Tip Electronically
18-9-2012
Payments go more and more digital. Now you can leave an electronical tip with the DipJar. This is a small device for in restaurants and hotels. Users insert their credit card, take it out and wait for the confirmation sound to indicate the transaction, which is always $ 1,=, was successful. Want to leave a bigger tip? You can insert your card as many times as you prefer.
Meatballs restaurant in Amsterdam
14-9-2012
Meatballs opened last week in Amsterdam. It’s the first meatball shop in the Netherlands. Meatball restaurants in Belgium and in the USA are a huge success.
Subway starts TV series
13-9-2012
Sandwich chain Subway is starting their own comical American TV series. The series, called ‘4 to 9ers’ is all about the daily events of some part-timers and takes place in a restaurant in a shopping mall. The series are specially developed for Subway and consist of 6 shows for now. The creator of the series is also known from the series ‘Two and a half men’.
DIY table lamps
11-9-2012
Create your own table decoration with a couple of wine glasses, small lampshades and tea lights. Simple, but it creates a nice mood.
Can of milk
10-9-2012
A nice gimmick on the breakfast or lunchtable, to serve your milk in style.
Meatballshop in Belgium, Balls & glory
6-9-2012
Tv-Chef Wim Ballieu wants to start a chain of meatballshop. He started a pop-up store in Gent at the Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat in April. The balls – made from the meat from the butcher shop of his father – are filled with creative fillings such as chervil and pancetta, foie gras and even crab. You can eat in the shop and take-out the balls, they are served with ‘stoemp’ (mashed potatoes) or a salad. The balls are very popular; the pop-up setting is changed to a permanent settlement. Furthermore, a branch in Bruges will be opened and a pop-up version will open in Antwerp. We already wrote about The Meatball Shop (NY) and Monday, meatball day at restaurant ‘De Open Keuken’ in Hilversum.
A fully vegetarian McDonald’s
6-9-2012
Next to the Golden Temple in Amritsar in India, a fully vegetarian McDonald’s restaurant will be opened. In the vicinity of this temple, people are not allowed to eat meat.
Noorderparkbar made of second-hand materials
5-9-2012
The Noorderparkbar in Amsterdam, opened in April 2012, is financed by crowd-funding. Designers Bureau SLA and Overtreders W decided to save expenses by using 100% second-hand materials. An ancient Japanese technique, shou sugi ban, was used to produce a cost-effective, low-maintenance exterior cladding of charred wood. More pictures on The Pop-Up City.
Humor sells
3-9-2012
This article is only available in Dutch.
Yellow watermelon
3-9-2012
The yellow-fleshed watermelon is the almost identical twin of the red-fleshed watermelon and is described by some, as having a more sweeter, almost honey-like taste, than regular watermelons. We tasted it this summer at various breakfast buffets in the far East and loved it, but found the taste almost equal to the red-fleshed watermelon. But it’s great to make a watermelonsalad with both colors!