REVIEW: Channel Your Inner Warhol with NEW Grilled Cheese and Canned Tomato Soup at Pop Eats! for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

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REVIEW: Channel Your Inner Warhol with NEW Grilled Cheese and Canned Tomato Soup at Pop Eats! for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

Pop Eats! is a food studio available during the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts. This location usually pairs savory foods with a modern art twist, so let’s check out the menu for this year.

Menu for the Pop Eats! at the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

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Food:

  • 🆕 Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese – $5.00
  • 🆕 Tomato Soup with French Onion and Bacon Grilled Cheese – $5.25
  • Shrimp Ceviche with Lime Mint Foam (Gluten/Wheat Friendly) – $6.00
  • Almond Frangipane Cake layered with Raspberry Jam and Belgian Chocolate – $4.50
  • Pop’t Art: Modern-designed Sugar Cookie with Strawberry Filling – $4.50

Beverages:

  • #RainbowSherbertGlitterDreamAle by Playalinda Brewing Co., Titusville, FL (5.5% ABV) – $4.50 for 6 o.z., $8.50 for 12 o.z.
  • Popping Bubbles Cocktail – $10.50
  • Tomato Soup Can Bloody Mary – $14.00

Photos of Menu Items from Pop Eats! at the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

*NEW* Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese – $5.00

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Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese – $5.00

This was basically a homemade grilled cheese, made with white and yellow cheddar cheese on white bread. It comes with tomato soup in a cute can themed to the Food Studio.

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Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese – $5.00

The soup isn’t too tomato-y or watery. It’s more like a bisque, with a thick layer of cream on top to cut through the acidity of the tomatoes.

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Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese – $5.00

You can probably skip this unless you really want the souvenir plastic can.

*NEW* Tomato Soup with French Onion and Bacon Grilled Cheese – $5.25

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Tomato Soup with French Onion and Bacon Grilled Cheese – $5.25

This was definitely elevated by the change in bread and with the addition of bacon, but somehow, this still fails to impress.

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Tomato Soup with French Onion and Bacon Grilled Cheese – $5.25

It feels like someone had the idea for the cans and needed a dish to fit it—and while we appreciate the nod to Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup I (mixed with the art of Roy Lichtenstein), this isn’t a particularly special festival dish.

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Tomato Soup with French Onion and Bacon Grilled Cheese – $5.25

That being said, it might be fun for kids.

Shrimp Ceviche with Lime Mint Foam – $6.00

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Shrimp Ceviche with Lime Mint Foam- $6.00

For the price we paid, we got a lot of shrimp for the money, which was surprising. Unfortunately, it didn’t taste great. Ceviche typically has a much more pungent citrus flavor with lime and lemon juice. This really didn’t have any lime or lemon flavor at all.

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Shrimp Ceviche with Lime Mint Foam- $6.00

The lime mint foam was more of a very bland sauce, if you can call it that. There was a slight overload on peppers, with no citrus to cut the intensity of the pepper. Sadly, the quality didn’t match the quantity.

Almond Frangipane Cake layered with Raspberry Jam and Belgian Chocolate – $4.50

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Almond Frangipane Cake layered with Raspberry Jam and Callebaut Belgian Chocolate – $4.50

This dessert is brilliant in its simplicity. The chocolate icing, exquisitely moist cake, and raspberry jam mix for one of the best festival treats I have ever had. I know it probably sounds dumb to enjoy a fairly regular cake item at an event with rarer dining delicacies, but it was just made so perfectly. Plus it’ll look great on your Instagram #ArtfulEpcot.

Pop’t Art: Modern-designed Sugar Cookie with Strawberry Filling – $4.50

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Pop’t Art: Modern-designed Sugar Cookie with Strawberry Filling – $4.50

It’s a pop-tart and cookie hybrid, this year with a strawberry filling. You may remember 2017’s version had a hazelnut filling, and we felt it was a total sugar bomb. Well, this isn’t all that different. Again, you can get some really cool pictures and every piece is unique, but it’s not unique enough to warrant a purchase, especially at the price tag.

#RainbowSherbertGlitterDreamAle by Playalinda Brewing Co., Titusville, FL (5.5% ABV) – $4.50 (6 oz) & $8.50 (12 oz)

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#RainbowSherbertGlitterDreamAle by Playalinda Brewing Co., Titusville, FL (5.5% ABV) – $4.50 (6 oz) & $8.50 (12 oz)
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#RainbowSherbertGlitterDreamAle by Playalinda Brewing Co., Titusville, FL (5.5% ABV) – $4.50 (6 oz) & $8.50 (12 oz)

I’ve never had a sparkling beer before, so I applaud its presence. I do wish it tasted good, though. It was pretty thick, almost gelatinous. It’s pretty offputting.

Popping Bubbles Cocktail – $10.50

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Popping Bubbles Cocktail – $10.50
Fairytale Cuve

Whoever thought boba should be included in champagne should be shunned, because it just doesn’t work. It’s a fun drink, but you quickly learn that it’s difficult to a.) sip and enjoy before being left with random boba, or if you b.) get a straw and learn the hard way that champagne can’t be sipped through a straw without it bubbling everywhere. It’s a fun cocktail and the passion-fruit boba works well with the champagne. They’re using a FairyTale Celebration Cuvée, which is also enticing in itself.

Tomato Soup Can Bloody Mary – $14.00

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Tomato Soup Can Bloody Mary – $14.00

This fun and beautifully presented drink was fantastic. Bloody Marys are hard to review because they are extremely subjective. Some people might think it’s extra spicy and not mild enough, or too mild. That being said, our group of taste testers all agreed this is a delicious Bloody Mary.

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Tomato Soup Can Bloody Mary – $14.00

You won’t get big flashy garnishes on this, but it’s tasty and well presented in a great Pop Eats!-themed clear can. It’s a good beverage and a neat souvenir all in one.

Location of Pop Eats! at the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

Pop Eats! is located at World Showcase Plaza past the Disney Traders shop as you head towards Mexico. You can find it at number 4 on the map below.

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Pop Eats! always has creative offerings, which of these was your favorite? Leave us a comment below with your thoughts!