 Hey friends, today I am back at Epcot for the International Food and Wine Festival. I came here for opening day, but I basically covered all of the opening day festivities that were happening. Today, I want to dive into a little food and wine and show you some of my favorite things I've eaten and drank. Let's go do this. A lot of people aren't aware that it's actually the 25th anniversary of the International Food and Wine Festival. I feel like the current situation is kind of drowning that out a little bit. Along with showcasing some of my favorite food and drinks, I'm also going to be showing you some of my favorite places where you can tuck away, take off your mask, and enjoy those food and drinks without actually being around a crowd of people. First stop is going to be the Hawaii Kiosk, and I'm looking at getting myself an alcoholic beverage. And what I'm going to get is the Maui Brewing Company Pineapple Mano Wheat Beer. Wow, this is going to be amazing. Luckily, there is not many people actually here today. So there is plenty of spots just to pull up to a table and enjoy your food and beverage without actually being in a crowd of people. But if we get into the situation where we do find a little crowded, I'll show you some sneaky places. Anywho, this is the Pineapple Beer. Oh, wow, that is good. Oh, the pineapple hits at the end. And I really love how they actually offer two different sizes this year. So you can get the little one, you like it, go get the big one. Oh, and Jackie's with me, if I haven't said that before. Cheers. Cheers. And like I said, there was nobody actually around us. We kind of have this whole entire garden and not anybody around. So only four or five tables over here. But I like it. The cool thing about the festival right now is it's a little bit of a mixture between flower and garden and food and wine. Jackie, actually, you remember we were here for the flower and garden? And this is where we got the orange slushie from. And that was delicious. Yeah, so check out that video. Actually, me and Jackie both made a video when flower and garden was just an effect. Today, we're just going to focus on the food and wine boots. I got a flower and garden shirt yesterday because I didn't get to get one when flower and garden was open. Would you look at that? I am going to do my best and restrain myself from eating some of the festival favorites, including the filet here at the Canada Pavilion. Only because I want to experience nifty, newer things. Now, there's a very limited menu because of the current situation, but there are a few things that actually I've never had before. And that's what I'm going to focus on. I can barely see a thing. Our next stop is going to take us right into the World's Showplace. This place is probably my favorite place so far for food and wine because you can come in here, AC, they have four boots in here. And a banana cider that I had the other day that was phenomenal. They usually use this building for special events and pin trading, but and even media events. We did a media event for the festival of the holidays in here, but I'm just excited that they have it open for actual food and wine because it is blasting AC. It also kind of reminds me of a wedding reception. Little great Gatsby. Oh, yeah. I have showcased all of these before in yesterday's video, but today I'm going to dive in to desserts and champagne because we're going to get some chocolate. And what I'm very interested in trying is a liquid nitro chocolate cake pop with Twix. Oh, look at this. Oh, look at it like running. I feel like I'm carrying a torch. Thank you. Oh, this is amazing. Wow. Look at the Twix on that. It is actually massive. And I'm going to get myself a banana cider since I'm in here, but this is what I really wanted to experience. Chocolate cake on the inside. Chocolate coating and Twix. This is amazing. And it's like almost eating an ice pop, but without like ice cream center. Wow. You're really going to love this. The cake is kind of like a brownie and it's very dry. It's delicious. Absolutely delicious. But you definitely want like a glass of milk with it. Instead, I'm going to wash mine down with banana cider. I really believe it's the only cider I'll ever say I love. And you get some live entertainment in here. Carol from the Rosencrown is playing some of her favorite hits right here on stage. Fantastic. We love you, Carol. And now she's playing Beauty and the Beast. And now I think we're moving along back out to the sun. And our next stop brings us right here to the beautiful France, Kiosk and Pavilion. And we're going to be getting the Carnage Convent at Orange. I did a pretty good job. Braised duck with orange and mashed sweet potatoes. This sounds pretty delicious. I cannot wait to actually try this because like I said, this is right up my alley. Like this is something I would love to eat all the time, like for a whole dinner, not just a quick snack. But here it goes. This legit might be one of my favorite festival foods of all time. Look at that sweet potato right there. Let's look. It's unbelievable. Nate's having the duck and sweet potato. Yeah, duck, sweet potato and orange sauce. Oh, it looks real good. It is. It is really, really