toast tost de losta chilled Lobster with
Chipotle oi onions and mango on a fried corn tortilla with guacamole shredded cabbage and hot sauce we’ve been through this before I don’t necessarily like food that is cold like meat that is cold yeah lobster cold I don’t how else you eat L you like your Lobster Hot yeah and
I dip it in butter you know and like I like a cold Lobster dish you know we’ve reviewed Mexico a lot over the years and often we do not like the food there are several things that they’ve done similar to this dish in the past I went wrong right this tostada
Like ended up getting all wet and then like didn’t really come up with it you couldn’t cut it it’s the right level of crispiness right so it breaks it’s got a nice crunch when you bite into it the lobster flavor is there there’s a good amount of lobster in there yeah there’s
Right amount of hot sauce so you got a tiny kick in there but it’s complimented by the SLO the SLO cools that down um I really like this too I I I think this is the weakest of the four things we’ve eaten so far but I
I’m not a seafood guy so I don’t know iagree but I like especially cold seafood cold seafood I mean I feel like when it’s cold each little imperfection is easier to pick out and taste I’m not saying I mean the fishiness when when seafood’s cold that fishiness is always
Way more prevalent right but I I but that’s a good note right if you don’t like cold seafood yeah if you don’t like cold seafood don’t get this right but it’s okay because they gave us two different margaritas didn’t give is one of them blood orange for Spike the be no it is
Uh what do we have we have the uh Ruby delicios Margarita which is troma Blanco tequila Le black currant Lor citrus mint spicy agave and beet juice don’t say it two more times don’t Say goad oh God I got to be careful how I react to This we can’t play the music for a legal reason there are people out there that really going to like that is one of them you no but I think I think I know what I like and don’t like that’s it’s it’s not offensive to my pilette it’s just not something that I’m
Going to walk around drink like all their stuff it’s real syum I’m not a big fan of Festival cocktails in general I don’t like the Mexico Pavilion in general I know people love laava I think the laava stuff is too syrupy it’s batch made it’s just not great I know people
Get it cuz they want to drink around the world and they like people like margaritas but I this is one of their better ones In fairness but I think we need to stir this next one up a little bit we always need to stir oh we should
Give this a stir and try it again that’s the other thing with the Mexican ones they get real quick they get watered down and I know people go oh you’re photographing it BL it’s a little more Rich this time I like it less stirred up
Oh it’s worse yeah good thing we did oh that is so pungent it’s like I bit into a beet don’t say beet juice oh I just said beet now you said it twice one more time one more time and we’re in trouble then like a thing of beet juice comes down over
You oh you just said what an idiot can’t take you anywhere I wish you wouldn’t no I’m not that could be a r styler and W this is oh it’s so give it to J don’t drink anything it’s spicy so it’s like I bit into a spicy
Beet he’s going to love it it’s weird he loves when I was a DJ I used to say come bite into this spicy beat it’s weird right like I don’t like spicy drinks I would actually like this if it wasn’t spicy Jason’s never met a purple cocktail he didn’t love though true half
The beers in shamb the number one purchaser of shamb it’s missing glitter world oh if that had glitter no I wouldn’t get that what you want to stir this one up this banana uh let me see what it’s called banana yep uh it’s called Uh Smokey Banana Bliss Margarita watch late cuz it’s
Going to be spilling out got 10 to one rum uh illegal mcal Hoven I’ll take those odds uh that means young mcal and banana puree and lime juice it still looks like it’s a little bit separated like a little oh well I don’t really want the Banana Leaf I’m Honest it’s not like Eric to not want some something from a fruit or vegetable there is a cough medicine aspect to this God this the every Festival we have one drink was it down with every Festival we have one drink that tastes like chloroseptic and this
One does is that right is your no that’s worse than usual I don’t taste banana at all my teeth are sticky now like my gum my my lips are sticking to my teeth do anything tastes like banana I don’t tast banana tast that artificial banana that you find in like like a children’s
Medicine or candy don’t mix those two [Laughter] up all right Jason we were doing so well and then we got to Mexico drinks oh what is wrong with this man if you were alive in the ’90s we are making some references I don’t I don’t like Mescal
But no that’s not even what I don’t like about I don’t get a smokiness of Mescal I don’t get a banana flavor I just get it’s like a real thick syrup yeah it’s a banana pure te are sticking there’s a banana puree but I will oh that’s my favorite prce song
Puree they got it in a secondhand store that’s what it tastes like so what what is that from and that’s only that’s not that’s returning for damn sure that’s the deconstructed keyme pie from the deconstructed dish on our colorful our wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine uh a classic of the
Epcot International Festival of the Arts is joining us this is the uh deconstructed keyme pie which is a flexible keyme curd that was my nickname in college uh keyme moose scram cracker cake and mering your name rhymed with that I don’t know what we didn’t stir a drink
With this these two yeah those look like they’re clean here I’ll use this one this thing looks like a creamy thing this looks like a fruit it’s not don’t worry I know but I remember this this is just like this is like mering a hard sugary mering it’s not a soft I don’t
Know I’m trying to construct myself a key lime pie you didn’t even take the lime you just had the key God I hate vegetables we me shut up it’s really good this is fantastic that was sad this is like Astron ice cake is so moist the keyme mousse is
It’s so tart everything about this is phenomenal I love this dish I hope it never leaves like God God God dressed uh my frangipane cake I know so many people said about the frangipane cake from pop eats which has been here since the beginning which is now gone Eric’s still
Eating so it must be I’m trying to mix it all up properly just got to get that beet and banana taste out of our mouths I’m going to have another bite cuz it’s so good we’re going to move on though let’s move on let’s move pop eats
This is another returning in a in a festival favorite uh which again will be a long I’m going to I should get a paid every time I say this the wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine item Eric U this is the uh which one is this is this the pimo uh
Tomato soup with pimento cheese bacon and fried green tomato grilled cheese no you don’t want it I’ve had it before it’s like it’s a favorite they’ve had a review I know that you know it’s good no just not not feeling it I’ve had this before it is good it’s very good
Can you go wrong with pimento cheese grilled cheese that Japan the soup it’s a basic tomato soup it’s very good presentation oh is A+ there’s a reason this is a festival standard and a reason you should get it it’s buttery toast pimento cheese it’s so rich people take this empty soup can
And take it I don’t know anyone who’s done that I don’t know any Psychopaths like that but I certain have Epcot festival souvenir bows and cups even though they’re meant to be thrown away the conservationist Tom coros that’s what’s happening yeah let’s move on all right we’re at the painted Panda
And the only new item uh for review the Sesame balls with red bean paste Nana Nana is here Nana is joining me fan of the red bean paste yeah yeah uh-huh she’s not happy about red bean paste I am super happy about n has done
Nothing but ask me to do this for 5 days yeah cuz I want to I love this thing the ball yeah so I am here so try it but I don’t like about this red sauce I don’t know why they put the red sauce you know like EP color
Otherwise looks boring they see epot always mess with Asian people food that’s the issue that I always have but it’s Festival the artart so they’re trying to be artistic they’re trying to give you a splash of color yeah I agree you know that’s exactly what I was
