Well as if this recent flurry of new “Half-Blood Prince” high res photos and news about the video games weren’t enough to fuel your appetite for all things Harry Potter, we have another morsel to tempt you tonight. The top chef at Universal Orlando has given a new interview where he speaks about food for visitors at the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction being built in Orlando, Florida. Theme Park Insider spoke with executive chef Steve Jayson, who confirmed plans are being worked on in regards to the menus and types of food service Potter fans may find at the new park as he said “We’ve visited Scotland to get a real close, personal look at the cuisine that they eat,” Jayson said. “We’re going to have one restaurant that’s going to have a nice selection of items that you would probably expect to see in that vein of cooking, and I think it is going to be great.”
While there was no mention of our favorite watering hole, The Leaky Cauldron, Steve Jayson did mention some possible liquid refreshments that might be available, noting ””Pumpkin juice, butterbeer,” Jayson laughed. “All those great beverages, we are working on a lot of different things.”
With construction ongoing, the latest word for an opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando is December of 2009.
I’ll be among those first in line DEFINITELY! And I’m so happy I’ll finally try a butterbeer! They better have Jo go over and do tastings so we get the taste she imagined when she created the books!
Yes, no haggis please! They had an awesome ‘Harry’ themed dinner before the Sonorus shindig in California before DH was released. Hope it’s all that good. Ooooh, Treacle Tart and Spotted… “Richard” for dessert! Yummy! (Good green beans, too, but I don’t know that they were locale specific.)
I CANT WAIT FOR THIS TO COME! I LIVE NEARLY 2 DAYS DRIVING FROM THERE! but ill be there…thats for sure! I hope they have everything that we’d except to see there like nothing from mcdonalds there and stuff like that, i hope we’ll be in the total life of the wizarding world
Most of the things I’ve seen in the films looks like “normal”ish foods, so I doubt there will be haggis. If there is, well, fine I guess, but I wont be eatin it :p
Wonder if there will be a kickin place in Hogwarts to get some Mexican…
OMG butterbeer? eeeeeeeeeek! I can’t wait hehe I made an “alcoholic” version of butterbeer myself when I was working at a bar a few yrs back… people loved it! someone even made mention of me calling it “butter-beer” and mentioning Potter giggles YAY!
Being scottish i just want to say i hope they dont put the stereotypical stuff in the menu like haggis which i might i add hardly anyone actually eats here. i dont imagine hogwarts serve Haggis and ive never imagined they serve particulary Scottish food as much as i do like our food i always imagined the menu at hogwarts more British overal than scottish..but mabye thats just me.
WOW! That sounds great. It would also be good to have some traditional ENGLISH dishes too. I’ve never had Fried Tomatoes, but I hear they’re good. YES, no haggis, please! LOL. RE: Pumpkin Juice: I don’t know about other places, but here in South Carolina [USA] we get Pumkin Juice at Halloween time. I haven’t tried it, yet, but we’re having it at our ‘Harry Potter Party’ this November! I hear it’s cool. And it would be a GREAT addition to the menu, at the park. [mmmmm! Over ice!] Can hardly wait until November, let alone to December…2009!
The only thing I think is going to be strange is cruising through Hogsmead on a tan top and shorts. C’mon… they should build on the north! it would be way cooler! Literally… hehehehe
I am so glad that new big HP news is finally rolling in. I was really starting to get disheartened.
I’m personally hoping for some treacle tart. “A Wizard in the Kitchen Cookbook” has a nice recipe along (with many others inspired by HP) but It would be so much nicer to eat it in the Great Hall.
Posted by Alison aka NobleBirth Descending on July 08, 2008, 12:39 PM
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Hey … I like haggis … it’s like a very spicy sausage, not hot spicy, but lots of herbs, pepper, etc. If nothing else fans of Harry Potter should know to keep an open mind. It’s awfully Dursleyish to disparage things one hasn’t tried.
And having spent about a month in Scotland recently, I would not be disparaging their cuisine. Venison sausage with cranberries and garlic mashed potatoes. Orkney cheddar and anything … oatcakes when I’m hiking, baked potatoes on a cold day, on a salad of fresh buttercrunch lettuce, and just on its own. Scones and jam, with the scones hot from the oven. Cullen skink (a chowder made with smoked haddock).
Shortbread “biscuits” with a cup of tea. Fresh raspberries, plain, with ice cream or a little vanilla custard, and right, sticky toffee pudding. In the thirty years I’ve been visiting the UK the only food I have not particularly liked has been the “cooked breakfast” (too heavy) and some attempts at “American”.
Ahhh please don’t make there be Haggis!!! I know I’m not the only Scottish person who hates it!! Haha :P Nahh, really I don’t mind. I just hope I can go some day, it would be amazing! I’ve never been abroad before so far so maybe soon… :D
Emma: I completely know what you mean. But maybe they’re doing a British menu and having different foods from the different countries??....idk, just suggesting :]
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I’ll be among those first in line DEFINITELY! And I’m so happy I’ll finally try a butterbeer! They better have Jo go over and do tastings so we get the taste she imagined when she created the books!