Full Menus Released for Universal Orlando’s 2023 Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval

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Written By Megan Hamilton
Menus have finally been released for the  Universal Orlando's 2023 Mardi Gras:  International Flavors of Carnaval festival.

Crawfish Boil

This year’s event runs February 4 through April 16th, 2023.

Belgium Menu

Food

  • Liège Waffle Berries and Cream(V): pearled sugar waffle, topped with strawberries, whipped topping, and strawberry and cream crumbs
  • Liège Waffle S’mores: pearled sugar chocolate chip waffle, topped with marshmallow cream, chocolate sauce, and graham cracker crumbs
  • Brussels Frites: crispy seasoned fries served with Andalouse and Joppiesaus sauces

Beverages

  • Orval Trappist: complex malt flavor combined with prominent fruitiness and an earthy herbal, peppery bitterness
  • Rochefort Trappist: full bodied with strong notes of plum, raisin, and black currant

Bloody Mary Bar Menu

  • Bloody Mary Wild 
a spicy (Louisiana hot sauce and Sriracha hot chili sauce) version of a traditional Bloody Mary spiked with New Amsterdam vodka, garnished with a variety of Cajun toppings

  • Bloody Mary Mild 
mild version of a traditional Bloody Mary spiked with New Amsterdam vodka, garnished with a variety of Cajun toppings

Brazil Menu

Food

  • Picanha Skewers: beef sirloin cap, with chimichurri, smoked salt, and pão de queijo
  • Linguiça Skewers: grilled Brazilian sausage with pão de queijo
  • Chicken Coxinha: tear drop chicken fritters
  • Brigadeiros Trio: Brazilian classic with condensed milk, cocoa powder, chocolate sprinkles, and hazelnuts

Beverages

  • Mango Caipirinha: Pirassununga Cachaça, Bols orange curaçao with lime juice, mango nectar, syrup, and simple syrup
  • Guava Caipirinha: Pirassununga Cachaça combined with guava nectar, lime juice, simple syrup, mint extract, and a pinch of salt

Canada Menu

Food

  • Canadian Snowshoe Maple: fried sweetened dough, cinnamon sugar, and maple syrup
Poutine with Short Rib Gravy: crispy fries with short rib, cheese curds, and brown gravy
  • Candied Maple Bacon: chewy Maple taffy covered pork belly with chopped peanuts and chocolate
  • Canadian Snowshoe Nutella (V): fried sweetened dough, Nutella, sugar, and chopped toasted hazelnuts

Beverages

  • Slocum Maple Smash: sweet and refreshing combination of New Amsterdam vodka, lemon juice, maple syrup, and cardamom bitters
  • Collective Arts: New England style IPA, Simcoe and Mosaic hops
  • Maple Lemonade: simple yet refreshing mix of maple syrup and lemon juice

Central City Menu

Food

  • Crawfish & Shrimp Boil: mixed bag of crawfish, shrimp, andouille sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob
  • Crawfish Boil: mixed bag of crawfish, andouille sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob
  • Shrimp Boil: mixed bag of shrimp, andouille sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob
  • Beignets(V): sweet fried pastry dusted with powdered sugar

Beverages

  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passionfruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice
  • Abita Purple Haze(VG): a lager brewed with real raspberries, wheat malts, and Wanguard hops
  • Oh Baby: this custom brew is bursting with vanilla and cinnamon flavors on a base of sweet yet roasty malt

Cholado

Colombia Menu

Food

  • Colombian Empanadas: crispy corn masa beef and chicken empanadas, served with aji picante
  • Arepas de Queso(V): white corn masa cake with queso blanco

Beverages

  • Refajo: refreshing and authentic mix of light beer and Colombiana soda
  • Coco Loco: Limonada de Coco spiked with rum and tequila
  • Limonada de Coco: Limeade sweetened with coconut cream
  • Choladas(V): shaved ice with sweetened condensed milk, mango, strawberry sauce, wafers, and Lulo syrup

Denmark Menu

Food

  • Rød Pølse: Danish red hot dog, with curry remoulade, pickled cucumber, and crispy onions
  • Frikadeller Meatballs with Danish Gravy: beef and pork meatballs in a creamy gravy, topped with apple butter and dill

Beverages

  • Mead Flight: Viking Blod, Odin’s Skull, and GI. Dansk Mjod
  • Odin’s Skull: composed of honey, sour apple juice, hops, and cinnamon
  • GI. Dansk Mjod: sweet and semi-dry notes of ginger and the sweetness of honey
  • Viking Blod: sweet honey flavors evolving into cinnamon, clove, and citrus
  • Carlsberg: full bodied Danish pilsner with a hoppy aroma and flavor