Going to say okay so the SES boy itself is legit it’s it’s real one it’s not the fake one it’s what it’s supposed to taste like but I we we don’t need this thing this the red past no put it away we don’t need put it away we don’t need this
Thing like this already have a taste like they already have a little uh not a lead bean paste in there it’s sweet 100% on point and it’s already fried with the um Sesame around to it I mean we could we can get in the Mist Donuts in Japan used to not anymore
Maybe so you know we always eating this back in the day so this is like one back in the day back in the day I mean Tom here have have one of these no no and don’t use the red sauce no I like the SAU I like the sauce what’s wrong with
It cuz you’re American that’s why I am oh what do you mean no everything doesn’t have to be plain either way $725 not bad for three of them right I love this ball but I don’t like the sauce this one doesn’t have a lot of sauce on you can eat a whole bowl
No are they supposed to be that chewy yes cuz it’s a Mochi around to it oh okay yeah Mochi with the little red bean paste Uncle inside so so when I have the ones that are easier to chew those are not real I should not like those the ones you could like easily
Bite through well I mean it’s supposed to be chewy so mine weren’t chewy so they’re wrong I’m not going to say wrong but they didn’t like you said there’s there’s a real chewy that’s Moi I mean moi’s been chewy so yeah and yours not chewy no it was like soft okay you got
It’s American right Nana every bunny so yeah yeah I don’t need a sauce if I can get without it I’ll be happy everyone else left all right so uh we are doing uh L dear that’s the much malign Italy Booth over the years I’ve become a butt of
Many jokes struggling to get it right I think sometimes Tom is not here uh Tom had to run and do some animation Academy stuff and so uh I’m left of my gee how convenient that when the Italy Booth comes up Tom disappears right uh let’s give this a shot though this first we’re
Going to try the um conigli oh boy R baked stuffed con I don’t know what it is pasta with beef ricota peas Pomodoro and creamy sauce we give this a shot here’s what it looks like it looks kind of like the Italy Booth of the
Past it is not easy cutting I don’t know here you want to see the inside of it it’s not particularly warm we haven’t had it for that long either um it’s pretty basic it’s not great it’s not awful I I’m sure they’ll sell a lot of them
Because a lot of people just go to the Italy Booth cuz like oh Italian food to me there’s nothing exciting going on there at all very Bland um not just not a whole lot to talk about there eat at your own risk all right next
Up we have the Tora Rota de Chola uh it’s chocolate cheesecake Whi cream I mean how you going to mess this up right here you go it kind of looks like a giant Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup uh if you watch the uh podcast we talk
About those a lot so I’m going to give it a shot here it’s got a little a little artistic piece of white chocolate there oh yeah I mean looks good tastes good fairly basic but this is I would definitely get this again this is uh creamy nice Tex nice texture and a a
Good rich chocolate flavor would recommend try the little piece of chocolate tastes like every decorative white chocolate Medallion they’ve ever made the Elder flour sparkling cocktail mint infused Elder flour lur prco and sparkling blood orange looks refreshing right little juice for color a it’s crisp it’s
Light I mean kind of what you see is what you get I think you could probably this is the kind of drink you can taste when you look at it and I I think it is delicious I think it’s it’s better than I expected it to be honestly uh very
Nice I would definitely get this a go there you have it that is the Italy Booth some hits some misses check it out look at this fantastic food we have in front of oh we’re rolling I didn’t realize I thought we usually don’t roll during Eric’s episodes but we we rolled
Through we rolled through that one this whole thing is an episode trust me I’m compartmentalizing right now I got can we talk about what happened while we weren’t filming we orig all over me and then a poor Ashton got like it it ricocheted off of me and
Like splattered on her yeah a lot of people don’t know this this is also bird Thanksgiving they just had dinner and there was a a new show called voluminous thatc that is just bird poop all right sorry you know what it’s a good thing to
Mention it came out so easy out of this par candy shirt hey those Park candy shirts are legit I just went and washed it real quick with soap and water in the American Adventure restrooms and it looks look how great it is it stain came right out you if you go to park
Candy.com or ww. linkpark candy and you use the discount code wdwn NT you get 15% off of the bird poop proof resistant not proof resist resistant shirts uh that’s only me that is not them so lawyers stay away well that’s why I said resistant that’s I I think it’s
Definitely resistant um but yeah this is the one with the the inspired by figment here’s a one little spark under here man uh anyway you look sharp I look like a bum I look so sharp in my bird poop covered we can’t say bird poop cover sure uh okay uh from
The funnel cake they have to bleep like 50 things already this the crazy chocolate funnel cake s it’s a sandwich how is that a sandwich oh it’s there’s ice cream wedged in there yeah I don’t know if you can see in there if you look through the thicket you can see
It it’s a minial cake sandwich but vanilla ice cream rainbow whipped cream and strawberry sauce and sprinkles I said it looked like figment intestines no now I’m thinking Brier patch I think you can’t say that we have to bleep [Laughter] that all right a small rabbit inside
There I’m sure of it the funnel cakes have been a festival highlight the last several years they really cranked it up oh this is wow it’s soft the funnel cake is not crispy oh that’s going to be messy can’t be messier than what just happened oh my God that is one of the
Best ones they’ve done if not the best so usually I feel like every time I’ve had a Disney World funnel cake it’s so crispy that it’s kind of hard to enjoy like it’s still good but I like it deer like this and then um this this chocolate this chocolate dough it’s like
Um reminds me like a sugary breakfast cereal like 80s like chocolate breakfast cereal like a Coco Puff syrup how do they keep outdoing themselves on funnel cakes I know every Festival funnel cakes are fantastic and this one is right I mean there was one a while back there
Was like a strawberry cheesecake that was really good last year but this is this this is right up there right um yeah they don’t even really talk about I mean it’s the crazy chocolate um but they didn’t really talk about what is going on with the dough but it’s like a
I’d say like a breakfast cereal like a breakfast cereal uh chocolate like Cocoa Puffs or something like that if it was a dough um and then the the that rainbow whipped cream is on point it’s got the right amount of sweetness the strawberry just enough of that strawberry sauce kicks in and then
The crunch of the sprinkles it’s it’s perfect it’s absolutely perfect for sure check your blood sugar check it off check it of pretty good I’m a I’m a fan I love it must get I always feel like an idiot like when we do our like talk
About what we like the best at the end of the day inevitably it’s like desserts and and this is always the thing every Festival they like oh the funnel cake and we just look like big stupid Americans because the only thing we like to but I challenge you to come here and
Eat that and not say it’s one of the best things you’ve had all it’s it’s excellent what is this thing the American Adventure has the artist table um which is delicious Fair brushed with flavor uh duck uh what is this this is a hummingbird [Laughter] cake uh hummingbird cake banana and
Pecan cake dipped in cream cheese icing with caramel sauce and warm pineapple compound now you know who has a mean hummingbird cake on Art Smith yeah Art Smith a homecoming I’ve heard it’s a shame he doesn’t tip people that’s also what you’ve told me oh look at that inside oh my
Goodness did they mention this like caramel sauce dollop over here I don’t think so it says car there was caramel in the description it’s solid it’s real solid the cake is nice and soft and moist and it’s got that that grainy there a spiciness to the C like a cake there you
