Enjoy a Feast Hogwarts Style at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
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Posted by: Sue
July 08, 2008, 03:05 AM
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.
Ahhhh, so excited! My dad lives in Orlando and I have two siblings that currently work at Universal and another who has worked there in the past. I am SO getting a job there for the opening! That would be soooo sweet. I could walk through the world of Harry Potter after hours. Can you say DREAM COME TRUE?
Oh wow!
I’m from Scotland, but I really hope they don’t stereotype it by just having haggis and stovies (mashed potatoes and mince, trust me its nice!) and neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes) and stuff, because we don’t live off of that, trust me!
I think that they should do British food, like some specialities from Scotland, some from England, some from Wales, and some from Northern Ireland/Ireland. The general opinion I got from the books was that the feasts were British, to suit that all the kids would be from all over Britain.
I still can’t wait to try butterbeer! =]
Haha Dr. Haggis, I know what you mean about the deep-fried food. My brother lives in Glasgow and I cant watch one bit in GOF without laughin because everytime Cho asks for 2 pumpkin pasties on the Hogwarts express in that Scottish accent, my brother always says in a deep Glaswegian voice: “You want that deep-fried, love?” Haha cracks me up everytime.
Out of everything in Harry Potter’s world I REALLY want to taste butterbeer
I can’t wait! My cousin and I decided that as much as we would kill to see Jo and perhaps the trio too, it is going to be way too cold to stand outside waiting all day when the park first opens so we are waiting to go until it warms up enough and its a little less crowded so that we can really enjoy ourselves. I have a fear of heights so I don’t know if I’ll be riding too many of the rides, but you can bet I’ll be chowing down on the HP themed food and buying everything in sight in the shops at Hogsmeade. I wish they were doing a Diagon Alley too, but oh well I’m just so glad we are even getting a theme park!
I cant wait to try it all. I read the food and can only imagine what pumpkin pasties and toad in the hole taste like….or what they even look like. Butterbeer sounds wonderful, like a warm thick tummy tickeling drink.