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Our hotel, The Cumberland Hotel, served a complementary breakfast, with one of the option being a vegetarian Scottish breakfast. What surprised me was that it included samosas and egg rolls, which I imagine are not really Scottish, but the beans, egg and potatoes were also in the non-vegetarian breakfast my traveling buddies ate.
For lunch we found a pure vegetarian restaurant called Henderson's @ St. John's. I got veggie lasagna, which came with two sides - hummus and Greek salad. Everything was excellent!
And if you've made it this far down this post and are a Harry Potter fan, you are in for a treat! One night for dinner we went to The Elephant House. It was here that J. K. Rowling worked on the first few of the Harry Potter books. Although I am sure there were many other places where she worked, this restaurant claims to be the "'birthplace' of Harry Potter". There are photos of Rowling in the back room where she liked to write and the walls of the ladies loo (bathroom) are covered with messages from patrons to the famous writer.
Keeping with the Harry Potter theme and diverging completely from food, I was also able to visit Platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross Station. Although the Brit's have not yet taken advantage of the popularity of this "attraction" in the middle of one of their busiest train stations like the American's would have by this point, they are well on their way there. There are props available (scarves to wear from each of the houses, Harry's glasses and a wand) and a shop that sells Platform 9 3/4 merchandise only available at there store.
Also, at the London Zoo they have a small tribute to the scene in the Reptile House that was filmed there for the first movie.
Omg I'm sooooo jealous!!! Harry Potter was all around you! So cool! You should have taken my wand with you lol.
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