Do you have a ticket to the 2017 Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic? If so, then you’re going to want to know a few of the bites you’ve just GOT to try on the Causeway when the event takes place this Friday and Saturday evening from 5:30 to 9:00 pm!

We’ve already given you a full rundown of the event here. But we were also able to attend a Preview of the Classic this week, and can’t resist sharing a few of our very favorite bites with you to make sure you don’t miss them if you’re attending the event. Because with over 60 stations, 49 different dishes, and over 60 beverages to choose from, you’ll definitely want to go in with a plan!

You can and should, of course, check out the complete Causeway Menus here. And then you can get right to the business of adding the following eats to your must-grab list!

Click here for Full Causeway Menus

Click here for Full Seminar Details

Note that the event is almost sold out!! So if you want tickets, get on that! ;-D

Must-Eat Causeway Dishes

Chinatown will feature just two dishes, but BOTH of them have ended up on our list of favorites!

The Crispy Duck on a Steamed Bun with Cucumber Hoisin does NOT disappoint!

And the Shanghai Dumplings (Pan Roasted Pork Dumplings) with Soy Sauce nabbed a spot on our list, too. (These were around last year and we circled back for them, like, 8 times.)

Pastry & Desserts will be positively packed with gorgeous goodies by Swan and Dolphin pastry chef Laurent Branlard.

But the Honey for Tea is the absolute tops. Speculos Crunch and Gianduja Ganache WHAT?!?!

The Terrace Beer Garden is where you’ll find the scrumptious Jager Schnitzel: lightly breaded pork served with some terrific spaetzle and Hunters Sauce.

Don’t forget your Riesenbretzel (Pretzel) while you’re there!

Carnival Corner is serving up some fun and flavorful eats once more, including the Texas-style Corn Dogs!

So cute, right?

Follow it up with some Funnel Cake… mmmm.

Yep, that’s Nutella.

And Cib’s Smokehouse will be serving up a beautifully plated Hand-Crafted Pork Belly with confit-fennel (Why would you confit fennel, Cib? How does that even happen?), compressed green apple, and spicy pear BBQ.

Themed Areas

Several of those items above come from three of the FOUR themed areas! Carnival Corner, The Terrace Beer Garden, and Chinatown are all returning this year.

And we’ll see the debut of the NEW Bubble Lounge!

While we didn’t get to see what the full setup will be, we did get a bit of an idea from this display.

Get this: guests will be given a piece of bubblegum as a hint, and then have to find this speakeasy-style Bubble Lounge.

FUN!!

Interested in tasting it all yourself? Ticket holders for the event will enjoy the activities on Friday, October 27, and/or Saturday, October 28, 2017, from 5:30PM to 9PM. There are several ticket options, which you can find on the event website. The Causeway Ticket provides unlimited access to food and drinks along the Causeway between the two resorts. (Please note: Causeway tickets are sold out for Saturday evening.) The Causeway Ticket and Beer Garden ticket allows access to the unlimited Causeway offerings as well as the Beer Garden. There are also a la carte tickets available. 

Seminars

And don’t forget, there are still tickets for seminars up for grabs! Take a look at this Preview of the Wine Blending Seminar.

You can check out all the Seminar options here.

Sunday Bubbles Brunch

And here’s a peek at the menu for the Sunday Bubbles Brunch for those looking to extend the event beyond Saturday.

So… are you in? If so, maybe we’ll run into you there!

Are you attending the 2017 Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic? Please let us know with a comment!

Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by the Swan and Dolphin to attend their media preview of this weekend’s Food and Wine Classic. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. (But, just between you and me, the Food and Wine Classic at the Swan and Dolphin is freaking amazing and you need to go. That’s my personal opinion.) You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