Culinary unlimited dining at restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
21-9-2023
Unlimited dining will soon take on a whole new dimension in Naarden. Right on the beautiful Gooimeer, in the Naardenbos (woods), is the brand-new restaurant Bordeaux. A unique place to enjoy high-quality dishes in a cozy ambiance. Guests will experience culinary delights such as oysters, fantastically cooked salmon and sushi with a panoramic view of the Gooimeer. The restaurant offers a completely new way of dining, where culinary highlights alternate continuously and guests lack nothing during their evening out.
Love Dates by Coffeelicious | A surprising way to meet!
19-9-2023
Who would have expected a breakfast and lunch room to provide so much love? When Coffeelicious Bakery put out a call for the singles event, Love Dates by Coffeelicious, many applications followed. People appear to be totally fed up with the ‘quick-scans’ via the well-known dating apps! Meeting someone face to face is the best way to meet!
Ingka Centres confirms its ambitious plant-forward food hall Saluhall
18-9-2023
Ingka Centres (part of the Ingka Group, which also includes IKEA Retail and Ingka Investments) has recently announced its ambitious, plant-forward food hall Saluhall in San Francisco. This project is in collaboration with KERB, the renowned London food hall operator and small business incubator, and Claus Meyer, co-founder of the hugely-influential New Nordic Cuisine movement and entrepreneur behind multiple global community-focused culinary schools.
We are curious to see when the first plant-forward (80% plant-based) food hall will open in an IKEA in the Netherlands!
McDonald’s is the first restaurant chain to Incorporate UBQ™ Materials
14-9-2023
Expanding from serving trays, Arcos Dorados, world’s largest independent McDonald’s franchisee, is now using UBQ™ Materials in bench seating and electrical system components, showcasing new applications in sustainability in their new São Paulo Restaurant.
Neo-brasserie Gossler & Florin or in short brasserie G&F
12-9-2023
Opening – A new culinary destination in the heart of the Jordaan district in Amsterdam, Neo-brasserie Gossler & Florin aka brasserie G&F. Early September, Wesley van Haeften opened his a la carte brasserie with a range of international classics, each with a modern twist.
Trends we spotted | Week 36
12-9-2023
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles about among others FoodGPT by AI Palette in Singapore, a one-of-a-kind generative AI tool, tailored explicitly for the complex F&B landscape. And an initiative to help revitalize historic downtowns and creating the American Dream for owning your own business: Own Your Own.
At BotBar Coffee in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, robot Adam serves the coffee! And in the Netherlands and Belgium the wines are of very good quality, 35 gold medals at the Wine Inspection of the Low Lands.
Chef Jonnie Boer of the Dutch restaurant De Librije (***) is the new ambassador of Urban Cultivator. They recently introduced ‘Librije Backstage’ and vertical farming by Urban Cultivator. And spotted in Paris, the GalBar. A crêpes and galette bar, which they serve in a scone.
Belgian startup Dripl raised 2.15 million euros of growth capital to accelerate their refillution. Their self-developed Refill Points have been offering a healthy alternative to soft drinks since 2021 and help companies reduce their waste and footprint.
During the renovation of restaurant RIJKS® in the Rijks museum in Amsterdam, you can enjoy the skills of their chefs at the RIJKS® pop-up on the Zuidas. And chef Guillaume de Beer opened Bar Gui in Amsterdam, his dishes look delicious!
New healthy hotspot Dam Tasty on the Zeilstraat in Amsterdam
8-9-2023
Opening – Dam Tasty opened its doors in Amsterdam South. The funky, colourful store is for everyone who is looking for a healthy, sustainable and quick meal in a concept where sustainability and awareness are the points of focus. Because eating healthy is not so hard, not so boring!
Latin American restaurant Selva opens on the 24th floor of the nhow Amsterdam RAI hotel
8-9-2023
Opening – A charming journey through the Amazon rainforest, this is what restaurant Selva offers. Amsterdam’s newest culinary delight opened its doors on the 24th floor of the iconic design hotel nhow Amsterdam RAI. This culinary destination is an ode to the rainforest – the lungs of the earth – and a creative fusion of Minor Hotels and Younique Concepts.
Trends we spotted | Week 32
11-8-2023
At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.
With this week links to articles including a couple of them on reservation fees at restaurants in the hope that this will reduce the number of no-shows. In New York, more and more restaurants are turning to this system. Leonie van Spronsen recently wrote a blog about this subject. It’s kind of a double standard that lots of guests don’t want to pay a restaurant fee while we pay, without any problem, in advance for tickets to Taylor Swift.
A unique combination; a Latin-American fine-dining experience on a London train, the Supperclub.Tube. Also in London: the Vagabond’s Wine Bars where you can choose from as many as 140 varieties of wines!
Aperol sorbet floating in prosecco, sounds delicious! It’s served at Il Terrazzo in department store Nordstrom in NYC. The sorbet is made by il Laboratorio del Gelato. And also in NYC – the hottest new sushi bar is hidden in The Vault of Saks Fifth Avenue. Great idea, an omakase inside a small corner of a retail outlet?
A touring mini club, Fandangoe Discoteca invites people to dance out their grief! Created by artist Annie Frost Nicholson and it will come to the Netherlands as well. And International Hotel Capital Partners is the new owner of Hilton Garden Inn Leiden Hotel.
Located 4.5 hours from NYC, in Watkins Glen, is the world’s smallest diner, which is also appropriately named ‘World’s Smallest Diner’. And we read about an Instant Noodle Factory in Queens, they serve 88 different instant noodles options with 30 different toppings.
The popular experience, Dining in the Dark, is returning to Amsterdam on August 31, this time it takes place at the NOMAD aan het IJ. And we love the design of the Costa Rican Suitree Experience Hotel with treehouse style rooms.
Tempo by Hilton Times Square has opened as part of TSX Broadway
10-8-2023
Hilton recently (August 8) announced the opening of the 661-room Tempo by Hilton Times Square, the first hotel from Hilton’s newest stylish and contemporary lifestyle brand. Located in TSX Broadway, a new 46-story tower featuring experiential retail, cutting-edge entertainment spaces and the historic Palace Theatre, the hotel matches the ever-evolving needs of the traveler whose ambitious spirit calls for both moments of relaxation and inspiration.
They have some special rooms like their ‘Wellness’ rooms including sports equipment but for the romantics among us: they also have 31 ‘ball drop rooms’ for New Year’s Eve!
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Coquilles at restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
oysters at restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
rendering restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
robots doing their job at restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
robots doing their job at restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
steak at restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
sushi at restaurant Bordeaux in Naarden
