Urban Farm Eats at the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival

Debuting at the 2014 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival is Urban Farm Eats. The Outdoor Kitchen features an all-natural menu.

Urban Farm Eats focuses on aquaponics. Aquaponics is the combination of harvesting fish and hydroponically growing vegetables in a recirculating system. The fish waste supplies nutrients to the plants and the plants filter the water for the fish. Next to Urban Farm Eats was a display set up so you could see aquaponics in action.

Urban Farm Eats Menu

• Pickled Beets with Goat Cheese Cream, Mizuna and Pistachios (Vegetarian)
• Land-Grown Eggplant “Scallop” with Romesco Sauce and Spaghetti Squash (Vegetarian and TryIt!)
• Ghost Pepper-Dusted Tilapia with Crisp Winter Melon Slaw and Mint Oil featuring The Original Sauce Man’s Kit It Up Rub
• Cucumber Lemon Spa Water finished with a sprig of fresh mint
• The Vegan Vine Chardonnay
• The Vegan Vine Cabarnet Sauvignon
• Redbridge Gluten-Free Sorghum Beer
• Seagram’s Orange Citrus Sparkling Water
• Minute Maid Light Lemonade
• Dasani Bottled Water

We just had to try the Ghost Pepper-dusted Tilapia! This was one of our favorites. The ghost pepper wasn’t too hot and the crunchy winter melon slaw was a nice contrast in flavor and texture. The Vegan Vine Chardonnay was much better than we expected and we found it to be a nice pairing with the spicy seasoning on the fish. If you haven’t tried it, you definitely should.

Did you try Urban Farm Eats? What did you think? Are you hoping it returns in 2015? Please share your thoughts with us!

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