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The Best Way to Spend $50 at EPCOT’s 2022 Festival of the Holidays

Christina Harrison November 29, 2022 0 Comments 2022 EPCOT Festival of Holidays, Best 50 at Festivals, EPCOT, EPCOT Festivals, EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

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There is a lot of food at the 2022 Festival of the Holidays, but maybe you only have time for a quick snack. Or maybe you have – gasp – a budget to stick to. Never fear, TouringPlans is here with our picks for the best $50 you can spend at the Festival.

Soup Course

Beef & Noodle Soup Bowl from Shanghai Holiday Kitchen, $9.25

We thought this was pricey and it’s not a glamorous dish, but wait … the beef is tender, the chili oil is on the mild side & the flavor is so good! We’re converts.

three chunks of dark brown beef shank garnished with parsley rest on top of a pile of noodles in a dark broth — Beef and Noodle Soup Bowl with Slow-braised Beef Shank, Green Onion and House-made Chili Oil

New Year Celebration Soba from Shi Wasu, $8.50

It was 86° & we devoured this. And we’ll do it again. How is the Dashi Broth so good?!? No clue. Get it.

A cup filled with dark, rich looking broth and thin brown soba noodles, topped with thinly sliced scallions and a piece of tempura. — New Year Celebration Soba: Buckwheat Soba Noodles in a Hot Dashi Soup with Yuzu, Shrimp Tempura, Kamaboko Fish Cake and Chopped Green Onion

Vegetarian / Plant-Based Course

Peanut Stew from Refreshment Outpost, $5.25 🌱🇬

Plant-Based & Gluten-Friendly and just so incredible! It’s somewhere between warm and spicy and big enough for a few people to share. We LOVED this! The sweet potatoes ease the heat & the mustard greens are salty & go great with the crunchy peanuts. Love! Love! Love!

stew with peanuts, sweet potato chunks, and wilted mustard greens on a bed of rice, topped with sliced scallions — Peanut Stew with Sweet Potatoes, Mustard Greens and Roasted Peanuts

Cheese Fondue from Bavaria Kitchen, $8.25

THE DING DANG MELTED CHEESE! Don’t get mad when you have to buy two of these because your kid claims it & shoves their entire fist of bread in the cheese to show dibs. The $8.25 is worth the joy & pictures it will bring. 🧀 #cheesememory

creamy pale cheese fills a light-colored bread bowl. On the side are slices of zucchini courgette and whole baby potatoes. — Cheese Fondue in a Bread Bowl with Steamed Baby Vegetables and Marble Potatoes

Potato Latkes from L’Chaim!, $4.25 🌱🇬

Classic comfort food. Love the dill. Really, how can you go wrong with fried potatoes?

potato pancakes have a crispy brown exterior with paler shreds of potato visible on the sides. They are topped with sour cream with visible flecks of dill. — Potato Latkes

Meat Course

Pork Schnitzel from Bavaria Kitchen, $6.50

Yummmm the wine reduction in the mushroom sauce. Yummmmm. Should we say it again? Yummmmmm.

brown, crusty pork schnitzel is piled on a serving of spaetzle and herbs, topped with a generous helping of a rich, brown sauce with slices of sauteed mushroom. — Pork Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce, Spätzle and Braised Red Cabbage

Kālua Pork from Mele Kalikimaka, $5.50

No surprise here as this has made our best-$50 list in the past. We always love this & always will.

shredded pork lies on top of a bed of mashed purple sweet potatoes, garnished with green sprouts and bright yellow pieces of mango — Kālua Pork with Okinawa Sweet Potatoes and Mango Salad

Dessert Course

Linzer Cookie from Bavaria Holiday Kitchen, $3 🍪

This cookie is jammy, sweet, and dusted with powdered sugar. The best cookie of the Cookie Stroll!

a round sandwich cookie with crinkled edges and a dusting of powdered sugar surrounding a thumbprint of deep reddish purple raspberry jam. — Linzer Cookie

Grand Total = $50.50

The Festival runs until December 30, and if you buy everything on this list it’s more than enough food for 4 people to enjoy this beautiful festival & walk away well-fed & happy. You may have noticed that we included the entire Bavaria Holiday Kitchen – if you can only make one stop, make it here and buy the whole booth. Yes, you’ll need a nap. Yes, you’ll have powdered sugar & cheese on your shirt. But you’ll be full & happy.

Honorable Mention: Blackened Catfish from American Holiday Table, $6.50. Color us stunned but we thought this buttery, flaky fish that is so beautifully seasoned was a surprise win! Worth a try!

A slice of blackened catfish, slightly glistening with oil, is towards the back of the plate. It rests on a bed of rice, and forward on the rice is a serving of hoppin' john with visible beans and collards. — Blackend Catfish with Hoppin’ John and Comeback Sauce

What are you looking forward to trying at the Festival? Let us know in the comments!