We still had tabs left from my Sip and Savor pass, so we decided to enjoy samples from the Festival of the Holidays food booths as our supper.

Luke stopped at the ‘Winter Sliderland’ booth and grabbed a Roasted Turkey Slider – with cranberry sauce, $7.50

This did not look like it was worth $7.50 – I was happy to have the Sip and Savor Pass! Luke liked it though, and was pleased with the amount of turkey on it, but it tasted more like deli-style turkey. I’m not a fan of cranberry sauce, so I didn’t try it. Luke described it as good but not great.

My first stop was at the ‘Chips, Breads and Holiday Spreads’ booth to get the Chorizo Queso Fundido – with house made tortilla chips, $6.

This was really good! I don’t always love chorizo, but it was awesome  paired with the queso in this, since it took the edge off and made the chorizo taste less spicy. This was probably my favourite item from the food booths, and it was a generous portion.

The top is the Turkey Slider (see review above). The centre was another one of Luke’s picks, the Nashville Hot Fried Turkey – served with dill pickles $7, from the ‘Spicy Celebrations’ booth. I didn’t try this either, but apparently it was really spicy. Luke loves spicy food, so he was excited to actually get something with kick (so many foods will be advertised as spicy, but it turns out to be fairly tame and mild). 

The bottom was something I was really excited for – the Beef Short Rib – with smashed potatoes and gravy, $7.75, from the ‘Joy to the Sauce’ food booth. Yum! This would be that queso’s biggest competition in my favourite food booth item from the Festival of Holidays. It was tender and flavourful, and the potatoes and gravy were a great accompaniment. I love beef and potatoes though, so it doesn’t take much to make me excited haha.

The ‘Making Spirits Bright’ booth had caught my attention, and I decided to treat myself to a Mimosa Flight, $16. This thing was pretty expensive, but oh so delicious! There were three different mimosas included in the flight – White Cranberry: Chandon Brut sparkling wine and white cranberry juice, Pear: Chandon Brut sparkling wine, pear purée and Blood Orange: Chandon Brut sparkling wine, blood orange purée. The orange was by far my favourite, but I thoroughly enjoyed the other two as well. The cranberry one just tasted like Ocean Spray White Cranberry juice, and that’s probably what it was (with a bit of cheap wine added, of course), but it was still good. I’m not usually a pear fan, but I had no trouble drinking this mimosa haha.

We had another great experience with the food booths, and we were both full without feeling too stuffed.