good. Not only does France have delicious duck and sweet potatoes, they have an amazing pavilion. It is so pretty over here. And it's going to be even prettier once Ratatouille opens. And we get a look at the entrance to Epcot's newest attraction coming soon. Ratatouille. Look at that. I cannot wait to see that gusto sign lit up. Oh, it's going to be so amazing. Time to move along. And we're going to a next spot for something very sweet and delicious. I feel like I should probably get something less so sweet, but this is something I really need to try. And I've already had the cake pop and I had the duck. So it's kind of a good balance. You know, eat, drink, sweet. Eat, drink, sweet. Huh. Before we get to our sweet, the Mariachi Calvary is actually playing here. They play here with the Jaminators. It's my first time catching them. This is from the revolutionary period in Mexico from the up north state of Chihuahua. And this is about. This is going to be a very controversial thing for me to eat right here, but I got to do it. And that is the food and wine exclusive street corn funnel cake. And look at that. Right here is the signage. Taste of Epcot fruit and wine 2020 street corn funnel cake topped with roasted corn and cheese. That's why it's a little controversial for me, because I don't like cheese, but I'm going to do it. I'm going to try it and we're going to see how it is. So I actually might be able to enjoy this because the cheese is kind of like Parmesan cheese, like you would put on your pasta. It's the sauce on top that I'm questioning, but I asked for the sauce on side. So we're going to definitely enjoy this, I think. Here it is. Look at that. You can see what I was talking about with the cheese. It's kind of like a Parmesan, like crumble cheese. And then you got the corn, the spices, the paprika, and then actually Tyler and Jess are with us 407 eats and they're holding the sauce on the side. Probably not going to like that. All right. So I already tried the sauce. It's kind of like ranch, which I don't like. So, you know, I'm just going to try to dive in just the way it is here. And I don't know how that's going to work. It seems very messy. Oh boy. And I have two forks. This is, I don't know what to see right now. I think you just, yeah, there you go. There we go. But I got to get some of the corn. I got to get all the stuff on there. There we go. Okay. All right. That looks like a good bite. And here it goes. Tastes like cheese popcorn. That's not bad. Yep. Cheese popcorn isn't bad. Very deceiving when it comes to a funnel cake though. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I don't recommend it. Yeah. It's not something sweet. It's definitely something you can say, yeah, I've had street corn funnel cake, but I don't even know people want to brag about it. Like I really don't. Jackie's going to try it with the sauce and let us know. It's the sauce, huh? Missing the sauce? The sauce is like ranch. And it just is like cheese popcorn with ranch. Really? It is, right? Cheese popcorn. It is like cheese popcorn. I'm glad that you, yes. With ranch. And there is red pepper on it. This is supposed to be spicy. Paprika. There's no spice. Oh, it's just paprika. Yeah, just paprika. But definitely cheese popcorn, right? Yeah. That's fine. Honestly, if you were to have a choice to get this or like a cookies and cream funnel cake with ice cream and stuff, why? I don't understand why you would get that. I'm not uncultured or anything like that. It's just, it's a funnel cake. I believe that after that street corn funnel cake, I might need actually something to drink. And why not a good old Germany beer? And when it comes to Germany beers, they have three of them. They don't have the brewer's collection open, but they also have one more beer called the Bit Beer, which isn't listed here that I'm going to try. And here it is, the Bit Burger. Bit Burger. I like that. I wish. The Bit Burger. I'm very excited for this. I don't know though. Oh, it's actually really good. Yeah. Yeah, it's actually really, really good. It's kind of like a dark, like, vlogger I would feel like. I thought it was dark, but it looks so light. Yeah, I don't know. It does have like a darker taste to it actually. Interesting. I like it. Not too many bitter. Like it doesn't have a kick in it. Like afterwards, you know that, you know, you know how you take a drink of a beer and sometimes you like swallow and you're like, like that? It doesn't have that. So I like it. The beer tasted great and like I said, it kind of cleansed my palate away from the street corn funnel cake. I want to make sure you guys understand, I don't hate the street corn funnel cake. I just don't understand the purpose behind it. But anyways, now I think I'm going to get something to eat. Probably something shrimp-ish. Maybe the Pie Pie, skewer shrimp. Right here in Africa. Look at that. It's probably the prettiest dish I've seen all day actually. That is actually beautiful, isn't it? And this is where I'm going to eat my shrimp at. Look at that. See? Good view right there. So here it is. I'm excited. Lots of different veggies. And of course the couscous. I'm going to pluck it. And then couscous it up right here. Oh yeah. And Tyler