Go um the banana the aftertaste is all banana banana but on those first bites you’re going to get the pcan and that and that like you said that that cake um I’m getting more banana flavor in this than I got in half of that cocktail we
Had in Mexico earlier that wased ban so it was like again it was like fake artificial like medicinal banana Sant s this is fine I mean you you’re right next to the funnel cake Booth you have a very important choice to make I I would say funnel you have no choice to make
Throw this to the poop birds and get the funnel it’s good joffree shall we is that jofre you got yeah Pineberry freeze or something like that I forget what it’s called let me find the joffre list I had to Google Pineberries they’re B basically strawberries uh it is the
They’re like pineapple pastel pastel Pineberry Frost uh a pastel work of art featuring frozen lemonade minute made lemonade and Pine Berry syrup garnished with lemon what is Pineberry it’s like a white strawberry I had to Google it is this like made up like snaz berries yeah the they the Pineberries taste like
Pineberries they they’re it’s like a white strawberry but it has a pineapple taste note apparently I I don’t know I guess we’ll find out this definitely needs to be stirred so I mean look all that flavor in the bottom this needs to be stirred for like a half
Hour or maybe we need a time machine to go back a half hour to win this was fresh sorry I got pooped on caused a bit of a delay for once it was literal and it wasn’t just on Twitter you mean X at least tast like strawberry to me strawberry lemonade to
Me at least the bird didn’t make things up about it’s super refreshing it’s really good it’s on the it’s real sweet though it’s on the sweet it’s very sweet it tastes like strawberry lemonade to me I I don’t we didn’t get the alcohol I was not told to get alcohol
Did are they they doing it with alcohol no I don’t think so is this one the menu had only one ver it doesn’t underneath list an alcohol version do you have the photo oh boy pay me my phone Jason we don’t need it but I just want to know
That actually usually there is an alcoholic version of all of these and you can add a shot of something like we added the Vodka to the drink earlier oh yeah I could have got a spirited version with Gray Goose okay I mean I think this
It would have been $8 more 850 more yeah this is but yeah it’s it’s it’s actually getting heartburn from it so is this the first time I’ve ever gotten in trouble for not adding alcohol or something correct yeah could tell you’re in a weird place things are weird things are
Weird dogs and cats living together I think it’s too I I’ve got like heartburn from it already I too I think it’s too sweet are you sure the heartburn’s not from something else I didn’t eat at the Italy Booth well how was the Italy Booth
Was it you said it was okay uh the sweet thing was okay the drink was the sweet thing was very good the drink was pretty good the uh pasta shell thing was very skippable okay which is probably like all pasta dishes theyve sered there Nana is back because we’re in
Japan and we’re going to be having goshiki mhm which you believe means five colors yeah I’m a seven so make it seven colors Nana means seven which should make sense as to why she works for us cuz her name is literally seven yeah seven you Jake uh so yeah it
Says literally we could have just read this oh good delectable dishes featuring the five colors of Japanese Cuisine they do seem to have only five colors no make it add it two make it seven um so what do we have here is this the wagu bun mhm wagu bun is steamed bun
Filled with American wagu beef served with green shiso sauce shis sauce yes would you like to do the honors I saw oh here do that knife have in front of you I didn’t know so so I never cut like bun like this in my life I know is this this feel
Sacrilegious to do the American thing and cut the bun a doll so what do you how do you eat a bun with chopsticks we don’t we eat with hand you just pick the bun up yes okay but then they’re they’re weird about in Japan they’re weird about picking food
Up so like you never touch the hamburger they always have the wrap on the hamburger they come as a wrap too oh so yeah but it’s the wrap but you don’t act you’re not actually touching you just pick it up in a wrapper okay you need
The but we didn’t provide a wrapper it’s in a plate so what is shiso sauce shiso is the one I don’t say it’s a vegetable it’s like one of the basil Japanese basil okay but uh I think they is that what that is in full there is that
That’s not the basil no that’s the different uh k d that’s some kind of radish raddish the d d radish radish okay it’s cousin I meant the green one yeah the green one that’s they’re cousins oh D radish is a little fat one this is a skinny one just a different
All right hey J get the sauce and try it you don’t want some you didn’t cut me any sorry I’ll take an Americanized cut I destroyed it a I destroyed it is there any meat oh there’s meat oh oh my goodness this is great oh but I think they are using the same
Beef from the last time you reviewed the little sweet beef Teryaki beef what festival was that it was a long time ago I mean we when last last time we did the review together the same beef that they use it inside yeah well it’s the same company so it’s like a Japanese
Meat sauce kind of taste yeah so like you’re going to read American wagu and you’re going to think something very different it’s it’s essentially like a really nice high quality minced beef um it’s really nice it’s a little bread so see like now it was real beef heavy on
This side look how much bread there is on that side in there it’s a little uneven um but it’s very it’s very good though I would I would recommend I like it Anna says good you can get it at the 7el in Japan too during the winter time
If I were to live there for a prolonged period I’ll have to try that yeah oh that’s never going to happen um Ichigo Mochi what did I say D huku so it’s not pronounced like an F oh d d no I don’t it’s so Ichigo ichiu
Ichiu I feel like we’re saying the same thing no it’s not no I’m I know that Ichigo Mochi yeah strawberry Mochi cake did I say it right or no no just eat it Ichigo just eat it Ichigo means strawberry so now you know and knowing is half the
Battle that’s an American thing that’s part of our culture hi we’re sharing each other’s culture right is this the clean night this is the yeah I have to do it those Pocky that’s very exotic you can’t find those in America you can buy pets now my Target’s always had them
That in the Hello Panda W looking pretty oh my goodness I love love I love D huk woohoo what the the side in the [Laughter] sauce you and the sauce they put it there that’s what it’s for you can have the pl decoration you can have the pl
You don’t need to Dip Ashton did you get a photo inside the bun okay here here take that and then also while before we eat this get a photo inside of that why American people why American people like dip in everything why people why cuz it’s in the
Constitution you have a right to bear arms you have a right to freedom of speech and a right to dip food in any condiment you so please well I mean I took your history but I don’t remember God Bless America God Bless America land of the free in the home of
The sweet and sour McDonald’s chicken nugget sauce in figment We Trust in figment We Trust amen you can have the other side clean one please and thank You this is not the uh pade I don’t like it but I’m not a big I’m not a big fan of such things you don’t like it Either I’m not a bean paste guy as much as I like going to Japan and Japanese Food I’ve never liked bean paste there’s very few things I’ve ever liked it in and I know a lot of people do like it so I’m not going to tell you you for sure
Shouldn’t have it but do you like bean paste in general I love bean paste and I love D huku which is what we ate yeah but this one is like Dollar Tree quality Dollar Tree yeah you know does the Dollar Tree have Mochi well in Japan
They we have a dollar store they have it but is it cult Dollar Tree in no we have Daiso Japan um got to Google it but this one is really cheaply made I it’s more like American Japanese the the little strawberry whipped cream is is it’s an artificial sweetness but kind of like
Strawberry Nest quii so I’m on I’m on board with that this one is not too sweet though for Americans in my opinion cuz everything it’s very Japanese right Japan one thing you’ll find with sweets desserts a subtle a subtlety right no we call AD doubt sweet inp right call what
