REVIEW: We Already Found 3 (!!) Best of the Fest Items at the EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival!

Disney4me · February 28, 2024

It’s an especially beautiful time to be at EPCOT!

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2024 Trowel & Trellis Outdoor Kitchen

Why? Because the 2024 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival is in FULL SWING, and we’re bringing you our reviews of EVERY SINGLE BOOTH at this year’s Festival, along with checking out all the Festival’s entertainment, Disney topiaries — (YOU GOTTA SEE GROOT!), Garden Graze food crawl, and more), so you don’t miss a thing! We’re heading to the Trowel & Trellis Outdoor Kitchen to see if it’s worth a stop on YOUR trip around the Festival this year…

Up next, we have Trowel & Trellis!

Soy-glazed Sticky Ribs
IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball with lentil bread, vegetables, and herb aïoli (=Garden Graze menu item)
Chocolate Mousse Terrarium
Natural Bridges Kolsch Style Non-Alcoholic Beer pic.twitter.com/X5HRBezxxy

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) February 28, 2024

Eats

The plant-based IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball is plated with lentil bread, spinach, marinated vegetables, and creamy herb aïoli.

IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball

It’s one of the eligible items for those participating in the Garden Graze this year, and it costs $6.00. It was VERY good! You can tell it’s impossible meat as it’s very spiced, but not in a bad way. You can taste the vegetables that are on it, and they add some crunch.

IMPOSSIBLE Farmhouse Meatball

The aioli on top was a nice, earthy addition to the meat. We also really enjoyed the lentil bread which tied everything together nicely, and it was very soft. Overall, we think that it has best of the fest potential for plant-based meals.

The Soy-glazed Sticky Ribs with green onions and peanuts are returning for $7.00; however, you may not be familiar with it as part of the Flower and Garden Festival.

Soy Glazed Sticky Ribs

You see, this dish made its original appearance a few years ago at the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival! And WOW, did it ever impress. So, what about NOW? It was PHENOMENAL. We genuinely loved these ribs. They were very savory. You can taste the soy a bit, and ours came with some jalapeños and peppers that weren’t listed on the menu.

Soy-glazed Sticky Ribs

Overall, we loved these as they were very sticky and sweet. Another best of the fest in our opinions.

So, earlier we mentioned that the Chocolate Mousse Terrarium, which is made with matcha crumble and chocolate “soil,” is new-ISH, and you can pick it up for $5.50. Here’s the thing…

Chocolate Mousse Terrarium

This appears to be an updated version of what was previously the Chocolate Pudding Terrarium, and TBH, it has typically looked prettier than it tasted. So we’re definitely curious as to how this year’s mousse-based version comes across…

Chocolate Mousse Terrarium

We thought this year’s version was actually very cute! The little flower on top was adorable. The matcha crumble on top was very light. It did have a matcha flavor, but it was quite subtle. The chocolate filling was creamy, smooth, and rich. It was sweet but not too sweet. One word of warning, though, it will melt in the sun and get runny.

Chocolate Mousse Terrarium

It’s definitely another best of the fest for us!

Let’s get to sippin’!

Drinks

The new Raspberry and Lemon Herbal Tea features Twinings Raspberry & Lemon Herbal Tea and Simply Limeade. It can be ordered as a non-alcoholic beverage for $4.50, though of-age guests may opt to try it with Conniption Kinship Gin for $12.00. We will likely try this drink in the future after the first day, so check back to see if we did.

The new Surreal Brewing Co. Natural Bridges Kolsch Style is a non-alcoholic beer option at the Festival!

Surreal Brewing Co. Natural Bridges

You can try it for $5.75 for a 6-ounce pour, or $9.75 for 12 ounces. Honestly, we did not enjoy this NA beer at all. We found it to be VERY bitter.

NA beer

It had some light citrus undertones (maybe), but the boldest flavors we got from it were sour and bitter. They do make you show your ID when you purchase this even though it’s non-alcoholic, because it does contain a very small percentage of alcohol.

Finally, the Brew Hub Strawberry Heatwave Berliner is new this year. We opted to not try it, but it certainly looked delicious! This one is also $5.75 for a 6-ounce pour or $9.75 for 12 ounces.

OVERALL

Don’t discredit this booth because of the NA beer! All of the food here was AMAZING and will all make our best of the fest list. If you want some tasty snacks, you should definitely stop by Trowel & Trellis.

Full Spread at Trowel & Trellis

There’s still SO MUCH MORE to check out at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival, so on we go!

Click here to see FULL reviews of EVERY BOOTH at the 2024 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival!

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