B'Bye BBQ... Hello Viva Latina! Photos
SeaWorld Orlando
April 21st, 2017
| by Mealtrip
Executive Chef Hector Colon is still sporting his bright red Viva la Music jacket! (I think the Seven Seas Food Festival has been so amazing, that chef Colon deserves a new Seven Seas jacket!)
Latin music fills the air for the final four weekends of SeaWorld's 2017 Seven Seas Food Festival.
Two new bands have been added on two new dates! You can see and hear El Gran Combo on Sunday May 7th and Grupo Niche on Sunday May 14th in addition to the already scheduled performers! (Photo courtesy SeaWorld PR)
The "Churrasco" platter features a skirt steak marinated in house-made chimichurri, then grilled over an open flame! Sides include a "dirty" rice mix and plantains (available a couple different ways). The Churrasco platter is listed on the boards as being $13.00 (2017).
A smaller "sample size plate" of the Lechón Asado.
This is one of the larger plates, but I'm not sure they'll put two of the featured proteins on there at the actual festival. Pictured here (clockwise) is a fried plantain, dirty rice, Lechón Asado (roasted Caribbean spice-rubbed pork), and a Pincho con Tostones (skewered, flame grilled chicken or pork).
Everything is being made fresh right there in front of guests at the very large "featured festival food kiosk".
This is actually a small sample plate version of the Churrasco (a skirt steak marinated in a house-made chimichurri mix).
The "Pincho con Tostones" feature skewered, flame-grilled chicken or pork with a sweet and spicy BBQ sauce and served with fried plantains for $9.00 (2017).
Don't forget the Empanadillas! There are three flavors available... Empanadilla de Pizza, Empanadilla de Carne, and an Empanadilla de Pollo (they all kind of look the same on the outside).
The Empanadilla de Carne split in half gives a better view of the savory ground beef mix that's inside the flaky layered shell.
Here's a cut-away shot of the Empanadilla de Pollo.
Why hello little puffy dessert goodness... (that was not on my list of available food items)! What could you possibly be? This is actually a "Quesito"... and I hope it's available at the festival!
A Quesito is a light, flaky, cheese-filled pastry and this one has very large sugar crystals on top! I could totally eat two or three of these with a good stiff cup of Brazilian coffee!
SeaWorld Executive Chef Hector Colon seems very happy and totally at home during the featured Latin Food segment of the Seven Seas Food Festival... and you can totally taste that happiness in the food!