Adult sweet do you remember adult sweet yeah like when you go to Japan and when you try to buy a kit kat they say adult sweet which means like it’s not too sweet it’s not over sweet it’s like decent cuz the kids cuz Japanese children still like sweet like American children and American
Adults okay y we have beverages we have the uh this is the ma Murasaki blueberry drink oh and the blueberry cocktail which is norori saki with sweet sweet blueberry cream and Yuzu so the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic hi it’s not saki you have to you have to fix it s sake
Hi which which one is alcoholic that one that’s alcoholic you want to try the nonan first why’ you send me the alcoholic send it I think we have to try it without first and then where wow wow oh my God I literally just taste
Po Yuzu in here oh my god oh this is good Hallelujah Jesus Oh I have what cheese have it’s a figment taste Woohoo wow oh that is very Yuzu yeah the Citrus what is Yuzu as you know as sweet as sweet as it is it’s not overpower it’s so weird to have something so sweet but it doesn’t like have that aftertaste of a super sweet drink like it’s weird it’s so
Sweet up front and then you get none of that like after it’s so weird I don’t know you don’t taste a tar after no even though it’s super sweet I don’t get it really alcohol all sake sake Sake well of course it’s better with alcohol everything’s better with alcohol kid this is good Wow same thing but that is strong wow it’s good if you want something that’s going to put you on the floor at Epcot which be careful cuz the floor up front is still new um this is this is the one wow I love this thing though yeah I think I think that’s great
If you don’t want alcohol drink and if you do want alcohol this might be the best alcoholic think we’ve had today I think Eric why don’t you come you like alcohol come in here and try this do you like sake though you’re not a big sake guy
Right she’s going back to eating this beef let other people try it I mean it’s already falling far really creamy yeah it’s great creamy strong um but again it’s got that sweetness but that sweetness is cut even more in that one by the sake better better than the beet juice I must say
Most most things are onward well done uh okay so we have food from both Morocco and the adjacent Booth Morocco of course isn’t even a booth it’s inside still the uh Tangerine Cafe which was abandoned when Disney took it over and now it’s just a you know it’s like an
Indoor F the nicest Festival boot other than the Odyssey it’s a tapestry of North African flavors fresh from Mor and this is the chocolate cake new this year with pomegranate mous and pomegranate whipped cream that’s all the description but I think there’s a lot more going on
There honestly so and a lot of people at home are like chocolate cake that’s pink it’s not just people at home that are saying that by the way it’s people standing right at this table Eric doesn’t eat pink food only Pink Floyd I tried but I ran into a
Wall and this there’s a lot of Them also look at that there’s a chocolate that is a thick chocolate cake the bottom there and then a mous on top yeah it’s a weird name there’s a lot of weird names this year like a sandwich that’s not labeled as a sandwich there’s been some weird
Stuff it’s good it’s pretty good it’s a little weird all in all I’d have to say it was good though I mean the pomegranate mousse is good it’s it’s tart there’s a lot of moose there I mean it’s it the cake the cake to mousse ratio could be I would
Like a little less mousse and a little more cake and I think would be great I still like it I wouldn’t tell people not to get It yeah I give it like a c it’s overpowering the cake plus you get some of that dark chocolate cake flavor on the back end though it’s moist but yeah it’s fine there’s my catchphrase kid drink it up it’s fine it’s fine drink up Tom said it’s fine oh it’s an impanata I
Don’t think that’s new I think that’s a wonderful uh world of colorful wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine item yeah so this is back this is the chizo and potato and panata goad cut in the you want to clean for I’ll just use the pink fork I’m I’m I’m already at that Point I remember loving this I give this a hell yeah all right Stone Cold Steve Austin this is delicious spicy I remember not overpoweringly SP like not hot just a lot of flavor look at that side look good Lord I yourself top you e rest off camera 4 hours In oh my God it’s it’s hot hot hot temperature hot it is spicy but like I said it’s like flavorful spicy it’s not a lot of heat it’s the crust is perfect it’s buttery this is unbelievable maybe the best thing I’ve e SP I’m with you I agree and this is
Returning mind you but this is one of our favorites all time so er and I are going to eat the whole thing but we still we can come back to this we got to have this I know but this little piece is just hanging out there staring uh I’m
Having trouble cutting it now I’m changing my opinion on this [Applause] dish so what’s this nope still good passion fruit filled mango cheesecake with coconut pineapple cake dragon fruit Gile and dragon fruit strawberry sauce oh boy there’s a lot going on that’s the gillet I love the way that the textures
Kind of play together you have a like a delicate cake and then sort of a the mousse is soy like yeah fluffy mousse so light the whole thing is so light it’s all really light it looks so big but this is such a light dessert the flavors are real subtle
Though yeah it’s not overpowered I I like that though there you have to wait a second yeah so that coconut and pineapple and dragon fruit are all strawberry that’s all very subtle but it’s a nice little tropical mix it sounds like there’s a lot going on but
It tastes very simple yeah and the magic I think is just in the texture that Airy but they did a nice job yeah yeah allive that’s good but really good you need you need this Empanada well Tom it’s lovely to be here in uh I guess the UK eating french
Food I confess the hoodie might have been a bad choice today it’s getting warm now yeah but if I take it off then I have to carry it and I will L you know what you want to eat now that it’s warm you know we should ate in the rain hot
Hot cheese and hot cake and and this we’ve had the Brie before right fish is the Brie returning the Bri is returning oh did we get it cuz Caitlyn wanted it okay should we eat it are we going to eat I mean Eric and I will take two big
Bites and she won’t even get any I’ll just like take a little bit of the cap well I didn’t even read the descript description you can read this description Savage again this is from L de la cuisine franches my God are you French no spectacular French cuisine plated with elegance and prepared with
Flare look at the flare flare uh crem debris in PE p a warm creamy Bri and a housemade bread bowl otherwise known as a bread nugget what is this a house for ants the bre is no longer warm but it is creamy excellent It’s nice must get it
There’s a long line though very long line in Fr all the lines are long but France is usually always long that’s part of it that’s probably the other part of it uh next up we have the s f moose fromage Sher this is wrong I’m pronouncing all this wrong by the way
It’s a salmon Bo smoked salmon dill and flax seed biscuit served cold oh great you love cold cold seafood my favorite here you go that’s the Moose this is the flax seed biscuit it’s on a biscuit yeah bisc Bis that biscuit is really good yeah yeah and it has enough taste that it you it got me first maybe because it’s on the bottom I hit my tongue yeah that flavor is good and then the salmon compliments it well I think this is I hate saying this cuz I know that
I’m very much opposed to cold seafood but it’s pretty darn good I will tell you it’s very fishy but it’s I mean supposed to be um that’s good and then um what what is this next what is that in the middle there’s like some sort of tomato it’s p it’s just people making
It’s good though it tastes like a roasted tomato flavor almost and it it complements that nicely oh it’s spicy yeah okay and then uh you get salmon two ways essentially I guess there’s smoked salmon oh stop oh here’s the smoked salmon it’s over on the side of this and
Then you get some pastry some of this buttery flaky pastry boy you need a no a French pastry I don’t need no knife exactly what you expect from a French pastry it’s buttery and Flaky delicate soft the salmon is perfectly cooked it’s so flaky um and not really fishy at
