Sunday 29 March 2015

harry potter


museo-harry-potter-warner-londraChi ama Harry Potter da oggi potrà decidere di fare un viaggio a Londra e visitare il “museo”The Making of Harry Potter, allestito a poche miglia di distanza dalla capitale inglese, precisamente negli studi della Warner Bros a Leavesden.
Dopo The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, aperto nell’estate del 2010 a Orlando, Florida, oggi, 31 marzo 2012, è arrivato il momento dell’Europa. Il “museo”, o meglio, la struttura della Warner, la Warner Bros Studio Tour, che accoglie The Making of Harry Potter, conterrà i set originali degli otto film che, al prezzo non proprio popolare di circa 30 euro, potranno essere visitati in un tour di tre ore.
Ci saranno i dormitori di Tassorosso, Corvonero, Serpeverde e, ovviamente, Grifondoro, dove troveranno posto i letti originali di Harry, Hermione e Ron, la riproduzione del castello di Hogwarts, l’ufficio di Albus Silente, con i ritratti di tutti i presidi precedenti, la capanna di Hagrid, la Sala Grande, la Sala Comune di Grifondoro, Diagon Alley (lungo la quale si potrà passeggiare), la casa al 4 di Privet Drive degli zii di Harry, il Nottetempo, l’autobus blu a due piani “per tutte le direzioni”, la Classe di Pozioni, piena di alambicchi e vasetti di ogni tipo, la ricostruzione del Ministero della Magia, del ponte di Hogwarts, dell’ufficio di Dolores Umbridge e molto altro ancora, compresi costumi, oggetti e video che illustrano i “dietro le scene” di molte parti/situazioni dei film, come le partite di Quidditch, l’”annullamento” del naso di Voldemort, la creazione dell’elfo Dobby e dell’Ippogrifo, la sparizione grazie al mantello dell’invisibilità e quant’altro.
A differenza del parco a tema di Orlando, a Londra non si potrà interagire con gli ambienti (niente acquisti in Diagon Alley, nè cene nella Sala Grande), in compenso, alla fine del tour, troverà posto un ricchissimo Gift Shop che a prezzi popolari come quello d’entrata (quindi piuttosto poco), offrirà gadget di ogni tipo.
Gli organizzatori stimano che il “museo” attirerà circa 6000 visitatori al giorno, che molto probabilmente aumenteranno durante le Olimpiadi di Londra. Nell’attesa che a Los Angeles, nel 2015, venga costruito un castello di Hogwarts a grandezza naturale… fare un viaggetto a Londra, includendo, magari, Olimpiadi e Harry Potter, potrebbe essere una bella idea.

Londra il castello di Hogwarts e “voli” con la scopa


Si trova a Leavesden, un sobborgo vicino a Watford, una cittadina a circa 20 minuti da Londra, il nuovo parco della Warner Bros interamente dedicato almaghetto di Hogwarts, Harry potter.
Nato dalla fantasia letteraria della scrittrice inglese J.K. Rowlingall’inizio degli anni novanta, si è affermato subito come fenomeno di massa, in libreria e al cinema. Dal 1997, anno di pubblicazione nel Regno Unito del primo episodio della serie,Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, i sette libri hanno venduto piu di 500 milioni di copie e sono stati tradotti in piu di 70 lingue.
Un mago dall’appeal british ma con un fascino internazionale. Da tutto il mondo infatti giungono i turisti affetti dalla Pottermania per visitare il parco a tema “The Making of Harry Potter“.  All’interno tutti i set originali usati negli otto film della saga e addirittura una riproduzione del celebre castello di Hogwarts.
Nelle circa tre ore di visita è possibile visitare il famoso dormitorio di Grifondoro, protetto dai quadri parlanti all’entrata, dove Harry, Hermione e Ron dormivano; la grande sala delle riunioni; lo studio di Albus Silente; l’autobus a due piani che porta in “tutte le destinazioni” e la strada dello “shopping” della magia, dove i maghi acquistano ingredienti per pozioni e bacchette.
La visita consente inoltre di scoprire la tecnologia dietro ad ogni evoluzione del maghetto, come le acrobatiche partite diQuidditch. Alcuni video spiegano come è avvenuta la rimozione del naso di Voldemort ed il segreto tecnologico alla base dell’invisibilita di Potter. Infine, tra gli effetti speciali del tour è c’è anche un volo con la scopa sopra Londra.Scopri con noi tutti luoghi delle copertine degli album e guarda la webcam live sulle strisce pedonali dei Beatles!
Costi. Grandi attrazioni ma grandi anche i  prezzi. L’entrata e i souvenir non sono proprio a buon mercato: 22 sterline (circa 26 euro) per i bambindi dai 5 ai 15 anni, 28 sterline (circa 34 € ) per gli “adulti” (con piu di 16 anni);pacchetto famiglia da 83 sterline (circa 101 euro). D’altronde si sa Londra è buona e…cara.

