Monday, July 7, 2008

Butterbeer and Pumpkin Juice to be Served at Harry Potter Theme Park

The Theme Park Insider has a new interview today with Universal Orlando's Head Chef, Steve Jayson who currently overseas operations at Mythos restaurant at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, which won Theme Park Insider's award as the world's best theme park restaurant. In the interview Jayson was asked about the possible menu line-up for the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park that will open in Orlando in 2010:

I couldn't resist the chance to ask Jayson about Universal Orlando's next big project: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Forget Quidditch, the "Harry Potter" experience I most want to have is a Hogwarts feast. Jayson confirmed that he and his staff are working on new food service concepts for Universal's Harry Potter land.

"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."

But what about pumpkin juice? They've got to have pumpkin juice, right?

"Pumpkin juice, butterbeer," Jayson laughed. "All those great beverages, we are working on a lot of different things."

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