All that’s fantastic I like them both yeah they’re both delicious and that that the dotted tomato thing is pretty good too the little tiny dab it’s definitely a roasted red pepper something maybe roasted red pepper it’s good I don’t know it’s not labeled so I can’t tell you might be
Tomato all right now the grease lightning dessert with the fire paint job goodness gracious Great Balls of Fire in what’s the what happen to the end dinosaur what’s the the asteroid impact we’ve lost it though we’re not going to make it we’re not going to make it uh this is the
Uh oh my Lord oh great hold on from IM that’s probably wrong but it’s a molten Bona chocolate cake hazelnut Crunch and mango raspberry I want to see it just so I can see what you’re trying I don’t think I can say it either
But if you just cut off the end of every word it’s French that that’s say k from boy a I don’t jeez I’m not a very good french person I don’t even smoke cigarettes go that top layer is a little weird I want to know what’s going on there did
You try with the sauce it’s very good I had just a dab of sauce on it Nana would be freaking out right now it’s molten molten valona chocolate cake hazelnut Crunch and mango raspberry cooli which is you know there’s been these like lava cakes a million times not only at the
Festival but every restaurant on Earth I’ve never had a bad lava cake this isn’t a particularly great one it’s a little dry it tastes like a dessert at a restaurant where they sing happy birthday to you you know what I mean the topping is weird it’s basic but it’s
Pretty good this crunchy top layer is weird I like that crunchy it’s almost like it’s almost like the edges of a brownie yeah yeah it might actually be the best part yeah what is going on with this sauce cuz I didn’t I don’t care about that sauce it’s all right it’s you get
That mango taste oh yeah but the cake drowned that out I didn’t get any of that the first time to me the mango doesn’t enhance it I think this standing alone it’s fine a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it yeah and basic drink we have The the elderflower Lor cocktail right that’s what this is yeah which will be St Germaine Lor sparkling wine and mint it doesn’t look at all like the Elder flow cocktail that we had in Italy you you weren’t here for that it was like a oh with prco it’s kind of like a
Uh there are a lot of elder flower cocktails at Disney World and they’re they’re usually presentation wise pretty interesting I don’t know if this Leaf fell into it or if that’s the intended presentation it is windy today I don’t tastes Elder flour just kind of tastes like champagne it you’re
Right it does there’s a there’s a bit on the back end there’s a hint for a second yeah um definitely in the aftertaste but you’re right up front it just tastes like cheap champagne the thing is there’s so much France to get so many good drinks but this one is this one
Doesn’t stand out to me it’s it’s it’s basic but you can get champagne at one of the other booths too yeah I I would I would skip this or prco I guess trying here it I think we have it listed what it is um oh we don’t it just says
Sparkling wine um the St Germaine Lor is $31 a bottle um but the sparkling wine they don’t tell us what the brand is we didn’t really look but um it tastes like a pretty cheap cheapap champ like the kind of stuff they would hand out 100 B
Mod of at a at a New Year’s Eve party yeah yeah so um you like the cake the salmon is I love the cake Salmon’s one of the best things we had the salmon were I don’t think the salmon some people might prefer the salmon to that uh Empanada that we had vibron
Vivito everyone would like that Empanada I could feed that Empanada Empanada is my number one this is closer this is pretty good especially when you handicap it for being cold seafood so is that our best new item well it’s our best I don’t know cuz I don’t know how many people
Attend a festival exclusively with the idea of only eating the new dishes I think there’s people out there need to know that this is something that’s something well I told them to go back to the other reviews if they want to see everything oh well Billy will link a
Card to last year’s reviews you might have to link to the last several so that way they can see them all but also they can read them all on the website um we have every item reviewed in this year’s reviews on the website um I think that’s
The best Savory new Savory dish we’ve had um uh probably probably I mean I’m again I’m not running I’m not beating any doors for cold salmon usually but I think it’s pretty pretty good all right pretty pretty pretty good we’re in the home stretch Eric although the home stretch includes things that Jason
Mistakenly didn’t get at booths we’d already been to so it doesn’t sound like Jason well he was doing the wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine and forgot that we actually needed new things from those boots more on that in a few moments but you stopped at joffre there’s a leaf in
This every drink has a leaf in it I never know if they’re from the trees here if they’re part of the presentation no that’s joffre doesn’t put leaves in so which one is this this is from the Canada no the the oh joffre or joffre okay yeah jofre one these two yeah we
Got two we got an alcoholic and a non yep the realism Rose Roseberry cold brew a lively swirl of flavors featuring shaken Jamaican cold brew strawberry rose syrup and milk to with whipped cream and colorful sprinkles do you want what alcohol did they add for the the alcohols in that
One that one sorry and what’s in it Bailey’s they had ba oh man the shake and Jamaican and Bailey always a good are these the Agave straws they look like it jam out to the I’m getting tired we got the wrong part of the loop I
Can’t jam out to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald oh boys it’s been nice to know you that’s good you like it oh yeah I’m still like working through everything like I’m sorting the flavors black coffee it’s real strong coffee in there Shak and Jamaican is potent um but there’s a nice
Sweetness um it got hot out today so that’s nice now that was $649 all right now Tom how much look at the size of it how much would you pay for me to add Bailey’s to that $10 Tom I’m not going to charge you $100 like
You think I’m going to I’m not even going to charge you 50 for the price of $4.99 total or more total oh so it’s less than $10 yeah less than $10 for shot of Bailey’s one no we didn’t do the double one shot of Bailey’s oh man that takes that up a
Notch though here’s the thing right across from that joffre was the Ireland Booth during food and wine that had that uh you know what I’m talking about Shake the shake the baile with the Bailey shake and it’s impossible I will never forget the first year that Bailey Shake
Came for that Festival I said I hope this never leaves and it hasn’t knock on wood there’s no water people are going to laugh because we’re going to be like oh yeah how’s alcohol we like it better it actually tastes better with alcohol baile made to go with coffee so of
Course it tastes great like look the Vodka they put in the other ones before like it’s it’s an afterthought right it’s a good mixer for it but it doesn’t feel like a natural combination Bailey’s in that feels natural like a drink the look on your
Face was like yes this is I have seen the look on Tom’s face when he had the best one of the best cocktails he’s ever had when a group of us were in Vegas remember that we went the grasshopper we went to the Peppermill it’s just kind of
Like if you know you know kind of like old joint Vegas but the grasshopper drink Tom’s eyes lit up he said there are now two halves to my life the half before I had this drink and now now having no yeah having had this drink uh that was a lifechanger this one change
Your lives but it’s pretty darn good okay uh then we have the stuff from Canada which is going to be the Gourmet Landscapes looks like leftovers yeah it just looks like cuz it’s just looks like somebody finished eating fruits andet like they they look like they scraped
Their Fork through it a couple times through what they wanted Eric’s like where’s the meat Eric wants to know where the meat these are both are these both vegan no the risoto is vegan and we’ll talk about vegan in a second um but this is the verus roasted beets with
Goat cheese petite lettuce Blackberry gastri G gastri gastrique and spiced pecans and also mushrooms which isn’t on the left yeah mushrooms are heavily present and not on the menu R of the Edmond Fitz Char is playing now now it’s a party uh this is glutenfree though I’m
