Food and Wine Festival
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Waiting to hear about someone's experience with the sampler tickets before I buy any. Curious to hear what the size of the "sample" is vs buying the item. While the sampler is a great way to try different things, I'm not sure it's worth it if the portion is tiny. Or maybe there is no difference at all!
The new in park kiosk is in Griffon's plaza area.
Has anyone bothered to meet the Food & Wine Festival Performers at the booths yet? Each booth has at least one performer that is "from" that booth's region. The themed name tags were a nice touch too. I personally don't think they add too much to the event seeing how they've basically gone unnoticed so far, but it is nice to greet them and talk about the region of the booth.
First stop Sunday was at the Greece booth and We were both excited for high quality baklava. Aaaaaand, they were out 
Tried the Gamba Fritters(shrimp dumpling) at the Caribbean booth. They were quite good. All in all, I thought the booths looked great and we enjoyed the added selections.
Tried the Gamba Fritters(shrimp dumpling) at the Caribbean booth. They were quite good. All in all, I thought the booths looked great and we enjoyed the added selections.
Enjoyed the festival. My favorite foods were the pork slider sandwich in Germany, the sausage and potatoes in Ireland, and the venison sausage in Canada. We did the wine tastings this time. We enjoyed them. Thought the Italy and Germany tastings were the best. I also enjoyed the UFO shandy at the American southwest booth.
Yesterday, I crossed off 8 dishes, of my 30+ dish wish list for this year. Most were delicious, others were not necessarily my taste, but still were great for a person who does have those tastes. Truthfully, at first I didn't think they were going to pull it off, but the actors at each booth are probably my favorite new thing this year. They all had really nice costumes on, although the costumes the French actors had on, reminded me of Illuminights. They were all very nice, and interactive. I think the nice lady at the Greece booth had to be my favorite. We got a high-top near her, and we talked up a storm with her, until we finished our food, she was very nice. Overall, they managed to make this year's event unexpectedly better than last year's.
Alpenghöst said:
If you look close enough, they even put the name of the booth near where all the vines attach.
It appears that it's no longer available. I bought one last weekend and there was an 'extras' tab in the drop down menu on the F&W page. It seems the 'extras' tab has vanished. If it is still available, then it is well hidden.