France Menu

Food

  • Muffaletta Crepe: savory crepe filled with olive relish, mortadella, salami, ham, mozzarella, Cajun mayo, arugula, and sesame seeds

Beverages

  • Domaine Paul Buisse Chinon: highly aromatic robust, intense with silky tannins that produce a lovely finish
  • Dopff & Irion Crustaces Blanc: crisp medium bodied, with notes of peach, wet stone, and minerality
  • Bertrand Cote Des Roses Rosé: dry rosé with notes of grapefruit, stone fruit, and crisp apple
  • Wine Flight 
  • Domaine Paul Buisse Chinon, Dopff & Irion Crustaces Blanc, and Bertrand Cote Des Roses Rosé

French Quarter Bar Menu

Beverages

  • Oh Baby: this custom brew is bursting with vanilla and cinnamon flavors on a base of sweet yet roasty malt
  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passion fruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice
  • Abita Purple Haze(VG): a lager brewed with real raspberries, wheat malts, and Wanguard hops
  • Goombay Smash (TNS): Cruzan Aged Dark rum, Don Q Coconut rum, Grand Marnier, Coco Lopez cream of coconut, mixed with pineapple, orange and lime juices

French Quarter Menu 1

Food

  • King Cake(V): traditional cake with cinnamon swirl icing and colored sanding sugar
  • Beignets(V): sweet fried pastry dusted with powdered sugar

Beverages

  • Abita Purple Haze(VG): a lager brewed with real raspberries, wheat malts, and Wanguard hops
  • Oh Baby: this custom brew is bursting with vanilla and cinnamon flavors on a base of sweet yet roasty malt

French Quarter Menu 2

Food

  • Twisted Frank with Cheddar Sauce(GS): stuffed twisted tater, foot-long hot dog, spicy white cheddar sauce and your choice of seasoning
  • Twisted Frank(GS): stuffed twisted tater with a foot-long hot dog and your choice of seasoning
  • Twisted Tater (GS, VG): fried spiralized potato topped withyour choice of seasoning:
    • seasoned salt (VG)
    • garlic parmesan (V)
    • sour cream & chives (V)
    • ghost pepper (VG)

Beverages

  • Goombay Smash: Cruzan Aged Dark rum, Don Q Coconut rum, Grand Marnier, Coco Lopez cream of coconut, mixed with pineapple, orange and lime juices
  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passion fruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice
  • Abita Purple Haze: a lager brewed with real raspberries, wheat malts, and Wanguard hops
  • Oh Baby: this custom brew is bursting with vanilla and cinnamon flavors on a base of sweet yet roasty malt

French Quarter Menu 3

Food

  • Jambalaya(GS, SES): mixed rice, andouille sausage, chicken, shrimp, peppers and tomatoes topped with a crawfish
  • Shrimp Gumbo (SES): stew of shrimp, andouille sausage, bacon, and trinity over white rice

Beverages

  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passionfruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice

French Quarter Menu 4

Food

  • Fried Green Tomato Po Boy (V): flash-fried green tomatoes, lettuce, onions, pickles, Cajunremoulade, served with Cajun kettle chips
  • Crown Cookie (V): vanilla short crust cookie dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkles

Beverages

  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passionfruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice

Germany Menu

Food

  • Chicken Schnitzel with Käsespätzle: fried chicken thigh cutlet served with baked spätzle and beer cheese sauce
  • Potato Pancakes (V): crispy potato and parsnip pancake with apple butter and sour cream

Beverages

  • Reissdorf: light brew with minty, hop aromas; sweet vanilla malt flavors and a crisp, dry, cedary finish
  • Warsteiner Pilsener (VG): pale golden pilsner with a clean refreshing taste balanced with hints of barley malt, yeast tones, and mild hoppy bitterness
  • Weihenstephaner Helles: easy drinking with full flavor, light body and clean crisp finish
  • Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen  
  • Gaffel Kolsch 
  • Ayinger Celebrator 

Chicken Schnitzel with Kasespaetzel

India Menu

Food

  • Pav Bhaji(V): spiced vegetable stew served with a toasted King’s Hawaiian roll
  • Onion Bhaji(V): curry spiced crispy onion fritter with green chutney dipping sauce
  • Gulab Jamun with Rose Water Syrup(TNS, V): fried dough balls soaked in saffron and rose water syrup, with chopped pistachios

Beverages

  • Nimbu Pani: lime juice, mint extract, a pinch of salt and pepper, and our house made garam masala syrup
  • Aam Panna: lemon juice, mint extract, a pinch of salt and pepper, and our house made amchur syrup

Indonesia Menu

Food

  • Indonesian Style Chili Crab with Fried Mantou(SFS): fried soft shell crab tossed in a sweet & spicy crab stew, served with fried sweet buns
  • Nasi Goreng(SFS): Indonesian style fried rice with egg, Thai fried shallots, cucumber, and a prawn cracker
  • Bubur Ketan Hitam(GS, TNS, VG): Indonesian purple sticky rice pudding with coconut condensed milk, mango, and shaved toasted coconut

