The elote pretzel at Pym Test Kitchen in Disney California Adventure. I’ll tell you a little secret, just because we’re friends: I don’t actually have a favorite restaurant at Disneyland . At least, I don’t have a favorite restaurant like I have a must-do ride ( Haunted Mansion ) […]
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I’ll tell you a little secret, just because we’re friends: I don’t actually have a favorite restaurant at Disneyland. At least, I don’t have a favorite restaurant like I have a must-do ride (Haunted Mansion) that ruins my park day if I don't get to ride.
I don’t have a must-eat park food, but I do go through phases of where I enjoy eating on my frequent trips to the park, and right now, I’m on a Pym Test Kitchen vibe, the Ant-Man restaurant in Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure. I went one day for one of those delicious chicken sandwiches on the hilariously tiny buns and watched Black Widow show a thing or two to Taskmaster in the Avengers stunt show while I ate.
That was fun, but the real reason I was glad I went was that I found my Disneyland snack of the summer, and it’s something I was totally not expecting.
The elote pretzel at Pym Test Kitchen has been around for a couple of months, but it was new to me when I visited the park in June. Inspired by Mexican street corn, this pretzel has three kinds of corn — corn niblets, creamy corn sauce and popcorn pieces — with a sprinkling of cotija cheese, a generous handful of cilantro leaves, sliced radishes and a finish of spicy crema.
I was skeptical of how it would all work together (on a hot pretzel, no less) but the snack was truly excellent. I loved the creamy sauce robed on the pretzel, and the spicy, sharp garnishes were excellent counterpoints to the sweetness of the corn. (The price, if you’re wondering, is $10.49.)
When I tried it, I paired it with a Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA ($12) from the Test Kitchen menu. But to truly have the peak Pym experience, I recommend going outside to the Pym Tasting Lab for one of their beer cocktails, like The Regulator (Patron Silver Tequila and Golden Road Mango Cart Wheat Ale, with mango and habanero syrups, and mango flavor-filled boba for $17) or the Honey Buzz cocktail (Plymouth Gin, with lemon juice and honey syrup, and a honey straw for $18).
The pretzel may have debuted in March, but to me, it’s the perfect summer snack — filling but still light, sweet but still refreshingly spicy, and big enough to share if you’re so inclined. But I don’t blame you if you don’t. It’s that good.
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