From 14 May cooks in restaurant can experiment for free with a new concept for eating out of of home: the Dutch Ik durv! (English for I dare) The dishes of 'durv' contain herbal alternatives for meat. The concept stands for variation, nutritious, surprising and responsible. The cooks can order a sample pack until the 30th of June. The challenge for the chefs is to made a neat dinner with the sample pack.

Hans van Wolde, chef and owner of the two-star-restaurant Beluga in Maastricht (the Netherlands) has develop an ice cream for Albert Heijn (Dutch supermarket chain). The ice cream has a special flavor combination: pineapple, coconut, lemon, passion fruit and banana mixed and placed on a stick. Sorry, but only available in the Netherlands!

Conference hotel Kapellerput has developed a new meeting concept.  This new concept consists of a workspace for about 12 persons which can be devided and three Creationrooms. These rooms have their own atmosphere and colours (blue, red and green). The room features a glasswall for brainstorming, an interactive projector, a Bang & Olufsen docking station, WiFi and modern high-tech lighting technology. In addition they serve brainfood and drinks.

The Argentinian and Mexican restaurant El Paso in Hindeloopen, Friesland, the Netherlands has his own growth measure pole. Their restaurant is a seasonal business, during the first visit of kids they measure them, put a mark with their name and date on the growth pole. The children and parents love it and it's fun to see how big they become over the years. And a lot of parents do come back when in the neigborhood!

At May the 18th (the 4th day of the NY Burger Week) there is a party at Beekman's Beer Garden Beach Club, located on the East River (mentioned as a Piergarten by Thrillist, we don't have a piergarten in Europe). We read the announcement on Twitter. We saw inspiring pictures on Thrillist. Would the name Beekman indicate an owner with a Dutch background?

In a Dutch radio program, Kunststof, guests are requested to make a statement of remark on a tile, as sign that they have been in the program. We saw this picture on pinterest, bit more complicated then leaving a review on a social media site but more fun! And perhaps it's an idea to make nice compliment tiles on your terrace!

Fast, healthy, full of flavor and typical Korean is the chain Bibigo. Here the guests can choose in 4 steps how they want their typical Korean bibimbap. Beautifully styled restaurants, menus, to-go packaging and clothing make it a successful formula. Curious for more trends and inspiration from always–eating Seoul? Come to the inspiration session on 31 May by food designer Marielle Borderwijk and packaging designer Nina Rosens in Utrecht (the Netherlands). You can register here.

Dinner of Hope is a new initiative of Orange Babies and ambassador Herman den Blijker. Everybody was asked to organize a dinner with family and friends at home, to raise money for Orange Babies on Friday 11 May. The motto 'put something beautiful on the table' refers to a beautiful set table but also to the relationship with others. It is a Dutch initiative only.

At the Design fair in Milan, Heineken placed the crowd-sourced night club concept. This yearlong design exploration project, is created through the progressive minds of 19 emerging designers from across the globe, resulted in a prototype of a futuristic night club. Interesting to read about the six key areas (connecting, getting a drink, discovering, dancing, cooling down and ending the night).

 

Great promotional campaign of Ikea for their bathroom articles at the Salone Internationale del Mobile in Milan.