Italian Regional Lunch – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Italian Regional Lunch Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Menu for today’s Italian Regional Lunch (it changes every week)

Tutto Gusto is a bar during the day and a bar + the full Tutto Italia menu at night. We’ve been here a few times right after they first opened (here and

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Poland Booth – Tyskie Beer – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Tyskie Beer

Tyskie beer isn’t a lager, but since it was paired with the zapiekanki we gave it a try anyway (hey! beer is usually good and is sometimes quite good). Nora thought it had a sweeter finish than most beers/ales and that it wasn’t very hoppy (that’s a good thing). Nick thought

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Poland Booth – Zapiekanki – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Zapiekanki – “cheese toast”

Zapiekanki – Toasted mushroom, carmelized onion, and cheese bread with house-made ketchup

We tried this twice – once when we were looping the booths with a large group of friends (we thought it was wonderful, we were famished) and again on a quiet afternoon, just the two of us

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Beverage Seminar – Selbach-Oster Winery – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Selbach-Oster – Mosel, Germany Johannes Selbach, Owner and Winemaker

Riesling grapes are great because you can make wines that range from super sweet to very dry, and they are balanced wines. The quality levels are on German labels (see here for lists of Selbach-Oster wines) – missed the first word; Kabinett – regular harvest,

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Florida Local Booth – White Corn Arepa – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

White Corn Arepa

White Corn Arepa with Mangalista Pork Rillette and Zellwood Sweet Corn Salad

The corn salad was better than expected, sweet and crisp. Nora liked the first few bites of the arepa, even though it was very greasy. Nick’s initial reaction was “yuck, salty.” As nora got a bigger bite of

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Belgium Booth – Steamed Mussels – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Steamed Mussels in Hoegaarden Beer Broth

Steamed Mussels in Hoegaarden Beer Broth with Baguette

We both like mussels. The critical question is “are these mussels good?” – yes, they’re good. Are they great, nope. The broth was watery and didn’t really add anything, the creamy broth from previous years added more texture and

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Singapore Booth – Seared Mahi Mahi & Singapore Sling – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Seared Mahi Mahi

Seared Mahi Mahi with Jasmine Rice and Singa Sauce

The last day of the Festival, we made it over to the Singapore booth to try a Singapore Sling (sorry, no photo, imagine a small plastic glass of a purplish liquid that smells like Hi-C fruit punch and pineapple juice) and

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Japan Booth – Sake – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Kikusui Super Dry Jumai & Bishounen Junmai Ginjo

The Junmai on the left is slightly yellow in color and the Junmai Ginjo on the right is much clearer.

Nora perferred the Junmai (a little less refined in flavor) and nick preferred the Junmai Ginjo (in fact, he said that he could just sit

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Japan Booth – Karaage Hand Roll – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Karaage Hand Roll

Karaage Hand Roll – Crispy chicken breast with sushi rice and spicy mayonnaise

This wasn’t anything spectacular (each of the food items at the Japan Booth have been disappointing this year (spicy hand roll and sukiyaki beef pan), such a shame because we typically find quite a bit to really

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Japan Booth – Sukiyaki Beef Pan – Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2012

Sukiyaki Beef Pan

Sukiyaki Beef Pan – marinated thinly sliced rib eye with sauteed onions and teriyaki sauce served in a bun

First off, let’s start by examining what the name means. Sukiyaki is generally a soup/stew sort of dish, nora thinks that its in the title because the thinly sliced rib eye

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