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The Making of Harry Potter: il parco a tema di Harry Potter a Londra

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Warner Bros. Studio Tour London

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People the world-over have been enchanted by the Harry Potter films for nearly a decade. The wonderful special effects and amazing creatures have made this iconic series beloved to both young and old – and now, for the first time, the doors are going to be opened for everyone at the studio where it first began. You'll have the chance to go behind-the-scenes and see many things the camera never showed. From breathtakingly detailed sets to stunning costumes, props and animatronics, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London provides a unique showcase of the extraordinary British artistry, technology and talent that went into making the most successful film series of all time.
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Yalla Yalla
You might imagine that modern day Soho is a neutered, vanilla shadow of its once seedy self. Many would argue it is. In the area around Brewer Street, however, the sex shops and strip clubs are alive and well, and doing a brisk trade. As is Yalla Yalla, a somewhat incongruously located Lebanese food hub. A small, side street cafe-restaurant of considerable charm (a chunky, rough-hewn wooden counter, a few tightly packed tables, scatter cushions made from old keffiyeh), it is a cosy bolt-hole where even the budget traveller can afford to eat in. If you choose to take away, it is sensationally good value – £3.50 will buy you a huge flatbread wrap stuffed with tiny, hot juicy soujoc lamb sausages, peppery, sumac-seasoned omelette and lightly pickled vegetables. All that sweet-sour-spicy interplay will stoke a fire in your heart and leave a pleasant tingle on your lips. The only problem? Finding a doorway to perch in, while you eat, without looking like you're lingering in Soho on very different, disreputable business.
• Takeaway prices – pastries/wraps £2-£4, mains £6-£10. 1 Green's Court, London, W1 (+44 (0)20-7287 7663, yalla-yalla.co.uk). Second branch at 12 Winsley Street (just off Oxford Street), 

Bea's of Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury and St Paul's

Bea's, London
It is easy to see why Bea's is so popular. It looks pretty good (smart wallpapers, attractive cup cake displays); its ethos is sound (quality, seasonal ingredients are used in its conscientious on-site cooking); and the staff are chatty and well-organised. There are edgier, more interesting places to eat, for sure, but, taken together, all that makes for a winning combination. At lunch you can mix 'n' match that day's bright-eyed, bushy-tailed salads with quiches, pasta bakes and such. Later in the afternoon, enjoy a pot of tea and Bea's magnificent baking. Its Valrhona chocolate brownie (£1.90), the crisp shell giving way to an almost truffle-like centre, is highly recommended.
• Takeaway prices – combination lunch plates from £3.50. 44 Theobald's Road, WC1 (+44 (0)20-7242 8330, beasofbloomsbury.com). Second branch at One New Change, 83 Watling Street (near St Paul's), 

This collaboration between ace restaurateur Alan Yau and Italian master baker Rocco Princi, looks like the lobby of a sleek Milan hotel. It is a forbiddingly chic tableau in glass, marble and beautiful people. There is even that hotel favourite, a water feature: a kind of rustic trough that runs along one wall. Such immaculate design, however, is where the slick efficiency ends. Princi runs as a canteen. That is, you choose what you want from the counter, you're given it on a tray, you pay at the till. Except there is nothing to tell you that, no indication of how it all works. The counter-intuitive decision to position the cake section by the door, as you come in, only adds to the confusion. The staff range from helpful to hopeless. For instance, you pay for your drinks at the till, then take your receipt and collect them from the bar. Who knew? Not me, until I had to ask the question directly. Basically, you could spend a long bewildered time in here trying to work it all out, get served and find a seat. Why, then, is it packed? Because Princi's food, which runs from tiny sweetish pizzetini (60p) topped with a pungent smear of dried anchovy to full meals such as braised beef in barolo wine, is very, very good. A Parma ham sandwich (£4.60) is just that: ham (sweet, salty, silky, punchily porcine, melt-in-the-mouth) between two pieces of insanely good focaccia farcita flatbread. Its crisp exterior is slightly charred – having, presumably, been baked in a wood-fired pizza oven – while the open-textured interior is soft and elastic with a glossy olive oil sheen. That bread, on its own, makes Princi worth the hassle.
• Pizza slices from £4.10, hot meals around £6-£8. 135 Wardour Street, W1 (+44 (0)20-7478 8888, princi.co.uk)

The Harp, Covent Garden

The Harp pub, LondonPhotograph: Chris Radburn/PA
If, like me, you find that within a few hours of arriving in London you need a drink, five minutes and a nice sit down, this is the place to do it. CAMRA's current pub of the year, the Harp is an oasis of calm and good cheer amid the noise and chaos of Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square. Real ales, often from local breweries such as Meantime and Ascot Ales, are the draw at the bar. Food consists of a changing roster of sausages from O'Hagan's, whose owner, Bill O'Hagan, was something of a pioneer in the revival of the proper British banger. They are served simply, like a hotdog, on a Viennese-style roll, with fried onions. The Guardian's pork and sage sampler was meaty yet moist (too many modern butchers neglect fat content in their overly dense, meat-packed sausages) and confidently seasoned. Washed down with a pint of Dark Star's light, slightly grapefruit-y Hophead (£3.20), it is a fine reviver.
• Sausage sandwich £2.50. 47 Chandos Place, WC2 (+44 (0)20-7836 0291, harpcoventgarden.com)

