I was so excited that our trip coincided with the start of Festival of the Holidays at Disney’s California Adventure – I finally got to try some Disney food booths!

We headed to DCA on the very first day of the festival. We had scoped out the menus for the various booths, and were very excited to sample some food! I was also an annual pass holder at the time, so I was eligible to purchase a Sip and Savor Pass – I was pretty excited about it. This pass cost $45, and contained 8 tear-off tabs to be used on any non-alcoholic item at the booths, on any day for the duration of the festival (November 10, 2017 – January 7, 2018). I had already pulled off one tab from the bottom before I remembered to take a picture of it… 

To break even on this pass, we had to purchase 8 items worth at least $5.63 – most items cost more than that so I wasn’t concerned with that and I knew it would be a good deal in the end to have purchased this pass.

We decided to start at the “A Twist on Tradition” booth, and ordered the Reuben Potato Smash – with Russian dressing and rye toast crumble ($6.75 if paying out of pocket)

This sounded very strange, and I wasn’t completely sure what to expect from it, but I was very pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed it! The potatoes were like tater tots (but better than most tots I’ve had), and the toppings were all really tasty.

Our next stop was “Classic Crocks and Casseroles” for the Chana Masala with grilled garlic naan ($6.50 if paying out of pocket).

Of all the things we tried at the food booths, this was the most average. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t special in any way, and not super flavourful like the Indian food I’m used to. The naan was standard, and worked great for scooping up the chickpeas.

Our third and final stop of the day was at “Blissfully Braised” for the Braised Pork Belly Adobo – with garlic fried rice ($7.50 if paying out of pocket).

Of the three items we tried on this day, this was the clear winner. That garlic rice was fantastic (and we might have ate some with the chana masala – a great combo), and the pork belly was tender and fatty and delicious. I really wish this was on a permanent menu somewhere at Disneyland, I would order this all the time.

We were starting to get full, and we had a dining reservation coming up soon, so we decided to call it quits for the day at the food booths. We were doing really well with getting our value out of the Sip and Savor pass so far – the three items we tried had a total cost of $20.75, leaving us with 5 tabs and $24.25 to break even.