We have all been not so patiently waiting for the EPCOT Festival of the Arts menus to be released and today is the day! We have some old favorites returning and some really tasty sounding new items to try this year. There are not only new food and drink items to try but whole new booths. We are also getting an all new Figment popcorn bucket that is adorable! Festival of the Arts begins January 17th and runs until February 24th so make sure you get to EPCOT during this beautiful festival. Let’s dive in here!
Opening Bites
This is a NEW booth at this years festival and is located in Communicore Plaza. The menu features all new food items and some new drinks as well:
- Soft Shell Crab Slider: Green papaya slaw and mango ketchup on toasted brioche
- Cheddar and Chive Scone: with smoked salmon salad topped with creme fraiche and caviar
- Enchanted Rose: Milk chocolate rose with raspberry and rose center
- Parish Brewing Co. SIPS Candy Paint Berliner Weisse
- von Trapp Brewing Bohemian Pilsner
- Crooked Can Brewing CO. Fantasia Fusion IPA
This booth will also offer a beer flight as well as wine and champagne options
Connections Eatery
This is the connections cafe where you can get a new Liege Waffle and also get your Starbies!
- Figment’s Liege Waffle with use filing
- Imagination Lemonade: Minute Maid premium lemonade topped with butterfly pea tea and lavender. Available with or without Vodka
Fictional Victuals
This is another NEW booth for this years festival with all new food and drink items on the menu! This booth will be located near the Refreshment Station.
- Squid Ink Pasta: with lump crab, truffle cream and shaved truffle
- Charred Octopus: with crushed fingerling potatoes, Kalamata olives, capers and romesco sauce
- Black Cocoa Brownie: with cubes ice cream, coral tile and sponge cake
- Butterscotch Milk Shake with Chocolate Garnish
- 3 Daughters Brewing Barrel Aged Cognac Porter
- Boyd & Blair Outis Fathom: Lime Juice, simple syrup, juniper and Boyd & Blair vodka
The Deconstructed Dish
This is always one of my favorite booths to get a dessert at, it is located near Refreshment Station.
- Deconstructed BLT: Pork belly, soft poached egg, onion bread pudding, watercress espuma and tomato jam
- Deconstructed Key Lime Pie: Flexible key lime curd, “key lime” mousse, graham cracker cake and meringues
- Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep: Frozen mint and simple syrup blend with strawberry puree. Served with or without Jim Beam Straight Kentucky Bourbon
- Wicked Weed Brewing Blank Canvas Belgian Blonde Witbier
Figment’s Inspiration Station
This is the booth located inside the Odyssey Pavilion and it is always so colorful and pretty during Festival of the Arts. We get one new food item and one new beer here to try!
- Raspberry Pastry Tart: Sugar cookie with raspberry and lemon cream cheese filing. This looks familiar but it’s a NEW flavor this year
- Rainbow cake topped with SKITTLES POP’d freeze dried candy
- Figment Imagination Lemonade: with choice of flavor
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Make All Things Purple Ale, NEW this year!
This location also offers a cider flight as well as a beer flight and has 3 returning ciders and beers in addition to the new beer.
The Craftsman’s Courtyard
This is located near Refreshment Station by the playground, I believe. We get one new food item here to try!
- Beef Wellington inspired Croissant Supreme: with creamed spinach croissant pinwheel, mushroom-gorgonzola ragout, mustard-grilled flank steak, red wine sauce and pickled mustard seeds. NEW this year!
- Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I. Mussels: with sautéed tomatoes, garlic and fresh herbs
- Roasted bone Marrow: with onion marmalade, pickled mushrooms and petite lettuce
- BrewDog Black Heart Nitro Oatmeal Stout
- Coffee Old Fashioned Cocktail: Joffrey’s Coffee cold brew, simple syrup, orange bitters and Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon
El Artista Hambriento
This is the Mexico booth and we find all of our Festival of the Arts returning favorites here as well as a tasty sounding new drink!