Using two forks by the way here here Eric have Some cheese you got to have the the beets with the blue cheese right oh yeah get down on that you love it I’m begging you Eric try a beet with blue cheese oh godes I don’t like beets a beet with blue cheese well he’s taking the tiniest bit I’m trying to
Expand your palet that’s for everybody’s benefit cuz what if I gag it up which is possible okay now my thing that’s not terrible that blue cheese kind of overpowers anything the beats are fantastic I love the mushrooms the cheese is good this is a great little
Dish that’s what they used to call me in high school okay uh we’re recycling that joke every every time that is on the wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine uh then we’re going to try this is new this year the wild mushroom risotto it has the Leaf next to it which
Means vegan um we have to talk about something the fact that there are only two items in the entire Festival that are vegan from not just two new ones they’re actually two no so they got rid of existing vegan stuff this is new and then the returning thing the only other
Thing a vegan can eat at the festival is the bread in Morocco which I do like the bread but it’s just bread so um it’s weird cuz a lot of the other festivals had several things um uh food and wine the other direction the menus around property yeah food and wine in the
Disney 100 all had a bunch of vegan stuff so I don’t know what happened but this is not a very vegan friendly Festival look at that big chunk of mushroom maybe there’s just a lot of vegan options throughout the Park yeah but people come to festivals you got to have something for
Everybody these are both glutenfree though that’s good that mushroom sauce is good it is great this is also vegetarian isn’t it yeah vegetarian not vegan not vegan cuz it’s cheese of the chees this is phenomenal I like this very good there have been mushroom risotto at this booth at other festivals
And they’re always fantastic yeah I love that they’re big chunks of mushroom cook perfectly they’re so soft and delicate the flavor is so rich and decadent it’s it’s fantastic what ises this drink it has the chocolate it has the chocolate nail they’ve done this before chocolate nail this is the Frozen
Scotch cocktail it’s scotch and herbal tea garnished with a chocolate nail which will be put in my coffin at the end of this Festival it’s not frozen it was but it was frozen when we got it wasn’t very Frozen see how you feel about I don’t know what’s with the nail just a
Chocolate garnish what is I didn’t know if it garnish today you constructed I don’t chocolate nail is weird right there’s this Lea there’s this green stuff there’s a chocolate nail why is it a nail there’s a mint there’s a nail I don’t know one time I went to
Universal there was an actual nail in my pizza I thought maybe they’re like hey we had the deconstructed dish this is the construction dish and you get a nail with it architecture is an art I try the Nail it’s pretty good try the Nail you eat the nail oh God
You oh it’s long it used to not be that long it has like glitter kind of there’s like a gold finish yeah you’re not supposed to eat that it’s metal o it’s a rusty nail the nail is really good it wouldn’t sit there anymore it in it’s dark chocolate it’s nice very good
Better than the drink I don’t I don’t dislike the drink I mean it’s weird to mix I’ve never had Scotch mix with tea but it The Taste is fine I can drink this but I wish it were still frozen you know what I’m going to drink
Yeah that’s where it’s at all right now on to Deco Delights which is nearby near the Port of Entry uh near Port of Entry featuring Pandora Jewelry which I guess is now the full name of that store uh Sweet Treats inspired by Art Deco from the Gilded Jazz Age to The
Pastels of Miami Beach at for sure I think I saw this in the GTA 6 trailer it was in there uh this is the neopolitan dessert Trio it’s a chocolate tart a vanilla bean cheesecake which is returning by the way and then also but new are these two uh the strawberry
Mousse so two out of three are new which also ain’t bad I’ve been told Eric’s had enough of all are we we go in order like let’s the choca for last right cuz that’s that’s going to be our favorite always I don’t know what this coin is I’m going to skip that
There’s like a hard shell around that moose yeah I didn’t that I don’t like the shell but the flavors inside are amazing oh yeah the shell I was like the Cake’s a little dense but then after a minute that sweetness of the cake came through and I really like it it’s good
It’s a pretty subtle yet very sweet strawberry flavor but it’s nice what about the green thing nice chocolate flavor yeah I was going to say white chocolate pachio or something I don’t know I mean it’s it’s Deco Delight I’m not getting anything I I meant the coin you think there’s pistach the coin
Eat the coin I want you can have the whole coin I’ll bite a little of it but I thought I thought the shell is white chocolate I was getting white chocolate in the the the shell is I don’t know I don’t love the shell everything else is
Oh really I like that though this is returning but go ahead that’s the Don Johnson the vanilla bean cheese the K Johnson again as a shell the Crockett and tubs it’s okay Richard they have a they have a thin candy shell your brain has a thin candy shell your brain has a thick
Candy shell Tommy Boy go watch it if you haven’t kids ask your parents permission for it’s okay I don’t know why they need that hard shell on me outside there except just to make it blue daa d daa d that’s a really rich cheesecake yeah like New York style that is potent
Wow I really like the cookie it’s on yep with shortbread pretty good shortbread real strong cheesecake in the show that’s a winner yeah I think it’s pretty good take it to the end for the chocolate oh no the chocolate tart okay I was able to cut it sometimes those
Things like with a plastic fork you know you try you try and then it breaks and now I’m holding a fork weird pretty rich flavor smooth texture inside with that crispy tart the only thing is I think the shell the pastry shell overpowers a bit
Like the it’s a little dry and it kills a bit of the flavor yeah I understand why it’s there the rest is good but the shell really takes it down a notch it’s a nice presentation I it’s a cute dish I would still recommend it even though this one’s just
Okay look at this one we now moving to uh we’re moving to uh which Booth is this pop eat pop eats back to pop eats Minnie was hanging out with Jackson Pollock the other night apparently and this is the pain everywhere Rock the dots which is a the celebration of mini
That happens every year the rock the dots white chocolate and orange mousse with vanilla bean chiffon cake it sounds great go oh it’s softer than I thought there’s no hard shell oh yeah oh wow real citrusy a lot more citrusy it doesn’t look like he’s going to have that much threw an orange
In my face it’s too citrusy I’m I’m not a big Citrus dessert guy so that’s not my thing how do you feel about it so I love it but also it’s a little powerful flavor-wise to eat a piece that’s this big I would rather almost said it was
Presented in a smaller bite with other things this is such a weird plate they’re just stamping mini on plates they didn’t just order them like this it’s interesting I it takes a cute picture but um yeah you maybe like Eric likes it not my thing I think it’s probably they could
Probably get away with a smaller bite along with other things I think this big piece is going to overpower you with all that orange big square but um I do like it I think it it’s delicate and smooth and creamy and I like the orange flavor
It’s just a lot all right here’s what’s left of swirled showcase um they melted fast after photography this is the cupcake soft serve I can smell it smells delicious is that right would you like a spoon for that I’ll just lick it off my fingers let it never be said that Tom doesn’t
Have that drip so I mean I’ve had a lot of birthday cake soft serve in my life this is not quite at that level but it’s very good come around this is like hazardous Duty there’s like little chunks of cake essentially it’s good oh yeah you ever had the birthday cake
Shake at Zach be yes that’s some good good stuff is my mic on it is cool it’s good delicious and wet someone please take this away take that cuz we have one more to do that’s also melting like crazy not that hot out Fanta what is it Fanta soft serve and
