Savvy foodies know that the Disney taste experiences by no means end with the Epcot Food & Wine Festival. Their taste buds can be further tantalized by the annual Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic, now in its 15th year.
On Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and 16, the Swan and Dolphin complex will overflow with flavor as guests savor the taste of more than 45 different dishes, an event record number, and more than 170 beverage offerings at 85 booths along the resort’s picture-perfect causeway.
To allow enough time for grazing, this year’s Classic features the longest hours in the event’s history, as food and beverage stations serve continuously from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. both evenings.
The Swan and Dolphin’s 23 award-winning restaurants are showcasing top temptations for this global culinary journey that features dishes such as handmade Harissa-spice lamb sausage with bulgar wheat, smoked yogurt and fennel-onion salad from Amare Mediterranean Restaurant; red wine-braised beef short rib with browned butter potato gnocchi, porcini mushroom puree Pecorino Romano, fennel and parsley salad from Il Mulino New York Trattoria and Baja-style fish tacos with shaved cabbage, pico de gallo, Rosa Mexicano white sauce and corn tortilla from Rosa Mexicano.
If these and 42 additional offerings do not incite hunger pangs, you might want to check your pulse.
The food and drink are only part of the excitement. The Classic also features a spate of seminars to further educate taste buds while feeding them, plus a festive backdrop of top-notch live entertainment.
For many fans of this food fest, one day is not enough. They’re in luck this year, since the 15th anniversary celebration includes a 15% discount on bundles for both Friday and Saturday night. Different menu items are featured each night, so there is no chance of boring repetition.
Tickets and seminars are available at FoodAndWineClassic.com. Overnight packages are available, of course. Call 888-828-8850 for special room rates.
Since the Swan and Dolphin is located within walking distance of EPCOT, it is very easy to sandwich the park’s food and wine festival between the two Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic dates. The hotels are also steps away from Disney’s Hollywood Studios and not far from Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
In 2021, the resort added the Walt Disney World Swan Reserve to the complex, This newish addition offers an upscale boutique ambiance with 149 suites and two presidential suites.
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