I’m excited about this Kill, Refurb, Marry because I just came back from visiting Food and Wine for the first time! I didn’t get to try as much as I was hoping due to a couple of things, including getting sick during my trip and being mostly on my own for Food and Wine, so I didn’t have someone to share things with for a lot of it. My stomach can only hold so much! I’m sure that my Kill, Marry, Refurbs might be different if I had tried everything, but from what I experienced here were my choices:
Kill – Africa
When I made my master list of everything I would want to try and Food and Wine if I had an unlimited budget and stomach, there were only three booths that held no appeal to me whatsoever. Those were New Zealand, Africa, and the Refreshment Port (hardly even a “booth” since it’s there all the time). When I went back and looked at the menus again, Africa is the one that I really don’t think I would enjoy. There are two food items, which contain mushrooms and/or onions, both of which I hate. Even walking past the booth it did not smell appealing. And there were a few drinks, none of which seemed special. Africa could have some great flavors, but maybe it needs to be more focused. Kill Africa and give us a Madagascar booth, or a South Africa booth, instead of lumping a whole bunch of countries into one booth.
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