We’re tasting our way around all of the booths at the 2020 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival!Â
Africa
From Mac & Cheese to Desserts and Champagne, we’re on a mission to taste all the eats the 2020 Food & Wine Festival has to offer! And now, we’re headed to the Africa booth to see whether the options are as delicious as last year!
Menu
The Africa booth has a small menu with just two food items and two drinks. But, hey, the saying is quality over quantity!
Africa Menu
Unfortunately, one of our absolute FAVORITE items from last year — the Kenyan Coffee Barbecue Beef Tenderloin — isn’t returning this year. But let’s see how this year’s eats hold up!
Check out the menus from all of the booths at this year’s Food & Wine Festival!
Food
First, we tried the Spicy Kenyan Vegan Corn and White Beans for $4.50. This dish is served with Pigeon Peas, Quinoa, Ancient Grains Medley, and Kachumbari Slaw. May we just say, HOLY MOLY. This dish had so much flavor, we wouldn’t even have known it was vegan if we hadn’t seen the menu first — and we LOVE our meat and dairy!
Spicy Kenyan Vegan Corn and White Beans
Next, we sampled the item that sounded REALLY good. The Piri Piri Skewered Shrimp is served with Citrus-scented Couscous and you can get it for $6.75. Look at that portion size for the price! Pretty solid.
Piri Piri Skewered Shrimp with Citrus-scented Couscous
Alright, we’re gonna say it. This dish just might make our BEST of the FEST. WOW! All of the different flavors married like a dream and the portion was the perfect size for a heavy snack or a light meal.
Piri Piri Skewered Shrimp with Citrus-scented Couscous
Plus, look at how PRETTY it is!
Drinks
Of course, there are some tasty drinks to wash down your DELISH dishes, too! You can snag the Tusker Lager in a 6 oz pour ($4.50) or a 12 oz pour ($8.50), or a glass of Jam Jar Sweet Shiraz from Western Cape for $5.
Check out our review of the nearby Germany booth featuring beer and bratwurst!
Overall
The Africa booth is a winner for us AGAIN this year! Honestly, this might be the most underrated booth at the whole festival. We were blown away by both of the menu items they’re serving up this year! Trust us, we’ll be back for more of that shrimp!
Here are all the NEW menu items at this year’s Food & Wine Festival!
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Which menu item from the Africa booth are you the most excited to try?? Let us know in the comments!
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We plan on going to Epcot in Oct and made reservations at Garden Grill, but knowing that there is food booths all around, would you say it’s better to try the different foods from the fest or keep our reservations at GG? Thanks
Jeff, that might depend a bit on how much time you have. If you’re just going to EPCOT for one day and want to sample Festival foods, we recommend going through the menus (you’ll find them here) to see if there are enough items you want to try that you’ll be fed and fueled for the day. If not, we recommend a later ADR for Garden Grill so you can snack at the Festival when it opens at 11, grab bites through the afternoon, and still have room for Garden Grill. You could also do the alternative — dine at GG right when they open, then spend the evening and night hours eating Festival foods.
The Piri Piri shrimp is served with couscous I see but what it the other side?