We spent the morning in Hollywood Studios, which was super crowded, then headed to Epcot for some afternoon bites. Our first stop of the day, and sixth stop of the trip, was Scotland!
Last time I went to the Food & Wine Festival, Scotland offered a really delicious vegetarian haggis with neeps and tatties. This year, they offered traditional haggis with neeps and tatties (rutabaga and mashed potatoes). Haggis is a "savory pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver, and lungs) minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, traditionally encased in the animal's stomach, though now often in an artificial casing instead" (via Wikipedia). No, thank you.
One really good option we debated trying was the fresh potato pancake with Scottish smoked salmon and herb sour cream, but we looked up Disney Food Blog's handy dandy Festival page to see pictures of what it looked like, and the salmon on this dish is raw. Ean wouldn't have minded it, but I just can't do raw fish.
If we had been in the mood for something sweet, the Tipsy Laird sounded good. It is a whiskey-soaked cake with lemon cream and toasted oats. DFB's picture of it looks really good, but we were looking for something more savory.
We decided to go with the seared sea scallop with spinach-cheddar gratin and crispy bacon. I know, I know, it has bacon on it and I don't eat bacon, BUT this dish was super tasty. I tried picking as much bacon off of my half as I could. Ean and I both love sea scallops, and they prepared this one very well. The spinach-cheddar gratin was so good and really enhanced the flavor of the sea scallop.
We sat on the ground outside this one shop that was near the Scotland booth and ate both Scotland and Hawai'i. We had just been browsing through that store and found some wine we wanted to purchase, but I was going to have to go back in by myself to make the transaction since he's not quite 21 yet. Let me tell you, that ended up being a PROCESS. When we went back, it was later in the evening. But you're not allowed to carry wine through the park, so if it's before 7, they send it to the park entrance for you to pick up. If it's after 7, you have to leave the park immediately. It fortunately was our last stop of the night anyway, but I had to listen to the cashier go on and on forever about the consequences of getting caught hanging out in the park with a bottle of wine in my bag. She also didn't even know how to use her register, so when I say this was a process, I truly mean it was a process. It took nearly 30 minutes.
But all in all, our Scotland food adventure was a great one. I'm super sad they don't have the vegetarian haggis anymore, but our sea scallop dish proved worthy of praise. We need to go back next year and try some of their alcoholic offerings. I think Ean might really enjoy some of it. They had Innis & Gunn rum CASK OAK aged beer, BrewDog Punk IPA, Citrus Thistle ft. Hendrick's Gin, Glenfiddich Single Malt 12 yr scotch, 15 yr scotch, and 18 yr scotch. They also offered a scotch flight, which I know he would have loved. I'm already saving up for all the alcohol we're gonna be trying next time we go!
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