Spaceship Earth. Seeing that big ball in person always makes me instantly happy… this time even more because it’s still the first full day of our vacation – so much food ahead.
Before we start the festival activities, we needed to cool off at Ice Station Cool. (today’s temp 89, heat index 99)
Free soda samples at Ice Station Cool
Traditional Beverly face
Properly refreshed (for the moment), it was time to sample some of this year’s festival Marketplaces. Our goal was to try something from each of the destinations. Originally we thought there were 25, then 35. Now that we are here and have the passport that lists all the stops, there are 40. Well…here we go.
Thailand – Marinated Chicken with Peanut Sauce and Stir-fried Vegetables (too salty!)
Thailand – Seared Shrimp and Scallop Cake with Cold Noodle Salad (good seafood flavor)
Farm Fresh – Crispy Chicken with Griddled Cornbread and Red Eye Gravy, Roasted Beet Salad with Green Beans, Feta Cheese, Minus 8 Vinaigrette, and Toasted Walnuts. (salad was crisp and tasty)
Quite full and a little overheated, we went to the DVC lounge to cool off and re-charge. Refreshed, we headed for the Festival Center for a Cullinary Demonstration by Terry Letson (Chef/owner of Fume Bistro in Napa CA). He, with host Pam, walked us though how to prepare his most popular menu item, Cabernet and Balsamic Braised Short Ribs.
Unlike watching cooking shows on TV, we got to sample the finished product.
We were also able to get tickets to the Back to Basics presentation, the “American Heritage History of Chocolate.”
All that chocolate talk had us stopping at one more place…
The Chocolate Studio – Liquid Nitro Chocolate-Almond Truffle with Warm Whiskey Caramel, Sweet Dark Chocolate Raspberry Torte with Whipped Cream and Raspberry Dust
Chocolate ice cream was placed in the supercooled, liquid nitrogen to create a hard shell. Also good for the hot day.
If you are keeping score – day 1 and we have made it to 3 of the 40 marketplace stops.
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