Beverages

  • Bali Punch: Batavia Arrack Van Oosten Indonesian rum, guava and lime juices, simple syrup, mint extract, and Peychauds bitters
  • Java Cooler  
  • Batavia Arrack Van Oosten: Indonesianrum,grapefruit and lime juices, and simple syrup

Japan Menu

Food

  • Ube Ice Cream Sesame Bubble Waffle Cone(V): ube soft serve ice cream served in a toasted black sesame bubble waffle with cookie crumbs, pocky, and a Meiji panda cookie
  • Nikuman Bun Sampler(TNS): trio of soft fluffy steamed buns filled with char sui park, teriyaki chicken, and a sweet coconut matcha custard
  • Okonomiyaki: savory cabbage and bacon pancake topped with Kewpie mayonnaise, hoisin, cilantro, sesame, and katsuobushi

Beverages

  • Japanese Highball: Nikka Days Japanese Whisky and Perrier sparkling mineral water

  • Hakutsuru Chika(VG): light bodied and slightly dry with light aromas of honey and sugarcane
  • Hakutsuru Draft (VG): fruity yet dry in a classic Japanese style. Aromas of sweet rice, nuts, pear, green melon, coconut and light cream
  • Joto One Cup: combining tradition and innovation in one delicious sake, light and fresh, notes of juicy green grape and watermelon
  • Choya Sparkling Umeshu: tart Japanese Ume with back notes of citrus and white peach
  • Kirin Ichiban: light bodied with aromas of sweet malt and crisp flavors of citrus
  • Sapporo Silver: refreshing lager with crisp and refined flavor and a clean finish
  • Calpico Mini Bottles: sweet and tangy with a smooth texture

Italy Menu

Food

  • Tour of Italy Arancini Flight: tomato basil with marinara, mushroom with garlic cream sauce, and seafood served with basil pesto
  • Gelato Stuffed Pressed Brioche  
  • Ice cream sandwich pressed to order: 
    • OREO & mint (V, TNS)
    • Nutella & vanilla (V, TNS)
    • Strawberry (V)

Beverages

  • Bollini Pinot Grigio (VG): intense varietal aromas with a fragrant bouquet and elegant, fruity, and floral flavors
  • Bertani Valpolicella: notes of red fruit, cherry, raspberry, and strawberry
  • Fantinel Extra Dry Prosecco: exotic stone fruits and nutty elements combine with bright minerality and the scent of wet slate
  • Tondo Soave Monte (VG): bright and clean, with delicate yellow apple and floral notes

Mardi Gras Hits Menu
Universal’s Islands of Adventure

Food

  • Jambalaya(GS, SFS): mixed rice, andouille sausage, chicken, shrimp, peppers and tomatoes topped with a crawfish
  • Shrimp Gumbo(SFS): stew of shrimp, andouille sausage, bacon, and trinity over white rice

Beverages

  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passion fruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice
  • Oh Baby: this custom brew is bursting with vanilla and cinnamon flavors on a base of sweet yet roasty malt

Mexico Menu

Food

  • Tacos Al Pastor: pork al pastor off the spit with pineapple, pickled red onion, and habanero mango sauce
  • Baja Shrimp Ceviche Tostada(SFS): marinated shrimp with avocado crema and a crispy blue corn tortilla
  • Vegan Churros(TNS): crispy cinnamon sugar vegan churros with coconut nectar and chocolate sauce
  • Elotes(V): char-grilled corn, jalapeño mayo, ancho chili powder, cotija cheese, cilantro

Beverages

  • Grapefruit Paloma: El Jimador tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and a pinch of smoked sea salt, finished with Fresca soda
  • Modelo Especial(VG): pilsner style lager, characterized by an orange blossom honey aroma with a hint of herb
  • Modelo Chelada Lime(VG): Modelo’s authentic Mexican beer with the flavors of lime and salt for a crisp and refreshing taste
  • Modelo Chelada Pineapple(VG): Modelo’s authentic Mexican beer with sweetness of pineapple and a dash of spice
  • Modelo Chelada(VG): a classic michelada-style beer with authentic flavors of tomato, salt, and lime

New Orleans Desserts Menu
Universal’s Islands of Adventure

Food

  • Beignets(V): sweet fried pastry dusted with powdered sugar
  • King Cake(V): traditional cake with cinnamon swirl icing and colored sanding sugar

Beverages

  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passion fruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice
  • Abita Purple Haze: a lager brewed with real raspberries, wheat malts, and Wanguard hops

