food IS a theme park
Welcome to The Painted Panda at the 2026 EPCOT Festival of the Arts!
Painted Panda Food Studio
Located in the China Pavilion, The Painted Panda is one of the 18 Food Studios (also known as Food Booths) at the Festival. And if you’ve got a craving for Bao Buns, Bubble Milk Tea, or one of the prettiest cocktail you’ve ever seen, then this is your place. We hope you’ll join us at The Painted Panda as we bring you our full reviews of every single Food Studio at the Festival of the Arts!
Come with us to the China Pavilion at the 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts!
The Painted Panda
We’re here to pay a visit to The Painted Panda, one of the Festival’s 17 Food Studios (also known as Food Booths) which present the Culinary Arts for EPCOT’s very first Festival of the calendar year. As we continue to bring you our complete reviews of EVERY single Food Booth at the Festival, let’s explore what The Painted Panda is serving up this year!
Some major things are in store for EPCOT this year, including the return of several beloved festivals. In fact, we just got a FIRST LOOK at the new menus for an upcoming event!
EPCOT Festival of the Arts
Anticipation for the 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts has been through the roof, and we FINALLY have some info regarding the event’s offerings this year! Disney released the FULL menus for the event and we’re sharing all the details!
It’s TIME. We’ve been trying out all kinds of food booths at the 2023 Festival of the Arts in EPCOT, but now we FINALLY get to visit one of our all-time FAVORITE booths!
2023 Booth
EPCOT’s 2023 Festival of the Arts is officially underway and we’ve been making our way through the entire park to show you everything this Festival has to offer. From full menus for ALL of the Festival booths to a complete list of the concerts you’ll be able to catch, we’ve got you covered! Now, we’re taking you on a food adventure through the Painted Panda food booth. Is this a booth you absolutely have to visit or have the tides turned this year? Let’s find out together!
EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts serves up some pretty gorgeous dishes.
EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
So gorgeous, that we give each one a special photoshoot before we dive into the almost-to-pretty-to-eat foods and drinks. And, over at The Painted Panda booth, the Sea Butterfly has become a regular visitor to the festival. We get it — it’s STUNNING! But, what if we could make it even MORE pretty?
We try a lot of things when we attempt to hack a Disney snack and for this one, we’re calling on science.
We’re back at another year of EPCOT’s Festival of the Arts, and we couldn’t be more excited!
Festival of the Arts
We’re trying all the food, checking out all the activities, and watching all the entertainment to give you the latest news and reviews from this year’s event. First up are the eats, so we’re stopping by EPCOT’s China Pavilion to try out the food studio!
The 2020 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays just ended, but we’re already ready for our next fest.
2021 Festival of the Arts
Good thing we don’t have to wait too long! The 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts kicks off THIS FRIDAY and we couldn’t be more pumped! Signs of the festival started popping up in EPCOT today…INCLUDING BOOTHS! Let’s take a look!
While the 2020 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is currently in full swing, another festival is just around the corner!
Spaceship Earth
That’s right, just a few days after the current EPCOT festival ends, another one is set to begin! The 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts is set to run from January 8th through February 22nd. And while Disney already announced a new Food Studio for the upcoming festival, we now have a full list of which booths to expect!
Epcot’s House of Good Fortune located in the China Pavilion is THE place to grab some of Disney World’s most delightful Cotton Candy creations!
5-Layered Spring Fantasy Cotton Candy
We’re talkin’ EPIC artisan Cotton Candy that takes on the shapes of various flowers, hearts, butterflies, and most recently, a Santa hat variation which we spotted during Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays!
Can you believe how INSANE last week was with all the STUFF and EXCITEMENT? It was keyboards a’blazin’ for all of us here at DFB trying to report the news to you as it was unfolding!
Retro Popcorn Box
And now that we’ve had some time to recuperate and reflect, even we’re like — did THAT really happen? You know, like those 1950’s-style Popcorn Boxes we spotted at Disneyland! Did our fevered minds create those things, or do they actually EXIST now?
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