Food & Wine Festival 2015: Germany

Since Ean studied German in high school (and one semester in college), he has a little love in his heart for Germany and really wanted to try their festival booth. Germany is also one of the countries always in Epcot's World Showcase, so we've tried German food in the area before. But you can't just pass up this booth!

Germany was stop #5 for Monday and #10 of the trip!

In Germany, Ean tried the roast bratwurst in a pretzel roll. How very German! It came with a side of spicy German mustard. I tried some of the pretzel roll with the mustard and that was good! Haha! Ean did say that he really enjoyed the bratwurst. I'd say that a bratwurst in a pretzel roll is super tasty, because ANYTHING in a pretzel roll is absolutely wonderfully delicious.

The German festival booth had the apple strudel with vanilla sauce that I had a few years ago when I visited with my mom. I wasn't in the mood for anything sweet at the time (which is honestly a rare occasion that happened too often this trip...), but I can say that from previous experience, it was delicious. The other food item that the booth had was Schinkennudeln. "Now, what in the world is that?" you might be thinking. I would be thinking the same. But luckily for me, my festival passport has a nice little description of Schinkennudeln. Basically, it's just a pasta gratin with ham and cheese. I looked up pictures and it looks delightful. But I don't eat ham so, no thanks!

Last time I was here, I tried one of the German beers, and it was good! This time, they didn't have any at the German booth, but I'm gonna guess, judging by the names, that some of the beers offered at the Brewer's Collection booth right next door were German. The Germany booth this time had a lot of wines. They had J&H Selbach Bernkasteler Kurfurstlay Riesling Kabinett, Selbach-Oster Mosel Riesling Spatlese, J&H Selbach Bernkasteler Kurfurstlay Riesling Auslese, and Kallstadter Kobnert Spaetburgunder (Pinot Noir) Spatlese Dry. And they had a wine flight. I couldn't tell you a single thing about any of those wines, or even how to say any of those names, but I saw a good amount of people getting the wine flight, so they must be good!

Germany is always a fun little place to hang around. I love the Karamell-Kuche shop! Ean actually went into the quick service restaurant in Germany, Sommerfest, and asked for a cup of water (they usually give smaller cups of water for free) and they gave him two LARGE cups of water for free! So that place definitely looks favorable in our eyes now. Of course, it could have just been the cast members working at the time that felt like being generous, and it may never happen again, but they made us very pleased with their service and we will be returning.

Kudos to Germany for just being all around awesome for us that day!