Food & Wine Festival: Mexico

Mexico is one of the "mains" as we call them; it is one of the main countries that is part of Epcot's World Showcase year round. However, that didn't make their festival booth any less desirable. That's why Mexico was our 4th stop of the day on Monday evening, and the 9th destination of our food adventure around the world.

At the Mexico booth, we got the tacos de camaron- battered shrimp tacos served with pico de gallo, pickled onions and chipotle mayonnaise. It seems like the festival this year offered a lot of spicy dishes. I feel like half the dishes we tried had some kind of spice to them! That's okay with us, though. We like a good spice. Sometimes I don't really enjoy foods that are battered because it makes them more greasy and seem very fatty. That wasn't the case with this battered shrimp. It wasn't greasy at all! There was a lot of pico de gallo and onions on the taco, which made it hard to split in half and hard to eat. The tiny taco had three pieces of shrimp and then a heaping amount of toppings. I'm not a pico de gallo fan, so it was a bit overwhelming, but the flavor of the chipotle mayonnaise covered up the taste of cilantro. Overall, the taco was delicious. I think the chipotle mayonnaise and the deliciously battered shrimp really made it amazing!

Mexico had two other dishes we could have tried. They had a chilaquiles de pollo, which was corn chips layered with seasoned chicken, queso fresco, sour cream, and cilantro. I'm sure that would have been good for all the chicken lovers out there, but it definitely wasn't appealing to me. The other dish was a pastel de elote con queso, which is a sweet corn cheesecake. I'm sure I would have liked that one! Pretty much anything with the word "cake" in it is appealing to me.

Mexico had a really awesome selection of alcoholic beverages. They had Dos Equis beer, a Mexican sangria, a guava margarita, and a tequila flight. Needless to say, Mexico was very popular for the drinks. Everybody seemed to love all of Mexico's offerings. Mexico was super crowded when none of the other booths were. Just that whole area of the park in general was more crowded. I think it helps that there are several very delicious restaurants in that area and a very delicious margarita stand that are all there year round. People love the Mexico pavilion!

Ean and I ate our taco up the stairs of the Aztec building they have in Mexico. The building that houses all the marketplace shops, the Gran Fiesta Tour ride, and the San Angel Inn Restaurante. It was seriously packed, there was almost no where to stand or even move. So we just went up the stairs and to the side, almost near the back, of the building and enjoyed our tasty taco in peace.