REVIEW: Festival Favorite Pistachio Cake Returns to Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina for 2023 EPCOT International Food & Wine

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A small paper boat bowl with a chicken kebab, drizzled with white aioli.

REVIEW: Festival Favorite Pistachio Cake Returns to Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina for 2023 EPCOT International Food & Wine

Alicia

A small paper boat bowl with a chicken kebab, drizzled with white aioli.

REVIEW: Festival Favorite Pistachio Cake Returns to Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina for 2023 EPCOT International Food & Wine

Tangerine Café: Flavors the Medina is known to bring light, bright, and colorful dishes packed with Mediterranean flavor to any festival. For the 2023 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, dishes include grilled kebabs made up of different proteins, a falafel pita, a pistachio cake (one of our favorites), and more!

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Menu for Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

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Food:

  • Grilled Kebabs with Carrot-Chickpea Salad and Garlic Aïoli – $6.25
    •  Chermoula Chicken
    • Moroccan-Spiced Lamb
  • Fried Falafel Pita with Tahini Sauce – $5.50
  • Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with Hummus, Chermoula, and Zhoug Dips – $5.00
  • Pistachio Cake with Cinnamon Pastry Cream and Candied Walnuts – $4.75

Beverages:

  • 3 Daughters Brewing Fig Hard Cider, St. Petersburg, FL (5.5% ABV) – $5.50 for 6 oz., $9.50 for 12 oz.
  • 🆕Keel Farms Raspberry Citrus Hard Cider, Plant City, FL – $5.50 for 6 oz., $9.50 for 12 oz.
  • 🆕Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Peach Party Peach & Blackberry Hard Cider, Armada, MI (6.5% ABV) – $5.50 for 6 oz., $9.50 for 12 oz.
  • Fig Cocktail with Fig Vodka, Sparkling Wine and Cranberry Juice – $11.00
  • Hard Cider Flight – $10.00

A CORKCICLE Stemless Flute is also available for $24.00.

Photos of Menu Items from Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

Grilled Kebabs with Carrot-Chickpea Salad and Garlic Aïoli (Chermoula Chicken, Moroccan-Spiced Lamb) – $6.25

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This is thigh meat chicken, nicely seasoned. The salad is raisin, chickpea, and shredded carrots, topped with garlic aioli. The chicken is nicely cooked. Seasoned perfectly, but not hot. The slaw is the perfect complement with its sweetness.

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The lamb has quite a kick to it. It’s a tender and well-cooked, hearty kebab.

Fried Falafel Pita with Tahini Sauce – $5.50

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The pita isn’t particularly stable enough to pick up and eat this, so we’d recommend grabbing a fork for this one. Otherwise, the falafel is not too dry, and has a nice spiced flavor. It comes in a well-sized portion. It’s a decent choice.

Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with Hummus, Chermoula, and Zhoug Dips – $5.00

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This was the big winner! It’s a tender, doughy bread with three very nice accompaniments. The hummus, while simple, was restaurant-quality at least. The zhoug is a spicy sauce with cilantro, hot peppers and garlic. It wasn’t hot, but it was heavy on garlic and cilantro flavors, though it needed more pepper. Still, we found it to be very enjoyable.

Pistachio Cake with Cinnamon Pastry Cream and Candied Walnuts – $4.75

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This was a delicious, moist cake with sweet cinnamon pastry cream. It comes in a nice portion size, but is lighter than it looks. It’s a perfect cake for a hot summer day.

3 Daughters Brewing Fig Hard Cider, St. Petersburg, FL (5.5% ABV) – $5.50 for 6 oz., $9.50 for 12 oz.

From correspondence with 3 Daughters Brewing: “Tender, fresh figs with honey-like sweetness create this delicious fall cider. Complemented with hints of ripe berry, this brew may remind you of a certain type of cookie.”

*NEW* Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Peach Party Peach & Blackberry Hard Cider, Armada, MI (6.5% ABV) – $5.50 for 6 oz., $9.50 for 12 oz.

From Blake’s Hard Cider Co.: “Get ready to groove with the goodness of sweet peach, bold blackberry, and mellow apple. It’s all peach and love at this party.”

Fig Cocktail with Fig Vodka, Sparkling Wine and Cranberry Juice – $11.00

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There’s probably not a lot of alcohol in this one, but it was really well-balanced. It’s not syrupy like other festival drinks, which was nice. It’s quite refreshing and takes a pretty picture for the budding food photographers out there. We highly recommend this one.

Location of Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

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Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina is on the western side of the Morocco Pavilion, opposite the entrance to Spice Road Table. You can find it at number 25 on the map above.

The 2023 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is running from July 27 through November 18.

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