Cup Fanta Strawberry Fanta strawberry and cupcake soft serve well we know what the cupcake oh there you go look at that but does this change the entire thing though yeah it makes it really it makes it really good it’s way better way better what a great combination I don’t know how you’re
Supposed to eat this when it’s hot out cuz it’s not that hot right now let melt it immediately yeah that that kick a strawberry right yeah that kick of strawberry soda with it oh this is I wouldn’t even bother with the cone get this so the other thing we did now that
We’re covered in ice cream and bird poop um can’t tell the difference where one ends and one begins at this point uh we redeemed our wonderful walk of colorful Cuisine if you’re drinking every time I’ve said said that today you’re probably no longer watching the video um
But what we got unless chur Hofer in which case you can have like 30 of those the Redemption at Deco Delights gives you this mixed berry smoothie and you get the pallet cookie is that a pallet cleanser sure it’s good not bad dip it in the float this is
Gross to watch I mean it tastes all right it’s so good this I don’t think this cookie prepared here this is like comes in a plastic package you weren’t prepared here either that’s a fact what is this you want some smoothie these are the same as last year but
Little tart it’s good but it’s a little tart you get this cute cup to take home though so that’s a positive um but yeah um we’re not done yet though believe it or not is all that left is oh we got to go to deconstructed back to deconstructed
Dish and then to joffre’s and then we can go home we’re back at the deconstructed dish because Jason messed up uh oh um we’re back for the deconstructed strawberry mint julip and as well the deconstructed strawberry mint julip with bourbon oh boy bourbon Eric I said the mag does say what kind of
Bourbon it does not you want to go ask yeah I’m going to go look I’ll be right back’s going to go look what type of bourbon I’ll try the non-alcoholic while bourbon while BB I call it B I called him bourbon which is probably not the most offensive thing you could
Call Eric Morgan that’s probably about right there’s straws for these they’re frozen so the idea I guess it’s deconstructed because you have to simply because you have to pump this in you know if you want to support us out here in the wind trying all this food a great
Way to do so is to join the wwt interlobe society at patreon.com wwt um it basically you guys are the fuel that makes all this happen you guys Disney didn’t pay for the food today you guys the wigs paid for the food today and for our Festival reviews thank you
We appreciate here’s to the wigs here’s to the wigs yeah you’re just going to start drinking that one immediately what it looks like from a distance it looks like there’s a Vienna sausage in here the most bizarre garnish of the day a hot dog all right let me pump this in
And see if it makes a that is so minty even for a mint julip what do they call these things syringe no pip syringe a what I don’t I mean it’s kind of like a I don’t know what it is what’s it what you call it pipet pipet okay I’ll pipet
This try now try this first try the base ingredient I don’t know I really don’t get my own straw Jesus I really don’t like that it’s so oh it’s so sweet and tart oh that’s a no for me dog it’s so bad did I thought did something wrong at
First the mint is overwhelming and then the sweetness comes in it’s all it’s all just so overwhelming ready for the one with Jim Beam in it that’s that strawberry syrup is Bo let’s see if the alcohol saves this well is pretty sweet for a bourbon I don’t think it’s going to
Work I’d be surprised it is better but not is it worth getting it I mean a mint julip supposed to be alcoholic that tastes more like a mint julip that being said it’s not my favorite mint I think these are generally skippable they’re so syrupy and sticky and sweet and if if
You like things like a Mojito or a mint julip or something like that with a lot of that powerful mint flavor see but I like Min julips though the on Disney no but only like a real in Disneyland that don’t have really well mixed one and these are I don’t they’re they’re just
So stick sticky and syrupy and sweet and premixed and look when I come to festivals and this has been I would say like a lot of really great stuff at the festival today yeah oh the cocktails are usually a miss right they’re just usually not that good other than the
Bailey shake the Bailey Shake always a hit right but uh there’s so many other like great cocktail options at Epcot like if you want to buy one from a booth that’s like a kind of a they used to be kind of more of a sampler yeah this is a
Full-size cocktail right and yeah I very expensive the stuff that’s good at the festival is I think if there are interesting beers or wines you want to try I think that’s the way to go the mix stuff is kind of it’s either forgettable or not good Jill why don’t you come in
And give another opinion Jill likes bourbon Jill just showed up well try alcoholic here take my microphone try the non-alcoholic first we not have before we do that do we not have Dro Ries they ran out of pistachio syrup they’re getting more in like half an
Hour okay all right we’ll give one more try but if not it’s not going in the video what am I dealing this is the non-alcoholic strawberry mint jeul okay try that first see how you feel about the non-alcoholic it’s one another set of opinions I don’t it’s I think it’s
Awful it’s okay it tastes like strawberry puree it’s not very mincy at all see now before we pumped in the pipet it was so overly minty really and now you think the puree is overwhelming it I there’s but I I mostly just taste strawberry okay it’s okay so this is the same thing
With bourbon and you didn’t put the pipet in Eric squeezed it a little bit okay I dumped the PIP head into this thing no I don’t care for that okay yeah so we’re all in agree it’s like it tastes like it tastes like cheap bourbon
Which it probably is from a FAL yeah if it’s Jim Beam it’s yeah yeah with good bourbon it might be better um but mostly it’s just very watery like there’s it’s just kind of all none of the flavors really hit you the strawberry isn’t very tart or Tangy it’s
Just kind of sweet like it’s just sort of sweet and blah I don’t know I don’t know I think I think our in our reviews The Reason these always get bad reviews I think we have a expect higher expectation of quality of mixed drinks at Disney World cuz there are plenty of
Places at Disney world that do good mixed drings they’re just far and wide not Festival boots because they’re going for quantity over quality that doesn’t mean they tried their best they didn’t try their best to give you the best batch made you know quick cocktail it
Just didn’t work out but yeah I mean like we said before if you want to try a beer or a wine that you haven’t had from a booth I think that’s a better way to go if you’re going to drink at the festivals or go to one of the bars at
Epcot go get some Eagle Rare at Morocco spice rotate I would say in general the cocktails like I cocktails are only good at Festival booths like a quarter of the time yeah your odds are not great that the cocktail you’re going to get is going to be all that good that quarter
Of the time is baes I think it’s always some milky dty thing the Bloody Mary that’s fair is pretty decent yeah you’re right or the Bailey and yeah generally especially that chocolate shake they had at Ireland yeah we already plugged that several times that’s been mentioned more than
Any fesal the Arts item in this review at this point um so your favorite Bailey’s drink here’s what’s going to happen the only thing left is this uh last Joffrey drink but they’re out of the ingredients they said they might have it in like a half hour so I guess
We’re going to wait and see uh what happens I may leave Jason in charge of this so we can go film all the stuff we need to film but um in case Jason forgets some quick reminders uh please like this video uh if you’ve enjoyed it please subscribe to the channel if you
Like what we’re doing and uh yeah thank you guys for watching and uh hopefully there’s a drink after This but if not enjoy the 2024 I almost said 2023 the 2024 Epcot International Festival of the art
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I love the festival funnel cakes even at their high price tag! Theyâre always made fresh to order and absolutely delicious! Thank you Tom and Eric for giving them the love they deserve! Most vloggers complain about the price tag and skip over them.