- Carne Asada: Ancho-marinated beef sirloin with Padilla Chile sauce, grilled quest fresco, nopales salad and chicharron dust
- Croqueta: Chipolte chicken and chorizo croquette in chipotle salsa with chipotle aioli, avocado mousse and truffle oil
- Natilla de Maiz: Creamy corn custard with caramelized sugar
- Mexican Craft Beer
- Floridita: Centinela Blanco Tequila, citrus juice, orange liqueur and grapefruit soda with a hint of Aperol. NEW this year!
- Strawberry Fields Margarita: Tromp Blanco Tequila, Dos Hombres Mezcal, strawberry puree and black currant liqueur
The Painted Panda
You will find this booth in China with a couple of new food items and a new drink.
- General Tso’s Chicken Shumai: Dumpling filled with chicken, potato, onion and water chestnut topped with General Tso’s sauce
- Har Gow: Shrimp dumplings with pumpkin puree and drizzle of chili oil. NEW this year and sounds really interesting!
- Egg Tart: Hong Kong style egg custard tart. NEW and I am intrigued!
- Strawberry Bubble Milk Tea NEW
- Dragon Fruit Lager
- Silk River Hard Lemonade: with vodka, lavender-coconut syrup and lemonade
- Butterfly Blue: Butterfly pea flower infused cocktail with vodka, light rum, lychee syrup and magic boba pearls. Always one of my favorites!
Refreshment Outpost
This is the permanent booth in “Africa” that always has some kind of festival offering. We get a couple new beers here but no new food items.
- Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Parish Brewing Co. Blueberry Mochi Berliner Weisse
- Brewlando Liquid Art Pilsner NEW
- Ology Brewing Co. Rainbow Colored Glasses Rainbow Sherbert Berliner NEW
Pastoral Palate
You will find this booth in Germany and we find a new food item here!
- Pork and White Bean Cassoulet: with regensburger sausage and crispy pork rinds. NEW this year!
- Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib: with parsnip puree, broccolini, baby tomatoes and balsamic glaze
- Black Forest Cake: Chocolate mousse with morello cherries and chantilly cream
This booth also has a cider, beer, frozen rose and a rose flight!
L’Arte di Mangiare
I always love the Italy booth at Festival of the Arts and this year we get a couple of new food items and a new cocktail!
- Tricolore: Cheese-filled ravioli, pomodoro, cream and pesto sauces. NEW this year and sounds so good!
- Mozzarella Fritta: Flash-fried breaded fresh mozzarella with artist palette condiments. Always so cute!!
- Hazelnut S’more Cannoli: Cannoli shell dipped in chocolate and graham cracker, chocolate-hazelnut cannoli cream and toasted marshmallows. NEW and ummm….YES!
- Mela Spritz: Apple Schnapps, Prosecco and sparkling water. NEW and I will be having this!
This booth also offers a pilsner, wine selection and the beloved Italian Margarita.
The Artist’s Table
The America booth seems like it’s getting a makeover for all the festivals this year! We are getting two new food dishes here as well as all new beers and wine.
- Deviled Egg Trio: Pimento Cheese, Green Goddess and BLT. NEW this year and who doesn’t love a deviled egg??
- Chicken “Pot Pie”: with smoked cheddar mornay sauce, roasted vegetables, pickled mushrooms, wasabi peas and sherry-chicken jus served open faced on flaky pie crust. NEW and sounds interesting….I’m not sure about the open faced part.
- Wicked Weed Brewing Pineapple Daydream IPA NEW
- Swamp Head Brewery Neon Palette Lager NEW
- Lost Coast Brewery Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Stout NEW
- J Vineyards &Winery Pinot Gris NEW
- Beer Flight
Funnel Cake
This is the permanent little booth as you are leaving the America Pavilion and heading into Japan but they always have a special funnel cake for the festivals and it’s a NEW one this year!
- Cotton Candy Funnel Cake: topped with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, pink and purple sugar dusting and cotton candy crunch
Goshiki
This is the Japan booth and I am so excited we are getting two new dishes and three new drinks!
- Taiyaki: Crisp, flaky fish-shaped pastry filled with sweet red bean served with whipped topping and blueberry popping boba. NEW and I am going to have to try this, it’s super cute!
