What I Had at the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival (and Ranking)
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| Mickey Mouse Ferris Wheel |
So I was at Disney California Adventure on March 10, during the Food & Wine Festival. (You can see my posts from it on my IG, @shannadoesstuff).
I was happily surprised by my experience. Here's what I had/did that was specifically during the Food & Wine Festival.
Drinks
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| Kobler Estate Wine Tasting at Cocktales at Sonoma Terrace |
The wine tasting was really fun, featuring a small winery in the Sonoma area called the Kobler Estate Winery. I'm blanking on the wine names, but they were all tasty.
Ranking:
1. Red wine, right - it was drier than I like my red wines, but the Kobler Estate wines are drier by nature, so I was ok with this
2. White wine, left - this one was on the fruitier side, which is something I like in wines
3. White wine, middle - this one was floral and had a great taste, but I did enjoy it (just not as much as the other two)
Meals/Savory
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| Cheeseburger Bao Bun (California Craft Brews) |
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| Pulled Pork Mac N Cheese (Top Left) (Garlic Kissed) Carbonara Mac N Cheese (Bottom Right) (Nuts about Cheese) |
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| Sirloin (Garlic Kissed) |
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| Brisket Slider (Cluck-a-Doodle-Moo) |
This food was surprisingly good, especially for small kiosk-esque vendors at a theme park. (My main issue with a lot of these was that it wasn't hot, but that's understandable given the situation.)
Surprise food I liked: the cheeseburger bao bun
Ranking
1. Carbonara Mac N Cheese - this had the right balance of textures and flavors, and was perfectly cheesy
2. Pulled Pork Mac N Cheese - this had a perfect balance of flavor between sweet, tang, and savory, although the textures were a bit one-note (not in a bad way, though)
3. Cheeseburger Bao Bun - this surprisingly had a lot of flavor, wasn't dry, and overall was well-balanced, although the garnish on top was a bit too much
4. Brisket Slider - the flavor and textures were there, just didn't wow me like the first three did
5. Sirloin - this was good, and as a whole the dish was balanced, but it was just ok in comparison to everything else
Desserts/Sweet
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| S'mores Tart (California Craft Brews) |
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| Mickey Shaped Snickers Macaron (Garlic Kissed) |
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| Churro with Gingerbread Dipping Sauce |
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| Olive Oil Cake (Garlic Kissed |
The desserts were really good and very tasty, and I was overall happy with them.
Ranking
1. Mickey Shaped Snickers Macaron - this was so tasty, and all the flavors balanced perfectly; it was a bit melty, but that's because the sun was out
2. S'mores Tart - just like a s'mores, although I do wish the marshmallow was more/better incorporated
3. Olive oil cake - this was good, just a little dense; also, it said the lemon was only in the chantilly cream, but it was in the cake as well, which I felt was a bit of false advertising - the lemon was good, but way more than expected because it was in the cake as well
Note: I am 85% sure the churro with the gingerbread dipping sauce is/was part of the Food & Wine Festival, but I got it at one of the normal churro vendors, so I'm not 100% sure about this. But it was so good and would place tie with the S'mores Tart if I wanted to include it in the ranking. (I didn't cause I wasn't sure if it was part of Food & Wine.)
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| DCA Food & Wine Banner |
I did try to include all of the booths I got the food from, so if you do to the DCA Food & Wine Festival, give these a shot!
IG: @shannadoesstuff
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