The triple combo of Nana's sassiness, Eric's dour snark, and Tom's (pretty upbeat for a fest) "honesty" đ, made this video super humourous and fun! đâ€
Beet-Juice, Beet-Juice, Beet-Juice Hilarious!
Wash it down with beet juice!! đ
So what youâre saying is that youâll be the opposite of Jojos World, Kyle Pallo and Paging Mr. Morrow when it comes to being honest about Disney when being sponsored?
I've seen your channel over the years, but never watched your content until I guess the re-launch? of the podcast. Its fun, I like your good natured curmudgeon attitude đ I'm vegan so I'm glad you spoke up about only being 2 items, so many could easily be vegan with minor tweaks so its always frustrating. If you can make it vegetarian you might as well go full vegan.
Did you see the bird taking a sh*t starting at 1:07:24. Lmao. Oh my God.
Tom, it's back with a vengeance! Run!
The portion of that carne asada greatly decreases on day three (at least for me) was maybe 1 oz. Three 1/8 inch slices. Not worth $10.50.
Tom C is HIGHLY UNETHICAL that's my 2 cents and he should be held accountable I dare say. To offer a review when you're not in the position of the consumer is HIGHLY UNETHICAL! These are not my thoughts they're Tom's. He literally said that in his Jolly Wood Nights rant a few months ago word for word, go watch. According to Tom he should be held accountable. This guy is unreal …
Glad you all are good with Disney! And I love that shirt Tom is wearing.
I absolutely love your full disclosure, Tom!! Not many other channels admit the scope of the media / Disney company relationship and I love to know how honest and transparent you remain to be while maintaining a healthy relationship with the companyâŠitâs refreshing and makes me trust you guys. Most other channels I watch do not do that. They take the money, hashtag âhostedâ and I already know theyâre working for the Disney company, not the consumer.
And I lovvvve Tom & Eric doing food reviews together, it is the most entertaining!! đ
There are Daiso stores in California. They are great!
That look you got when you said you liked the sauce… lol!
The chocolate nail is a play on the Rusty Nail cocktail that is made with Scotch. That is why!
The Statler and Waldorf comparison got me đ
When Tom said he liked the red sauce on the sesame seed balls, Nana looked like a serial killer triggered to start their spree.
đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł20 minutes in and my cheeks are sore from laughing. Tom and Eric are together again with food and puns.
Been a fan for years now and do happy to have you guys back on the Media List, well deserved. You donât need to kiss up to the mouse, you just give the honest reviews and news. Always respected how you arenât afraid to criticize while also being respectful of the work of all the cast members and imaginers. Hereâs to many more years hopefully of amazing coverage.
I'm so glad Disney and you have mended fences. Hope it continues, because the "Honest Reviews" and Tom's occasional rants in WDWNT posts are really important to visitors. Note to the employee videoing Tom and Eric–it would have been helpful to show the food more often. Perhaps you could have shot more table and less sky in the wide shots.
Forget the haters Tom…congratulations to you and your team. You all definitely don't deserve to be blackballed, and provide a service to a specific type of disney fan and we couldn't be more grateful. From parks news today, WDWNT, the hilarious WDWNTV, podcast, and your honest reviews(the collective you that is, I love Eric's reviews too) you put out so much valuable content for that business and I hope the early access improves your reach in time. Congrats you all deserve it and Thank you
I am so excited for this new era of WDWNT where you arenât actively being persecuted! I can imagine how the old regime wouldâve spun anyone into a mental health crisis- having a company you love actively know you, BY NAME, and you know for a fact they talk about you and that it isnât positive wouldâve wrecked me too. I am so glad theyâre building bridges and bringing you back into the fold. They should appreciate genuine, but respectful, criticism like yours.
Love doesnât mean blindly accepting everything to reap the rewards given by your loved one- it means constantly wanting the best for them, encouraging growth, cheering on even minor accomplishments, and acknowledging realistic shortcomings and working on how to improve or move forward. Itâs clear you love Disney.
Glad to hear things are going well for WDW and you!
Can someone be a a WIG if they are not going back without Magical Express and Fast pass?
Great news Tom! Looking forward to everything you and the crew have to bring for 2024. Canât wait for âTonightâ to return.
Tom Corless: the Trent Crimm of the Disney Media World
Thanks for another entertaining and great festival food review. â€
This was the funniest, driest video yâall could do as your first Disney media invite!
More Jill and Nana in videos please! Hi Jill and Nana!â€â€
Great to know they listen to your channel and comments. Can you get them the feedback that it's obvious the sizes of the drinks and food have seen huge reductions while increasing the prices by 1$ or more? I have pictures from each year 2019-2023 and the sizes are getting smaller by idk đ€·ââïž alot. It's literally not being talked about. Just people mad at the prices but prices go up. I get that but not reduce portions and then hit me with a 1$ increase as well…. It really made the biggest impact on our experience at Epcot because we felt taken advantage of. It shouldn't cost us 15 or 16 for small margs at booths even the beloved avocado margaritas are almost 20 a piece and have become tiny. The slices of meat they are selling I saw on another channel of their portion of Carne asada vs the picture in front of the booth is hilariously different. I think they need to take into account that we may can get in the park at a certain a budget but we want to be able to enjoy being in the dang place. That includes food and bev
Tom, iâm glad that Disney extended that all of branch to you, but I just want you to know – I watch you and your team because of your honest opinions -you donât have to be the first ones at any of the events. I just wait for your coverage. Youâve always gone far and beyond trying âall â the food and drinks that are available at the festivals. Which beats watching numerous bloggers, trying one or two dishes. Just be more confident of what you do ! thank you -for years of entertainment. You and your team are truly top-notch.
Tom seems so happy. Love to see it!! đ€
Happy for you and the entire staff of news today being back on the media list. I believe you will continue to be honest in your reviews to give us the best information. Thank you all for all you do!
God, this is hysterical. Tom's face when trying something he doesn't end up liking makes my day. Thanks for the laughs on a cold, snowy day.
PS You can't convince me that tiny bread bowl is worth ten bucks.
So happy for you, Tom! You deserve it.
10:30 I'll never get tired of that soundtrack†Hearing that just makes a person think of rainbow tunnels, a Dreamfinder, and a Figment popping out of the back of a flying machine.
I love Nana! She needs to do more food reviews. Iâm glad you are keeping it real. I didnât expect anything less tbh. â€
A happy Tom is a wonderful thing!
We love Nana! Does she have her own show?!?