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io9 recently visited Disney Parks for the media trailer ofRogers : The Musicalat Disney California Adventure to preview the showinspired by the scene in Disney+ ’s Hawkeye — we’ll have more on that soon — but also to try out out some of the Captain America NYC - inspired solid food , as well as other themed treats .
We recover out more about what goes into making Marvel - lous meals and galactic dainty in conversation with Avengers Campus chef Jonathan Moshfegh , Galaxy ’s Edge chef Amy Benson , and Disney Food and Beverage representative David Nguyen .
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Sabina Graves , io9 : Obviously at io9 we ’re big sports fan of the Marvel and Star Wars universes . One of the thing myself and my squad talk about is , how do y’ all create the awesome themed offerings for the different properties ? At what point during a film or show in output are you given the head - up for potential ideas to sport at the park ?
Amy Benson , Galaxy ’s Edge chef : We ’re given a moderately good chief up . We ’re given month in advance notice that something is come down the line . We ’re in meetings and discussions about what we could possibly do . We ’ll terminate up doing some soma of a deck of cards with intake pictures , just so we can get everything in the absolved , and then we get down gestate towards that goal . Just seek to check that that we ’re in the report and sticking to the persona that are supply . At sentence there are no image , so we have to apply our imaginations .
Jonathan Moshfegh , Avengers Campus chef : I stand for , same thing like you ’ve find out how soaked the studios are with [ Avengers Campus ] IP — you bed , they do n’t want any spoilers . So we get a little bit and then it ’s a team effort to kind of bring the movie to life through the nutrient — a lot of back and forward and a lot of teamwork .
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io9 : The site ’s very big into sci - fi , obviously , and I remember those are some of the most fun intellectual nourishment creation I ’ve hear . I come down for May the Fourth and I was able to attempt a few things that were the seasonal offerings for the month . What inspires the palate curation of feel when it comes to create thing that wait otherworldly but are still very accessible ?
Benson : Well , on Batuu we ’re actually reach quite a bit of exemption . And I conceive it ’s just the trust that we ’ve already earned from Lucasfilm through [ Walt Disney Imagineering ] . So we ’ll take , say , a seasonal oblation — we’ll take something like your traditional holiday turkey , and we ’ll mayhap look toward perchance like not doing a “ turkey , ” but maybe a [ turkey cosplaying as a Star Wars ] Porg . Alternatively , we ’ll take the dressing and see how we can calculate at the photographic film , what we can get inspired by , and then peradventure images and books . Also another matter is just see up the different planets and view how maybe we can link up in a colour or a whirl of some sort .
io9 : Yes ! I was in particular impressed by Grogu Snacky Sundae . It was unbelievable looking [ see below ; it sport a chicken nugget , boba as ballock , and a gummy Gaul on ice cream ] . At what point did that construct stick out out of the “ chicky nuggie ” meme become a playfulness matter to put together for Star Wars Nite ?
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Benson : That one [ was actually created by ] our neighbor [ and ] was done on Main Street for our Star Wars Nite during Disney After Dark . So at that spot across the coltsfoot , we are now deal the wealthiness of our Star Wars experience . And Main Street create this really cool chicken nuggie sundae because Grogu loves to just eat everything and it ’s him .
io9 : And now it ’s canon — on The Mandalorian Grogu gets a picayune chicken nugget or I imagine like a minuscule tip - yip bite .
David Nguyen , Disney Food and Beverage representative : Yes , which is pretty much a gargantuan poulet nugget ! We ’re all fan of the picture show and register as well , so we love playing and make intellectual nourishment playfulness .
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io9 : For Guardians of the Galaxy , I ’m sure it was fun creating those offerings for liberation of Vol . 3 .
Moshfegh : I think one of the coolheaded thing we did was — if you ’ve visit the movie , you fuck , “ salute the gook . ”
io9 : Yeah , the ooze !
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Moshfegh : So when we were tasked [ with create it ] , we obviously [ were n’t capable to see the movie forward of time ] , but like , hey , there ’s this gook drink ? Michael Douglas ’ character [ Hank Pym ] is the one that drinks it [ and ] he makes a aspect . So you need a deglutition that ’s going to be oozy [ and ] it ’s going to get you to make that face . It needs to resonate with with the guest and be flavorful . Everyone put their minds together and then we worked with our better half like , “ Is this where we need to live ? Oh yeah , this is amazing . ”
io9 : Speaking of the goop , I ’m delirious to talk about themed drink choice . I have friends who fly high on the Cold Brew Black Caf from Galaxy ’s Edge .
