From March 3 to April 25, 2023, Disneyland Resort will host the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, providing an array of specialty dishes, beverages, and experiences to its guests. With dining locations and Festival Marketplaces scattered throughout Disney California Adventure Park, visitors can indulge in delectable bites and drinks inspired by California’s diverse culinary landscape.
In addition, Paradise Garden Grill has introduced a new plant-based food menu for the festival, featuring several mouth-watering items, including the Torta de chilaquiles, made with fresh telera bread, green chilaquiles, chorizo beans, chipotle crema, pickled onions, cilantro, and avocado spread. Another must-try is the Buffalo mac and cheese, served with roasted buffalo cauliflower and a ranch, carrot, and celery salad, and the IMPOSSIBLE™ gyro fries, consisting of waffle fries topped with gyro-spiced IMPOSSIBLE™ ground beef, cauliflower cheese sauce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, tzatziki, and pita bread.
Guests can discover over 60 new dishes at this year’s festival, some of which include:
- Kenny’s family cheesecake topped with mixed berry compote at Berry Patch.
- BBQ beef brisket slider with Fiscalini Farmstead smoked cheddar, dill pickles on salt and pepper brioche at Cluck-A-Doodle Moo.
- IMPOSSIBLE™ nacho mac and cheese made with cheddar mac, seasoned IMPOSSIBLE™ ground beef, tomatoes, olives, jalapeños, and guacamole at Avocado Time.
- Elote paleta, a sweet corn paleta with parm crema, chile-lime seasoning, corn crunch, and cilantro at Golden Dreams.
- Grilled peach toast with ricotta-mascarpone spread and arugula salad on toasted sourdough bread at Pacific Wharf Café.
The Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival boasts a wide selection of refreshing beverages, ranging from specialty cocktails to nonalcoholic favorites. Some notable highlights for 2023 include:
- Flowers and bees, made with gin, elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, honey, hibiscus, and lavender syrups, garnished with a purple pansy at Nuts About Cheese.
- Raspberry limoncello-ade, consisting of limoncello, grapefruit liqueur, house-made mint syrup, raspberry syrup, and lemon juice, garnished with a white orchid at Garlic Kissed.
- Echo Park cooler, a nonalcoholic option made with Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. Ceylon & raspberry rose tea, raspberry purée, lychee and rose syrups, and lime juice, garnished with a lime wheel at LA Style.
- Blueberry pancake cold brew, which is a nonalcoholic option made with Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. Mexico-origin coffee, maple, brown butter, and demerara syrup, oat milk, and a blueberry sweet cream made with cream, oat milk, vanilla syrup, blueberry syrup, and purée, served at Berry Patch.
Among the offerings making a comeback at the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival are fan-favorite small plates. Culinary adventurers may once again relish in the following returning guest favorites:
- IPA sausage dog on a pretzel roll with onion-pepper jardinière, cheddar cheese sauce, and malt vinegar-onion crunch, served at California Craft Brews.
- Grilled top sirloin with roasted garlic-Gruyère smashed potatoes and black garlic chimichurri, served at Garlic Kissed.
- Chile relleno empanada with arbol pepper salsa and oaxaca and cotija cheeses, served at Peppers Cali-Ente.
- Ribeye for Two, paired with a specially selected glass of wine: a 28-ounce, bone-in ribeye with glazed baby carrots, poblano-potato bake, roasted mushrooms, cipollini onions, and bourbon-bacon compound butter, followed by cookies and cream donuts for dessert, served at Lamplight Lounge.
- Mickey Mouse-shaped macaron, which is a chocolate Mickey macaron filled with caramel ganache and SNICKERS bar pieces, served at Nuts About Cheese.