New Orleans Menu 1 in CityWalk

Food

  • Shrimp and Smoked Cheddar Cheese Rice Grits(SFS): Sauteed shrimp, Tasso ham and trinity, in a pan sauce, over smoked cheddar cheese rice grits
  • Yakamein(SFS): Braised beef, poached shrimp, and a seven-minute egg, over noodles with a spicy beef broth

Beverages

  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passion fruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice
  • Oh Baby: this custom brew is bursting with vanilla and cinnamon flavors on a base of sweet yet roasty malt

New Orleans Menu 2 in CityWalk

Food

  • Cauliflower Dirty Rice(GS, VG): Riced cauliflower, Gardein® crumbles, black eyed peas, and Cajun spices
  • Crawfish Etouffee(SFS): Creamy crawfish and vegetable stew, over white rice

Beverages

  • Category 5 Punch: Myers’s Dark rum, Cruzan Aged Dark rum, passion fruit purée, mixed with grenadine, orange and lime juice
  • Abita Purple Haze: a lager brewed with real raspberries, wheat malts, and Wanguard hops

Puerto Rico Menu

Food

  • Mofongo Trio(GS): a mix of smashed plantains, bacon, chicharrónes with shrimp criolla, crispy chicken thigh, and mayo ketchup
  • Alcapurrias(GS): crispy green banana and yautia masa, filled with picadillo beef, served with mayo ketchup
  • Vegan Alcapurrias(GS, VG): crispy green banana and yautia masa served with mayo ketchup

Beverages

  • Classic Piña Colada (TNS): Cruzan light rum, Coco Real cream of coconut, with lime and pineapple juice
  • Piragua: shaved ice with your choice of flavorings: 
    • crema 
    • coco (TNS)
    • frambuesa 
    • tamarindo 
  • Ponche(V): non-alcoholic Welch’s® grape juice mixed with sweetened condensed milk and blackberry extract

Alcapurria

Spain

Food

  • Paella Mixto: saffron yellow rice, chorizo, squid, mussels, and shrimp
  • Spanish Bocadillo: serrano ham and drunken goat cheese with parsley sauce, on a gently pressed baguette
  • Leche Frita(V): crispy fried condensed milk, vanilla, and cinnamon

Beverages

  • Sangria Flight: sangria tinto, sangria blanco, and sangria rosado
  • Sangria Tinto: our red sangria with Flaco Tempranillo, Torres 10 brandy, Ferrand dry curacao, lemon juice, orange juice, blackberry extract, and simple syrup
  • Sangria Rosado: our rosé sangria with Marq Caceres Rioja Rosé, New Amsterdam gin, strawberry mix, and a pinch of smoked sea salt
  • Sangria Blanco: our white sangria with Honoro Vera Rueda, Bacardi light, pineapple and lemon juices, simple syrup, pineapple extract, lemon bitters and a pinch of salt

Trinidad and Tobago Menu

Food

  • Crab & Dumplings(SFS, TNS): curried chickpeas, spicy bara flatbread, micro cilantro, and mango chutney
  • Chickpea Doubles(VG): curried chickpeas, spicy bara flatbread, micro cilantro, and mango chutney
  • Pholourie(VG): deep fried spicy split pea dough with turmeric, curry powder, and a side of tamarind chutney

Beverages

  • Carib: a full-bodied golden brew with a rich combination of malt and hops
  • Shandy Ginger: Carib brewed beer combined with a zing of ginger
  • Shandy Lime: Carib brewed beer combined with a kick of lime
  • Shandy Sorrel: Carib brewed beer combined with the spicy sweetness sorrel with a kick of lime

Taste of the Mediterranean Menu in CityWalk

Food

  • Crepe Suzette(V): topped with a Grand Marnier orange sauce
  • Grilled Octopus with Potatoes(GS, SFS): marinated grilled octopus with tomato, oregano, and lemon herb rice

Beverages

  • Francois Montand Brut Sparkling: aromas of white flowers and citrus fruit give way to a creamy and smooth palate with flavors of freshly baked bread, golden delicious apples, and Meyer lemons
  • Bertrand Corbieres Heresie: a velvety texture with a balanced finish, notes of fresh fruit, morello cherry, wild raspberry, and spices
  • Mas La Chevaliere Cabernet Sauvignon: intense fruit concentration laced with developed tannic structure, good intensity and nice, juicy mouthfeel
  • French Wine Flight: Francois Montand Brut Sparkling, Bertrand Corbieres Heresie, Mas La Chevaliere Cabernet Sauv
  • Monograph Agiorgitiko: Nemea grapes present a smooth body and complex aroma of prickly pear, pomegranate and butterscotch
  • Monograph Assyrtiko: youthful with refreshing acidity with notes of citrus fruits, honeysuckle, lemongrass, and stone fruit with a touch of salinity
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