Pongu Lumpia and Night Blossom

Kaltxì! Pandora: World of Avatar is located in Disney's Animal Kingdom. As you walk down the path lined with bioluminescent plants and look up at the floating mountains, it is truly like you are entering another world! Within this land, you can find Pongu Pongu (which translates to Party Party!), a stand that sells unique refreshments including green beer!

The snack portion of our recreation is the Pongu Lumpia. This is a spring roll filled with cream cheese and pineapple! Among Disney fans, this is very much a love-it-or-hate-it treat. Though different, we really enjoyed it! They are fairly easy to make at home, as they only require a few ingredients.

We suspected that Disney bakes rather than fries the lumpia, so that is what we did, and they came out great! These make great afternoon snacks or desserts.

We then ventured to make the iconic Night Blossom drink! This is a layered, fruity frozen beverage topped with boba pearls. The flavors are a lime-apple combo and "desert pear" which we were able to mimic using some creativity! We used a combination of Gatorade, sherbet, and even jelly! These ingredients are a bit trickier to find. The sherbet flavors in the stores near us were limited, but we were able to find a tri-flavor carton that did the job. We ordered the boba and prickly pear jelly online.

This drink is tasty and refreshing! Though our colors are not quite as vibrant as those at Pongu Pongu, the flavor and texture is spot on. You could try experimenting with food coloring to brighten it up. We had saved our glow cube from a previous visit and it adds a fun garnish! Be sure to get some wide smoothie straws to accommodate the boba.

We hope the Na'vi would be proud! Though you can't fly on a banshee at home, you can still partake in some out-of-this-world eats!

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