REVIEW: Brazil at Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2018

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REVIEW: Brazil at Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2018

Brazil has appeared at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival since the beginning of the event in 1996. This year’s 2018 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival takes place August 30 – November 12, 2018.

Menu for the Brazil Marketplace, Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

Food:

  • 🆕 Moqueca: Brazilian Seafood Stew featuring Scallops, Shrimp and White Fish with Coconut-lime Sauce and Steamed Rice *NEW* – $5.25
  • Crispy Pork Belly with Black Beans, Tomato and Onions (GF) – $5.75
  • Pão de Queijo: Brazilian Cheese Bread (V, GF) – $4.25

Beverages:

*Price per bottle is an average price of the spirit at your local liquor store.

Photos of Menu Items for the Brazil Marketplace, Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

*NEW* Moqueca: Brazilian Seafood Stew featuring Scallops, Shrimp and White Fish with Coconut-Lime Sauce and Steamed Rice – $5.25

Epcot 2018 Food & Wine Brazil Moqueca
Moqueca: Brazilian Seafood Stew featuring Scallops, Shrimp and White Fish with Coconut-Lime Sauce and Steamed Rice, $5.25

We quite enjoyed this brand new dish to the festival. There’s scallops, shrimp, and a few chunks of white fish in the coconut-lime sauce put on top a bed of white rice. In terms of portion versus price this one is an absolute winner on that and taste. The seafood is well cooked and everything works together in the creamy sauce. Recommended!

 

Crispy Pork Belly with Black Beans, Tomato and Onions (GF) – $5.75

Epcot Food & Wine 2018 Brazil Pork Belly
Crispy Pork Belly with Black Beans, Tomato and Onions (GF), $5.75

Pork belly seems to be a trend that’s finally dying, only the best executions of the dish remain. Fortunately Brazil’s is actually quite good, once you get past the price versus portion. There’s a good amount of salsa on top and black beans on bottom to make this a relatively filling dish as well. It’s good, but it’s on that borderline of ‘is the price worth it?’. Your mileage may vary.

 

Pão de Queijo: Brazilian Cheese Bread (V, GF) – $4.25

Pão de Queijo: Brazilian Cheese Bread (V, GF) – $4.25

It’s incredibly difficult to recommend these at over $2 for a piece of cheese bread, even if they are pretty spectacular. You can find a bag of Brazi-Bites in your local grocer for a fraction of the cost if you want to indulge in cheese paradise.

 

Frozen Caipirinha featuring LeBlon Cachaça – $10.00

Epcot Food & Wine 2018 Brazil Caipirinha
Frozen Caipirinha featuring LeBlon Cachaça, $10.00

A decent portion for the price that tastes like an alcoholic lemonade with just a bit more tartness than expected. It’s Brazil’s national drink so they must be doing something right because it’s rather refreshing and enjoyable.

 

M.I.A. Beer Company Barbossa Black Beer – $4.25

Epcot Food & Wine 2018 Brazil Black Beer
M.I.A. Beer Company Barbossa Black Beer, $4.25

All I want to do is *glug glug glug* and *cash register noise* and drink at Epcot. It’s a good black beer, albeit not from Brazil. Years ago they did have a black beer right from Brazil, so we’ll forgive the semantics because this brew is popular in the country. It’s not as heavy as the color of the beer would lead you to believe, too, making it easily drinkable in the Florida heat.

 

Location of the Brazil Marketplace Booth at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival

The Brazil Marketplace Booth is located on World Showcase Promenade between the Morocco and France pavilions.

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