Benson : We never cogitate it was going to take off like that . The breathing in , really , is we use a lot of Eastern flavors . Well , number one , because I love work with easterly feeling . It ’s a big passion of mine . I watch very early on how to use the flavor visibility . One of them was like Taiwanese cheese foam . [ The Cold Brew Black Caf ] do from that and we just dulcify it up to satisfy the American roof of the mouth . And then we figured , how do we top this in a fun way ? And I mean , those umber spheres that we have on top here are the way to go . Still very Instagram - able and a freehanded seller .
Nguyen : I love the grain of that . Yeah .
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io9 : What can you all share has been maybe the most challenging solid food to transform from screen into the real life ?
Benson : Honestly , it can be just the holidays , like something like Life Day , because there ’s so much , or May the Fourth or Black Spire Day . There ’s so much fan base behind it that we have to make certain that we please the masses . You be intimate ? Black Spire Day is a handsome holiday for Batuu , so we have to check that that we wow them every single time .
Moshfegh : Yeah . And then at Avengers Campus , we ’ve got Pym Test kitchen . We ’re growing solutions , shrinking problems . So we ’ve got the scientific theme , we ’ve sire the large and small stem , and then we essay to tie in the picture show . And to kind of touch on all those point it ’s a challenge sometimes , with the little bites that we get from the movies and from WDI .
Nguyen : One of the ones that we did have was , “ How do you make a fun sized candy bar into a gigantic one ? ” , like the chocolate bar that we have , the Choco - Smash . And not only that , it has to be the most compelling : “ Is it going to be a confect taproom ? Is it going to be patty ? How crowing are we go to arise this matter ? Or how minuscule do we shrink it down to ? ” And then make it outstanding , where you’re able to never get it anywhere else but here at the Disneyland resort . That ’s one affair that we always work toward to achieve — the best flavor profile and still make it fun .
io9 : It ’s so fun . I ’m a handsome fan of the [ A Goofy Movie - inspired ] Power Limes in Toontown — those are really cool and tie in so well with the theming there . All fandom , even niche one , are symbolise . I have to have a go at it : what has been your preferent smasher to create in your favorite fandom ?
Nguyen : That ’s a laden query . Yeah , that ’s like picking your favorite baby . I can assure you one of my favorites that ever came out at Pym ’s Test Kitchen is the Not so Little chicken sandwich . You shrink [ the bun ] down to slider size and then you have this opus of volaille [ that ’s bighearted than the bun ] . It ’s like playing with your solid food on every single level , [ and ] it ’s not just an average chicken sandwich . It has a flavour of hot curry wimp on the outside — crispy , spongy , supply slaw on top — and it has to stand out so much that when you look at it ’s like , “ I want that . ” So that ’s my favorite universe that we do here .
Benson : The Ronto Wrap ! I mean , that ’s such an iconic thing to add up and have at the car park every single time . It has to be very logical every single clip . But we had to create [ a reading ] that was for our vegan guests , too . And I imagine that we executed it very well ; it ’s still an extremely popular item . So that was really fun to be able-bodied to take something like the Ronto Wrap and just reimagine it into something that ’s vegan .
Moshfegh : I think the thing I ’m most worked up for , probably because it ’s on my mind because it ’s range out tomorrow , is the Shawarm - izza that ’s going to be at Shawarma [ carts ] along with the Rogers : The Musical activation . How do you do something New York , Brooklyn at a Shawarma location that fit the theme of Avengers Campus ? I think that pizza wrap is going to hit pretty well . There ’s a Captain Everything Dog , too . It ’s got Everything Bagel seasoning on it . There ’s a ruby , bloodless , and dispirited shake that ’s go to be at Schmoozies . We have a pastrami all - beef hotdog on a pretzel bun at Award Wieners . And then we have a nonalcoholic and alcohol-dependent beverage over at the Hollywood Lounge accommodate the red , white , and blue theme .
io9 : Definitely , like more along the lines of New York — like Broadway .
Moshfegh : Make it feel like you ’re going to the show .
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