Mooli's, Soho

Mooli's, London
"F*ck the chicken tikka," runs the provocative slogan painted on the wall in the toilet. It is typical of Mooli's unconvincing attempts to portray itself as all hip and rebellious. In reality, the business is run by two friends, an ex-City lawyer and a management consultant, who politely thank their backer, the Bank of Baroda, on their website. Indeed, for all the PR spin about how passionate the owners are about Indian street food, Mooli's has the feel of somewhere that has been conceived, with cool corporate logic, as a novel fast food concept that could easily be rolled-out as a chain. And why not? Its food (if not the try-hard attitude) would certainly brighten up the British high street. These mooli – a tasty wholemeal roti wrap, filled and served like a burrito, wrapped in foil – may play fast and loose with notions of authenticity (what is that lettuce, tomato and red onion doing on there?), but they taste marvellous. The Guardian's sampler of slowly braised beef is long on deep-set, beefy flavours, the Keralan spicing giving everything a spicy, fruity lift. Those salad bits, moreover, do actually – along with a smear of raita – give the wrap the cool, clean punctuation it needs.
• Mooli from £2.95-£5. 50. 50 Frith Street, W1 (+44 (0)20-7494 9075,moolis.com)

City Càphê, the City

Bánh mìPhotograph: Fred de Noyelle/Godong/Corbis
London is currently in love with filled bánh mì, the lighter, thin-crust Vietnamese take on the French baguette. For an example of this stodge-free evolution in sandwich history, hunt out City Càphê, which you will find down an easily missed side street off Cheapside. Its bánh mì ("freshly baked every morning by an independent craft bakery") are genuinely delicate and, likewise, the fillings have a real zing. A marinated pork sampler bristles with flavours: lime, lemongrass, chilli, a caramelised honeyed sweetness, aniseed hints of star anise. The meat is gloriously moist and tender, and swaddled in a daisy fresh layer of grated carrot, cucumber and coriander. The Càphê also serves various bún and phonoodle dishes, cuôn (Vietnamese spring rolls) and interesting Foco coconut, mango and pomegranate drinks. The staff are notably friendly. The small space (bright red enamelled furniture, yellow walls, colourful photos of Vietnam) is similarly jolly.
• Bánh mì from £3.75, noodle dishes from £5.90. 17 Ironmonger Lane, EC2 (citycaphe.com)

Gelupo, Soho

Gelupo in Soho, LondonPhotograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian
A deli spin-off from restaurant Bocca di Luppo, Gelupo extends chef Jacob Kennedy's fascination with regional Italian food, at a fraction of the prices he charges across the road. It is best known for its refined gelato: incredibly smooth, creamy and clean-tasting ice-cream, made mainly with milk, rather than eggs and cream. Elsewhere, you will find lesser-spotted delicacies, such as sandwiches that use the spreadable Calabrian salami, n'duja, and homemade erbazzone, a kind of thin pie-pasty cross, filled with intensely flavoured combinations like pureed aubergine, pesto, pine nuts and fennel seeds. From the ice-cream flavours (hazelnut say, or ricotta and pear) to the baking (blood orange and almond polenta cake), it is all unusual, classy stuff. A boon for the gourmet traveller who is operating on a tight budget. If you want to linger, there are a handful of stools at a counter where you can sit and eat.
• Ice-cream from £3 (adult tub), sandwiches from £3. 7 Archer Street, W1 (+44 (0)20-7287 5555, gelupo.com)

Lantana Cafe, Fitzrovia

Lantana, London
Tiny Charlotte Place is an unusually laidback corner of London, an atmosphere which the Australian-owned Lantana does its best to maintain. The service can be deceptive. We have become so used to robotically programmed waiting staff that the unhurried, unscripted approach of Lantana's Zen-like surfer dudes can initially seem a bit vague. It isn't. The staff are just allowed to behave like (actually very helpful, pretty efficient) human beings. Relax. Go with the flow. The food is certainly worth it. If you want to eat-in, there's a slightly cramped cafe space where you can enjoy interesting breakfasts, such as poached eggs with Sicilian ratatouille, good coffee and, later, great lunches. Lantana does a gourmet steak sandwich on sourdough which, at £11, is well worth stretching the budget for. Next door, Lantana Out serves fantastic cakes (£1-£1.50), salads, quiches and soups to takeaway. On this visit, a roast beef sandwich (£3.80) was exemplary: the beef pink, peppered, thick cut and served on real bread with caramelised onions, verdant rocket and a liberal smear of horseradish that started out fruity and built to a peak that felt like napalm on the old nasal hairs. Fantastic. If you're really watching the pennies, Lantana's wrap-soup-salad-sweet deals (£4.50-£6) are a good option.
• Lantana In, breakfast £2.50-£9, lunch dishes £4.50-£11. 13 Charlotte Place, W1 (+44 (0)20-7637 3347, lantanacafe.co.uk)

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