just told me, they fry the tail so you can eat them. Oh, is that true? He seems like he's hiding, so I suspect. I'm sure they fried those tails, but I don't know. I wouldn't want to eat it. I don't trust him. As amazing as this is, the duck was way better. I mean, this is still fantastic. I would get this again, but I can't get over how good that duck was. Now we're going to make our way actually over to one of the cool relaxation stations where you can take your mask off and actually breathe a little bit in the AC because we're going in to a very popular restaurant here in the Norway Pavilion. Hi. And I think we are the only ones in here. Mask off. This is great. This is good. Yep, this is by far the coolest relaxation in all of the parks. I mean, I haven't been to Hollywood Studios yet, but I can't picture them doing anything better than this. This is it. AC is beautiful. I love it in here. That was a much needed relaxation. I like how they call them relaxation stations because that's really what they are. You just go in there, regroup and then come back out and it's beautiful. It's literally beautiful out now. I literally been waiting all day for it to be like this right now here in Epcot. It's the perfect temperature and literally the views and the sky. This is what I've been missing about Epcot right here. Here in that music, seeing the ducks and the waves and the water. Man, I miss illuminations. I miss Epcot forever. To match this beautiful mood and the beautiful setting that's happening right now in World Showcase, I decided I'm going to actually jump and get a beer. And why not a very fancy Mexican beer? And when I say the Mexican craft beer, it's called Tulum and it's actually with citrus notes and also Mexican Caribbean sea water. This is going to be pretty delicious. Now, this is definitely the most fanciest drink I've gotten here at Food & Wine. The best one you'll get today. Wow. This doesn't fill up the cup. Wait, how much is left in there? This is an ounce. An ounce. You want to just like try to... Go ahead. I've got faith in you. Let's see it. I've got faith in you. You're going to make it. You're going to make it. You got this. Holy moly. Look at that. No, no, she's good. She's got it. Beautiful. You got it. Now I'm going to have to leave this here though for like five to 10 minutes and then I'll come back. No, thank you guys. It really is a delicious beer. And I have to say, very cool that they actually poured it all the way in there. I did have to take a sip of it right there. She was like, take a sip or you're going to spill it. And I still spilled it. I really much like it though. Oh yeah. Much too good for children. And you most certainly can appreciate the views here. But also, you know what you can appreciate? The sound of Test Track. Which is something I was not able to accomplish the last time I came here. So we're going to see if we can do it today. You hear her? And we're looking like it's about a 30 minute wait. So away we go. The AC in here is fantastic. Tons and tons of social distancing markers. Look at him. And plus they have plexiglass in the queue line itself. It is so fun to see Disney extending the queues like they are. Basically they are extending the queues to the fullest level of their capability. So that it puts the most distance in between guests. But this is like peak seizing queues that you're walking through. Normally they like, you know, take the chain off and you actually get to the attraction a lot quicker. Then you go in one room and do a loop and come in the other. Oh wow. Now I see. Well now I see. Wow. What's not expecting this? They don't work actually. I didn't make that. You did it. Hey, no, no, no. That's not my car. That's not your car. That was probably a 10 minute wait actually. Thank you. Now about every hour or so they do stop full operation and do a full cleaning for at least 20 minutes on these vehicles. And we have our own vehicle. So that means we all get the end seat. That's perfect. Nobody's in the middle. Let's see how your designs hold up now. All right. Commencing a SIM card off-road and extreme weather sequence. Keep it good. Progress city. Ready? Put them down. Put them down. Down. The opposite of a relaxation station. Jess is literally the definition of knowing when they take your picture. And in tradition there are so many things you would love about Epcot. Food and wine, test track, but probably the most beautiful thing in Epcot is spaceship Earth. You can stare at it for hours, but hours we don't have one minute. Oh no, one minute. 8.59, 8.59. Thank you. 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds. And here we go. Oh, that's the first time. My picture didn't work last time. Is there any way we can get these? Yeah, well I don't know actually. And since we actually rushed over here to spaceship Earth, we need to rush back over to World Showcase so we can catch the fireworks. Yeah, we gotta hurry. And we made it. The grand finale. And I hope you guys enjoyed the fireworks. I know they're not illuminations or Epcot forever, but at least we ended the night on a high with some beautiful fire in the sky. So thanks so much for watching the video. I enjoyed making it and we'll see you next time. Bye.