REVIEW: Welcome Magnolia Terrace to the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

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REVIEW: Welcome Magnolia Terrace to the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

Joining the festival family for the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival is Magnolia Terrace. This booth centers around a “cozy feeling with some comfort food inspired by the Gulf region,” and with items such as a seafood boil and oysters, we’re excited to welcome this kitchen to the park (and our stomachs!)

Magnolia Terrace at the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

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Menu for Magnolia Terrace at the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

Food:

  • 🆕 Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00
  • 🆕 Grilled Oysters with Cajun Butter – $7.50
  • 🆕 House-made Boudin Two Ways with Spicy Mustard – $5.50
  • 🆕 Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75
  • 🆕 Pecan Praline – $4.25

Beverages:

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Offerings from Magnolia Terrace at the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

Photos of Menu Items from Magnolia Terrace at the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

*NEW* Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00

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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00

There’s a lot packed into this dish.

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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00
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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00

We found 2 mussels, a potato cut in half, 2 pieces of sausage, 3 shrimp, a crawfish, a piece of corn, and a tiny claw.

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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00
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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00

The only thing we didn’t like was the potato. It was chalky and had a weird texture, but everything else is great. This was not a potato worthy of Potatoland.

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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00
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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00

The boil has great flavor. There’s a beautiful flavoring in the broth that elevates this dish.

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Southern Seafood Boil: Shrimp, Mussels, Crawfish, Potatoes, Corn and Andouille Sausage – $8.00

Aside from the potato, this was a winner.

*NEW* Grilled Oysters with Cajun Butter – $7.50

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Grilled Oysters with Cajun Butter – $7.50

The oysters, which we were told were from the Gulf of Mexico, were well-seasoned, but tasted a little old.

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Grilled Oysters with Cajun Butter – $7.50
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Grilled Oysters with Cajun Butter – $7.50
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Grilled Oysters with Cajun Butter – $7.50

They were pretty mediocre.

*NEW* House-made Boudin Two Ways with Spicy Mustard – $5.50

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House-made Boudin Two Ways with Spicy Mustard – $5.50

The boudin was presented, as the menu item suggests, in two ways: a fried ball and as a sausage.

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House-made Boudin Two Ways with Spicy Mustard – $5.50

The boudin was really good but the portion was small.

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House-made Boudin Two Ways with Spicy Mustard – $5.50

Most of us felt that the fried ball piece was the better of the two, but one of our team members preferred the sausage.

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House-made Boudin Two Ways with Spicy Mustard – $5.50

It’s flavorful and the mustard adds a nice boldness.

*NEW* Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75

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Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75

The cake got mixed reviews from our crew.

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Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75
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Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75

It tastes like a coffee cake, but better than the cake with the berry compote from Pineapple Promenade.

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Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75
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Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75

It’s very sweet, almost too sweet, so make sure you share.

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Pecan Cake with Maple Whipped Cream featuring Burton’s Maple Syrup – $4.75

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The cake is dry, but the sauce makes up for it.

*NEW* Pecan Praline – $4.25

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Pecan Praline – $4.25

The pecan praline tasted like edible sand.

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Pecan Praline – $4.25
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Pecan Praline – $4.25

It’s sweet but just sort of crumbles in your mouth.

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Pecan Praline – $4.25

We definitely couldn’t eat one of these alone.

Beer Flight – $9.50

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Beer Flight – $9.50
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Beer Flight – $9.50
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Beer Flight – $9.50
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Beer Flight – $9.50

*NEW* Wild Heaven Beer Session Citrus Lager, Avondale Estates, GA (4.0% ABV) – $4.50

From correspondence with Wild Heaven Beer President Nick Purdy, “Citrus Session Lager is perhaps the perfect beer for springtime in Florida. Built on a classic Pilsner-style base with notes of lemongrass and sea salt, the ultra bright citrus flavor is filled out with additions of lime juice plus both white and Ruby Red grapefruit juices. ”

*NEW* The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery Amber Ale, Farmville, NC (5.5% ABV) – $4.50

From The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery: “The Duck-Rabbit Amber Ale is a medium bodied beer with a lovely tawny copper/bronze color. The lightest of all our dark ales, this is a great introduction to full flavored beers. This brew emphasizes malt complexity with layered caramel malt flavors.”

*NEW* Parish Brewing Co. Ghost in the Machine Double IPA, Broussard, LA (8.5% ABV) – $4.50

From Parish Brewing Co.: “Welcome to the future. Our collective human consciousness, or Ghost in the Machine, has gained a tolerance for hops beyond what mankind has ever known before. This double India Pale Ale is the necessary outcome. Brewed with obscene quantities of hand-selected Citra hops from our favorite farm in Yakima Valley, WA. Expect pungent grapefruit aromas and flavors, tropical fruit, and less harsh bitterness than most IIPAs.”

Location of Magnolia Terrace at the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

Magnolia Terrace is located at The American Adventure pavilion at the back of World Showcase. You can find it at number 13 on the map below.

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Did you enjoy Magnolia Terrace and hope to see its return next year? Let us know in the comments below!