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Bonjour from France! This Festival Marketplace Food Booth is always a popular stop at the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival!

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2024 France Booth

And we’re thrilled to be visiting the France Booth to bring you our complete review,  just like we’re doing with every single Food Booth at the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival. With a mix of returning fan-favorite items alongside several new offerings this year… well, let’s just say it seems like a great time to visit France (or, EPCOT’s France, in any case)!

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AAAHHH, France! It’s home to two new food dishes this year: Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre and Brioche aux Escargots. These are joined by the Boeuf Bourguignon and the Mango Passion Crème Brûlée. 

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2024 France Booth Menu

THREE new drinks join the lineup: the Cocktail au Gin et Aux Fraises, Mas La Chevalière Pinot Noir, and Guillaume Touton Brut de Pêche. Fans of the Frozen French Cosmo (previously known as the Parisian Cosmo Slush) can be happy about its return.

Shall we? Mais oui!

Eats

The new Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre is an egg moelleux with goat cheese and caramelized onions. It costs $7.95. 

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Moelleux aux Oignons Caramélisés et au Fromage de Chèvre

We weren’t sure we were going to like this because of the egg, but it was actually very pleasant. The egg was very fluffy, cloudy, and pillowy (yes we just described eggs as pillowy and we’re sticking with it!). The onions could have been a bit more caramelized, but honestly, the dish was great. There was just enough cheese sprinkled through it that we got some with each bite.

Next is the Brioche aux Escargots. The France Booth has presented Escargots in a croissant at more recent Festivals, so this is something of a new take on a previous dish. You can try it for $7.95.

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Brioche aux Escargots

The escargot was fantastic. It was garlicky and soft. Someone else had described them as “slimy yet satisfying” like Timon on The Lion King, and honestly, that’s a great way to describe them.

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Inside the pastry

Let’s dig into the Boeuf Bourguignon, Pommes de terre roties! It presents braised short ribs in cabernet with roasted potatoes. It’s $7.95. (This is a plate change from last year’s “puffed potatoes” which, yes, were totally tater tots.)

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Boeuf Bourguignon, Pommes de terre roties

This dish was wonderful. It’s really flavorful and melts in your mouth. There was nothing dry about the meat at all. It was very robust and hearty, and we absolutely loved it.

The Crème Brûlée mangue et passion à la Confiture — or Mango passion crème brûlée with fruit compote –returns to deliver a sweet dish to the otherwise savory food menu.

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Crème Brûlée mangue et passion à la Confiture

The France Booth typically serves a Crème Brûlée, though with a different flavor profile at each Food and Wine Festival. It costs $5.95.

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YUM!

The Crème Brûlée is really nice! The crust was perfectly toasted and crackable, but the inside wasn’t much of a custard as it was much more runny than expected. The mango was delicious and very much at the forefront of the dessert.

Drinks

The new Cocktail au Gin et Aux Fraises features Rose d’Argent Strawberry Gin, cranberry juice, and DOLE Pineapple Juice. You can raise a glass for $13.95. 

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Cocktail au Gin et Aux Fraises

This cocktail was incredible! It was so sweet and refreshing.

You may also try the Guillaume Touton, Brut de Pêche Sparkling wine with natural peach for $6.50. 

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Guillaume Touton, Brut de Pêche Sparkling wine

This was a little drier than we expected but still very good. The peach really comes through making it a nice fruity drink!

The Mas La Chevalière, Pinot Noir is also new, and is $6.95 for the pour.

Finally, we’re back to a returning item. What was the Parisian Cosmo Slush last year is now the Frozen French Cosmo. This refresher brings together vodka, Grey Goose Le Citron Vodka, Grand Marnier, and cranberry juice and costs $14.95.

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Frozen French Cosmo

The cosmo is incredible when it’s frozen! It melts fast and isn’t quite as good melted, but still nice. It’s on the sweeter side and is a refreshing cold drink.

OVERALL

We really LOVED this booth. All the items were so cohesive together, and we would get it all again. The escargot was our favorite food item with the frozen Cosmo was our top drink, but it was all really great. This is certainly a Best of the Fest booth for us!

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Full Spread

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