- Wagyu Bun: Steamed bun filled with American wagyu beef served with Japanese Karachi mustard sauce and violet shish sauce. NEW but it feels familiar, right?
- Sushi Donut: Donut-shaped sushi featuring salmon, tuna, shrimp, cucumber and sesame seed over a decorated plate of wasabi aioli, sriracha aioli and eel sauce
- Okinawa Lemonade: Lemonade mix with Shikuwasa citrus NEW
- Yuzu IPA NEW
- Masu Sake in a traditional personalized wooden cup. This is delicious and always such a fun souvenir!!
- Junmai Daiginjyo Sake Flight: Plum, yuzu, hyuganatsu and sakuranbo Cherry NEW and yes please!
Tangierine Cafe: Flavors of Medina
This is the permanent location in the Morocco pavilion but they always have some fun festival offerings and I am excite that they have a new food item and new beer!
- Grilled Kebabs: with carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aioli
- Chermoula Chicken
- Moroccan-spiced Lamb
- Stone-baked Moroccan bread with assorted dips
- Avocado-Coconut Custard Tart: with pomegranate cream and henna-inspired gelee Veil. NEW and sounds really good!
- Chai Tea-Mint Fizz: Twinnings chai tea with sprite and mint
- Parrish Brewing Co. Mango Mochi NEW
- Rekorderlig Strawberry-Lime Hard Cider
- Keel Farms Blueberry Lavender Hard Cider, Plant City
- Chai Tea-Mint Mimosa: Twinnings Chai Tea with Key Lime Sparkling Wine and mint
- Flights
Vibrante & Vivido: Encanto Cocina
This booth is always so pretty and is located between Morocco and France. It always looks like it’s sitting back in a tropical jungle. We get a new beer and drink here but no new food dishes.
- Chorizo and Potato Empanada: with turmeric aioli and annatto aioli. Always one of my favorites!
- Spicy Ajiaco Soup with guajillo and arbol chili-spiced chicken, potato, avocado, corn and creme fraiche
- Passion Fruit-filled Mango Cheesecake: with coconut-pineapple cake, dragon fruit gelee and dragon fruit-strawberry sauce
- Layered Tropical Berry Smoothie: Wild berry, pina colada and strawberry available with to without Sailer Jerry Rum. NEW and this sounds delicious!!
- Collective Arts Guava Dream Blonde Ale
L’Art de la Cuisine Francaise
Welcome to France! We get a couple of new food items at this booth but no new drinks.
- Pithiviers de Canard et Volaile, Sauce Canard: Puff pastry with duck, chicken, onions, mushrooms, cranberries and duck sauce. NEW
- Creme de Brie en Petit Pain: Warm creamy brie in a house made bread bowl
- Escargot en Chocolate: Chocolate mouse flourless cake, citrus coulis, almond-chocolate coating and dark chocolate decoration. NEW and oh so cute! This is a must get for me!
The drinks are the same as always here, a frozen French martini, elderflower spritz and a red and white wine.
Gourmet Landscapes
Canada is getting a new food item at this years Festival of the Arts and I am excited to see that it is plant based!
- Citrus-brased Beet Tartare: with golden beet “egg yolk”, mustard vinaigrette, pickled mustard seeds, pickled mushrooms, spiced pistachios and “feta” snow. NEW and while I get that this is probably not everyones jam, I am super excited for this addition!
- Wild Mushroom Risotto: with aged parmesan, truffle shavings and zinfandel reduction
No new drinks here but we do see a beer, two wines and the Frozen Scotch Cocktail returning!
Refreshment Port
This is the permanent booth as you exit Canada that has the poutine and they have a new one for this years Festival of the Arts as well as a new beer!
- Caprese Poutine: Tuscan spiced French fries, confit tomatoes, slivered garlic, mozzarella pearls, basil pesto, shaved pecorino and balsamic glaze. NEW and you had me at basil pesto….I will be getting this and I don’t usually like poutine!
- Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie
- 81Bay Brewing Co. Italian Pilsner NEW
- Boyd & Blair Blood Orange Cosmo
Deco Delights
This is located near Port of Entry and I’ll be honest, they don’t have the pretty dessert I always enjoy from here, the Neapolitan Dessert Trio, sad face. I guess I’ll have to get the cake. We are only getting new beers and cider here.
- Almond Frangipane Cake: layered with raspberry jam and Belgian chocolate
- 3 Daughters Brewing Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Beer NEW
- Keel Farms Strawberry Shortcake Hard Cider NEW
- Left Hand Brewing Co. Milk Stout with Coconut NEW
- Boyd & Blair Espresso Martini
- Beer Flight
Swirled Showcase
This is the Ice Cream booth on the path from World Showcase to Imagination Courtyard and other than the DOLE Whip flavors, everything is new here this year! Maybe because it didn’t exist last year for this festival? I can’t remember when it opened now….Haha!
- Bubble Gum Soft-serve in a cone NEW
- DOLE Whip in a cone, choose from Lemon, Lime or Strawberry
- Imagination Cone: Bubble gum soft-serve in a lavender cone, “sparks” of imagination and white chocolate wings. NEW, I am sure this is going to be very cute but I am just not sure about bubble gum ice cream.
- Candy Trio Flight: DOLE Whip strawberry with STARBURST MINIS fruit chews, DOLE Whip Lemon with SKITTLES POP’d freeze dried candy and DOLE Whip Lime with chili-lime seasoning and LIFE SAVERS gummies. NEW and I have diabetes just reading that! HAHAHA just kidding!!
- Liquid Nitrogen Minnie Cake Pop: with berry sponge cake, white chocolate ganache and colorful chocolate splats. NEW and super cute!
Pop Eats
This is located right across from Swirled Showcase and while there is nothing new here this year, I feel like this is a fan favorite every year so why change it?!
- Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese
- Tomato Soup with pimento cheese, bacon and friend green tomato grilled cheese
- Brooklyn Brewery Pulp Art Hazy IPA
- Bleu Spectrum: Blanc de Bleu Cuvee Mousseux with boba pearls
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
These are all over EPCOT and you can get the NEW drink and treat at any of the locations during the Festival of the Arts!
- Color Craze Latte + Donut: Espresso, Swiss chocolate syrup, dark chocolate sauce and milk complimented with a frosted donut and whipped cream and topped with M&M’S milk chocolate mini’s. You can get this with or without Kahlua Coffee Liqueur!
The Popcorn Bucket!
You can usually find these in the Odyssey Pavilion but sometimes they are at other popcorn stands throughout the park as well. Do we think there will be hours long lines for these or a virtual queue? It is very cute and I know there are some big Figment fans out there so we shall see!
Wonderful Walk of Color
This is the food stroll in the festival passport for Festival of the Arts and the food is always stuff that not only tastes good but is beautiful as well. I am listing the included foods below for you, you just need to get five stamps in your passport by trying these items and then you can redeem at Deco Delights for a prize! No word on if the prize will be the same thing as the last couple of years but I am sure we will find out soon!
- Enchanted Rose from Opening Bites
- Deconstructed Key Lime Pie from The Deconstructed Dish
- Raspberry Pastry Tart from Figment’s Inspiration Station
- Avocado-Coconut Custard Tart from Tagierine Cafe: Flavors of Medina
- Chorizo and Potato Empanada from Vibrant & Vivid: Encanto Cocina
- Citrus-brased Beet Tartare from Gourmet Landscapes
- Almond Frangipane Cake from Deco Delights
Conclusion
I personally love this festival, it is only second to Flower and Garden Festival and I enjoy for much of the same reasons. It’s so bright and colorful and just fun! There is beautiful artwork everywhere and available for purchase for any budget really. The food is pretty and this year I am so excited for some of these new items. It seems like some years we get a lot of newness and others we get none so it’s nice to see it here. I feel like the park starts to come to life for the new year with this festival and then comes into full bloom for Flower and Garden Festival. I can’t wait to try some of these new dishes! Which one are you most excited for and where does this festival rank in your favorites?? Thanks for reading along and I hope you have a magical day!
